Equal parts street festival, science fair and business networking event, Louisville Maker Faire is billed as “The Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth.” Makers range from tech enthusiasts to crafters to homesteaders to scientists to garage tinkerers, all sharing the Louisville Maker Faire purpose – to entertain, inform, connect and grow the maker community.

Launched in 2006 in the San Francisco Bay Area, Maker Faires have been held in more than 200 cities throughout the world, according to Make:. The Louisville Maker Faire dovetails with UofL’s strategic goals, said UofL Interim President Lori Stewart Gonzalez.

“UofL and Louisville Maker Faire share a common goal: applying creativity and innovation to address needs today and into the future,” Gonzalez said. “At UofL, we concentrate our research and scholarship efforts behind three Grand Challenges – Empowering Our Communities, Advancing Our Health and Engineering Our Future Economy – knowing the solutions we find will make a difference and create a thriving future for Louisville, for Kentucky and for the world. Louisville Maker Faire, and the makers it calls attention to, do likewise. We are proud to again host Louisville Maker Faire and are thrilled that it is returning.”

Sponsors of the event include GE Appliances, a Haier company, and FirstBuild, a co-creation community that is changing the way products come to market backed by GE Appliances and housed on UofL’s Belknap Campus.

“At GE Appliances, we’re always looking for new and better ways to make life easier for our customers, drive change in our communities through opportunity and create possibilities sparked by connection and curiosity,” said Kevin Nolan, president & CEO of GE Appliances. “The Louisville Maker Faire brings our community of makers and creators together driving inspiration, innovation and collaboration. The opportunity for students from kindergarten to college to experience creativity in action helps them see the potential of what can happen when we come together and what can be made from concept to creation.”

Maker Faires contribute greatly to fostering learning and inspiring a love of inventiveness in children and ultimately have a positive economic impact on the cities where they occur.

“Louisville Maker Faire helps us further advance our vision of innovation and lifelong learning for all by showcasing our active maker community, growing tech sector and thriving art scene that is building momentum across our city and the region,” said Grace Simrall, chief of the Office of Civic Innovation and Technology for Louisville Metro Government.

To participate in the 2022 Louisville Maker Faire, go the event’s web page.

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The Louisville Maker Faire��will be a free, family-friendly event that includes spectacle acts,��exhibitions, competitions, hands-on��workshops, speakers, musical performances and more.

“We look forward to bringing��the community together on our campus to create, discover and be inspired,” said President Neeli Bendapudi. “This event will show the incredible power��of partnership between our university and local industry.”

“Hosting our city’s first full-feature��Maker Faire is an example of how businesses and organizations are working��together to drive��innovation, and a reflection��of the��budding��tech sector��and thriving art scene that have gained momentum in Louisville and across��the region,” said Larry Portaro, president of FirstBuild.

Rob Keynton, UofL’s interim executive vice president for research and innovation, said the university is a “hotbed for innovation,” adding that his office is dedicated to working with community partners to do even more.��

“This September, thousands of makers, artists and entrepreneurs from across the U.S. will see, first hand, what our students and faculty can do when they attend Maker Faire on our campus,” he said.

GE Appliances, one��of the event’s flagship sponsors, backs FirstBuild and is a Louisville-based��maker that has been inventing and��manufacturing home appliances for more than��100 years.��

“This Maker Faire will be��the largest gathering of inventors, creators and makers that this city has ever��seen,” said Kevin Nolan, president and��chief executive officer of GE��Appliances. “Hosting this event in the hometown of GE Appliances showcases the brain��power and creativity of our��community.”

Similar Faires have been��held in cities across the globe since 2006. Louisville has hosted a��smaller-scale, single-day mini maker faire for the past��six years.

“From my first day as the��city’s mayor, innovation and lifelong learning have been among my��core pillars to help our community thrive and grow,” said��Louisville Mayor Greg��Fischer. “Maker Faire will help us continue to advance that vision.”

Organizers are seeking makers,��sponsors and volunteers to contribute to the success of the event. Makers can��sign up to provide an exhibit,��presentation, performance, workshop or demo.��.��

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