Tinkerfest

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Adult: $30 

Youth/Senior/Student: $25 

Tinkerfest is a two-day festival that celebrates the creative, curious, and inventive spirit in all of us. Tinkerfest will bring together makers, artists, and tinkerers to showcase their work and invite attendees of all ages to join in on the DIY fun. Activities are geared towards a family audience, but we welcome all visitors to experiment and learn with guest speakers, demonstrations, and fun hands-on activities!

Our 2025 partners include:

Friends of the Oakland Tool Lending Library, The Original Scraper Bike Team, The California Climate Action Core, San Francisco BrightWorks, Rouge Making, Tiny Techs Clubs, SF High Altitude Balloon, NASA Ames Research Center, PlayWell TEKnologies, Society of American Military Engineers, Rock the Bike, Museum of Children’s Art, Black Girls Code, and Kollektiv Clay Studio

Other activities throughout the Festival will include Cardboardia, building landscapes with cardboard and tape, Live Science and Planetarium shows, Car Takeapart, Tech Takeapart, and a community-built art installation activity in our Skybridge!

Sponsored by Kaiser Permanente