Come make something with us.
Year-round community maker events and programs for kids and grown-ups. Each one a chance to make something together.
For specific upcoming dates, see the calendar.
- School Maker Faire
Each May
Our biggest event of the year.
Kids at the Maker Faire LEGO play table
K-12 students show what they made all year. Free, open to the public, 11am-3pm at Piedmont High School. The 12th annual just wrapped. Next faire is May 2027.
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- Popup Maker Spaces
Sporadic Saturdays
Hands-on workshops, drop in and make.
Kids and parents making at a popup maker space
A few times a year we open a space and load it with tools: soldering irons, sewing machines, 3D printers, hot glue, cardboard. Watch the newsletter for the next date.
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- Build Like a Girl
Multiple sessions
Inspiring girls in STEAM.
Older FRC students demoing a robot to a crowd of younger girls
Mentored by the older female students from our FTC and FRC teams. A confidence-and-tools program: hands-on robotics taught by girls who've been doing it for years.
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- 4th of July Parade
July 4 each year
Our 15-foot robot down Highland Ave.
Piedmont Makers crew with the inflatable Makey on Highland Ave
FRC Team 8033 drives the parade robot. Robotics teams march. We took home the Highland Cup in 2025 after placing 2nd in 2024. Spectators in lawn chairs encouraged.
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- Destination Imagination
Pilot · Fall 2026
Creative problem-solving as a team sport.
DI team members at a tournament
Teams of up to 7 kids pick an open-ended challenge each fall, build a solution over the school year, and present it at a spring tournament. K-12. New this season, in partnership with Cal DI.
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We like robots too.
We run the largest community-based youth robotics league in the United States. ~1,000 kids on 125+ FIRST teams, K through 12, across the East Bay.
See the four levels →