Join the Town of Canmore and the Biosphere Institute of the Bow Valley on Friday, May 9, 2025 from 4pm-9pm at Elevation Place for a fun, educational Share and Repair Fair. RSVP here for free to save your spot and be entered to win a prize! 

What to expect? Join us from 4pm-9pm for a free clothing swap, light snacks, live music, on-site repairs, workshops, a trash pageant, prizes, and more!

What should I bring? 

• Clothing items that require small repairs. Visit one of our community sewers who can help you sew or patch items. 
• Patagonia products to be repaired or taken in for repairs by Patagonia.
• Shoes that require mending to the Kumpfy Shoes workshop or booth (4pm workshop).
• Phones that require some fixing to Fixit Bow Valley. 
• Gently-used clothing items to contribute to the clothing swap. 
• Gently-used denim to donate to Melissa at Fyne.
• A bicycle tube that needs mending or minor bicycle repairs/questions (5:30pm workshop).
• Pants that you would like to turn into shorts (4:30pm workshop). 
• Your curiosity for our awesome line-up of workshops! 

Free Workshop Schedule (First come, first served):

🛠️ 4:00pm – Can I Fix My Shoes? Or Should I Just Accept Defeat? with Kumpfy Shoes
✂️ 4:30pm – Upcycle Pants into Summer-Ready Shorts with Fyne Products
🚴 5:30pm – How to Patch an Inner Tube with Community Cruisers
👑 6:00pm – Trash Pageant! starring Ms. Wiebe & her incredible Grade 5s
🌱 7:00pm – Worms at Work! Make Your Own Home Compost with Shannon Ripley & Yarrow Environmental

To learn more, click here. Click here to RSVP for free to save your spot and be entered to win a prize! Further questions, comments or concerns? Contact tanya@biosphereinstitute.org