Pop-Up Cities: Experimental Communities

Pop-up Cities are experimental communities moving online > offline, as they test out new ways of coordinating, living together, promoting wellbeing and technological advancement in different geographies.

Many explicitly seek to open one or multiple permanent city hubs for their members.

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Upcoming pop-up cities

Stay tuned! Exciting Pop-Up City Events are coming soon.

Past pop-up cities

Funding the Commons - Autumn 2024 Residency
South East Asia
1/10/24
31/10/2024

Funding the Commons (FtC) originated as an event series aiming to cultivate a public goods community spanning across the spectrum, including Web2, Web3, research, philanthropy

Crypto
Public goods
ZuLead by DAOVOZ
Switzerland or Ibiza
25/8/24
14/9/2024

A 2-week pop-up city for DAO changemakers. A Decentralised Leadership Residency during the European summer.

Crypto
DAOs
Governance
ZuBerlin
Berlin
8/6/24
22/6/2024

ZuBerlin is a two-week immersive residency at the end of May to connect a group of 80-120 peers working, collaborating, experiencing and learning together at the edge

AI
Crypto
Neuroscience
Biotech
Public goods
Edge Esmeralda
Healdsburg, California
2/6/24
29/6/2024

Edge Esmeralda is a "popup village" for people who believe the future can be better and are actively working to make it happen. It is taking place in Healdsburg, California, June 2-29.

AI
Crypto
Longevity
Startup Societies
Metacamp IV
Playa Negra, Costa Rica
26/5/24
9/6/2024

MetaCamp is the home of a global tribe of regenerative thinkers, tinkers, and doers. As digitally native communities grow in scope and resources

Startup Societies
Crypto
Zanzalu
Fumba Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania
15/5/24
21/6/2024

Zanzalu is a Zuzalu spin-off in Zanzibar from May 15 to June 21. Our vision is to empower a community of builders, thinkers, and leaders to meaningfully progress human flourishing throu

Crypto
Network states
Government support
Charter cities
Pop-up Cities
muBuenos
Buenos Aires, Argentina
15/3/24
30/4/2024

muBuenos is a developer-focused 6-week pop-up city in Buenos Aires, Argentina 🇦🇷. Targeting to build solutions that solve real-world problems. Daily talks, presentations, bootcamps,

Dev-focused

It's a two week residency for 25 builders working across the African continent, where we also have 10 global researchers, infrastructure builders, and leaders from the Ethereum ecosys

Crypto
Edge City
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
26/2/24
3/3/2024

Edge City is a new organization that will convene people working at the frontier of tech, science, and society in popup villages across the globe. We aspire to be a ‘society incubator’.

Crypto
Art
Longevity
ZK
Governance
Blockravers @ ETHDenver
Denver, Colorado
26/2/24
17/3/2024

A collective of builders and ravers for gud gathering in decentralized houses during ETHDenver from Feb 26 - Mar 10 with the option of extending till Mar 17.

Crypto
Art
BYOC
Guatapé, Colombia
3/2/24
25/2/2024

BYOC (Build Your Own Community) Three week pop-up city, primarily for crypto founders. Invite-only. Is an annual project designed to bring groups of builders

Crypto
Proof of Retreat
Vietnam
7/1/24
7/4/2024

Proof of Retreat is a three-month self-custodial village that aims to create an inspiring and novel experience for Zupeople & Tech Nomads

Crypto
Kitesurfing
Vitalia
Roatan, Honduras
4/1/24
1/3/2024

Vitalia.city is building a decentralised city that accelerates longevity companies. Residents are entrepreneurs and scientists that are aligned in the mission to "make death optional".

Crypto
Longevity
AI
Startup Societies
ZuLead by DAOVOZ
Switzerland or Ibiza
August 25, 2024

A 2-week pop-up city for DAO changemakers. A Decentralised Leadership Residency during the European summer.

The Zuafrique Builder Program is an intensive and curated two-week experience designed for operators, builders, and enthusiasts focused on Ethereum and Layer 2 technologies in Africa.

Small group gathering for DAO practitioners. xBound is a highly curated gathering that brings diverse voices and fosters deeper dialogue about decentralized governance with participants

Playground for experimenting with the range of possibilities for web3-enabled urban communities with a focus on co-living innovation.

Web3 Village
Mui Ne, Vietnam

Web3 Village is Zuvillage model and an interactive and collaborative event designed for developers and Web3 enthusiasts.

Zozalu
Bangalore, India

Zo-zalZo-zalu is a 2 week event designed in homage to the pioneering ‘Zuzalu’. It’s a meticulously curated festival at BLRxZo in Bangalore, celebrating the spirit of community

ZuTaiwan
Taiwan

A 4-week pop-up city for 200 builders exploring the edge of trust, connection and collaboration

A 2-week pop-up city in the Pacific nation of Palau, in collaboration with the Palau government

Chinwags
Schloss Beesenstedt, near Berlin, Germany

We are inviting 250-300 artists, engineers, designers and founders to play and experiment with onchain creativity and culture. Taking place at a beautiful castle a short drive from Berl

Builder Monastery
Córdoba, Argentina

BM is an AIxCrypto and ZKML focused Zu-Village that takes place in the mountains of Argentina. Top minds in AIxCrypto and ZKML. 50-60 builders.

Akiya Collective Residency
Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Akiya Collective is a society of artists, makers, and architects restoring abandoned houses in Japan into art installations, community spaces, and interactive habitats.

A two-month gathering of 300-500 individuals to promote/research the defensive, decentralized, differentiated, and democratic acceleration of technology, following the d/acc philosophy.

Masterminding Eden is a collaborative initiative to design and build a conceptual model and master plan for a resilient, regenerative, self-sustaining city.

Digitalia aims to lay the foundation stone for a permanent digital innovation hub in Italy and make it a landmark for digital and web3 talents, local and international.

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