Tally Zine Fest 2025

Join us on March 30th to celebrate the world of self-publishing and DIY culture, and support our local zine makers! The event will be located at Tally Print Studio, Common Ground Books, 621 Art Gallery, and The Bark. Each location will have lots of artists, musicians and, at select locations, food vendors. Tally Print Studio will have Zine related workshops and activities.

Tally Print Studio‘s events will run 2 – 6 pm. It is located at 225 E Pershing St. 621 Art Gallery‘s events will run 2 – 6 pm. It is located at 650-3 Railroad Sq. Common Ground Books‘s events will run 2 – 6 pm. It is located at 1102 S Adams St Apartment 10. The Bark‘s events will run 4 – 8 pm. It is located at 507 All Saints St.

Zines, short for “fanzine,” are self-published booklets consisting of original or reproduced images and texts, traditionally produced through a copy machine. Zines provided a method of giving artists, especially historically marginalized ones, a voice.In the 1960s, zines became a tool for Black feminists to use to address white supremacy, the patriarchy, and issues regarding intersectionality in the women’s liberation movement. They became popular during the 1980s underground feminist punk movement, better known as the Riot Grrrl Movement. In the early 2000s, LGBTQ+ publications, such as QZAP (Queer Zine Archive Project) sought out to preserve queer zines and have them be available to various communities. Nowadays, libraries and bookstores carry collections of zines signifying how far they’ve come!