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  • Philadelphia
  • Free
  • In person
  • Open to everyone

Come as you are.Leave with a flock.

A free tech community in Philadelphia. Every month we meet in person to build real projects together, and no one needs to feel ready first.

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  • 493 people on our calendar
  • 15 nights held
  • 9 things shipped
Free. Forever.No experience needed.

Why we exist

Nobody handed us a way in. So we built the room.

PhilaCon Valley is where Philly learns tech together, in the same room, at no cost. There's no application, no fee and no prerequisite. You don't need to know how to code, and you don't need to feel ready. You just need to be curious enough to walk in.

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From the room

This is what a night looks like.

PATCH and Lab nights, every one free. Design, code and creative tech in the same room.

See the kinds of nights
  • Attendees stand and talk while others keep working at their laptops.
    End of the night, and some are still building
  • Two attendees at a table, one tapping a phone against a small NFC tag.
    Writing their own tags
  • A wide view of the seminar room: people at laptops around U-shaped tables, a presenter at the front, and the PATCH 001 title on the screens.
    The whole room, before the build
  • A facilitator in a cap leans over a table to help a group of attendees at their laptops.
    A facilitator helps one table

How a Lab night works

One night. Three hours. Something exists that didn't.

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  1. 6:00 PM

    Come in.

    Grab food, find a seat, say hi.

  2. 6:30 PM

    Kickoff.

    A welcome, then the night's lesson or demo.

  3. 7:15 PM

    Build.

    Work with others or on your own. Your call.

  4. 8:15 PM

    Showcase.

    Everyone shares what they made.

  5. 9:00 PM

    Take it home.

    Leave with something you built, to keep working on or add to your portfolio.

How to take part

Four ways in. Pick one tonight.

You don't have to do all of them. Most people start by showing up once and figure out the rest from there.

people on our calendar.
493 people on our calendar. Not users.
nights held.
15 nights held. All of them free.
things shipped.
9 things shipped. So far.

Next up

Stoop 001: Halloween Mixer

Fri Oct 30 · 6:00pm · Pennovation Works

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A pigeon flies alone. A flock goes much further.

Come to one night. That's the whole ask. We'll take it from there, together.

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The PhilaCon Valley pigeon standing on a keyboard, with the Philadelphia skyline behind it
Stoop 001: Halloween Mixer
Fri Oct 30 · 6:00pm · Pennovation Works
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