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

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Exchange Zine Fair

The Finborough Arms 118 Finborough Road, London, United Kingdom

Exchange hosts it first zine fair! As well as launching our second edition of The Exchange, zines will be available from HYSTERIA Doomed Gallery Dalston Ana Soria Blame Your Parents Press Dead Tress & Dye Maxwell Rushton Jess & Jim Amongst others! If you're interested in having a table, message me!

Art for All (free art workshops at North Chingford library)

North Chingford Library London, United Kingdom

The Art for All workshops are back at North Chingford library! A free monthly programme for adults exploring different art styles facilitated by professional artists, where all levels are welcome. Whether your artistic skills are equivalent to Michaelangelo or fingerpainting, everyone can enjoy these free, fun and practical classes that use art to explore and […]

Fields of Wheat, a zine library by Twigs & Apples Publishing

The Birley Town Hall Annexe, Preston, United Kingdom

Browse the collection of 200+ zines gathered together by Twigs & Apples A Preston-based zine & print-making project which began in 2009. The collection includes self-published works on themes of art, photography, creative writing, poetry, music, activism, politics, environmentalism, feminism & more. come and have a cup of tea & biscuits / have a read and a rest / […]

OPEN Pop-Up Shop | Zine Fair + Workshops with Road Gal LDN

Brixton Pound Cafe 77 Atlantic Road, London, United Kingdom

OPEN Pop-Up Shop at Brixton Pound Cafe Abondance Matanda + Jasmine Kahlia, founders of Road Gal LDN are hosting a one-day Zine Fair with workshops, talks and film screening of TOP GIRL taking place during the afternoon. --- OPEN is a collective of accomplished young entrepreneurs & creatives that have teamed up with Livity to […]

Cut and Paste Utopia with Oomk Zine

The Bank Gallery Space Central House 59-63 Whitechapel High Street, London, United Kingdom

Cut and Paste Utopia A Zine workshop led by Rose Nordin from Oomk Zine In this Risograph printing session, participants will be encouraged to assemble cut and paste collages reflecting their own vision of a Utopian London. Each collage will be run through the Risograph printer and folded into a zine for participants to take […]

£2

Digbeth First Friday: Lucy McLauchlan’s Zine Launch

Centrala Unit 4, Minerva Works, 158 Fazeley Street, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Join us on July 7 for Digbeth Frist Friday with the final evening of Lucy Mclauchlan’s residency at Centrala! We will celebrate of the launch of Lucy’s zine documenting her investigation along the highways and byways of Birmingham. From 8pm, there will be Music, Centrala’s specialty cocktails and Craft beer!

Khidr Collective Zine Launch

Rich Mix London 35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road, London, United Kingdom

Over the last few months, we've been hard at work to create a bi-annual magazine for young Muslims, by young Muslims. We are excited to share the zine & all the amazing content. Why do we need this? We all know how badly represented Muslim communities are in the media. From the Evening Standard to […]

£11.21

Grrrl Zine Fair at Village Green Festival

Chalkwell Park Chalkwell Avenue, Southend on Sea, United Kingdom

Grrrl Zine Fair is SUPER excited to be hosting its next event at Village Green Festival. We’re swapping London pubs for a beautiful park overlooking the essex seaside. Expect your fav magic and inclusive Grrrl event but with more workshops, more zines, a sculpture garden, art exhibition, bands and an immersive zine library. ☺ ☺ […]

Achilles! Fanzine Launch Party

Vinyl Deptford 4 Tanners Hill, London, United Kingdom

Achilles! is a fanzine about the Achilles Street area in New Cross, South-East London, which is under threat of regeneration by Lewisham council. 4 blocks of houses and 2 rows of shops face potential regeneration, a euphemism for total demolition. The zine is a space celebrating the existing area and people of Achilles Street. It […]

Zine Workshop – Sick!

INTRA 337-341 High Street, Rochester, United Kingdom

A workshop for those affected by invisible illnesses - guiding you to express yourself through words, images or collage to create a collaborative zine on this theme. Led by artist and printmaker Xtina Lamb, your contributions will be compiled into a small DIY publication - a 'zine', to be printed on INTRA's Risograph machine. The […]

A Short Exhibition About Music Zines

London College of Communication Elephant and Castle, London, United Kingdom

A Short Exhibition About Music Zines, presenting a brief history and overview of the movement in the UK, co-curated by LCC Library (UAL) and Jen Kavanagh. Music zines feature heavily in the London College of Communication, UAL Library Zine Collection. From the original punk fanzines of the 1970s, through to the indie and alternative zines […]

What If? Exhibition and Zine Launch

Gracelands Cafe 118 College Road, London, United Kingdom

In Crisis’ landmark 50th year, Art in Crisis considers the proposition ‘What If’ through the eyes of our clients, with pieces examining the past, considering the present and looking to the future. Join us at the launch of a photography exhibition developed by Crisis Skylight Brent clients and local video artist and photographer Michael Speechley. […]

Freshly Pressed – Print Fair

The Civic Hanson Street, Barnsley, United Kingdom

The Civic are delighted to announce the impending arrival of Freshly Pressed, a new print fair for South Yorkshire and the latest addition in the region’s calendar of markets for artists, artisans and lovers of all things hand-crafted. The Civic’s Freshly Pressed will feature a cacophony of stalls selling contemporary art, illustration and photographic prints, […]

Weirdo Zine Fest at Sutton House

Sutton House 2 Homerton High Street, , London, United Kingdom

Weirdo Zine Fest is a self-publishing fair celebrating DIY cultural production by radical and marginalised people. Preference for tables goes to women, queers, POC, disabled people, trans people, fat people, sex workers and anyone who is otherwise marginalised. The first fair was last year at DIY Space for London and it’s back for a second […]

£3 – £6
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