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Here’s a list of zine and DIY events coming up in the UK.

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Carlisle Zine Fest

StArt Studios Unit 3 West Tower Street, Carlisle, United Kingdom

"A P P L Y . N O W Applications are open for Carlisle Zine Fest on the 7th of December 2024 Are you a zine maker? Artist? Illustrator? Would you like to run a workshop? Or have a stall? Then click the link in our bio or story to apply! The deadline for applications […]

Grrrl Zine Library Open Day December

The Old Waterworks North Road, Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom

BOOK A TICKET HERE Welcome to the Grrrl Zine Library Open Day! Join us at The Old Waterworks to explore our collection of 900 feminist zines. The Grrrl Zine Library is ✔️ Catalogued ✔️ Organised ✔️ Ready for visitors We’re excited to welcome guests to the Grrrl Zine Library revamp for monthly open days. We welcome students, researchers, […]

THE CUISINE ZINES @ Good Things Collective Studios

Good Things Collective 3 Northumberland Street, Morecambe

BOOK A PLACE HERE Want to be a food maker, food grower, food sharer, composter, preserver, experimenter, or a general food fanatic. Want to explore and find out about our local Food Futures network and their Good Food Manifesto Would you like to Discover the radical, low-fi self publishing world of zine making. Want to […]

Plymouth Comic & Zine Fair 2025

Ocean Studios Royal William Yard, Plymouth, Devon

Plymouth Comic & Zine Fair is organised and curated by Laura Hole and Sam Rowe. Founded in 2023 by Laura, PCZF brings makers from near and far to Ocean Studios each year. Ocean Studios is accessible via wheelchair. PCZF is split across the ground and first floor, and Ocean Studios has a lift. Paid parking (including […]

Rose Tinted Spectacular

The Rose Hill 70-71 Rosehill Terrace, Brighton, United Kingdom

Rose Tinted Spectacular Zine Fair is back at the Rose Hill! The RTS Zine Fair is a celebration of zines, small-press publications, art and community. Join us to browse alt/DIY zines from a selection of artists, zinesters and makers. Raising money to support local migrant solidarity charities. All welcome! Optimism! Solidarity! Zines! SUNDAY 23RD MARCH […]

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Carlisle Zine Fest

Tullie Museum Castle St, Carlisle

U P C O M I N G Very very excited to announce the next Carlisle Zine Fest which will be hosted by the wonderful @tulliecarlisle And here is our poster! Designed by the incredibly talented @miles._.dyson Application form out today! Check our story and highlights for the link! Also something quite exciting in the works with @queercumbria (hence […]

Tees Zine Fest 2025

Navigator North Unit 7, Hill St Shopping Centre, Middlesbrough

Save the date! Applications open now: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1a2xnygW60yQtscICPB3KmLWG46WcU7Dj0IdBRfnDssk/viewform?edit_requested=true

Readers and Writers Zine Fair

Brixton Library Brixton Oval, Brixton, London

A fair of 20+ stalls of fanzines, magazines, publications, artists, readers and writers with the best of the latest in small press. There is a communal zine table so you can bring along a zine you have made and we can sell it for you too. Access info: the fair is across two rooms in […]

Belfast Zine Fair

Crescents Arts Centre 2-4 University Rd,, Belfast

Grab your scissors and a sheet of A4: Belfast Zine Fair is back for an afternoon of swapping, shopping and making. Booking is not neccessary for this event. Simply pop in, explore the stalls, stock up on new zines and support your local makers, or join a zine workshop in The Crescent’s Café area and make your […]

Stockport Zine Fair

Stockroom Merseyway,, Stockport

Stockport Zine + Print Fair - 14th June, 10am-3pm at @stockr__m. FREE ENTRY - 30+ trader stalls - badge making - workshops - local artists and writers - zines, prints and comics - portraits - make a zine - DIY crafts ... and more to be revealed in the next few weeks! Our poster was designed […]

Feminist Library Summer Fair 2025

Feminist Library 5 Westminster Bridge Road, London, United Kingdom

Our Summer Fair will be back on Saturday 14 June from 1-5pm. Come celebrate our 50th anniversary with @saffronandhoneybakery @hennabymegha @peckham_keffiyeh @crochetqueen.accessories @bubblegumzinearchive @rachaellhouse @aghhzine @pomegranatezines @martabarton Workshops’ tickets coming soon!

Zine-O-Philia zine social club

Hyde Park Book Club 27-29 Headingley Lane, Leeds, United Kingdom

Every third Monday of every month forever and ever. At Hyde Park Book Club in Leeds

We’ve Got Food At Home Zine Fest!

Soft Ground 37-41 The Moor, Sheffield City Centre,, Sheffield

Over Here are teaming up with @dalkular to bring a mini zine fair in Sheffield as part of @migmatfest Zine stalls, zine making, zine library and badge making, with a theme about food exploring what it means to us as migrant communities, and a celebration of our beautiful global cuisines. Applications open now: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQWzgadqiMYMqoJ-1ykhukPtoLBOBNSY5wap0B78sORE9MDg/viewform Preference will be for […]

Cloudwater Print and Zine Fair

Cloudwater Brewing Piccadilly Trading Estate, Unit 9, Gidding Rd,, Manchester

The fair is open to all printmakers, illustrators, artists, designers and zine artists working across the wide variety of print specialisms, including screen print, lino print, risograph, zine making, etching & other print techniques. 29th June 2025 | 11am - 4p.m Piccadilly Trading Estate, Unit 9, Gidding Rd, Manchester M1 2NP

Glasgow Zine Fest 2025

Tramway 25 Albert Dr,, Glasgow

GLASGOW ZINE FEST 2025 TABLE APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN! Do you make zines Do you want to show them off, sell them, and hang out with other zine-makers? Then apply for a table at Glasgow Zine Fest 2025! Glasgow Zine Fest is an annual celebration of zines, community art and heritage. At the centre of it […]

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