Makers Central

Makers Central is a UK based event, hosted at the Birmingham National Exhibition Centre (NEC); this year it took place over the 13 & 14 of May 2023.

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22 May 2023 by Kevin McAleer | Share this article on


Makers Central is a UK based event, hosted at the Birmingham National Exhibition Centre (NEC); this year it took place over the 13 & 14 of May 2023.

This was the first large scale, in person event, I’ve attended this year and it was absolutely magical. Here are some of the highlights.


Here are some of the YouTubers I met:

YouTuber Photo
Mat @notenoughtech Mat
Xyla Foxlin @XylaFoxlin Xyla Foxlyn
Sam @LookMumNoComputer Sam
Frankly Built & Emily the Engineer Emily and Frankly
Allie Katz Allie
Ruth & Shaun - Kids Invent Stuff Ruth and Allie
Ryan Howard - Johnny 5 Johnny 5
Nerdforge - Martina & Hansa Martina & Hansa

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