Weekend Best Bet: BarCamp Sarasota-Bradenton's DaVinci Faire

If you're looking for something engaging this weekend, check out the DaVinci Faire and BarCamp at Manatee Technical College,

Saturday, April 30, creative-constructive types will gather on campus. Engineers, technology experts, inventors and gamers will show off their inventions and ideas, prototypes and machines. Throughout the day, entrepreneurs will practice pitching products.

Besides booths and vendors showing off their gadgets, you can attend discussion groups and talks from experts about different fields within science and technology. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; there is a family-friendly after party after the event.

Admission is free for those who preregister or $10 per person at the door, and includes lunch and snacks as well as admission to the after party.