NodeFest 2026 — Handmade Edition
About
Where motion people come to get inspired, get pumped up, and remember that this industry is still full of brilliant humans making brilliant things.
In a noisy world flooded with synthetic sameness, we’re celebrating the tactile, the imperfect, the expressive, and the deeply human.
Things made with care.
With intention. With a point of view.
Things you can feel.
That’s the good stuff.
Sketches. Smudges. Imprints. Imperfection. All the glorious evidence of a real person making a real thing.
Not polished to death.
Not sterile.
Not algorithmically beige.
Handmade doesn’t mean anti-digital
It means full of life.
It can be weird.
It can be playful.
It can be rough.
And that’s where the magic is.
Keynotes inspire at the State Library of New South Wales
Summer breeze, rooftop bar — It’s Bungalow 8 for the afterparty
Sydney
For the first time ever, NodeFest is heading to sensational Sydney.
Same community. Same energy. Same obsession with good motion and better ideas.
New venues, some new faces, and a fresh excuse to get everyone in the room together.
If you’re local, this is your moment.
If you’re travelling in, make it a proper creative pilgrimage.
Either way, we’d love to see you there.
The State Library of NSW and Bungalow 8 are venue spaces only. All event content and enquiries are managed by NodeFest. Please with any questions.
NodeFest is for anyone who wants to...
- Get inspired by ideas, process, and craft
- Leave with your brain buzzing in a good way
- Be reminded there’s still good taste out there
- Hear from people making genuinely excellent work
- Reconnect with the motion and animation community
NodeFest is the
antidote for creative
flatness, isolation, and
too much screen sludge.
Lineup announcements
begin late June
NodeFest 2026
Tickets
On sale 31 August 2026
Full Details soon
Founder + Host
Gold
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Bronze
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