Mactoberfest 2026: Exhibits, Activities & More

Planning for the 2026 edition of Mactoberfest Meetup is well underway. This year’s event will take place on Saturday November 7, 2026 in Belmont California. We’re planning a glorious celebration of all things related to the classic Macintosh, with other connected vintage technology too. Don’t miss it!

The previous Mactoberfest Meetup was a hit, and this year promises to be bigger and better. We’ve got a few new things in store for attendees, including sponsors who’ve donated some cool hardware and tools, a Discord channel for pre- and post-meetup conversations between attendees, and more. Look for further announcements about these very soon.

With two months to go until the big day, there are currently 23 exhibitors registered, with more coming. We expect to welcome between 30-40 total exhibitors and several hundred attendees to this year’s Meetup. The next exhibitor to register could be you! If you have an old Mac, Apple II, or related gear, please do sign up as an exhibitor and share your collection. Your participation is highly encouraged, and Mactoberfest is intended to be a collaborative shared experience created by everyone who’s there.

Here are some highlights of what you can expect to find at Mactoberfest Meetup 2026 (with more still to come):

• A vintage Mac DIY repair station stocked with soldering tools, test equipment, and expert help.
• Exhibit of classic Apple and Macintosh networking equipment, highlighting connectivity across Apple II, 68K Macintosh, PowerPC, and early G3 systems.
• Collection tracing the history of Macintosh input devices, including mice and trackballs.
• Exhibit focused on magnetic storage for Macintosh computers, including internal and external hard disk and floppy disk drives.
• Collection of Clarus the Dogcow memorabilia and collectibles.
• After Dark screen saver exhibit featuring an original iMac running screen saver modules alongside a modern macOS emulator developed specifically for After Dark.
• Collection of unusual Macintosh systems, including a Mystic Color Classic with Apple IIe Card, a Power Mac 4400 prototype, and an Assistive Technology Freestyle.
• Mac-compatible handhelds, peripherals, and a hands-on setup for making lo-fi photo name badges.
• “The Satanicube”: an extensively modified and highly unusual Power Mac G4 Cube previously exhibited at VCF West and VCF SoCal.
• Intel Developer Transition Kit, a prototype computer designed to assist with the transition from PowerPC to Intel processors.
• Collection of Apple Newton handheld personal digital assistants.
• Collection of compact Macintosh systems, including 100-series PowerBooks, PowerBook Duos with docks, iBooks, and a PowerPC Mac Mini.
• Power Macintosh 7600 running non-Mac OS systems including Rhapsody, BeOS, and MkLinux, plus Macintosh IIsi running System 7.6, NetBSD, and Debian.
• Complete Power Computing system with original operating system and period promotional materials.
• Macintosh SE with custom MacEffects green case, Macintosh IIcx with Wombat USB accessories and games, Macintosh IIgs with Floppy Emu, and Power Mac G4 Cube with games.
• Macintosh IIfx with NuCF solid-state storage by zigzagjoe and Macintosh Portrait Display, plus a heavily modified Macintosh SE/30.
• Collection of compact Macintosh systems, including Macintosh 512K, Plus, SE, and/or SE/30.
• Macintosh Plus with custom display and miniature displays featuring After Dark screen saver modules.
• Macintosh SE with Voice Navigator, demonstrating early voice control of the Macintosh graphical interface.
• Macintosh IIci with a Caere OmniScan handheld scanner.
• Quadra 650 with PC DOS Card, PowerBook 2400c, graphite iBook, Macworld magazines, and 1990s Apple advertising.
• Macintosh SE running MacWrite and a connected ImageWriter II printer loaded with paper.
• Macintosh LC system in a custom neon orange case.
• Disassembled Macintosh 128K with exposed logic board, and all chips and ports labelled.
• NeXT computer hardware and software, the precursor to Mac OSX.
• Collection of 1980s and 1990s computer magazines including MacUser, MacWorld, and COMPUTE!
• Original Atari Pong home console from 1975.

For more details and to register for Mactoberfest Meetup, visit mactoberfestmeetup.org. You can also support Mactoberfest by contributing a few dollars to help cover our event costs. The meetup is free to attend, and we’re relying on your generous donations to help us pay for this thing. Thank you!