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Agency : Make your Mark

Arnolfini 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol, United Kingdom

Agency : Make your Mark is a participatory zine-making project created throughout the summer at Arnolfini, conceived and facilitated by artist Rachael House. Agency : Make your Mark talks about how we survive, and pass on ideas of how to make things better, for ourselves, other people and the planet. In tiny ways - or thinking […]

I Want to See All My Friends at Once zine release

Well Space 2 Roscoe Street, Liverpool, United Kingdom

I WANT TO SEE ALL MY FRIENDS AT ONCE- LATE NIGHT DANCING AT THE BAKERY WAREHOUSE ****ZINE RELEASE**** THE PHOTOS OF YETUNDE ADEBIYI On Saturday 13th August Yetunde Adebiyi will release a photo zine of work documenting a monthly party and refugee fundraiser in Liverpool. Yetunde has been photographing a regular late night party in […]

£4

Sunny Days Are Here Again

Cork City Library Rory Gallagher Music Library, 57-61 Grand Parade, Cork, Ireland

Sunny Days Are Here Again, an exhibition of Irish Fanzines compiled by CIRCA ‘91 in conjunction with the Forgotten Zine Archive and Loserdom. The exhibition features examples of fanzines from all over Ireland dating from 1970s to the present day with a focus on publications produced in Cork during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Kick Up The Arts #1 (a zine-making social)

Wharf Chambers Ground Floor, 23 - 25 Wharf Street, Leeds, United Kingdom

A new social for Leeds-based zinesters, comix makers and artists! All welcome, bring your own supplies and projects to work on. You don't have to have ever made a zine or a comic to come along. We are hosting this in the bar area of Wharf Chambers, and will have a nifty sign for you […]

Poor Pals Club Pop Up Show

Fuel Cafe Bar 448 Wilmslow Road, Manchester, United Kingdom

Poor Pals Club is for & by skint artists, writers, muscians & filmmakers. We invite you to our very first pop up show consisting of the following: From 2pm tp 6pm: - Crafty zine stalls - Colourful Print stalls - Super affordable vintage clothing stalls From 7pm to 9pm: - Open mic/Slam poetry - Zine […]

Creative Cafe: Bi Visibility day zines

Joyce Layland LGBT Centre 49-51 Sidney St, Manchester, United Kingdom

Zine making to celebrate Bi-visibility Day. Exploring and recognising personal themes of biphobia, relationships and raising the profile of bisexual people's existance around the world. Creative Cafe is a safe, welcoming and judgement-free space to have a go at something new or bring existing projects with you. All sessions and materials are provided free of […]

Grrrl Zine Fair

The Shacklewell Arms 71 Shacklewell Lane, London, United Kingdom

Details TBA

Leeds Zine Fair

Left Bank Leeds Cardigan Road, Leeds, United Kingdom

After last year's riproaring success, the Leeds Zine Fair is back. It's in the same place - the fabulous former church of Left Bank - for a massive celebration of zines, self publishing, radical politics and DIY culture. There will be a wealth of stuff going on with 50+ stalls, workshops, a Zine in a […]

Manchester Waterside Festival

Pioneer Quay Manchester

Come and join us in the centre of Manchester for a weekend of waterside entertainment. Discover art, music and creative technology on the canal during this new 2-day fun filled, exploratory and innovative festival. Build an underwater robot, make a floating digital artwork, participate in a giant canal game. Enjoy the canal by boat or explore below […]

DSFL Zine and Community Fair

DIY Space for London 96-108 Ormside St, London, United Kingdom

As part of our birthday celebrations, we're running a zine and community fair! Want to run a stall? Email hello@diyspaceforlondon.org with details of the stall. Evening entertainment TBC.

The ZINE Library ZINE Workshop

Strange Cargo The Factory, 43 Geraldine Road, Cheriton, Folkestone, United Kingdom

Join Margate based artists Steve Alan, Jo Murray and Bob Henderson for a zine making workshop where you can walk away with your very own creation. They’ll lead you through the world of homemade self published magazines, where you’re the editor and cut’n’paste is done with scissors, not CTRL + C. In preperation for Strange […]

TYPICAL GIRLS

The Four Quarters 187 Rye Lane, London, United Kingdom

TYPICAL GIRLS is a day and night of zines and music by women for all women, whether trans, cis or non-binary, to raise money and awareness for Women for Refugee Women. Please come and join in! **************************************** Bands until 11pm & DJs until 2am. Check back for details and get in touch if you want […]

Bristol Comic & Zine Fair

The Station Silver St, Bristol , United Kingdom

We are pleased to announce that #BCZF will be returning to The Station on Silver Street, Bristol on Saturday 1st October 2016. More details to follow about the table application process, but in the mean time SAVE THE DATE!

Decolonise Not Diversify (ft. zine making workshop)

Impact Hub Birmingham 58 Oxford Street, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Art Against the Grain presents Decolonise Not Diversify: a one-day festival to unpack and challenge dominant narratives. ‘The concept of diversity only exists if there is an assumed neutral point from which ‘others’ are ‘diverse.’ Putting aside for now the straight, male, middle-classness of that ‘neutral’ space, its dominant aspect is whiteness. Constructed by a […]

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Zine-making with Cherry Styles

Nexus Art Cafe 2 Dale Lane, Manchester, United Kingdom

Self-Care Sunday is the perfect ending to cap off your Ladyfest MCR weekend. Dedicated to all things creative, it's a night to sit back, relax and let Ladyfest guide you in the art of taking care of you. Watch, learn, create as we bring you stand-up, spoken word, music, talks, crafts, zines and much, much […]

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