Fests listed here are considered active through 2022-2023 unless indicated otherwise "last active in [year]"
Last updated November 2023
Mid-Atlantic/East Coast
New York Queer Zine Fair (New York City)
Zine Fest NYC (New York City)
NYC Feminist Zinefest (New York City) // last active in 2020
Pete's Mini Zine Fest (NY, NY) // last active in 2019
East Village Zine Fair (NY, NY)
Newark Zine Fest (Newark, NJ)
DC Zine Fest (Washington, DC)
Philly Zine Fest (Philadelphia, PA) // last active in 2020
Lancaster Zine Fest (new! Lancaster, PA)
Pittsburgh Zine Fair (Pittsburgh, PA)
Scranton Punk Rock Flea & Zine Fest (Scranton, PA)
Richmond Zine Fest (Richmon, VA)
Garden Gnome Zine Fair (Lynchburg, VA)
Queer/Trans Zine Fest (Providence, RI)
New Zineland (Boston, MA) // last active in 2020
Watertown Zine Fest (Watertown, MA)
Pioneer Valley Zine Fest (Easthampton, MA) // last active in 2020
West Coast & Pacific Northwest
OC Zine Fest (Orange County, CA)
LA Zine Fest (Los Angeles)
Dear Diary Zine Fest (Perzines/Oakland, CA)
Fresno Zine Fest (Fresno, CA)
Santa Rosa Zine Fest (Santa Rosa, CA)
Packing House Zine Fest (Claremont, CA)
Albany Print & Zine Fest (Albany, CA)
Bay Area Queer Zine Fest (Oakland, CA)
Oakland Creates Art Comics & Zine Fair (Oakland, CA)
San Fernando Valley Zine Fest (San Fernando Valley, CA)
San Diego Zine Fest (San Diego, CA)
SF Zine Fest (San Francisco, CA)
East Bay Area Alt Book & Zine Fest (East Bay, San Fran, CA)
Chico Zine Fest (Chico, CA) // last active in 2019
SoCal Zine Fest (formerly Ponoma Zine Fest - CA) // last active in 2019
Joshua Tree Zine Fest (San Bernanrdino, CA) // last active in 2019
Long Beach Zine Fest (Long Beach, CA) // last active in 2019
Stockton Zine Fest (Stockton, CA) // last active in 2019
San Jose Zine Con (San Jose, CA) // last active in 2018
Santa Cruz Zine Fest (Santa Cruz, CA) // last active in 2019
Olympia Zine Fest (Washington State)
Spokane Zine Fest (Washington State)
Portland Zine Symposium (PDX Zines)
Southern Oregon Zine Fest (Ashland, Oregon)
UO Zine Fest (Eugene, OR) // last active in 2019
EU Zine Fest (Eugene, OR) // last active in 2018
Midwest
Chicago Zine Fest (Chicago, IL)
Midwest Perzine Fest (Chicago, IL)
Zine Mercado (Chicago, IL)
Gluestick Festival (Indianapolis, IL)
BAMF (Bloomington, IN)
Milwaukee Zine Fest (Milwaukee, WI)
Print & Resist Zine Fest (Madison, WI)
Detroit Zine Fest (Detroit, MI)
Grand Rapids Zine Fest (West MI)
Zinecinnati (Cincinnati, OH)
Street Cat Zine Fest (Chillicothe, OH)
Flavortown Zine Fest (Columbus, OH)
Halftone Zine Fest (Lexington, KY)
KC Zine Con (Kansas City, KS)
Paper Plains Zine Festival (Lawrence, KS)
Salt Creek Zine Fest (Lincoln, NE)
Twin Cities Zine Fest (Minneapolis-St.Paul)
Insert Name Mini Fest (Minneapolis, MN)
Omaha Zine Fest (Omaha, NE) // last active in 2020
Active zine fests & small press/indie comics shows around the U.S.
