Don’t Miss Our Repair & Share Festival on 31 October 2026! Share Festival on 31 October 2026! What if repairing products became the default rather than the exception? How can a single day demonstrate what this could look like in practice? How many products could be given a second life in just one day? This will be at the heart of our Repair & Share Festival 2026 in Wuppertal, Germany, the flagship closing event of our FAB Region project. The festival will bring repair and second-hand practices closer to everyday life and showcase how circular consumption can become an attractive and viable alternative to buying new. The festival marks the closing event of Circular Week 2026, creating a strong link between regional action and broader discussions on circular economy transformation. It will provide a platform to explore a key question: What does it take for repair, reuse and sharing practices to become the “new normal”? A festival for circular solutions The event will bring together stakeholders from civil society, voluntary initiatives, and the private sector to collaboratively pilot a Repair Hub and foster synergies between grassroots repair initiatives and professional repair businesses. Through a diverse and engaging programme—including hands-on repair activities, second-hand and sharing opportunities, workshops, interactive activities for all age groups, and spaces to exchange experiences around circular practices—the festival aims to make circular solutions tangible, social and empowering. Check out the festival programme! Join the repair movement – and the NRW Repair World Record A central highlight of the Repair & Share Festival will be the final celebration of the North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Repair World Record attempt. Throughout October 2026, people across North Rhine-Westphalia are invited to repair and document items as part of a collective effort to achieve more than 4,000 repairs. The initiative is organised by the CSCP as part of Circular Week 2026, together with numerous partners across NRW. During the festival, visitors are invited to bring broken items and join the repair activities on site. Whether it is a small electronic device, a bicycle, a piece of furniture, clothing or another everyday object – the Repair & Share Festival offers opportunities to learn, exchange knowledge and give things a second life. Repair initiatives from across NRW will come together for the festival and contribute their expertise to make repair visible and tangible for everyone. Get involved The festival is about more than fixing broken products. It is about sharing knowledge, connecting people and demonstrating how circular practices can become part of everyday life. The programme will include opportunities to exchange experiences, discover practical solutions and connect with people who are shaping a more circular future. The Repair & Share Festival invites individuals and organisations to participate: whether by repairing an item, sharing expertise, joining as a repair initiative, contributing an activity or supporting the event. Are you a repair initiative, organisation, company or individual interested in contributing to the Repair & Share Festival? We would love to hear from you! If you would like to participate, contribute an activity or become part of the festival programme, please get in touch with Stephan Schaller. In addition to the official programme, food, drinks and informal gathering spaces will make for a welcoming festival atmosphere—get ready to be inspired, exchange, and engage! Event: Repair & Share Festival Date: 31 October 2026 Place: Utopiastadt & Wiesenwerke, Wuppertal, Germany Language: German and English Cost: Free of charge The Repair & Share Festival represents both a culmination and a starting point: concluding the FAB Region project, while laying the groundwork for future circular initiatives in the region and beyond. The festival follows the FAB Region Opening on 30 October 2026, which will mark the start of a weekend dedicated to celebrating regional engagement and circular transformation in the Bergisches Städtedreieck. Don’t miss it & reach out to Nils Kreft to engage with us!