Geek Pride Festival

The name of the festival is most often associated with the large event held on March 31 and April 1, 2000, at the Park Plaza Castle in Boston, United States.

At the front of the hall was a stage, which hosted a number of invited guests, including Rob Malda of Slashdot, Eric S. Raymond, Micky Metts of Channel1 ISP, the video game cover band Everyone.

The stage was also host to the final round of a Quake III tournament, held in a back room, displayed on the stage's projection screen, as well as the final round of "Stump the Geek", a geek trivia contest.

[1] According to Science/AAAS magazine, 2,000 people attended, though the open-door free admission made an official count impossible.

[citation needed] McEachern planned another event to take place later the same year in San Francisco but was never realized.