This event has ended. Visit the official site or create your own event on Sched.

Tom Tom Founders Festival 2018

The Seventh Annual Tom Tom Founders Festival is a week-long celebration of innovators, visionaries, and artists who are shaping small cities. The Festival occurs at dozens of venues throughout downtown Charlottesville.

arrow_back View All Dates

10:00am EDT

Community Workshop: Building a Better CongressAlmost Full Babylon Micro Farms OfficeGreer Kelly Community Workshop: Handmade PaperFull UVA Papermaking StudioDavid Joo

10:30am EDT

Partner Event: Meeting the Need for Affordable DevelopmentAlmost Full Water Street CenterGregory Powe • Fred Harris • Ned Howe • Dan Rosensweig • Aakash Thakkar • Mel Thompson • Urban Land Virginia Institute Community Workshop: Design Thinking for the Greater GoodNow Open Guma GalleryRandy Salzman

11:00am EDT

Art Demo: Live Illustration with Andrew Stronge Telegraph Art & ComicsAndrew Stronge • Andrew Stronge

12:00pm EDT

Community Luncheon: Honoring Black America in the Public RealmNow Open The Jefferson TheaterGayle Jessup White • Brent Leggs • Eto Otitigbe • Levar Stoney • Office for Diversity and Equity

2:00pm EDT

Partner Event: Affordable Housing DesignFull Water Street CenterMel Thompson • Gregory Powe • Kathleen Galvin • Andrew Gast-Bray • Laura Goldblatt • Ned Howe • Sunshine Mathon • Mike Osteen • Rush Otis • Brian Revere • Aakash Thakkar • Bruce Wardell • Urban Land Virginia Institute Community Workshop: Hydroponics: The Future of Food ProductionNow Open Babylon Micro Farms OfficeAlexander Olesen • Graham Smith • Babylon Micro Farms

3:00pm EDT

Community Workshop: Jewelry Repair & ReinventionAlmost Full Mi OssaBecca Perea-Kane

3:30pm EDT

Partner Event: Affordable Housing Needs AssessmentFull Water Street CenterWes Bellamy • Chip Boyles • Kaki Dimock • Mark Graham • Anthony Haro • Jennifer Jacobs • Julie Jones • Janette Kawachi • Beth Kennan • Anita Morrison • Stacy Pethia • Elaine Poon • Rick Randolph • Mike Signer • Urban Land Virginia Institute

4:00pm EDT

A Vision for Charlottesville Climate LeadershipFull Violet Crown - Theater 4David Toscano • Wes Bellamy • Grey McLean • Charity Pennock • Sun Tribe Solar

5:00pm EDT

Tech Mixer Emancipation ParkArcheMedX • CoConstruct • Covintus • CvilleBioHub • GovSmart • HRDL, Inc. • iLab • MDV-SEIA • Silverchair • StoryWare • Ting • Totem • vlncomm • Generation 180 • Lynchburg Economic Development Authority • Indoor Biotechnologies • Community Investment Collaborative • Frederick Maryland Chamber of Commerce • Richmond Window Corporation • Roanoke Regional Partnership, Blacksburg Technology Council • Virginia Diodes • Focused Ultrasound Foundation • S&P Global • Locus Health • Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine • Eric Martin • Capital One • The Front Porch • Perrone Robotics • Woods Rogers • Sigora Solar • Sun Tribe Solar • Sir Speedy • Charlottesville Women in Tech • Jefferson Technology Food Truck Roundup Emancipation Park Block Party Emancipation ParkNew Belgium • C-Ville Weekly

5:15pm EDT

SixFoxWhiskey Emancipation ParkSixFoxWhiskey

6:25pm EDT

Amasa Hines Emancipation ParkAmasa Hines

8:00pm EDT

The Broadcast Emancipation ParkThe Broadcast

9:30pm EDT

The Stone Foxes Emancipation ParkThe Stone Foxes