Repair Cafe RVA

09/21/2026

Bring us your Halloween costume or Autumn decoration or your favorite broken thing (even if it isn't spooky). The next Repair Cafe + Clothing Swap is coming up quick, so put it on your calendar so you don't miss it!

We'll be repairing appliances, bikes, electronics, furniture, jewelry, sewing machines, textiles, toys, and more! We welcome all your questions, so let us know what you're wondering and hopefully we'll see you there :)

¡Renueva tu guardarropa en nuestro intercambio gratis de ropa! Trae: ropa, calzado y accesorios usados ​​(en buen estado). Se aceptan todas las tallas, estilos y géneros, tanto para adultos como para niños. Todo es gratis. No es necesario traer ropa para llevarte artículos. Si decides traer algo, asegúrate de que todo esté limpio y en buen estado. ¡Por favor, trae solo una bolsa por persona!

En este evento gratuito repararemos electrodomésticos, aparatos electrónicos, muebles, bicicletas, joyas, artículos textiles, juguetes, libros y más. Si algo está roto y puedes traerlo, ¡le echaremos un vistazo!

Se recomienda fuertemente el uso de mascarillas, las cuales estarán disponibles de forma gratuita. Los purificadores de aire son cortesía de BreatheEasy. Por favor, completa el siguiente formulario de "solicitud de reparación": (enlace en la biografía), si quiere avisarnos con tiempo, aunque también aceptamos personas sin cita previa.

Image description:
slide 1: on a pale purple background with a sunshine and clouds, stand two of our mascots, a smiling glue bottle and a smiling wrench. The text reads "repair cafe rva guess what? it's time for: OCTOBER REPAIR CAFE 101 E Franklin St Here's the important stuff: Robinson Theater Sunday, October 4 1:30-4:30pm (last call for joining repair line is 4 pm) + FREE CLOTHING SWAP We will repair appliances, electronics, textiles, and more..."
slide 2: ¿Adivina qué? Llegó el momento de ¡Repair Cafe en octubre! 2903 Q St
Aquí tienes la información importante:
Robinson Theater
domingo 4 de octubre
de 1:30 p.m. a 4:30 p.m.
(La última oportunidad para unirse a la fila de reparaciones es a las 4 p. m.)
¡intercambio GRATUITO de ROPA!
Repararemos electrodomésticos pequeños, artículos textiles, y más.

09/18/2026

August Repair Café was a record-breaking event in several ways: 134 visitors joined us! We broke our record set just last month for a 3 hour event and registered 84 repairs. This was also our weightiest event so far this year- we saved 467.5 lb of items from the landfill, which brings our yearly total over A TON already - 2080.5 lb! This doesn't even include the many items of clothing, shoes, and accessories that were swapped during the event as well :) wow!

Photo credit: Nikki Eggleston

Image description:
slide 1: this photo is shot down a row of tables lengthwise with volunteer repair experts on the left and visitors on the right with appliances and other favorite broken things being repaired on the table in between
slide 2: people perusing and organizing clothes during the swap, there's a rack of hanging clothes in the background
slide 3: a white board with the repair categories written on it: jewelry, bikes, furniture, books, sewing machines, textiles, appliances/electronics. Lots of sticky notes adorn the board showing completed and in-progress repairs.

09/12/2026

Richmond Aging and Engaging ofrece el servicio gratuito de reparación de andadores.

En este evento gratuito repararemos electrodomésticos, aparatos electrónicos, muebles, bicicletas, artículos textiles, juguetes, y más. Si algo está roto y puedes traerlo, ¡le echaremos un vistazo!

Se recomienda fuertemente el uso de mascarillas, las cuales estarán disponibles de forma gratuita. Los purificadores de aire son cortesía de BreatheEasy. Por favor, completa el siguiente formulario de "solicitud de reparación": https://forms.gle/mYxeMQcZXMBzzXZh9 , si quiere avisarnos con tiempo, aunque también aceptamos personas sin cita previa.

09/09/2026

Please give a warm welcome to Richmond Aging and Engaging who will provide free rollator repair at this event and please spread the word to all the cool people you know who use a rollator!

So that we can repair jewelry this month, we're in need of volunteers with those skills - please respond in the comments or via DM if you or someone you know can fill that role :)

For now, we will be offering free repairs for appliances, bikes, electronics, furniture, textiles, toys, and more! As usual, all repairs are first come, first served and you can fill out our optional Repair Request Form if you'd like to give us a heads up that you're coming: https://forms.gle/mYxeMQcZXMBzzXZh9

Image description: on a pale orange background with a sunshine and clouds, stand two of our mascots, a smiling glue bottle and a smiling wrench. The text reads "repair cafe rva guess what? it's time for: SEPTEMBER REPAIR CAFE 1101 Melrose Ave Here's the important stuff: Richmond Hall at Union Presbyterian Seminary Sunday, September 20 1:00-4:00pm (last call for joining repair line is 3:30 pm) We will repair appliances, electronics, textiles, and more..."

