OSFest is user friendly, for all levels of ability.
Event Organizer Shelenn says: " Some thoughts for those planning on participating as exhibitors or merchants...
Builders and Creators in SL/OS, did you know how you build matters when it comes to accessibility? Did you know some users with visual, cognitive, and motor challenges use a viewer named Radegast? The Radegast viewer has an option to "read" the object name field of every object and its parts to the user. The number of disabled users in Virtual Worlds is a much higher percentage than in the offline global population. When a build is not accessible, it is painfully obvious and unusable for many.
When creating content for SL/OS, please make your builds accessible by:
1) Properly naming all parts (so Radegast does not blabber on meaningless information like primitive, primitive, primitive... or object, object, object...). Not properly naming parts disables others who need them described for them. Review your existing builds. TIP: If you have a linkset with many parts that take a long time to rename, you can right click the linkset to edit, select edit linked parts, then give them all (parts not used by scripts) the same name.
2) Scripting cues as in when building and scripting your scenes, people who cannot hear well need visual cues and people who cannot see well need aural cues. Providing aural cues for visual events and visual cues for aural events in your builds via scripting is practicing accessibility by design and makes them more immersive for everyone!"
Join us at OSFest this September. Want to participare in OSFest this year? Check us out on Discord. https://discord.gg/8QMqVpr5KW

One of Opensimulator's Longest continually running Dance Parties! 10 years and counting!! LIVE DJ and Dancing!! Music from the 60's to current day!

Tonight at 8pm Pacific!

HG: lfgrid.com:8002:speakeasy

Live from Rockin' The Blues! It's Saturday Night with DJ Kith! 7:30PM Grid Time!
Region: Rockin' The Blues on Wyldwood Bayou Grid
Event begins: 7:30PM Grid Time
Added by: Kith Whitehawk
Details:
Blues man DJ Kith continues our Saturday Night Blues Party!! DJ Kith is gonna ROCK OUR HOUSE with the most exciting blues anywhere!! Kith's sets are guaranteed to be fresh and full of surprises, so if you like your blues with an edge... Grab a friend and hop the first gator down to Rockin' the Blues on Wyldwood Bayou Grid! This party will be full of fun, friendship and awesome blues tunes!

wyldwoodbayou.com:8002:Wyldwood Bayou Rockin' The Blues

DJ Riker Starts the Saturday Night Blues Party at Rockin' The Blues!! 6:00PM (SLT)! (Pre-Set at 5:30PM)!
Region: Rockin' The Blues on Wyldwood Bayou Grid
Event begins: 6:00PM Grid Time
Added by: Kith Whitehawk
Details:
That bad boy of the blues, DJ Riker, is locked and loaded and ready to bring you incredible blues tunes...always something new and exciting! DJ Riker spins the most awesome Blues, Blues Rock, and Electric Blues ever! Plus his signature "Original and the Cover"--one our favorites! Get ready to rock the blues with this Blues DJ and his rockin' host Jillian!! You're gonna love it!

wyldwoodbayou.com:8002:Wyldwood Bayou Rockin' The Blues

Join us at 5 pm grid time for an hour of great fun with a live performance from Steven Strikker.
The Piazza, where great fun and good friends come together.
Drop this link into your map;
http://bridgemere.outworldz.net:8002:Paradise Lagoon

DJ Alex comes on fire, guys at 3 pm grid time! with the hottest tunes for everyone to set the mood. Yes! because it's always time to party. What's the reason for it? Well... we are PARTY PEOPLE!
Piazza, where great fun and good friends come together. Drop this link into your map; http://bridgemere.outworldz.net/:8002:Paradise Lagoon

Heute Abend gibt es in Pangea meine kleine "After-Birthday-Party" auf Koburk. Mottogerechte Kostümierung ist seeeeehr wünschenswert; wer so kurzfristig keinen schrumpeligen Avatar zur Hand hat, kann alternativ auch einen der nicht mehr ganz taufrischen NPCs über die Tanzfläche schieben...

