Here’s a list of zine and DIY events coming up in the UK.
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The 8th Bristol Anarchist Bookfair - Building An Anarchist Future - at Trinity Centre, Trinity Rd, Bristol BS2 0NW, with the Radical History Zone just 5 minutes down the road at Hydra Bookshop. You are all invited to Bristol & the south west's largest explicitly radical political event! Entry is free/donations welcome. Expect 60+ tables […]
GRRRL STUFF is a drop-in workshop for girls aged 8-16. Led by Trudi Lang, the workshop encompasses all things DIY, including zine and badge making, all with a healthy dose of body positivity and loads of energy to harness your inner riot grrrl. There will be loads to make and take home, and all abilities […]
GZF's bread and butter, the zine fair takes place on 1 May with loads of incredible people selling their self-published work. Come on down for great tunes, great chat, and obviously the best zines around.
Sounds From the Other City festival (SFTOC) is a celebration of new music and performance, uniting the cream of the national and international scene with some of the city’s finest independent promoters, collectives and club nights. Happening regularly on the May Day Bank Holiday each year along the Chapel St corridor of the historic city of […]
#PEAKS - a night of talking, art and DJs. WHY DIY? curated by Not So Popular and Milk and Honey ♥ We've always been amazed and inspired by the prolific output of DIY zine making in the UK alone. We've even published a few ourselves. This event will explore what drives people to get DIY […]
Free, booking recommended This Show and Tell showcases a wide selection of photobooks from the library collections. The photobook is a book of photographs compiled to represent a photographer’s work. These publications often represent themes and concepts in a photographic narrative, and provide an alternative platform to display and disseminate images beyond the format of an exhibition. Photobooks […]
Radical booksellers, publishers, artists and activists of all stripes are setting up in the Great Hall at Goldsmiths University to host the 4th London Radical Bookfair. With over 130 exhibitors and 20 guest speakers, this will be a unique gathering of progressive readers, thinkers and doers, in a celebration of radical publishing and politics. The […]
The No Fly on the WALL Academy opens its doors again this month for another event. This year, as well as our monthly brunches and regular events, we will be hosting a series of guest workshops facilitated by people we admire. In this series there will be workshops led by Tobi Oredein of Black Ballad, […]
Zines (or fanzines) are self-published pamphlets/magazines and can be about any topic. They are made using cut and paste techniques, and photocopying. This afternoon of zines invites zine readers and anyone who is curious to come and immerse themselves in zines! The afternoon include stalls of zines to browse and buy: across topics such as […]
This is our last Zine workshop with Untold Hull! Come share a story, have a good old draw, and generally just MAKE A ZINE!!!
The Salford Zine Library team are going to be at The Print Mill for an informal day of zine making and chat. Never made a zine before? Don't worry, it's dead easy! They'll be bringing a sizable chunk of their collection for you to look at and get inspiration from and will gladly take any […]
We're continuing the tradition of exhibiting work from students on the Marple Sixth Form College BTEC with this new one launching on May 26th. Come along to the launch evening, get a can of lemonade and have a chat with the students about their work. The exhibition will be up at the library for another […]
You are cordially invited to a FESTIVAL OF THE ZINE, run by social enterprise Verbal Remedy and hosted by B&D Studios (a two-second walk from Tyneside Cinema). Come along and explore a great collection of zines to buy (both limited edition and regular prints), make your own on the craft table, and get to know […]
'NEVER HAVE I EVEREST' ZINE FAIR FUNDRAISER IN SUPPORT OF Childreach International - HELD AT ROUGH TRADE NOTTINGHAM. SATURDAY 28TH MAY, FROM 12PM. FREE EVENT WITH 'ZINE STALLS, PRINT WORKSHOPS, DJs, RAFFLE AND MORE... Sponsoring NTU students who are trekking to Mount Everest Base Camp (5400m high!) in aid of Childreach International. Childreach International is a […]