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Thank you to the Chicago Reader and reporter Sydney Richardson for a great preview of South Side Zine Fest! You can check it out in the print edition and online: South Side Zine Fest brings a celebration of self-publishing to Bridgeport We can’t wait to see y’all in Bridgeport this weekend! Please join us for…

Tangible Books, Bridgeport’s family-owned bookstore, will host our panel, Fandom and Zines: A Conversation Between Liz Mason and Keidra Chaney at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 26! Head over to the bookshop at 3326 S. Halsted St. (one block north of the Richard J. Daley Branch of the Chicago Public Library) for this lively discussion between…

Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center is partnering with South Side Zine Fest to offer empowering creative activities for kids all day in the children’s area of the library, including storytime at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 26! ChicagoCAC staff also will be on hand to provide resources for adults. ChicagoCAC and their partners are the frontline responders…

Liz Mason (she/her) publishes zines with names like Caboose and Cul-de-sac, works at Quimby’s Bookstore and is getting a Masters in Library Science. Her work has been in places like Punk Planet, The Zine Yearbook and the back of the toilet at her friends’ houses. Find her on Instagram at @caboosezine, on Bluesky at caboosezine.bsky.social, and…

Wild Ramp Publishing is a Chicago-based micro-press dedicated to small-run zines and chapbooks about pop culture, fandom, disability, and identity. Wild Ramp uplifts marginalized voices and supports community-driven storytelling, including offering microgrants to disabled zinesters working at the intersection of art and activism. Find them on Instagram @wildramppublishing, on Bluesky at wildramppublishing.bsky.social, and online at…

Solar-Powered Zines is a zine distro co-op. We LOVE publishing new zinemakers and publish zines ranging from serious academic work to incredibly ridiculous nonsense to art and poetry to religious ritual guides. Solar-Powered Zines is TRADES ONLY, so please bring your own art to trade!! Join us for the inaugural South Side Zine Fest at…

Bright Void Coffee Roasters, a South Side favorite, will be selling their delicious coffee drinks, beans, and baked goods all day at South Side Zine Fest! Bright Void Coffee Roasters is a Latino and Veteran owner operated coffee roastery. They specialize in single origin coffee to highlight the unique flavors, while keeping the small farmer…

South Side Zine Fest is so excited to host Fandom and Zines: A Conversation Between Liz Mason and Keidra Chaney! Two zinesters who publish work about media will talk about popular culture’s appearance in zines and how it informs their own publications. This panel discussion will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 26 at Tangible…

Zine Club Chicago on Marz: Revolution Cut-and-Paste Style NOW!Life on Marz Community Club, 1950 N. Western Ave. in Logan Square/Bucktown7 – 9 p.m. Wednesday, July 23, 2025Free! SubVersion Summer Camp starts TODAY and we’re teaming up with our friends at Life on Marz Community Club to take part in this citywide call to action! Y’all…

Can’t make it to South Side Zine Fest? We’ll match you with a zine pen pal! We’ll be hosting a pen pal station so festgoers can create and send some fun snail mail to a new out-of-town zine friend right from our event. Sign up for a pen pal here: tiny.cc/SSZF2025PenPals Our international friends are…