Apple II convention – July 15–20, 2025
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Sessions are the lifeblood of KFest’s daytime hours. We get to see the magic that our Apple II comrades have conjured up around this amazing machine. Proposals for sessions that you would like to share are due by May 31. Please don’t delay and submit your proposal today. If you need some ideas, check out …
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KansasFest 2016, the 28th annual Apple II convention, is now open for registration. Users, programmers, hobbyists, and retrocomputing enthusiasts are invited to Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, from Tuesday, July 19, through Sunday, July 24, for six days and five nights of sessions, demos, announcements, contests, and camaraderie. Mike Harvey, a business executive, salesperson, …
KansasFest 2016, the 28th annual Apple II convention, is scheduled for July 19 – 24 in Kansas City, Missouri. Mike Harvey, a business executive, salesperson, technologist, project manager, entrepreneur, programmer, and best known in the Apple community as the founder and publisher of Nibble magazine, will join us with a keynote presentation. Harvey started his …
Sean’s Garage Giveaway (GG) is one of the most popular events at KansasFest. Sean, James, and other dedicated community members have been freely giving away vintage Apple computers, peripherals, books, magazines, and software (and much more) for several years now. Many of the items Sean redistributes come from other retro Apple enthusiasts collections, typically because …
HackFest is an Apple II programming competition held over the course of KansasFest every year and open to all attendees. Please see here for rules and past entries. This year gave us a bumper crop of excellent software. Our judges, Quinn Dunki, Michael J Mahon, and James Littlejohn, had a tough time selecting the winners. …
Did you miss KansasFest 2015, or do you simply need help remembering everything that happened? Here are a few community reports and articles that you might enjoy: A Weekend at KansasFest, the Sleepaway Camp for Apple II Fanatics by Jason Koebler at MOTHERBOARD Videos from Jason Scott and the Internet Archive, including the keynote from …
Since 2010, the KansasFest Committee has recognized members of the Apple II community who have made significant contributions to the Apple II, either in promoting or developing for the platform during its active years, or in helping to advance or preserve the Apple II since its production had been discontinued. Our keynote speaker was the …