Join us as a volunteer for Philly Maker Faire 2026! This incredible event celebrates invention, creativity, and resourcefulness — an exciting opportunity to spotlight and support home-grown innovation in the Philadelphia region. Your help is essential in making this event a truly inspiring and unforgettable experience.
We’re looking to add members to our organizing committee who will oversee
- food
- marketing
- Nerdy Derby
- ticketing
and supporting volunteers for outreach and sponsorships. The organizing committee meets monthly in the fall and then two – four times a month as we move closer to the event. Please contact hello@phillymakerfaire.com if interested in this kind of role.
Day-before/day-of volunteers work a few hours and have free time during the event to roam and explore. If you’re interested in joining our day-before/day-of event volunteer team, complete the sign-up form or email valerie@phillymakerfaire.com.
We can’t wait to have you on board!
Meet the Philly Makers
Penn Assistive Devices and Prosthetic Technologies (ADAPT) is a group of students at the University of Pennsylvania who are passionate about assistive and rehabilitative technologies; for the past year, ADAPT has worked on three biomedical engineering projects utilizing a wide range of engineering and design techniques.
Penn ADAPT is excited to showcase our three biomedical device projects at the Philadelphia Maker Faire! Visit our booth to interact with our prototypes, learn about engineering concepts, meet our passionate members, and hear more about our journey!
Scrappy Circuits
Explore Scrappy Circuit bricks and use them to build your video game controllers.
Custom Burnt Bookmarks with the Please Touch Museum
Use a heat gun and special markers to burn a custom design into a wooden bookmark! Brought to you by the Albert M. Greenfield Makerspace at the Please Touch Museum.
Philadelphia Beekeeper's Guild Hive Display and Sales
The Philadelphia Beekeepers Guid has been supporting bees, beekeeping, and beekeepers since 2009. We'll be showing off the tools of the trade along with some of our fuzzy little friends and selling local raw honey from our member beekeepers.