Zine Club Chicago is proud to welcome two community partners to South Side Zine Fest + Carnival 2026: CHIRP Radio and Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center! Please stop at their tables at our fest to learn more about the amazing work they each do for the greater Chicago community.

The Chicago Independent Radio Project (CHIRP) is a volunteer driven, listener supported radio station built and run by independent-minded music and arts fans. CHIRP is always live and local, connecting Chicago’s diverse creative communities through its programming and events. Find CHIRP on your dial at 107.1 FM, and make sure to tune in to SSZF2026 panel moderator Liz Mason’s show, Now We’re Both Awake, 6-9 a.m. each Wednesday. For more information, visit chirpradio.org

Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center and their partners are the frontline responders to reports of child sexual abuse in Chicago. They are only non-profit in the city that coordinates the work of child protection and law enforcement professionals, family advocates, and mental health clinicians under one roof. ChicagoCAC’s programs work collaboratively, reducing trauma, removing barriers, and ensuring that the children and families we serve receive the essential services they need in one place — helping them restore hope and begin their healing journey. Our SSZF2026 typewriter poet, the Mysterious Liz Baudler, is an Education Specialist at ChicagoCAC. For more information, visit ChicagoCAC.org

South Side Zine Fest + Carnival 2026, presented by Zine Club Chicago, will take place at 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, August 15 at the Richard J. Daley branch of the Chicago Public Library, 3400 S. Halsted St. in Bridgeport. All ages! Free!