Sat, August 1, 2026 · 1–5 PM PT
Orange County — Claude Code for Beginners
Newport Beach — Balboa Peninsula
Claude in Orange County
Free, hands-on Claude events in Tustin and Newport Beach. Three so far, 389 people registered, and no one has ever been charged to walk in.
This is where claudeoc.com now lives. Same events, same host, same county — now sitting alongside Los Angeles and San Diego, because the people who came kept asking what else was happening nearby.
At a glance
3Events
Feb 2026 – Aug 2026
389Registrations
Luma's count, not attendance
100%Free to attend
Every event, every time
The room
Orange County events fill fast. The first, at Centercode in Tustin, drew 130 registrations against a 150 cap. The second filled the Newport Beach Civic Center with 168.
The third, on the Balboa Peninsula, took 91 people through Claude Code from a standing start.
The room is mixed on purpose: engineers next to operators next to people who opened Claude for the first time that week.
Nothing is sold from the front. Food is provided, the demos run five minutes, and the whole thing is over by seven.
Who runs it
Travis Johnson has hosted all three, with Gideon Needleman co-hosting the August beginners session. Venues have been provided by Centercode and the City of Newport Beach.
Next in Orange County
Nothing on the Orange County calendar right now. The next event anywhere in the region is the Los Angeles Impact Lab on Saturday, August 8.
What already happened in Orange County
See the whole region →Luma releases a venue's street address only once it approves a registration, so none of these 3 events shows one.
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Sat, April 4, 2026 · 4–7 PM PT
Orange County — Claude Code for Everyone
Newport Beach · City of Newport Beach — Civic Center
Venue: City of Newport Beach
Feb282026
MeetupSat, February 28, 2026 · 4–7 PM PT
Claude Meetup Orange County
Tustin · Centercode
With Centercode
Every metro in the region
Come to the next one
One email before each event — the date, the city, and what the room will be doing.