Handmade Music Night: December 11th 2008 from 7:30pm - 10:30pm at 3rd Ward. Save the date to your google calendar.

Handmade Music Night returns with a fabulous new home at Brooklyn's own 3rd Ward. Presented by Etsy, CDM, and Make Magazine, Handmade Music Night will feature crafters, makers, and designers of all sorts of homebrew musical instruments and sound oddities alike.

Part party, part mixer, part Science Fair, and part performance, this is an informal chance for geeksters and the geek-curious to come together, relax, and discover new sounds. The evening is a gathering of inventors of circuit-bent toys, custom software and patches, interactive digital & visual instruments, custom electronics, electricity-powered noisemakers, DIY robots and new acoustic instruments. And it’s open to everyone from hard-core hackers & newcomers to music lovers who want to learn about the DIY music scene. -Peter Kirn, Create Digital Music

Here's a video from one of the Handmade Music Nights of old

Create Digital Music Night at ETSY LABS from Etsy.

Got a project to bring? Just fill out the RSVP at the bottom of the CDM post! Got a work in progress? That's okay too — bring it along and show it off! Or RSVP to Handmade Music Night on Facebook!

Just want to mingle with some makers and discover new things? Drop on by! Don't have a project but wish that you did? Join Michael Una before the event for a workshop and learn how to build your own optical theremin synthesizer as seen in this video:

Beep-it from Michael Una on Vimeo.

WORKSHOP BONUS - for the cost of parts! (only $10!!)
Michael Una will demonstrate his optical theremin synthesizer Beep-it and conduct a workshop wherein attendees will build their own optical theremin. The basics of analog synthesis will be discussed. No skill level is required- all tools and parts will be provided by the participation fee.

You MUST RSVP for the workshop + pay the parts fee by Wed 12/10 at:
http://beepit.eventbrite.com/

Directions To 3rd Ward:

195 Morgan Ave., at the corner of Stagg St., in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. MAP

Take the L line to the Grand Street stop. Head South on Bushwick Ave. (towards the school) one long block and make a left on Stagg Street. 3rd ward is located three blocks down Stagg Street on the corner of Morgan Ave. (also accessible from Montrose or Morgan Ave. L stops)

Can't make it to the event in person? Join us as we broadcast the evening's activities in the Treehouse room of the  Virtual Labs at 8PM.

And this is just because I couldn't resist:

On Friday December 12, 2008, the worlds of geekdom and craftlandia converge at the New Museum — "Craft Hackers"! It's part of the New Silent Series of panel discussions organized by Rhizome.

The BUST Holiday Craftacular makes its way round the world to New York City this Sunday, December 14, 2008. Doors open at 10am and close at 7:30pm. The event promises to spread before you a million gift options, so prepare yourselves. The show will be at the Metropolitan Pavilion at 125 West 18th St, New York, NY.

UNIQUE Los Angeles, December 13 & 14, 11am-7pm

"Designed to foster and support the creative community, while also stimulating the local economy, the show’s mandate is to bring over 200 independent vendors to the masses, all under one roof."

Besides clothing, accessories, jewelry, ceramics, plush toys... and so much more, be sure to check out activities for the whole family including the Etsy DIY Lab with free make-and-take gift tags and the Cali Cafe.

Missoula Made Fair, Missoula, Montana, December 14, 11am-7pm

"The holiday MADE fair will include nibbles, cider, libations, and festive holiday cheer. There will be live entertainment throughout the day. This event is family and hipster friendly." 

Atomic Holiday Bazaar, Sarasota, Florida, December 14, 12pm-6pm

"Sarasota's first and only untraditional uber-cool craft show featuring affordable, DIY edgy craft for the terminally hip. Shop 70+ vendors of handmade DIY amusing craft and a smidge of art."

For more events check out our events calendar. Want to receive email updates? Join our Etsy Labs mailing list. Will we see you at Handmade Music Night on Thursday — face to face or in the Virtual Labs?  Let us know in the comments or RSVP on Facebook.