Twin Cities Zine Fest

Just as we’ve done for the past few years, we’ll have a Friday night zinester reading at TCZF 2020! This time the readings are pre-recorded, but that means we can fit in nine wonderful zine and comics creators in just 71 minutes. Join us on YouTube at 7 pm Central tonight to catch the zinester reading! Closed captions are provided.

• Aishath Shaina Saeed – Out of Body and Mind http://shainasaeed.com/
• Dustin Garcia – Masks https://www.dustooned.com/
• heather c. lou – Sometimes Being Sad is Okay, Chive Blossom Vinegar, No Energy Vampires https://www.hclouart.com/
• Jes Reyes – Personal Window https://www.jesreyes.com/
• Met Tinsley – Memory Tourist (OblivionSpin) https://oblivionspinoccasionally.blog…
• Sean Knickerbocker – Best of Three https://www.seanknickerbocker.com/
• sunshine gao – survival food https://sunshine-gao.com/
• Vlasinda Productions – Poetry Found in the Ether https://www.instagram.com/vlasinda_st…
• L. Kling/YOLOW Zines – Did You Eat, Unrest: Biking Through a Pandemic & Global Uprising http://www.picklewitch.org/

We’re so excited for tonight’s workshop, “Crafting Autobiographical Work Without Going Nuts!”, hosted by long-time TCZF favorite M.S. Harkness. Please join us at 7 pm (Central time) at YouTube where we’ll be streaming the event live!

The third day of the Twin Cities Zine Fest 2020 brings this incredible zine/music video from Minneapolis punk band Loss Leader!!

We’re glad to share ordering information for the “True North” 12″ vinyl album and zine! When you pre-order the 12″ album you get two exclusive tracks plus a prize pack including a koozie, a button and sticker of the album artwork (by the amazing Jared Gaines), a bottle opener keychain, and a exclusive Loss Leader zine featuring the artwork of the True North music video.

So excited to have this workshop/skill share as part of our TCZF 2020 lineup!

“Ritual Creativity and the Benefits of Consistency” is a discussion about creating work at a regular pace: learning to draw unexpected connections, maintaining a schedule, finding an audience, and more. Thank you to Aaron King and Allison Anne for sharing their skills and answering questions from the Twin Cities Zine Fest community!

The video is closed captioned for accessibility.

We’re so excited to start Twin Cities Zine Fest today!! Helping us kick off the fest is nine-year-old Neva, who is sharing her zine making skills to teach everyone how to make a one-page zine. We hope Neva will encourage you to make your own zines!!

Check out the lineup of events happening during TCZF 2020: we’ve got something happening every day of the week! We’ll be hosting live panels and workshops as well as releasing prerecorded videos. Find more info about each event at tczinefest.org/tczf-2020.

We’re really looking forward to this year’s fest! Check out this great article written by Meg Bishop for the University of Minnesota’s The Minnesota Daily to read more about some of the folks we’ll be featuring during the fest.

2020 has been a challenging year and especially so for people of color at the hands of police brutality. The Twin Cities Zine Fest goes beyond zines and self publishing. TCZF is a space to provide community within the Twin Cities community. In light of the murders of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ahmaud Arbery in Glynn County, George Floyd in Minneapolis, Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta, Jacob Blake in Kenosha, and many others, we feel responsible to speak out and act.

We stand in solidarity and support the efforts to end racism and white supremacy as well as support the families of those suffering from ruthless violence and murder from the hands of the police and the state.

Though we are a small event, the Twin Cities Zine Fest organizers strive to create a space that is anti-racist, accessible, and just. We will do our part to educate ourselves, and promote anti-racism. Make your voice heard, whether in the street, by talking to friends, family, coworkers, and neighbors and voting.

With love, the organizers of the 2020 Twin Cities Zine Fest

Resources / how you can help:
Unicorn Riot
Twin Cities Mutual Aid Map
MPD150

This year Twin Cities Zine Fest will be virtual, with events taking place October 19-25. All events will be online and free to the public.

We’re excited to help promote zinesters’ creations through multiple online venues, including this website, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Those who are accepted to be TCZF 2020 tablers will also receive information about services available from our partner Hennepin County Library. If you’d like to be a part of the TCZF 2020 festivities, please submit your information below.

Registration for TCZF 2020 is now closed. Please get in touch with any questions!