Finally we can open our community workshop! Follow the link and please sign up for updates and get involved.

• Short talks from the Mayor, the Makery, and Rachel Crane, Climate Officer (tbc)
• Tour of the workshop spaces, tools and other equipment - including Textiles area, Tool Library, Repair Cafe and 3D printer
• Family-friendly activities from Steve Summer from Noisy Toys.
• Cake, snacks and hot and cold drinks.

Drop-in family workshop activitie & participatory sound experiments.

Follow the BOOM and come along to Noisy Toys to feel 1000 watts of bass power though your fingers, watch some dancing alien Oobleck (corn flour), make laser-blaster sounds with a slinky, find out how sound waves work, and discover amazing sounds hidden in everyday objects.

Participatory sound experiments and demonstrations with some short workshop activities of you want to have a go at making the Robot Chicken or the Auto-Strummer using upcycled computer guts.

Warning: mild peril and deviant audio.

The second public battle event. This time it's personal. This time you can attend, which is nice.

There will be computers there for re-coding new tactics between rounds.
Entry fee to compete in the battle: £5

- December Battle is now postponed until early February 2020-

You can do everything yourself and just join us for the battle, or you can attend one or more of the workshops where we will learn the Making & Coding skills needed, and have a bit of practice sparring.
You can buy your own bits from Redfern or rent them from us.

INFO HERE: https://noisytoys.org/buggy-battles/

Workshops dates to be confirmed.

At this event we'll ask you to drop off your repairs at the start of the event, to describe what is wrong to the fixer and then arrange to pick it up later in the session.

1. Laptops and Pcs

2. Anything that can be repaired (including small repairs to waterproofs) with resins and glues

3. Textile clothes repairs

4. Household electric good, especially vintage

5. Bike Repairs

Back again for the Thriftiest festiaval around.

The Noisy Toys team will be back on site with their amazing instruments created from upcycled e-waste and broken things. 

These sessions are all about having fun and experimenting with sound – no experience necessary! 

There will be three drop-in session on the Sunday, so come and say hello and have a play. 

Sunday workshop times:
10:00-11:30 , 12:45- 14:15, 15:15-16:45 
(*Back Chat Brass – music workshop / 11:30-12:15)

Location: Marquee / Pink Zone 

Suitable for all ages 6+ (under 14s with  adult supervision)