August 22, 2026
11-4 pm | Mount Lorne Community Centre
Carcross date coming soon …
where creativity meets impact.
The reNEWed Festival is a rural, annual community event that brings people together to celebrate creative repair, reuse, and repurposing of everyday household items. Through hands-on demonstrations and shared skills, the Festival invites people of all ages to reconnect with practical know-how, reduce waste, and explore repair as a meaningful act of resilience and sustainability.
calling all artists, fixers and menders!
Want to share your skills and inspire action at the ReNEWed Festival?
We offer paid opportunities for artists, fixers, and menders who work with reuse, repair, and repurposed materials.
Apply below!
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menders & fixers
Skilled in repair or mending? Join us to work alongside community members, repair household items, and share practical skills.
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artists
Inviting all artists who create work using recycled, repurposed, or salvaged materials to share their practice.
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organizations
Are you a business or organization that creates and supports work with repurposed and recycled materials?
be part of the mend:able exhibit
Applications due July 15th.$50 honorarium per selected item. Everyone welcome to apply!Capture your mend on camera.
Submit your repair story.
Inspire others at the Festival!
About
workshops + more!
free to attend and family-friendly!
Throughout the day, fixers, menders, and artists will offer hands-on mini workshops and repair help by donation. Learn practical skills, repair everyday items, and explore creative reuse in a welcoming, community setting.
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