2027 HobbyScool Summit Schedule: 12 Free Events for Makers
The 2027 calendar is set. Twelve free online summits, three days each, and three of the events on this list have never run before.
If you've been to a HobbyScool summit, you know the shape of it. Three days, around thirty workshops, each one streaming free for a 24-hour window. You pick the sessions you want, you make something, and you go back to your life. Nothing to travel to, nothing to schedule around except the days themselves.
What's different about 2027 is the lineup. Three themes that used to be a single day inside someone else's event now have a whole summit of their own, one event has been rebuilt from the ground up, and two of our returning summits picked up an entire new day.
HobbyScool runs twelve of these free online summits a year, and between 7,000 and 20,000 makers register for each one. That's the room you're walking into. Here's the whole 2027 schedule.
What's new for 2027
Memory Keepers Summit
February. A full event for photo organizing, scrapbooking, memoir and family history — the closet full of prints, the inherited box, the story nobody wrote down.
New for 2027Paper Crafts & Cardmaking
June. Cards, stamping, die-cutting, junk journals, book arts and ephemera, kept deliberately non-holiday so it isn't competing with November.
New for 2027AI for Makers
October. Beginner-friendly, no jargon, no hustle talk. One tool, one task, one result per workshop — taught for someone who has never opened a chatbot.
New for 2027Two of our returning events also picked up a full new day. The Art of Handmade Summit in September now runs an entire day on visible mending and repair — sashiko, boro, darning, patching denim, fixing heirloom textiles. And the Elves' Workshop Summit in November adds a day of holiday baking and sugar arts, which is the first time we've put royal icing and gingerbread on a HobbyScool stage.
One event changed shape entirely. The Eco-Creative Summit is now the Grow & Gather Summit, and we dropped the sustainability framing completely. It runs on a simpler thread now: grow it, put it up, then make something with it. Day three is the whole reason it exists in this form.
Cardmaking has moved. It now lives in June with the rest of the paper crafts rather than in the November holiday event. If cards are your thing, put June on your calendar.
The full 2027 summit schedule
Every event runs three days. Every event is free to attend. Below is each summit, its theme, and how the three days are laid out so you can see where your craft lands.
Creative Vision Retreat
Day 1 Look back, clear the deck • Day 2 Design the year • Day 3 Start making
Memory Keepers Summit New
Day 1 Rescue your photos • Day 2 Scrapbooking & memory books • Day 3 Story, memoir & family history
Organized Living Summit
Day 1 The creative spaces • Day 2 The rest of the house • Day 3 Systems & rhythms
Grow & Gather Summit Reworked
Day 1 Growing • Day 2 Preserving & putting up • Day 3 Make from what you grew
Art of Expression Summit
Day 1 Paint & color • Day 2 Line, ink & mark-making • Day 3 Collage & mixed media
Paper Crafts & Cardmaking New
Day 1 Cards & stamping • Day 2 Book arts & junk journals • Day 3 Ephemera & art journaling
Creative Tech Summer Retreat
Day 1 Cutting machines • Day 2 Digital design & art • Day 3 Photo, video & sharing
Back-to-Creativity Summit
Day 1 Quilt & fiber foundations • Day 2 Sew, stitch & textile play • Day 3 Paint, clay & make anything
Art of Handmade Summit New day
Day 1 Fiber & textile handwork • Day 2 Visible mending & repair • Day 3 Hard craft & home objects
AI for Makers New
Day 1 Getting started • Day 2 Make it easier • Day 3 Share your work
Elves' Workshop Summit New day
Day 1 Handmade gifts & giving • Day 2 Decor & atmosphere • Day 3 Holiday baking & sugar arts
Create & Reflect Retreat
Day 1 Slow down • Day 2 Comfort & craft • Day 3 Long projects
Exact dates go out with each registration link. If you're on our list you'll get them as they open, so you don't have to keep checking back.
How a HobbyScool summit actually works
If you've never been to one, here's the whole thing in plain terms.
You register once, for free
Registration opens a few weeks before each event. You get an email with your access link and the schedule, and that's it — no fee, no card.
Every workshop streams free for 24 hours
Workshops are pre-recorded, so you're not fighting a timezone or a bad connection. Each one unlocks on its day and stays open for a full 24 hours. Watch at six in the morning or eleven at night, whatever fits.
You get a supply list before it starts
Every registrant gets the Attendee Supply List, free. It's organized two ways — a master list by category, and supplies broken out workshop by workshop — so you can decide what you actually want to gather and what you'd rather just watch someone else do.
If you want to keep the workshops, there's a pass
The 24-hour window is generous, but life happens. Every summit has an All-Access Pass that gives you permanent access to the recordings, plus the extras our speakers contribute. It's optional. Plenty of people come to every summit and never buy one, and that's completely fine.
Pick two or three workshops per day and let the rest go. You'll get more out of the event if you actually finish something in it.
How to plan your creative year around it
Twelve events is a lot. Nobody comes to all of them, and you shouldn't try.
What I'd suggest is picking three or four that match what you already do, then adding one that's a stretch. January and March are the two planning-and-reset events. April through September is where the making is heaviest. October, November and December are the year-end run — the gift making, the baking, and then the slow winter projects once everything else is done.
If you're brand new to us, start with the event closest to a craft you already own supplies for, because you're much more likely to finish something that way.
And if you teach — if you've ever thought about putting one of your own workshops in front of a room like this — we book speakers for these events year-round. The application is here, and it's free.
Get every 2027 summit as it opens
Sign up once and we'll send you the registration link and supply list for each event, all year long. Free, always.
Get the 2027 event schedule → Apply to teach a workshopFrequently asked questions
Are the HobbyScool 2027 summits free to attend?
Yes. Every HobbyScool summit is free to attend. Each workshop streams free for a 24-hour window during the three-day event. If you want to keep the workshops after that window closes, there's an All-Access Pass available at each event.
What new craft summits is HobbyScool adding in 2027?
Three brand-new events join the calendar: the Memory Keepers Summit in February for photo organizing, scrapbooking and family history; Paper Crafts & Cardmaking in June for cards, stamping, junk journals and book arts; and AI for Makers in October, a beginner-friendly event for crafters who aren't techy.
What happened to the HobbyScool Eco-Creative Summit?
It's been reworked into the Grow & Gather Summit in April. The sustainability framing is gone. The new event runs on one thread instead — grow it, put it up, then make something with it, including natural dyeing, botanical printing and pressed flower work.
Do I need craft supplies or experience to attend a HobbyScool summit?
No experience needed. Many workshops are taught for absolute beginners. Every registrant gets a free Attendee Supply List before the event, organized by category and broken out by workshop, so you can decide what to gather and what you'd rather just watch.
How do I get the dates for the 2027 HobbyScool summits?
Sign up once at our event schedule page and you'll get the registration link for every 2027 summit as it opens, plus the supply list for each event. You don't need to register for the summits one at a time to stay on the list.
Dr. Destini Copp
Founder, HobbyScool · Digital Product Strategist · MBA Professor
Dr. Destini Copp is the founder of HobbyScool, a creative education platform connecting makers, crafters, and hobby enthusiasts with expert educators from around the world. She also runs Creator's MBA, helping digital product creators build sustainable businesses. She's been teaching online business strategy for over a decade.
