I'm thinking about going to Ohio Linux fest September 24 (Thursday) through Sept 28 (Monday).
It's pretty cheap ($65) and has some fairly cool looking sessions. http://www.ohiolinux.org/schedule.html Southwest Airlines has 1 way tickets for $80 to Columbus, or we could road trip (about 7 hours). Columbus, OH has a place called "Free Geek" that is kinda like Bworks that I'd like to visit on Monday and find out how they do things. Let me know, --Nate