I have a bunch of KDE-related rss feeds for no other reason than they came preloaded with Akgregator (the feedreader component of the Kontact suite) and they have Akademy which happens every year in various countries, and OpenStreetMap has State of the Map every year as well so don't see any reason why Hivefest wouldn't be any less relevant.
And don't they normally have talks and stuff? I don't see anything wrong with it doubling as a holiday with your online friends XD
What did I miss, why hardforking now? o_O
Good luck getting to the next Hivefest :D