An opportunity for creative people, inventors and entrepreneurs to get together is coming up next weekend.

This will be the first year of the Big Muddy Mini Maker Faire in St. Joseph.

According to Maker Faire Chair Sandra Pettit Weber, maker faires are held all over the world.

“It’s really an exciting movement connecting ingenuity, creativeness and they’re billed as the greatest show on earth,” Weber said. “They’re part science fair, part county fair and part something new. If you think of the fair’s of the early 1800s where they spelled the old-fashioned version, ‘f-a-i-r-e,’ it’s kind of a blend of all of that, but it connects to the maker movement, really hitting people’s ingenuity, the ‘do-it-yourself-ers.’”

Weber said the Maker Faire will include crafters, educators, engineers, drones, computers, robotics and more. Approximately 30 makers will be at the Maker Faire including the Kansas Bee Company and the Missouri School of Blacksmithing. There will also be a human-powered hamster wheel that allows participants to make their own custom frozen beverage with no electricity.

The Big Muddy Mini Maker Faire will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on March 3rd, at the Restoration Natatorium at North Second and Francis Streets in St. Joseph.  

The Maker Faire is also in need of volunteers. For more information, contact Sandra Pettit Weber at (816) 271- 7571 or click here.