Geek Fair Shortened Press Release

On Saturday, July 16, Free Geek will celebrate 5 years of operating the Community Technology Center with a Street Party and Fund Raiser. Geek Fair Five! is a free event for all ages. Festivities start at 1pm and go until 7pm.

The street party will have two stages of live music and delicious organic food & refreshments. There will be tons of fun stuff to check out: “Beat-the Geek” game show, Smash-tacular! (you get to go all “Office Space” on a printer of your choosing), eco-friendly info. booths, video gaming room, indy video screenings, chunk bikes and kids activities.

Geek Fair Five! will be showcasing several geeked-out local performers, including: The Bad Mintons, Beliss, Dorado, The Black Peppercorns, Empty Room, Like a Circus Fire, Raina Rose, The Sprockettes, Trashcan Joe, Tre Music and Dan Mills, Vivian's Keeper, Chunk 666, SweetJuice, and The Vulturines.

Geek Fair Five! gives the public many fun ways to contribute to the Free Geek cause. There will be a silent auction with lots of great items donated from local businesses, and a raffle featuring a really nice Linux computer as the grand prize. Free Geek's computer thrift store will also be open with some great specials and bargains for the computer hobbyist.

Geek Fair Five! is sponsored by Free Geek and the following local businesses and organizations. Backspace, CD Baby, The City Repair Project, KBOO 90.7 FM Community Radio, Roots Organic Brewery, SCRAP and Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Program.

Free Geek is a local non-profit organization that recycles and refurbishes donated computers and other electronic equipment, making it available to individuals and non-profits in the community. Volunteers can participate, learn and earn a free computer system in the process.

For more information, check out the Geek fair webpage at http://www.freegeek.org/geekfair.