Saturday, August 22, 2026
9:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Free
Victoria Conference Centre - Crystal Garden (open in Google Maps)
Presented by Cursor Victoria, Canada
Hosts: Alhwyn Geonzon on LinkedIn
Featuring: Convex (opens website), Shipaton (opens website), ElevenLabs (opens website), Exa (opens website), Render (opens website), Firecrawl (opens website), Wispr Flow (opens website)
A one-day hackathon in Victoria for builders, creatives, and thinkers who want to finally ship a project they have always wished existed. It is deliberately not a demo-day hackathon: the focus is on what you tried to build, what broke, and what actually shipped, with hands-on help and expert mentors on site all day. Doors open at 9:00am with keynotes at 9:30, hacking through the day, a hard stop at 5:30pm, mandatory demos at 6:00, and winners announced at 7:30pm. Participation is free with limited space, and prize tracks include Convex and RevenueCat's Shipaton, alongside credits from Cursor, ElevenLabs, Render, Exa, Firecrawl, and Wispr Flow.
Anu's Take
This one's going to be epic. I was at last year's, about 60 people showed, and the winner, Calum Bird, built an app that connected to his bank account and an SMS service to track his spending and text him a burn whenever he made a bad call. The poorer the spending decision, the bigger the burn. It was brilliant.
Published Sunday, July 12, 2026 by Anu Jolliffe on LinkedIn