Maker Faire Rome – The European Edition takes place from Friday 23 to Sunday 25 October 2026 at the Gazometro Ostiense in Rome. It is open from 10:00 to 19:00 each day, with last entry at 18:00. Tickets are sold only online: a one-day full ticket costs €13 plus a €1.30 service fee, and there is no ticket office at the venue.

Dates, venue and getting there

This is the 14th edition of the fair. It is promoted by the Rome Chamber of Commerce and organised by its special agency, Innova Camera, as listed on the Chamber's event page. Rome's official tourism site gives the address as Via del Commercio 9/11, at the former gasworks in the Ostiense district. According to Edunews24, some spaces of the neighbouring Istituto Superiore Antincendi (ISA) are also used. Local press reports that the nearest stations are Piramide and Garbatella on metro line B and the Roma Ostiense railway station, each about a kilometre's walk away.

Tickets and prices

All tickets are sold through the official MidaTicket shop. Each ticket is for a single day and has an entry time slot: you choose the hour from which you can enter, starting at 10:00. Prices as of October 2026:

  • Full ticket: €13 plus a €1.30 service fee.
  • Reduced ticket: €8 plus a €1 fee, for under-18s, teachers and students at any school or university, including ITS post-diploma courses. You must show ID or a student card at the entrance.
  • Family ticket: €8 plus a €1 fee per person, for families with at least one parent and children aged 4 to 17. You must buy between two and six tickets.
  • Free entry: children under 4, and visitors with a 100% certified disability plus one companion if needed. Free tickets for disabled visitors must be requested in advance by email.
  • Schools: €7 per student through a separate booking form. Teachers and students with disabilities enter free.

Tickets are not issued in your name and cannot be refunded unless the event is cancelled.

What to see

The organisers promise more than 400 exhibits from makers, startups, universities, research centres, schools and companies. They are grouped into three areas: Innovation, Creativity and Discovery. Projects highlighted ahead of the opening, as reported by Electromaker and the Italian education site Edunews24, include:

  • Humanoid robot football. The fair hosts an Italian Open of RoboCup Humanoid Soccer, with fully autonomous five-a-side matches. The teams include SPQR from Sapienza University of Rome.
  • A driverless racing car. Sapienza Corse is bringing its Formula Student car, Gajarda, which can race without a driver.
  • Wearables and assistive tech. On show are a neural headset and a 3D-printed bionic hand from a 17-year-old Italian maker, exoskeleton prototypes that support the lower back during manual handling, and a wearable airbag that detects falls.
  • Kitchen and food tech. Exhibits include Robby Minichef, an automated pasta-cooking machine, and research projects on 3D-printed food.
  • Unusual builds. P3DALO, a five-metre inflatable pedal boat made with 3D printing, sits alongside a DeLorean DMC-12 lent by a Swiss technology museum.
  • Education. Activities include European Space Agency workshops, robot battles and a STEAM in Minecraft competition with 417 registered classes. 26 secondary schools and 27 universities and research centres are presenting 145 projects.

Robotics conference and partners

The academic robotics conference I-RIM 3D 2026 runs on the same dates at the Gazometro, together with Maker Faire Rome. It includes RoboPitch, where selected startups and research groups present robotics proof-of-concept projects to investors and companies. Researchers should check the conference's own registration page. The fair's gold partners include Arduino, DigiKey, STMicroelectronics, MAIRE and Unidata.

Why the fair matters

Maker Faire Rome is recognised as a Global Maker Faire by Make Co., the company behind the original Maker Faire, according to Rome's tourism site. According to figures reported by Make:, it has recorded more than 895,000 visits in total since 2013 and shown over 8,000 projects from more than 40 countries. Some exhibitors have later grown into funded companies, such as the underwater communications firm WSense and the wind turbine maker GEVI.

Our Makers section covers many of the Arduino and hardware projects of the kind shown in Rome, and other upcoming gatherings are listed under Festivals.

Frequently asked questions

How much are tickets for Maker Faire Rome 2026?

A one-day full ticket costs €13 plus a €1.30 service fee. Under-18s, teachers, students and family groups pay €8 plus a €1 fee per person, and children under 4 enter free.

Can you buy Maker Faire Rome tickets at the door?

No. Tickets are sold only online through the official MidaTicket shop and cannot be bought at the venue.

What are the opening hours of Maker Faire Rome 2026?

The fair is open from 10:00 to 19:00 on 23, 24 and 25 October 2026, with last entry at 18:00.