Thanks to everyone who filled out the VCF West 2025 Post Event Survey.
Click here to see the results.
Thanks to everyone who filled out the VCF West 2025 Post Event Survey.
Click here to see the results.
The hotel is sold out, see you at the show!
The reservation link has expired, but rooms are still available!
Send an e-mail to vcfwest@vcfed.org with SUBJECT: “VCF WEST 2025 HOTEL BLOCK”
We’re a couple rooms short and we need your help. If you had issues reserving a room, would like to reserve a room, or have any questions, please reach out ASAP to vcfwest@vcfed.org. As a reminder, we have novelty souvenir badges for all who stay in a hotel room this year (see below).
Also, if you reserved a room outside of the block at the same hotel, please email us at the address above so we can get you on the badge list.
Get this cool badge for reserving the room!
BADGE FRONT | BADGE BACK |
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Lee Felsenstein will be at VCF West Friday, August 1 at 4:30PM.
He will talk about the 50th Anniversary of The Homebrew Computer Club at the Computer History Museum.
Will there be additional Homebrew Computer Club members? Time will tell.
Get tickets here: https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/vcf-west-tickets/
Info here: https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/
We have negotiated special rates on both single King and double Queen rooms at the Hilton Garden Inn Sunnyvale just down 101 at 767 N Mathilda Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085. Both rooms are $179 a night.
All reservations come with free breakfast, overnight parking, and WiFi.
The link to reserve a room is here: Vintage Computer Festival West
You can also call Hilton Central Reservations at (877) 782-9444 and mention our group name “Vintage Computer Festival West” or use the group code VNTGCF for the Hilton Garden Inn Sunnyvale.
The link expires at 11:59 PM PST, Friday, 18 July 2025, so please reserve ASAP!
As a bonus, all reservations include a surprise souvenir badge, picked up at the show with proof of stay. Even though the discount has expired, you can still reserve a room a the hotel and get a badge.
Purchase your tickets to VCF West 2025 here: https://connect.computerhistory.org/events/1ffceb98-f556-df49-f011-424756803aab
Wow! There are 2 VCFs this weekend!
VCF SE (Atlanta, GA) : https://vcfed.org/events/otherevents/vintage-computer-festival-southeast/
VCF SW (Dallas, TX): https://www.vcfsw.org/
📅 April 17-19, 2026
📍 Wall, New Jersey | InfoAge Science and History Museums
We’re thrilled to announce the theme for next year’s Vintage Computer Festival East 2026!
In 2026, we’ll explore the pivotal era when computing took a bold step out of labs and into homes, classrooms, and small businesses. This theme celebrates the early days of personal computing—the period when powerful machines became accessible, affordable, and, most importantly, personal.
It’s the story of how we got from the blinking lights of hobbyist kits to the sleek machines that reshaped everyday life. We’ll shine a spotlight on the computers, people, ideas, and companies that ignited a digital revolution .
From the Altair 8800, Apple I, and Commodore PET to the TRS-80, IBM PC, and Macintosh, this theme gives us room to showcase the innovation and competition that defined the era.
We invite exhibitors, presenters, and tinkerers to interpret the theme broadly. Some ideas to spark your creativity:
Whether your passion is hardware, software, design, or storytelling—there’s a place for your vision under this theme.
We’re looking for talks and sessions that explore:
Join us as we celebrate the origins of the digital age and the brilliant machines that brought computing power into the hands of individuals.
🧠 Because before we were online… we were booting from floppy disks.
See you there!
Jeff Brace
VCF East Showrunner
Sign up now!
https://forms.gle/vQj4PUJCidjFt9GF8
Volunteer registration below:
https://forms.gle/pMY6t6hYJ9AgBVtK7
Consignment signup will be at a later date.
Vendors, please email us at vcfwest@vcfed.org with your proposal.
VCF East was a great success with great speakers, exhibitors, classes, consignment and attendees!
Take a look at the coverage of the show on The Verge:
Thanks to all the volunteers who helped make this show happen. I couldn’t have done it without you!
Also check out other videos from VCF East: https://vcfed.org/vcf-
Jeff Brace
VCF East Showrunner