Repairium at Reading Festival
2026-08-27 - 2026-08-31
The Repairium is a special Repair Café at the Festival Republic Reading Festival from Wed 26th to Sun 30th August. This is a collaborative event organised by all the Berkshire Repair cafes.
The event draws crowds of around 90,000 to 105,000 people per day, and is a famous end-of-summer rite of passage for teenagers and young adults. It heavily attracts those celebrating recent GCSE or A-Level results.
What is envisioned is something along the lines of what was done at the Boomtown event last year – you can read an article about it here
This wouldn’t be a traditional Repair Café – the focus would be on repairing things that attendees might have issues with at festivals such as:

Camping gear
Inflatable beds
Chairs
Trolleys
Glasses/sunglasses
Bags/rucksacks
Shoes
Cooking gear
Clothing, etc.

Our aims at the event will be to:

Reduce waste by repairing items during the event.
Improve visitor experience by fixing essential items (chairs, airbeds, glasses, clothing).
Promote the repair movement and connect people to local repair cafés and repair networks.
Educate the visitors and encourage them not to leave behind items
Raise money through donations for Berkshire Youth

Overton Repair Cafe
2026-09-05 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-10-03 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-11-07 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Overton Community Centre, Winchester Street, Overton, RG25 3HS, United Kingdom
Our repair café is held on the 1st Saturday of each month, at Overton Community Centre. There is no charge, though we do welcome cash or card donations if you are able, in order to keep the service running – it is free to use but not free to run!
​Anyone can bring an item along to have it repaired by our team of volunteer repairers. We can fix electrical items, clothes, wooden items, jewellery, tools and toys, amongst other things. We also offer bicycle safety checks, particularly for children’s bikes. For a bicycle check, you will need to fill in the form in advance.
​We are proud to be part of the Hampshire Repair Café Network.
If you have an urgent repair and can’t wait until our next event, there are other repair cafes across North Hampshire on different weekends, all part of this network.

Want us to fix something? Book in using this form.

Filling out the form gives us a chance to assess whether it is an item we are able to repair before you turn up. It is also fine to turn up on the day with your item without having filled in the form.​​​
​We always need more volunteers. So if you’re a dab hand at repairing household items, computers, furniture, bikes or clothes – whatever your skill set might be, send us a message. We run the Repair Café once a month, but you don’t need to be available for every session to volunteer with us.​

Marlow Repair Cafe
2026-09-05 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-10-03 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-11-07 10:00 - 13:00 | Christ Church URC hall, 18 Oxford Road, Marlow, SL7 2NL, United Kingdom
The Marlow Repair Café is an opportunity for people to learn how to fix their own items, rather than throwing them away. This can range from electronics to furniture, or from jewellery to bikes. The Repair Café Foundation website has more details on what it is and the history of the movement.

Spencers Wood Village Hall Repair Cafe
2026-09-06 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-10-04 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-11-01 10:00 - 13:00

Woodley Repair Cafe
2026-09-06 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-10-04 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-11-01 14:00 - 16:00 | Christ Church, Woodley, Crockhamwell Rd, Woodley, Reading, RG5 3LA, United Kingdom

Wokingham Repair Cafe
2026-09-12 10:00 - 12:30, 2026-10-10 10:00 - 12:30, 2026-11-14 10:00 - 12:30 | All Saints Church, Wokingham, Wiltshire Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40 1TN, United Kingdom
Wokingham Repair Cafe has been running for over two years on the second Saturday of each month at All Saints Church, Wokingham.
Have something you’d like repaired? You don’t have to book a place – but if you register the repair before on our website you’ll get checked-in on the day quicker, and we’ll be better prepared.
Repairs are processed on-the-day in order, based on the next available repairer for that type of item. Max two items per visitor.
Enjoy a cuppa and a slice of cake while you wait. ☕🍰
Want to know more about what to expect? Take a look at this video.

Maidenhead Repair Cafe
2026-09-12 10:00 - 15:00, 2026-10-10 10:00 - 15:00, 2026-11-14 10:00 - 15:00 | RBWM Maidenhead Library, St Ives Road, Maidenhead, SL6 1QU, United Kingdom
The repair café is a volunteer-run event that was originally started from seed funding by the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. It is a regular event where repair coaches help visitors to fix their beloved but broken items and extend it’s life. Items that can be fixed vary greatly, ranging from small electrical items (e.g. kettles, toasters etc.), ceramics, upholstery and much more! Why throw it away when it can be brought back to life with just a little help?
Learn new skills, meet new people and create the habit of repairing and reusing things, to prevent items from unnecessarily ending up in landfill before their time.

Purley Repair Cafe
2026-09-12 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-10-10 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-11-14 15:00 - 17:00 | The Mad Duck Cafe, Wintringham Way, Reading, RG8 8BG, United Kingdom

Earley Repair Café
2026-09-13 08:00 - 17:00, 2026-10-11 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-11-08 10:00 - 13:00 | Earley Repair Café, Centrepoint Community Centre, Chalfont Close, Earley, Reading, RG6 5HZ

Reading Repair Cafe at RISC
2026-09-20 12:30 - 16:30, 2026-11-15 08:00 - 17:00 | RISC Reading International Solidarity Centre, 35-39 London Street, Reading, RG1 4PS, United Kingdom

Newbury and Thatcham Repair Café
2026-09-27 14:00 - 16:30 | Newbury Methodist Church Hall, Northbrook Street, Newbury, United Kingdom

Reading Repair Cafe at rLab
2026-10-18 08:00 - 17:00 | rLab Reading Hack Space, Weldale Street, Reading, RG1 7BX, United Kingdom

Newbury and Thatcham Repair Café
2026-10-25 14:00 - 16:30 | Frank Hutchings Hall, Bradley-Moore Square, Harts Hill Road, Thatcham, United Kingdom
