Here’s the latest news from your favorite local, DIY, creative re-use project. Workshops, concerts, mending as performance art? Yes. All of that and more.
Events at the Fábrica:
A concert!
“Loom Music”
with Phoebe Vlassis
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
7 pm – 9pm
@ The Fábrica
Attention weavers, music nerds, yarn fiends, and art-lovers of all kinds! We are beyond excited to be hosting Loom Music, a concert in the courtyard with musician/weaver/artist Phoebe Vlassis, who makes music with her voice, loom, and electronics.
From her website: “Phoebe is a weaver and musician from Athens, Greece, currently based in New Orleans, Louisiana. … Her most recent project connects weaving with music, using the loom as a percussive instrument.”
See a video of Phoebe’s Loom Music on Instagram and more on her website.
Community Event:
“Protest Banner Sewing Bee”
UCSC Arts + Ecology Festival
Wednesday April 22, 2026
Banner sewing: 12pm – 4pm; Festival: 10am – 10pm
@ The Digital Arts Research Center, UCSC
This Earth Day come help us create a new banner for the Protest Banner Lending Library! We’ll be out at the Arts + Ecology Festival: Creative Resistance later this month with a new banner to sew. Come by and add some stitches, and check out all the other presenters, workshops, films and more.
In The Streets!
“Mend in Public Day”
Saturday, April 25, 2026
11 am – 1 pm
@ Pacific Ave and Copper St, Santa Cruz, CA (in front of the old O’Neill Surf Shop)
We will host a Mend in Public Day event in Santa Cruz! Please join us.
We will have a hand-crank sewing machine and some extra supplies for embroidery or hand sewing. Bring something to mend or a hand stitching project. Bring your own foldy camp chair if you can.
Community Event:
“May Day”
Banner Printing w/ LGC
Saturday, May 2, 2026
11 am – 2 pm
@ Little Giant Collective, 115 River St South, Santa Cruz, CA
This is our annual May Day event celebrating International Workers Day. Come screen print fabric pennants with slogans celebrating labor and liberation.
This event is free and open to the public.
The Workshop is Open!
Open Hours:
Saturdays 2pm – 5pm
Sundays 3pm – 6pm
Mondays 12pm – 3pm
Please check the Hours/Calendar page for the most current information.
Support The Fábrica !
Are you interested in volunteering with The Fábrica? There are lots of ways you can help out around the shop or at events. If you have some free time you’d like to spend with us, fill out the volunteer interest form.
Making a recurring donation of $5 or more helps us a lot! Thank you for your support!
Miscellanea:
- If you haven’t done so already, save this phone number in your phone: (831) 239-4289. This is who you should call if you think you’ve spotted an ICE or DHS raid in Santa Cruz County. If you want to join the network of legal observers, you can find info about YARR (Your Allied Rapid Response) trainings on their website and socials.
- Our lovely neighbors Subrosa are a small arts venue and meeting space that hosts concerts and classes almost daily.
- Our other neighbors The Bike Church are like the Fábrica for bikes! If you’re new to bike maintenance, check out their monthly “Intro to Bikes” workshop.
- Check out the Free Skool Calendar.
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