Repair Café Silicon Valley is a volunteer-run, community service organization dedicated to encouraging the repair and reuse of goods rather than dumping them in landfills. Join us by bringing your broken items to be repaired or by volunteering.
Repair Café is a free event all about repairing things (together). We have tools, materials, and volunteer experts to help you make any repairs you need on clothes, furniture, small appliances, bicycles, crockery, electronics, lamps, toys, and lots more. Our goal is to extend the life of everyday items and keep them out of the landfill.
Repair Café Silicon Valley started over ten years ago as separate organizations in Palo Alto and Mountain View and has grown to encompass all of Santa Clara Valley. Interested in hosting an event near you? Get in touch and we’ll help you get set up.
Did you know that Repair Café Palo Alto was the first one in the United States? Learn more about the history of the international Repair Café movement.
Bring it to a Repair Café! Our volunteers love a challenge so if you can carry it in we’ll do our best to get it back in service for you. We have electronics experts who love to solder, woodworkers who love to glue, sewing experts who love to stitch, and bike mechanics who love to grease things.
Sometimes we can fix it, sometimes we can identify the problem and send you home with a plan, and sometimes it may be time to recycle an item. But we’ll have a good time and know we are helping the environment by extending the life of the things we love.
Check out our FAQ page for a list of items it’s best to leave at home.
Experienced tinkerer? Born organizer? Just want to learn? You can help, even if you’ve never used a screwdriver before you can make a difference.
Sign up for our email list below and you can help us save the planet one repair at a time. We are always looking for people who can troubleshoot and repair, help organize events, or even work on this website. Want to learn how to repair? Come hang out and shadow a fixer at our next event.
Students: sign up for our apprentice program! We’ll pair you up with an experienced fixer who will help you build your troubleshooting skills.
Partners
MOAH has provided us with the perfect venue for hosting Repair Cafés in Palo Alto over the years. We thank MOAH staff and board members for their help and support in growing this community event.
Zero Waste Palo Alto’s mission is to help the community reach its Zero Waste goal of virtually eliminating waste being burned or buried. ZWPA supports the Repair Café through generous Waste Reduction Project Fund grants and on-going community outreach.
Saturday, April 11th, 2026
9:00 AM to 2:00 PM
5283 Snell Ave., San Jose
Join us at the Master Gardener’s Spring Garden Fair in Martial Cottle Park. Bring your garden tools or anything else you want help fixing, but remember your little red wagon (we can fix that too) because it’s a bit of a walk from the parking to our booth. No sewing repairs at this event.
Sunday, April 26th, 2026
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
351 Homer Avenue, Palo Alto
Join us as we return to the Museum of American Heritage in Palo Alto to fix your favorite things. Limit two items per household, check-in closes at 2:30 PM.
Sunday, May 3rd, 2026
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
2355 Oakland Road, San Jose
One of our biggest events ever was the inaugural Repair Café with Tzu Chi in January. Join us as we once again offer free repairs to help reduce waste and give your items a second life, while enjoying the warmth of tea and a friendly community. Limit two items per household, check-in closes at 2:30 PM.
Saturday, May 9th, 2026
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
665 W Olive Ave., Sunnyvale
We are back at the Sunnyvale Library offering free repairs on everything from robots to raincoats. Limit two items per household, check-in closes at 2:30 PM.
Saturday, May 16th, 2026
7:00 AM to 11:00 AM
97 Boston Ave, San Jose
Repair Café volunteers will be at the Burbank Sanitary District Annual Cleanup day to give residents the option to repair instead of trashing broken household items. Join us at the corner of Boston Ave. and Olive Ave.
Anyone is welcome to stop by the Repair Café tent, but the cleanup event is only for residents of the Burbank neighborhood of Santa Clara Country.
Thursday, May 28th, 2026
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
1213 Newell Road, Palo Alto
Join us for our first ever weeknight event at the Rinconada Library in Palo Alto. We will be offering free repairs on small items, no bikes please.
Sunday, May 31st, 2026
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
100 Villa Ave., Los Gatos
We are back at the Los Gatos Library! Join us for free repairs on household items, electronics, bikes, clothing and more. Limit two items per household, check-in closes at 2:30 PM.
Saturday, June 13th, 2026
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
266 Escuela Ave, Mountain View
Repair Café is returning to the Mountain View Senior Center. Everyone is welcome to bring items for repair. Limit two items per household, check-in closes at 2:30 PM.
Saturday, June 27th, 2026
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
2635 Homestead Road, Santa Clara
We are back in Santa Clara at the Central Park Library offering free repairs on everything from bikes to broilers. Limit two items per household, check-in closes at 2:30 PM.
Saturday, July 11th, 2026
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos
Join us for the first ever Repair Café at the Los Altos Library! Bring your broken items for our volunteers to look at and we’ll help you get them working again.
Saturday, September 19th, 2026
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
350 W. Sixth Street, Gilroy
We are coming back to Gilroy! We’ll be at the Gilroy Library offering free repairs and repair advice. So gather up your broken household items and come on by.
Be the first to know about upcoming Repair Café events throughout Silicon Valley.
We send out a newsletter about once a month, and if you choose the volunteer opportunities list you’ll receive a second email with details about upcoming events where your skills would be most welcome.