The annual OpenSimulator Neighborhood Convention, often called OSFest, will happen September 15 by September 30 contained in the OSFest digital world grid. The three-day occasion options reside music, reveals, talks, excursions, social areas, and looking for attendees throughout the hypergrid metaverse.

This 12 months’s OSFest gives 94 hours of 94 hours of non-music occasions at free, themed reveals, service provider shops, and sponsor reveals as in addition to 98 hours of reside music performances throughout 4 levels. Individuals can discover themed exhibit builds, store service provider shops with particular offers, and socialize at events and dance occasions. There isn’t any cost to attend OSFest.

To attend OSFest 2023, customers merely want an account on any hypergrid-enabled OpenSim grid and use the map to teleport over. The hypergrid tackle is grid.opensimfest.com:8002:hg-welcome.

“We’re excited to welcome the prolonged metaverse group and hypergrid vacationers to this 12 months’s OSFest,” mentioned lead organizer Shelenn Ayres. “It’s an immersive solution to join, have enjoyable, and expertise the breadth of creativity in digital worlds.”

The occasion builds on the success of earlier OSFests held yearly since 2017. Annually, reveals, levels, and infrastructure are created anew by volunteers. OSFest additionally depends on contributions from sponsors to cowl primary internet hosting prices for the free occasion.

Main sponsors this 12 months embrace Past Zen Life, Digital Outworlding, Infinite Metaverse Alliance, Laxton Consulting, Digital Vignette, and Wolf Territories Grid, amongst many others. The complete listing of sponsors is right here.

“The generosity of sponsors and energy of volunteers is what retains OSFest going yearly,” Ayres mentioned.

The complete schedule, performer lineup, and interactive OSFest portal with info on all reveals, shows, and actions might be discovered at OpenSimFest.com.

Verify the calendar web page at OpenSimFest.com/calendar or the final schedule at OpenSimFest.com/schedule/osfest-2023.

Organizers suggest selecting up a landmark field after arriving to assist navigate the sprawling areas. With a theme of “Jazz By means of the Ages,” costumes matching 1860s to Nineteen Seventies kinds are inspired however not required.