Gulf Coast MakerCon 2026 is in the bag, and tied with a bow! Thank you to all our amazing sponsors and community partners who
so generously donated financially and in kind, with raffle and silent auction items. Huge thanks to CAIRE Insurance, for their key sponsorship and the donation of a fabulous silent auction item that’s live through May 2. (Check it out here, especially if you’re a USF Bulls Fan!)
Thank you to Yuengling Draft Haus & Kitchen for being such great hosts – the brewery tours were an extra special fun addition to the event this year.
Thank you to Build Fight Fun for joining us again with their great combat robotics
arena and to all the competitors who came out for Combat@MakerCon. Congratulations to all the combat winners! Click here to see tournament video
We especially enjoyed the addition of the STEAM Room panel talks and presentations this year and plan to keep the talks as a permanent part of MakerCon going forward. Our presenters were amazing, spanning topics from AI to Arts to Aerospace.
Congratulations too, to our awarded exhibitors:
- Hull & Bay Cocktail Company, as our 2026 Most Innovative Exhibitor,
- Two Wolves Forge, for being our 2026 Most Artistic Exhibitor and to
- Be the Hamster for earning our 2026 Funnest Exhibitor Award.
Be the Hamster
Hull & Bay Cocktain Co.
Two Wolves Forge
You can see all our event photos in our 2026 GCMC photo gallery here.
And if you want to be first in line for Gulf Coast MakerCon 2027, our early interest form is already online!
In the meantime, look for some fun pop up events throughout the year so you can enjoy the maker fun all year long!