A place to createFive days, four ways in. Pick how deep you want to go.
The week at a glance
June 15 — 20, 2026
Vibe · Ship
Vibe 9 AM · Ship kickoff 10 AM – 5 PM
Learn · Build · Vibe
Learn 9 – 11 AM · Build 2 – 6 PM · Vibe 6:30 PM
Vibe · Build
Vibe 10 AM · Build 1 – 5 PM
Vibe · Learn
Vibe 10 AM · Learn 2 – 4 PM
Vibe · Ship
Vibe 9 AM · Ship studio continues 10 AM – 5 PM
Vibe · Learn · Build
Vibe 9 AM · Learn 10 AM – 12 · Build 2 – 6 PM · Ship demo (EOD)
Shippers welcome to sit in on any session. But really, they’re gonna be busy building their own things.
One hour of applied AI and good vibes. We start small — describe what you want, watch it appear — then learn techniques to build at a scale unimaginable just a year ago. You leave knowing what it takes to build your vision.
Two hours on what an AI 'skill' is and how to wield one. We build seven small ones together — you leave able to shape your own and compose them with the work you actually do.
An afternoon at the bench: start from your problem, leave with your bot. Bring any modern Mac — or add a Mac Mini M4 to keep, +$600 ($999 all in).
Like Build-a-Bear® but for AI. 🐻❤️🤖
A week in the studio: Monday you start, Friday you ship a working AI system, built by hand — with the run of every Vibe, Learn, and Build session that week.
Two ways in: $4,999 and we source the hardware — a Mac Mini Node and a MacBook Neo, yours to keep — or $2,999 if you bring your own modern Macs. The seat's built for two: bring a friend at no extra cost (co-founder, offspring, colleague, mentor) — BYO plus a friend lands near $1,500 a person. Or go solo, Dr. Frankenstein, and we'll help you bring it to life.
* S Tier, fr ** The hardware portion of Build (+ Mac Mini) and Ship (+ silicon for two) is refundable with a 10% restocking fee.
Taught iPhone development at Facebook over a decade ago, helping their engineers catch up. Since then: fifteen years shipping production software at Citibank, American Express, Capital One, and Walmart.
Now building AI-native tooling at Fork Development Corp from Paducah. He'll be teaching VibeFest in person, every session, all week.
A place to create
Sprocket Co-work space
Community organizer for Paducah's VibeFest
Inside The Old Coke Plant · Paducah, KY 42001
Registration is handled by our host venue — the schedule and tiers live here, the signup and any refunds live with them. Hit any “Register” button and it’ll take you over.
Vibe — any device. Laptop, phone, pen and paper. Materials go up live so you can follow along however you set up.
Learn — Mac required to build alongside. Welcome without one as an observer; all materials go public live.
Build (BYOM) — your modern Mac. Or pick the +Mac Mini M4 option and we’ll have one ready to unbox.
Ship — we provide both Macs (Mac Mini Node + MacBook Neo, yours to keep).
Switch to the other cohort if there’s room — Wed Build to Sat Build, Thu Learn to Sat Learn, etc. Drop us a line.
Or join the waitlist (we’ll email when a seat opens or when the next edition is scheduled).
Beyond the refund window: just email us. We’ll work it out.
Vibe is built for that. Show up, get the vibe, walk out with all the materials. Zero coding required.
Learn assumes basic Mac comfort; the rest is walked through step-by-step.
Build and Ship assume you’re ready to spend the time and have at least poked at a code editor before. Not sure? Start with Vibe and graduate up.
Yes. Saturday runs all three back-to-back — Vibe 9 AM, Learn 10 AM, Build 2 PM — so you can stack them in one day.
You can also attend multiple sessions across different days — register for each through the host.
Yes. Code, prompts, recordings — all yours. Materials go to a public link during the session so you can grab them after.
If you bought the +Mac Mini option, you keep the Mini. If you’re on a Ship pair, you keep both Macs.
Yes — Stripe receipts work for expense reports.
Need an invoice or PO instead? Email us and we’ll set it up.
VibeFest is built to travel. Pick a future week, name your town, and we’ll see what we can do.