Where Curiosities Bend possibilities
It’s a global playground for rule-breakers, tinkerers, creators, and right to repair rebels. A place where the ordinary becomes extraordinary. It’s loud, messy, and magical celebration of trying rogue ideas, showing off, and making things your own way on your own time.
Where Families Build (& break stuff)
Bring your kids. Bring your parents. Bring your project. Maker Faire is hands-on frenzy and built for anyone who likes to take things apart, put things together, and see what happens next. No barriers. No grades. Just making.
Where Projects & prototypes Find Power
maker faire bay area
where it all began
Maker Faire started in the Bay Area in 2006 and quickly grew into a global cultural movement — a joyful celebration of creativity, curiosity, and hands-on fun.
This September 25–27, come back to the flagship where it all started. Build, play, experiment, and be part of the movement that keeps making the future.
Maker Faire global
Where Makers Gather, Community Grows
Every community has its makers. From international festivals to hometown gatherings, we celebrate them all.
bay area, rome, lille, hannover, shenzhen
Global Faires
Step into something bigger. In major cities around the globe, our global faires gather thousands of exhibitors and performers, jaw-dropping builds, and spotlight startups and sponsors. A bucket list item for all.
orlando, tokyo, Prague, miami, Los angeles
Featured faires
A city’s Maker community, turned up to full volume. Hundreds of exhibitors, interactive zones, live talks, and a stage that lifts up expert makers and thought leaders alongside a few legendary guests.
Bilbao, lynchberg, gent, edmonton, tulsa
community faires
Like a farmers’ market for creativity. Local organizers bring together the makers, crafters, and gadget-builders from your own neighborhood for a day of showing off, sharing skills, and hanging out.
primary, secondary, and colliegate
School faires
The science fair, unhinged (in the best way). Same school spirit. Same student spotlight. But now the displays move, blink, and sometimes fall over and that’s OK. It’s hands-on and way more fun than its predecessor.
beyond categories
Where Art, Technology, & Science Play
Maker Faire celebrates the entire creative continuum—from cultural crafts to cutting-edge technology, backyard tinkering to class-act innovation—offering an unparalleled diversity of content that inspires every age, interest, and skill level.
tech & electronics
Robotics (humanoid, drones, rovers), Arduino/Raspberry Pi projects, home automation, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, retro computing, circuit bending, DIY electronics kits, wearable tech, and interactive installations.
Science & engineering
Amateur rocketry, physics demonstrations (Tesla coils, plasma globes), alternative energy projects, Rube Goldberg machines, geology/astronomy displays, and biology/bio-hacking projects (like mushroom cultivation or DNA extraction).
Craft & Artisans
Metalworking, woodworking, ceramics, glassblowing, leatherworking, textile arts (knitting, weaving, embroidery), papercraft, cosplay and prop-making, upcycled fashion, and fine art created with maker tools (laser cutters, CNC routers).
3D & Digital FAB
3D printing and scanning demonstrations, CNC milling machines, laser cutting/engraving, vinyl cutting, computer-aided design (CAD) workshops, and showcases of complex, impossible-to-make-by-hand objects.
Sustainable Living
Urban farming, aquaponics/hydroponics, beekeeping, home brewing/fermentation, composting systems, off-grid energy solutions, repair cafes (fixing appliances/bikes), natural building techniques, and zero-waste projects.
Live & interactive art
Kinetic sculptures (especially large, fiery, or moving ones), interactive light and sound installations, musical instruments made from unusual objects, magic and puppet shows, thought-provoking presentations, street performance, and collaborative community art projects.
Did you know?
The story of Maker Faire begins not in an exhibition hall, but in the pages of a magazine. In 2005, Dale Dougherty launched Make: magazine as a quarterly publication, envisioning it as a guide for a new generation of hands-on enthusiasts he would come to call “makers”. As the editorial team profiled fascinating individuals, from rocket hobbyists to kinetic sculptors and DIY mavericks they realized that their vibrant, eclectic energy they were capturing in print could be even more compelling in person. This led to the inaugural Maker Faire in 2006.
