Join us for the 8th Annual Baton Rouge Mini Maker Faire, family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity, & resourcefulness! This year’s weeklong hybrid event, lasting October 18 - 23, will celebrate makers, library makerspaces, & folks with a passion to learn new skills through interactive workshops, grab & geaux crafts, an outdoor maker market, a showcase of robotics excellence, and a celebration of terrible robots fighting sumo style!  

Learn new skills through makerspace workshops at branch libraries across the EBR starting Monday, October 18! Fabric bookmarks, electronics take-aparts, lasercutting, 3D printing, Cricut demos, and more! Explore YOUR libraries' makerspaces to start your journey towards creation and innovation! View the complete schedule and register today at batonrouge.makerfaire.com 

Then on Saturday, October 23, join us from 10am to 2pm at the Main Library at Goodwood an outdoor maker market, grab & geaux crafts for all ages, and two special robotics events! We’ll start with “America’s Next Top Robot,” a robot fashion show of epic proportions showcasing area school robotics teams and end the day with a sumo-style robot fight called "Hebocon!" Hebocon comes from the Japanese word “Heboi” which means “clumsy, unskillful, bungling, poor, and bad," so this competition is all about creating terrible robots for fun! All Hebocon “robots” will be comprised of recyclable materials, torn apart toys, and random electronics put together by YOU the public. No experience with robotics? No problem! This event is geared towards folks that have NO EXPERIENCE with robotics and all “high tech” robots will be graded on a curve. Can't make it in-person? Watch the live stream of America's Next Top Robot & Hebocon at facebook.com/ebrpl 

Seating is limited and registration is required to attend all makerspace workshops & robotics events. Find the full schedule of events, apply for the outdoor maker market, and register for workshops & robotics events at batonrouge.makerfaire.com. For more information, email makerfaire@ebrpl.com