Thank you so much to everyone who was able to attend TCZF 2026! We were grateful for all our fantastic tablers and volunteers. Thank you to Hennepin County Library staff for making the day such a breeze. If you’re interested in helping make TCZF 2027 happen, just get in touch!
We’re hosting a pre-fest kickoff reading next Friday Feb 6th! Nine zinesters will share their heartfelt, funny, sad, and/or horny stories—we’ll have the full range of human experience on display. 🎭 Come immerse yourself in emotions that aren’t terror or despair. 😬
Thank you to Odd Mart for hosting us! The address is 2520 Lyndale Ave S in Minneapolis. We’ll start getting set up at 5:30 pm, we’ll start the reading at 6:30 (sharp!), and wrap it up by 8-ish.
Due to safety concerns, we’re not sharing the names of zinesters on social media or our website in advance, but rest assured, it’s a terrific lineup!!!
We’re excited to share the poster art for the 2026 Twin Cities Zine Fest! This year’s artwork was created by Mergo Petrichor and features her delightful Bug Girl cozily reading a zine in a nest. Mergo is a new Twin City transplant who makes psychedelic comics about creatures and ennui. Find her on Instagram @LilithFaer.
Applications for TCZF 2026 closed on Saturday November 15th. We’ll let all applicants know their status (whether accepted or placed on the wait list) by Sunday November 30th.
The Twin Cities Zine Fest will be back in person on Saturday February 7th, 2026! We’re excited to bring people together again to celebrate independent publishing in Minnesota and beyond. Applications will be open from Saturday November 1st through Saturday November 15th, right here on tczinefest.org.
A quick note to thank everyone who came out to our Zine Scene reading and zine making event on January 16th, and a special thanks to our readers!
We’ll be making announcements about TCZF 2022, but in the meantime we’ve been enjoying being back in community with zine folks! Autoptic, the indie comix fest, was held this past weekend, and with masks required it felt like a safe event. It was great to see people! Check out these two upcoming fests:
The 4th annual Insert Name Mini Fest is happening Saturday August 27th at the Landing Strip community garden (2614 20th Ave S). It’s free & outdoors! For more info, follow them on Instagram at @insertnameminifest.
Also consider checking out the very first Southern Minnesota Zine Fest, happening in Mankato on Saturday September 24th. Find more info at the Facebook event.
We’ve really enjoyed this year’s Twin Cities Zine Fest! Thanks to Hennepin County Library for their wonderful support, h.c. lou for this year’s artwork, everyone who participated in our events, and each of the zinesters who were part of the fest.
You can find all of this year’s events at our YouTube channel and our interviews with zinesters on Instagram. Please continue to support this year’s zinesters through buying and sharing their work!! tczinefest.org/2020-exhibitors
Today we wrap up TCZF 2020 with an “Experimental Art and Zine-Making” workshop featuring Twin Cities-based illustrator Rachael Elam Bonebright. Join us today at 3 pm Central at our YouTube channel to get inspired for winter creations!!
Today at 3 pm Central! Join us on YouTube for a panel discussion on “Year of Quaranzine: How Creators Have Responded to COVID-19 Quarantine, Social Distancing, & More,” featuring B. Erin Cole (Little Brain Comics) and Jessica Eckerstorfer (Paranoid Tree zine).
Find the discussion on YouTube and feel free to ask questions of our panelists!