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Brickfete was the first Lego fan convention for Adult Fans of Lego (AFOL) held in Canada. It was created by volunteers and organized by the Ontario Brick Builders (OBB) with their inaugural event in 2011. The main focus of this convention is to have Lego fans/hobbyist bring their creations to display and share with fellow enthusiasts. Brickfete's mandate is to offer any AFOL, regardless of skill level or size of collection, a place to display their creations and to promote their revered hobby to new potential fans.

Like other fan conventions, it offers workshops, presentations, special events, contests and challenges.

Brickfete is a four day event typically held on a Thursday through Sunday. Brickfete is held typically in July in the Toronto, Canada. In its third year, Brickfete also created a travelling road show (Brickfete - On the Road), which takes a similar, yet smaller show throughout Canada. Its first destination was Montreal, Quebec.

Brickfete is a two part event with a private convention for (primarily adult) exhibitors and then a public exhibition (general public) on the weekend.

Private Convention
The main focus of the event is the Private Convention which provides a venue for adult fans of LEGO to bring and display their own LEGO creations. Activities at the convention included presentations, seminars, guest speakers, raffles, games, contests and awards. The full attendee received a event package including schedule of events, give-aways from vendors, souvenirs of the event, including an event brick and other exclusive material.

Public exhibition
The Public Exhibition is for LEGO fans of all ages. For a nominal fee the general public can view of hobbyist-built creations, meet and ask question of their creators, or expand their interest in building or collecting Lego. Guest can expect to see custom creations that include but are not limited to LEGO Robots & Mindstorms Creations, City Layouts with powered Trains, Space, Star Wars & Scifi Creations, Art, Architecture & Design, Planes, Trains & Auto-mobiles, Historical Buildings and Castles, Pirates, Steampunk and Vikings, Mosaics & Sculptures. There is a build area for hands on experimenting.