Brno is hitting its stride—and makers are leading the charge. Prague’s smaller cousin likes to joke that it’s just a village, but with a big population and some 80,000 students, there’s nothing small about its creative energy. Young people, big ideas, and a healthy appetite for tech, craft, and hands-on experimentation make it fertile ground for making.
Since launching in 2019, Maker Faire Brno has grown to welcome around 7,500 visitors and several hundred makers from across Czechia and beyond. Fab Lab Brno has been a key partner to the Make More team, the folks behind all of Czechia’s Maker Faires, helping build the community one maker at a time. This weekend, October 17–18, Maker Faire Brno returns for its eighth edition—and the momentum keeps building.
The venue is part of the magic. Brno’s Exhibition Halls are made for Maker Faire: striking architecture, soaring ceilings, floods of natural light, a planetarium (!), a sprawling main hall, and plenty of nooks and crannies to explore. Around every corner, you’ll find curiosity in action, clever engineering, creative experiments, and serious maker talent.
Take a tour of the halls during the 2025 event.
Prusa
Recently at Maker Faire Bay Area, Prusa is putting its maker spirit to work in Brno! A driving force behind the explosion of Maker Faires across the Czech Republic, Prusa is also a showcase for Czech ingenuity, with its integrated, in-house approach to manufacturing proving what happens when you put making at the heart of a business. And this year, there’s a shiny new tool on the line: a Prusa 3D printer! Take part in the Maker Challenge and show the team how a clever idea and 3D printing can give discarded items a second life as useful, functional tools. And just maybe…head home with a new printer to fuel your next big idea.
Can’t make it to Brno? Catch Prusa at Maker Faire Rome the following week!
10 Projects to Put On Your Radar
Maker Faire is where the boundaries between engineering, art, science, and everyday problem-solving get delightfully blurry. These 10 picks from Brno showcase the breadth of the 2026 lineup—from a 3D-printed speaker and DIY electronics to clever uses for garden waste, accessible technology, and hands-on mechanical tinkering. More in the Maker Faire Brno 2026 maker directory.
Acoustika 3D: A speaker you can take apart What happens when a love of Drum & Bass meets engineering and 3D printing? Meet SIMPLIXITY, a custom-designed 3D-printed loudspeaker. See what’s inside, explore its components, and discover how enclosure design shapes the sound.
Sublisica: From bubble to glass Tiny frozen soap-bubble crystals become the starting point for a surprising fusion of photography, chemistry, and design. When off-the-shelf tools couldn’t do the job, maker Jan Grygerek designed his own engraving machine to preserve these fleeting patterns on glass.
Biouhel: Turn garden waste into black gold Those piles of pruned branches hiding in your garden? They could become biochar, a porous carbon-rich material that helps soil retain water and nutrients. This project shows how a little ingenuity can turn yard waste into a useful resource with potential long-term carbon-storage benefits.
Inside Masaryk University’s computer science labs Computer science gets physical with a robot that draws using a pen and a marionette controlled by your own movements. These research projects make algorithms, robotics, and human-computer interaction something you can see—and play with. Maker education meets hard science.
3Dfil.cz: A playground for 3D printing Curious about what comes off the print bed? Explore materials, equipment, and examples spanning FDM, resin printing, and more specialized high-strength applications. It’s a chance to compare technologies and find inspiration for your next build.
Bearings in action: Take it apart, put it back together Skateboards, bikes, and roller skates all rely on a small but mighty mechanical component: the bearing. Here, visitors can practice removing and reinstalling bearings themselves, learning the tools and techniques that keep everyday gear rolling.
KAMaRAD: Radar looking out for road users Cameras can’t see everything, especially when visibility gets tricky. This prototype from Brno University of Technology combines sensors with millimeter-wave radar to detect potential hazards and help protect cyclists and other vulnerable road users.
Bača Customs: Build a wooden gravity racer No batteries, no problem! Sand, paint, assemble, and customize your own little wooden racer, then put it to the test. This mobile workshop brings together traditional craft, mechanical thinking, and the simple thrill of making a toy that actually moves.
RaveBOX: Make some noise Part synthesizer, part sequencer, and all about experimentation, RaveBOX invites you to twist knobs, build rhythms, and discover unexpected sounds. What began as a playful electronics experiment grew into a musical instrument for anyone who likes their creativity with a beat.
High-performance 3D printed RC jet boat with on-board telemetry: Building a powerful 3D printed RC boat powered by a water pump/jet. The project combines mechanical assembly of parts from durable engineering polymers, high-current power supply and development of custom onboard telemetry controlled by the ESP32 chip. The system wirelessly transmits GPS speed, battery voltage and operating temperatures of key components to shore in real time. I will introduce the mechanical layout of the ship, the water cooling system and practical experience from testing
Get Busy + Learn By Doing: Workshops In Focus
Maker Faire Brno isn’t just a place to admire cool projects—it’s a chance to roll up your sleeves and make something yourself. The 2026 workshop lineup covers a remarkable range, from 3D printing and robotics to electronics, space engineering, textiles, and hands-on crafts. Whether you’re a curious kid, a budding engineer, or a seasoned tinkerer ready to level up, there’s something here to spark your next obsession.
Ranging from textiles and space technology to robotics and wild, experimental engineering, the program spans short, 30-minute introductions and deeper sessions lasting 90 minutes or more, with activities for children, teens, adults, and families. Some workshops start with the absolute basics; others let you dig into the tools and techniques used by engineers and designers. Many give you something tangible to take home—a robot, a print, a circuit, or a creation that’s entirely your own.
From blinking LEDs to blasting off
3D printing, from first layer to future tech: New to 3D printing? Design a space-themed creation and print it to take home. Ready for something different? Explore ceramic 3D printing and parametric design, where digital models become printable objects.
Robots, circuits, and code: Build and program an Otto robot, assemble your own combat robot, or get hands-on with soldering. More advanced tinkerers can explore STM32 microcontrollers or build a working digital clock using an NXP development board.
Think like a space engineer: Build a working CubeSat model with student space team YSpace, or design and print your own space-inspired object with rocket team SoRC. For younger makers, water rockets offer a more immediate route to liftoff—powered by water and compressed air.
Make your own smart devices: Build a Wi-Fi-connected e-paper information display with LaskaKit, combining electronics, connectivity, and a practical everyday application. It’s a chance to go beyond using technology and start making it work for you.
Textiles meet technology: Who says making is all nuts, bolts, and circuit boards? At the Nitlab workshop, create a punch card to control a knitting machine and make a patterned scarf. It’s analog ingenuity with a distinctly hands-on twist.
Craft something uniquely yours: Design your own piece of jewelry, experiment with ceramic printing, or discover how digital design and manufacturing are opening new possibilities in everything from fashion to footwear. Creativity here isn’t confined to a screen or a machine.
Making doesn’t stop at the workshop table. The festival’s Repair Zone invites visitors to see how broken objects can be brought back to life. You can take a break from fixing with the stage. The Maker Faire Brno stage is where big ideas get plugged in. Saturday’s lineup runs the gamut from a 24-hour Student Hardware Hackathon and space exploration with ESERO Czech Republic to spectacular science experiments, hardware hacking, and getting more out of 3D printing and Arduino. Catch Prusa Research’s Maker Challenge, then shift gears into the colorful science of the aurora and the growing right-to-repair movement. Sunday brings the hackathon winners, DIY digital footwear, student-built AI projects, experimental design, and an open mic for makers ready to share what they’ve been building. Two days, a whole lot of ingenuity, and plenty of ideas to take home and try yourself. SCHEDULE.
Check out last year’s event if you don’t believe the hype.
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