Repair cafes / Fixit clinics / Restart parties / Community repair events

These are pop-up repair events available to the public.

Main sites

• Repair Cafe Foundation, Amsterdam
• Fixit Clinics, Berkeley
• The Restart Project, London [youtube]
  • https://restarters.net/
• Netzwerk Reparatur-Initiativen, Deutschland
• https://sustainableconsumption.usdn.org/initiatives-list/community-repair-events
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repair_Café
• https://www.ifixit.com/Wiki/Community_Repair   [2]   [3]

Chicagoland

• Chicago Repair Café IL
  • https://www.facebook.com/repaircafechicago/
  • Repaircafe.org entry
  • 📍Google Maps
• Chicago Tool Library — Repair Fair
  • https://www.chicagotoollibrary.org/our-programs
• Community Glue Workshop
  • https://www.communityglueworkshop.org/
  • https://www.facebook.com/CommunityGlueWorkshop/
  • https://www.instagram.com/communityglue/
  • https://communityglueworkshop.wordpress.com/
  • news, video: https://wgntv.com/video/community-glue-clinic-repairs-items-for-free/11526187/
• Oak Park Repair Cafe
  • The first Saturday of the month.
  • RepairCafeOakParkIL.org
  • PDOP.org (Park District of Oak Park)
  • Repaircafe.org entry
  • 📍Google Maps
  • 🔍Articles in the Wednesday Journal
• Evanston Repair Café IL
  • Repaircafe.org entry
• TODO: Process these:
  • https://www.nachicago.com/2025/09/30/547255/repair-caf-s-in-northern-illinois-reviving-repair-culture-and-building-community
  • https://www.reddit.com/r/ChicagoSuburbs/comments/1qjrzi5/where_can_i_find_repair_cafes_they_have_some_in/
• Romeoville Repair Café IL
  • https://jjc.edu/campus-life/sustainability/romeoville-repair-cafe
• Aurora Repair Café
  • https://sites.google.com/view/aurora-repair-cafe/