Edventures × Edge City
Three weeks in a village of builders, with your whole family
Edge City India is a three-week popup village on Mandrem Beach in North Goa, where hundreds of founders, researchers, and creatives live, work, and build together. It is multigenerational by design. Your children are not a logistics problem to solve. They are part of the village.
Golden-hour deep work, steps from the Arabian Sea.
Why we are pointing families here
The rarest thing in worldschooling: a real community, already assembled
Most family travel means building your community from scratch in every new city. Edge City flips that. For three weeks, hundreds of founders, builders, researchers, scientists, and creatives move into one village: coworking, daily programming and salons, 8 to 10 focused residencies, movement, good food, and neighbors worth knowing. It lands in India for the first time, in a country that is home to one of the world's largest and fastest-growing builder communities, and to living traditions of Ayurveda, yoga, and the study of consciousness that few other places offer. October into November is the start of Goa's dry season, right after the monsoon: lush green landscapes, warm ocean, clear days.
Village life
What a day looks like
The rhythm is simple and humane. It is a working village, not a conference, and the days are built to be lived in as a family.
Mornings
Movement and nature
Mornings start with movement or time in nature. Yoga on an open deck, a swim, a walk down a beach that is still waking up.
Afternoons
Deep work at The Circle
Afternoons are for deep coworking and collaboration at The Circle, the beach-facing hub at the center of the village.
Evenings
Talks, demos, dinners
Evenings bring fireside talks, workshops, demo days, and self-organized dinners. The best conversations tend to start after dark.
Bring the whole family
Multigenerational by design
“Partners, children, and grandparents are all welcome.”
From the Edge City India FAQ. Their stated principle: a community from toddlers to centenarians.
This is what makes Edge City different from every other builder gathering we have looked at. Children are expected residents of the village, present at meals, on the beach, and in the flow of daily life alongside people building at the frontier. For a worldschooling family, that is three weeks of the education you cannot buy by the hour.
Recent Edge City villages ran a dedicated children's camp, with mornings of art, nature, and play for ages 2–12, plus a children's creative residency. Details for the India edition are still to come.
To be straightforward: no children's camp or childcare has been announced for Edge City India yet. We will update this page the moment it is.
The frontier, in small groups
Who you will be living next to
The village organizes itself into small groups building around shared frontiers. Founders, builders, researchers, scientists, and creatives, working in the open, with the door left ajar for curious children and their parents.
9
popup villages since 2023
12,000+
builders worldwide
1st
Edge City village in India
“Edge City did an excellent job integrating diverse participants from all kinds of background: technical and non-technical, crypto, biotech and culture, young and old.”Vitalik Buterin
The practical facts
What you are signing up for
When and where
October 11 to November 1, 2026. Three weeks on Mandrem Beach in the quieter stretch of North Goa, India, with The Circle, a beach-facing coworking hub, at the center of village life.
Your ticket includes
- All programming: talks, workshops, salons, demo days, community gatherings
- Coworking at The Circle
- Wellness offerings, including group workouts
- Village-wide social events, cultural outings, weekend adventures
Not included
Accommodation and most meals are separate. Edge City helps with discounted partner-hotel rates and housing coordination, so families can choose the setup that fits them.
Flexibility
Tickets are non-refundable, but they are date-changeable and transferable. Useful breathing room when you are planning around a family calendar.
Visa note: most international visitors need a visa for India, and many are eligible for the India e-Tourist Visa. Check your family's eligibility early so it is one less thing on the runway.
How to attend
Ticketing details are coming soon
Edge City has not yet published ticket pricing for the India village. What we know from every prior edition: prices step up over time, and the village fills as the dates approach. If this is your family's kind of October, apply now and lock in the earliest tier when tickets open.
As a guide, the most recent Edge City edition (Edge Esmeralda 2026) ran:
$1,350
week pass
$3,000
full month
$1,013–$2,250
partner passes
Free
children, with an optional children's residency
Edge Esmeralda 2026 figures, shown for orientation only. Goa pricing will be announced by Edge City.
October 11 to November 1, 2026 · Mandrem Beach, Goa
Give your family three weeks inside the frontier
Applications for Edge City India are open now. Apply early, settle housing with their partner-hotel help, and arrive as the monsoon lifts.