Building upon the success of our MapJams, Shareable supported individuals, community groups, and organizations to host ShareFests in over 50 cities worldwide throughout 2014 and 2015. ShareFests are participatory events designed to bring the local sharing economy together. They range in size from small sharing events like clothing swaps to large, multi-day public gatherings with thousands of people. Focused on the transformational experience of sharing, these events were typically co-created by local organizations and the public. They have ranged from 30 people to 3,000 at both the neighborhood and city-wide scale.
Here are resources to help you host an awesome ShareFest:
- ShareFest Guide
- How to Organize a ShareFest Webinar
- How to Organize a ShareFest Toolkit (google docs folder)
- ShareFest 2014 Video
- Interviews with ShareFest Organizers
- Sharing Cities Network Facebook Group
- ShareFest Toolbox with Table of Contents, ShareFest Activity Guides, Checklists, Forms, Spreadsheets, Media Kit and more
From Sao Paulo to Detroit, people in cities around the world organized ShareFests with help from Shareable, the Sharing Cities Network, the Center for a New American Dream, and other partners. Here’s a sample of cities that have hosted a ShareFest:
- San Francisco, CA,
- East Bay/Oakland, CA, (Creating Commons Festival + Revolution of the Gift) ShareFest all the month of May, hosted by PLACE for Sustainable Living, Dana Cafe and Oakland LocalWiki,
- Pasadena/Los Angeles Area, CA hosted by the Pasadena Earth and Arts Festival and Armory Arts Center
- North Bay, CA hosted by Share Exchange and Extended Relative
- Detroit, MI hosted by Cass Corridor Commons
- Ann Arbor, MI hosted by A2Share
- Rochester, NY hosted by RocShare
- New York City, NY
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Silver Spring, MD hosted by Center for a New American Dream – Maryland,
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Chicago, IL, hosted by Chicago Time Exchange
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Madison, WI hosted by Dane County Timebank
- Denver, CO, hosted by Open Tech Collaborative
- Hartford, CT hosted by Public Allies CT
- Portland, OR Skillshare and ShareFest
- Asheville, NC hosted by Share Asheville
- Boston, MA, hosted by Share Boston
- Jackson, MS Coop Skillshare at Jackson Rising Conference
- Oahu, HI
- Liège, Belgium
- Brussels, Belgium
- Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Sao Paulo, Brazil,
- Hong Kong
- Lisbon, Portugal, several events hosted by Aga Khan Foudation,
- Prague, Czech Republic
- Barcelona, Spain
- Hague, Netherlands
- Melbourne, Australia
- Siderno, Italy
- Toronto, Canada
- Vienna, Austria
- Berlin, Germany
- Killaloe, Ontario Earth Day Share Fair
- Adelaide, Australia, hosted by Share & Save,
- Gothenburg, Sweden
- Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Amsterdam, Netherlands, hosted by Share NL,
- Tucson, AZ Map Jam
- Vancouver, BC Map Jam
- Brisbane, Australia