Friday July 11, 2025 5pm - 9pm ET

Saturday July 12, 2025 11am - 7pm ET

Located on Turner St. in Old Town Lansing (extending from E César E. Chávez Ave. to Beaver St.)

Here’s an exact address of a great restaurant right in the middle of that area for reference:

Old Town Commercial Association

1232 Turner Rd, Lansing, MI 48906

And here’s a map to help you with way-finding! There’s free parking in the Cesar E. Chavez Plaza on the corner of Turner Rd and Cesar E. Chavez Ave. as well as on the many side streets in Old Town. You may also park at Friedland Industries.

Sculpture Competition

In early May, around 35 teams get an hour to pick up to 500 lbs of scrap metal from Friedland Industries Inc. and then get one month to make a sculpture.

There is a Large Piece category (500 lbs) and a Small Piece category (250 lbs) of sculptures that will be on display this year.

The sculptures are juried (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and People's Choice) and auctioned off at the festival in mid July. ScrapFest began as a competition only, and has evolved into a full repurpose-focused art festival, with eco-art booth artisans, live music, family activities, and food!

70% of the proceeds from sculpture sales go to the artists, 20% to ScrapFest to help put event on each year, and 10% to our charitable partner this year, which is the Old Town Commercial Association!

The sculptures will be sold via a silent auction, in which the artist will decide the minimum bid price, along with a Buy-It-Now price if they want to add one.

Friday July 11, 2025

5-9pm — Sculptures on display and silent auction is open!

Saturday July 12, 2025

11am-7pm — Sculptures on display and silent auction open until 5:30pm ET!

4:30pm — AWARD CEREMONY! 1st, 2nd, 3rd & People’s Choice awards for both Large & Small Piece categories announced! One of our Titanium Level sponsors, Lincoln Electric, is adding to the prizes, and we couldn't be more excited and grateful for their support!

PRIZES

Cash prizes, trophies, and other prizes are awarded for First, Second, and Third places for the Large Piece and Small Piece categories. People’s Choice winners will be presented with a trophy.

Eco-Booth Artists

Friday July 11, 2025 5-9pm

Saturday July 12, 2025 11-7pm

There will be eco-art booth artists on both days of the festival! ScrapFest booth artists are unique in that the work they showcase at the festival must be made from at least 75% up-cycled or repurposed materials. We love them and their repurposing artistry!

Music Lineup

Friday July 11, 2025

6-9pm — Ozay Moore and Y’z Council from AOTA Creative will be DJing!

Saturday July 12, 2025

11-11:45am ET — Tania Watt

12-12:45am ET — Monte Pride

1-2:30pm ET — Mike Bass

3-4:30pm ET — Darin Larner Band

5-7pm ET — Djangophonique

Family, Educational & Other Activities

ScrapFest is for all ages! Every year, we have great family and educational activities to help showcase the importance of reuse, and how it can be fun!

Friday July 11, 2025

5-9pm — Our charity partner this year, Old Town Commercial Association, will have a booth with information about their program! Click here to learn more about their mission in making Old Town Lansing thrive. We will also have invited our previous charity partners to have a booth as well so the public can still learn about the great work they do.

5-9pm — Lansing Community College will have a booth for information on their welding program, along with some projects from their students!

7pm — The ScrapFest Refashion Show is back! This is a scrap fabric-focused addition to the event, where teams picked scrap fabric and had a month to make something wearable! Models will showcase the apparel on the music stage. Click here for more info!

Saturday July 12, 2025

11am-7pm — Our charity partner this year, Old Town Commercial Association, will have a booth with information about their program! Click here to learn more about their mission in making Old Town Lansing thrive. We will also have invited our previous charity partners to have a booth as well so the public can still learn about the great work they do.

11am-7pm — Lansing Community College will have a booth for information on their welding program, along with some projects from their students!

*NEW!* 11am-3pm — Lansing Community College Welding Department instructors Scott Poe and Jeff Seelye will be running a demonstration area at Friedland Industries (405 E Maple St, right near the festival) showing interested people how to weld! This activity is sponsored by Lincoln Electric!

12-5pm — REACH Studio Art Center will have their mobile unit open! Families can make things using scrap material and tool the mobile unit has available.

12-5pm — Waverly Robotics will be showcasing a number of robots built by their students!

Food

Friday July 11, 2025 5-9pm

Saturday July 12, 2025 11-7pm

Old Town establishments open, and we’ll have Picnic Food Truck and Great Lakes Lemonade on site at the festival. Old Town is also now designated as a Social District, so patrons can order food and beverages at participating establishments and walk/sit within the boundaries of the festival. We're adding more umbrellaed seating for this purpose!

A BIG Thank You to our sponsors for making ScrapFest possible,

we couldn’t do this without your tremendous support to our Lansing community!

Titanium Sponsors

Give it up for our Titanium Sponsors! Without Friedland Industries, there wouldn't be a ScrapFest. Lincoln Electric provides welders for the prizes, consumables like welding wire for all of the teams, and more. Render Studios provides us with a mind-boggling discount for making the ScrapFest Documentary (link above!). We're so grateful to all of them for their support, go check them out!

Copper Sponsors

Give it up for our Copper Sponsors! Rathbun Agency / Auto-Owners Insurance has been supporting us since the beginning. They give back to the community in so many ways. The Lenick Company is an amazing scrap brokerage company that supports us tremendously. Benchmark Abrasives carries a complete line of zirconia flap discs, as well as top-quality general-duty diamond blades and excellent surface conditioning abrasives. Benchmark's products are manufactured to exact specifications in some of the finest factories around the world, providing customers with reliable, quality products at exceptional prices. We’re so grateful to all our Copper Sponsors for their support, go check them out!