Twin Cities Zine Fest

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.