09/02/2026

We look forward to sharing the stats from our amazing turnout this weekend, but first let's take a beat to talk to you about the things we can't repair (yet). For every 20 broken items you bring to us, we can't fix about 3 of them. Why? Two main reasons:
1) We don't have all of the parts to fix all of the things (however, we've had folks come back after ordering the recommended part or bring the part in the first place -- we love this!!)
2) Many electronics and appliances are designed not to be repaired because they want to sell us a new version.
What can you do?
- Keep bringing us your favorite broken things, and purchase the replacement parts if you're able!
- Advocate for Right to Repair legislation
- Help us reach out to because they may be able to provide tools so that we can fix more tech!

Photo by Holly from Mend and Share Fair in April

Image description: with a grassy background, a cardboard yard sign reads: "MEND *clothing/textile *appliance/electronic *bikes"

08/30/2026

¡Gracias, Radio Poder 1380!

PASA LA VOZ! 🔧 ¡Llegó el Repair Cafe de Agosto a Richmond! 🛠️¿Tienes algo roto en casa? ¡No lo tires, tráelo y lo arreglamos gratis! Además, habrá un intercambio GRATUITO de ropa.
📅 Fecha: Domingo 30 de agosto
⏰ Hora: 1:30 p.m. a 4:30 p.m. (Último turno para hacer fila a las 4:00 p.m.)
📍 Lugar: Biblioteca Principal de Richmond (101 E Franklin St)

🛠️ ¿Qué puedes traer? Electrodomésticos pequeños, aparatos electrónicos, ropa/textiles, muebles, bicicletas, juguetes, joyas ¡y más!

👉 Entrada y reparaciones 100% GRATIS. Puedes llenar el formulario de solicitud escaneando el código QR de la imagen o simplemente llegar el día del evento.

08/28/2026

At our July event we tackled 77 repairs and saved 324 lb of your favorite broken things! Thank you to all 33 volunteers who made this happen and to Studio Two Three for kindly hosting us again :)

All photos by the wonderful

Image description: photos show newly repaired items (stand mixer, purse, electric fan, bunny stuffy, camera, necklace) and items in the process of being repaired (backpack, shirt, lamp, doll, bike, coffee maker) with lots of smiling faces from a repair well done and volunteer repair experts working hard!

08/12/2026

¡Renueva tu guardarropa en nuestro intercambio gratis de ropa! Trae: ropa, calzado y accesorios usados ​​(en buen estado). Se aceptan todas las tallas, estilos y géneros, tanto para adultos como para niños. Todo es gratis. No es necesario traer ropa para llevarte artículos. Si decides traer algo, asegúrate de que todo esté limpio y en buen estado. ¡Por favor, trae solo una bolsa por persona!

En este evento gratuito repararemos electrodomésticos, aparatos electrónicos, muebles, bicicletas, joyas, artículos textiles, juguetes, libros y más. Si algo está roto y puedes traerlo, ¡le echaremos un vistazo!

Se recomienda fuertemente el uso de mascarillas, las cuales estarán disponibles de forma gratuita. Los purificadores de aire son cortesía de BreatheEasy. Por favor, completa el siguiente formulario de "solicitud de reparación": (enlace en la biografía), si quiere avisarnos con tiempo, aunque también aceptamos personas sin cita previa.

08/10/2026

This month, we're collaborating with the baddies of to bring you another Free Clothing Swap, this time at the Richmond Main Library!

And as usual, we'll be repairing as many of your favorite broken things as we can: appliances, bikes, electronics, furniture, jewelry, textiles, toys, and more! To give us a heads up that you're coming, feel free to fill out our Repair Request Form: https://forms.gle/mYxeMQcZXMBzzXZh9

Masks are strongly recommended and available for free (thanks to !) Air cleaners provided by

Image description: on a pale orange background with a sunshine and clouds, stand two of our mascots, a smiling glue bottle and a smiling wrench. The text reads "repair cafe rva guess what? it's time for: AUGUST REPAIR CAFE 101 E Franklin St Here's the important stuff: Richmond Main Library Sunday, May 31 1:30-4:30pm (last call for joining repair line is 4 pm) + FREE CLOTHING SWAP We will repair appliances, electronics, textiles, and more..."

07/24/2026

Through repairing the cool things you've brought us, we've already saved 1289 lb from the landfill this year so far (224 lb at our June event) Last year we saved 2384 lb total, do you think we can do even better?

All photos by Jarene

Image descriptions: photos of folks fixing bikes, several electronics, jewelry, a stand mixer, sewing machines, and a toy. Also photos of folks posing and smiling together after a successful repair!