Blauer Montag im LGBTQ+ Nightclub „Palace of the Republic“ auf der schönen Partyinsel Astyanax.
Den Anfang macht DJ Sleimer am 26. Juni, er schaut, was seine Musikkiste hergibt, also lasst euch überraschen. Wink

20 Uhr Vorprogramm in der Lounge

21 Uhr Hauptprogramm in der Discothèque

dorenas-world.de:8002:Astyanax

DJ Kith is Spinning at Rockin' The Blues Tonight!!
Region: Rockin' The Blues on Wyldwood Bayou Grid
Event begins: 6:00PM Grid Time
Added by: Kith Whitehawk
Details:
DJ Kith is covering for DJ Macy tonight--all the way to 9 pm!! Some blues songs are sad and some are happy. If DJ Kith is on stage--then it's Happy blues time!! I'm talkin' about bouncy, joyous, exuberant, HAPPY Blues!! So, come on over to Wyldwood Bayou Grid and get your happy on!! DJ Kith & The Tribe is here and they are in full party mode!!

wyldwoodbayou.com:8002:Wyldwood Bayou Rockin' The Blues

DJ Kith is at Rockin' The Blues Tonight at 6:00PM!!
Region: Rockin' The Blues on Wyldwood Bayou Grid
Event begins: 6:00PM Grid Time
Added by: Kith Whitehawk
Details:
DJ Kith is covering for DJ Macy tonight!! Want to get your weekend started on a high note?? Then this is the place for you!! DJ Kith knows how to build blues sets that elevate our spirits and get us moving!! So gather you buddies and head on over to Wyldwood Bayou Grid for blues the way only DJ Kith can deliver it!! Stellar tunes and happy times!!

wyldwoodbayou.com:8002:Wyldwood Bayou Rockin' The Blues

WEEKLY SATURDAY NIGHT WWYW PARTY @ RENDEZVOUS!

7pm to 9pm Grid Time with:
Your Nearly Naked DJ Xenon Darrow & the Effervescent DJ April McKenna

WWYW - Wear What You Want...or NOT!

Must agree to TOS upon initial entry
Take TP to The Shores of Manly Delights!

The Rendezvous is an adult venue with adult activities, Clothing optional; Adult Avatars only

hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/The Rendezvous 2/83/165/24

Expenditures for OSFest2023 have begun. These include website with SSL cert and event extensions, server space, ascap license, and more. Thanks if you have offered to sponsor aka help with costs. Information on sponsor levels will be available on the website soon.
As for the grid, we will be doing some things differently based on participant feedback and lessons learned so the parcel layout is being redesigned.
Thanks for your patience!
Volunteers please contact Banker.
Performers, slots are filling fast! Please contact Rosa Alekseev if you have not gotten a slot on the schedule.

Join Dj Howie and the Lovely Topsy at
Lampadusa beach scene
12-2 Grid time Lets see what you are working
bikini and Guy wear them trunks ! theme Beautiful ⛱
hop://gentlefire.opensim.fun:8002/Lampadusa/237/123/22

I've already mentioned that OpenSim has entered the Fediverse several months ago, and that there are even two dedicated Mastodon instances for OpenSim users. One is opensimulator.social (https://opensimulator.social/), run by Buzzy Cnayl of VivoSim (formerly Quintonia, see news below). The other one is opensimsocial.com (https://opensimsocial.com/explore), run by Lone Wolf.

But the Fediverse has more to offer than "Twitter clones" like Mastodon. With Reddit messing up big time currently, the time has come for the "Reddit clones" Lemmy and /kbin to grow.

And just a few days ago, Hyacinth Jean has started a Lemmy community (= subreddit) for OpenSim: https://sh.itjust.works/c/opensim/

If you already have an account somewhere in the Fediverse, e.g. on Mastodon, you can use it to join Lemmy communities. If not, or if you find that too inconvenient, feel free to join Lemmy instead.