Repair Cafe at the Book Festival - Day 1

Name: Repair Cafe at the Book Festival - Day 1
Start: 2025-08-16T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-08-16T17:00:00+01:00
Location: Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Schedule

Sat Aug 16 2025 at 02:00 pm to 05:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Edinburgh, SC

Got something that’s broken? Want to try fixing it but not sure how?
Repair Cafes are free community events where you can bring your item and volunteer fixers will guide you through your repair.
On Saturday August 16th and 23rd, Repair Cafe Edinburgh will be appearing at the Edinburgh Book Festival as part of this year's repair theme. Our volunteers will be on hand to help you to repair your broken electrical, electronic and mechanical devices such as toys, small / low-voltage electricals, laptops… we’ll also have experts to help with fabrics and clothing repairs.

Not everything's fixable at our events - we're limited by time, spare parts, safety, capacity - so if you’ve got something that you want to fix, email us at [email protected] to confirm suitability and to reserve your place. Or just turn up on the day and we’ll try to take a look.

Please note: At busy times you might need to wait for a volunteer to become available. Priority will be given to those with reserved places. The last repair session will begin at 4.30pm to allow time for finishing up.
As this is a very large venue, enter via the main Book Festival entrance on the corner of Middle Meadow Walk/Porters Walk where the Box Office and Front of House team will direct you to us in the Makerspace.