Maker Faire Miami
May 3 & 4, 2025
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
General Admission Included 

Get ready, Miami! Maker Faire Miami brings together engineers, artists, scientists, and crafters for a one-of-a-kind festival of innovation and imagination. Whether you're a tech enthusiast, DIYer, or just curious, this family-friendly event is packed with interactive exhibits, hands-on workshops, and mind-blowing projects that will ignite your creativity.

Event Highlights:

• Interactive Exhibits & Demos – Experience cutting-edge technology, robotics, and 3D printing firsthand.
• Hands-On Workshops – Dive into hands-on learning with activities for all ages.
• Art, Crafts & Inventions – Explore creations from Miami’s most innovative makers.
• Live Performances & Showcases – Witness mind-bending science experiments and artistic performances.
• Kids Activities in Miami – Engaging STEM experiences designed just for young inventors. 
• Fairchild Members enjoy free admission—join today!

Featured Exhibitors:

Growing Beyond Earth • Growing Beyond Earth Clinostat • B is for BattleBots • Barbaro Mojo Cuban Hot Sauce • BattleBots Panel • Be the Hamster • Bella Blue Design • Bike Powered Maze Race • Block Printing with a Modern Twist • Buccaneer Robotics • Cavebot Painting • Colin's Soap-a-Rama • Code/Art - Make Your Own Binary Bracelet! • Crafts and Drafts Miami • Dibia DREAM • Drone Zone • Elumi Design • Florida Retrocomputer Club • Hedgeclipper • HyperShock • InterlinkKnight • iMater Research Knights • iTech Magnet School Infento Build-A-Thon Team • Laura’s Shop • Make – A – Shirt • Make BioMIA • Make-A-Button Activity • Mh Cosplay Design • Miami Dade College Makers Lab • Miami Dade Public Library System • Miami MIneralogical and Lapidary Guild • MUD Foundation INC • Moonlighter Makerspace Miami Maker's Pavilion • Nerd Nite • Noah Works • Palm Beach Bots • Pendulum Driven Art • Shariff DMC - Desktop CNC Machines • Team Ruckus • The 501st Legion – Florida Garrison • The EElectric Macaron • The Experience Project • The Miami Sudbury School • University of Miami's UMaker • Vida Custom Designs • Vacuum Forming • Witch Doctor on BattleBots

Showcasing Innovation: Fairchild’s Role in Space & Sustainable Growing

Maker Faire Miami isn’t just about the latest in tech—it’s about shaping the future. That’s why Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, the most tech-forward botanic garden in the world, is bringing its groundbreaking Growing Beyond Earth® Innovation Studio to the Faire. This cutting-edge initiative, developed in partnership with NASA, explores new ways to grow plants in space and in small, urban environments. Discover how Fairchild is revolutionizing agriculture for astronauts and Earth alike, using technology to cultivate food in the most extreme conditions. Visitors can engage with real research, see futuristic growing systems in action, and learn how innovation in space farming is transforming sustainable agriculture here at home.

The Million Orchid Project (MOP), led by Fairchild, is the largest educational outreach program in the U.S. dedicated to orchid conservation, aiming to reestablish one million native orchids in South Florida’s urban landscapes. Once abundant, native orchids were nearly wiped out due to overharvesting in the late 1800s, but today the region offers many suitable public spaces—like parks, schoolyards, and roadways—for their reintroduction. Through partnerships with schools, volunteers, and a mobile STEM lab, MOP is not only restoring orchid populations but also engaging communities in hands-on conservation science and developing strategies to protect rare plants in urban settings.