Featured Maker – Invented Instruments by Bryan Day

We’re thrilled to welcome San Francisco instrument inventor Bryan Day to the 2024 Baton Rouge Maker Faire. Bryan has been crafting sound machines from found objects since the 1990s. For this presentation, he will guide visitors through a demonstration of building sound sculptures; then he will perform using his creations.
Demonstrations
Saturday, October 19 at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Main Library at Goodwood, Room 102

 

Performance
Saturday, October 19 at 1:30 p.m.
Main Library at Goodwood, Plaza Stage

 

All this and more at the Baton Rouge Maker Faire, hosted by the East Baton Rouge Parish Library!

Here are just a few of the instruments Bryan has created:

Durty Gurty

Metric Tapewarp

Ball Tilt Deluxe

Learn more about Bryan Day and his inventions here:

Maker Website

Let’s MAKE some noise!

 

Animation by Alyssa Dao

We are gearing up for the 2024 Baton Rouge Maker Faire on October 19th. Take a look at the Sprocket band as they jam out!

 

Our theme this year is MUSIC so we’re ready to MAKE some noise!

And where better to do that than the Library! 🙂

Here are some featured attractions you can look forward to this year:

  • Weird Homemade Musical Instrument Demos
  • Musical Instrument Petting Zoo & Drum Circle
  • Build Your Own Instrument Contest
  • Vinyl & Vino (Mocktail Edition) Painting Workshop
  • Rock the Rhythm Bucket Drumming Workshop
  • Effects Pedals Workshop
  • Ukulele Orchestra
  • Lots of local makers showing off what they do!
  • Plus much much more!