Southeast
FLUKE Festival (Athens, GA)
Alt-lanta Zine Fest (Altanta, GA)
Pronounced ZEEN (Atlanta, GA)
SAVage Fst (Savannah, GA)
Asheville Zine Fest (Asheville, NC)
Stone Soup Zine Fest (Wilmington, NC)
Chboro Zine and Print Fest (Chapel Hill-Carrboro, NC)
Charleston Zine Fest (South Carolina)
Zine Machine - Printed Matter Fest (Durham, NC)
Greensboro Zine Fest (Greensboro NC) // last active in 2019
Queen City Zine Fest (Rock Hill, SC)
Johnson City Zine Fest (Northern Tennessee)
Zine City Fest (Nashville, TN)
Duval Comic & Zine Festival (new! Jacksonville, FL)
Fort Myers Zine Fest (Fort Myers, FL)
Tally Zine Fest (Tallahassee, FL)
Orlando Zine Fest (Orlando, FL)
Southeast Punk Flea Market (not strictly zines - occurs in various states)
Southwest
ABQ Zine Fest (Albuquerque, NM)
Santa Fe Zine Fest (Santa Fe, NM)
Lone Star Zine Fest (Austin, TX)
Texas State Zine Fest (San Marcos, TX)
Zine Fest Houston (Houston, TX)
Dallas Zine Fest (Dallas, TX)
RGV Zine Fest (Rio Grande Valley, TX) // last active in 2020
Fort Worth Zine & Printed Goods Fest (Fort Worth, TX)
San Antonio Zine Fest (San Antonio, TX) // last active in 2020
PHX Zine Fest (Phoenix, Az)
Tuscon Zine Fest (Tuscon, AZ)
TJ Zine Fest (Tijuana, Baja California) // last active in 2021
Rocky Mountain & North Central Region
Pikes Peak Zine Fest (Colorado Springs)
Denver Zine Fest (Denver, CO)
Grid Zine Fest (Salt Lake City, UT)
Boise Zine Fest (Boise, ID)
CoZiLV (Las Vegas, NV)
Far Out! North America
HIZF (Honolulu, HI) // last active in 2019
ANC Zine Fest (Anchorage, AK) // last active in 2021
Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF - Toronto, Canada)
TJ Zine Fest - Tijuana, Mexico
Virtual Fests
Zine Fests
Eastern US
Small Press Expo (SPX - Bethesda, MD)
Baltimore DIY Fest (Baltimore, MD) // last active in 2020
Small Press Fest (Central Illinois) // last active in 2021
CAKE (Chicago Alt Comics Expo)
Big Milk Expo (Brooklyn, NYC)
A2CAF (Ann Arbor, MI)
Milk Comic Fest (Milwaukee, WI)
Madison Print & Resist (Madison, WI) // last active in 2019
Philly Comics Expo aka PCX (Philadelphia, PA) // last active in 2021
Richmond Indie Comic Expo aka RICE (Richmond, VA)
Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo aka MICE (Boston, MA)
NOICE (Norfolk, VA)
SLICE aka St. Louis Independent Comics Expo (St. Louis, MO)
St. Louis Small Press Expo (St. Louis, MO) // last active in 2020
Genghis Con (Cleveland, OH)
Cartoon Crossroads (CXC - Columbus, OH)
SPACE Small Press & Alt Comics Expo (Columbus, OH)
MoCCA Arts Fest (NY, NY)
Indie Comics Creator Con (New Haven, CT)
Storybox Comics Fair (Silver Springs, MD)
SPF Small Press Fair (Dania Beach, FL)
Western US
Short Run Comix & Art Festival (Seattle, WA)
Alt Press Fest (Organized by the Public Library - Salt Lake City, UH)
Fort Collins Small Press Fest (Fort Collins, CO)
Denver Small Press Fest (Colorado)
Latino Comics Expo (San Francisco, CA)
Mission Art and Comic Expo (San Francisco, CA)
STAPLE! (Austin, TX) // last active in 2019
Paper Dragon Small Press Fair (Austin, TX)
Comic & Anime Cons*
*click for a nicely organized list that already exists elsewhere!
Eastern US
Cincinnati Art Book Fair (Cincinnati, OH)
Columbus Alt Art Book Fair (Columbus, OH)
BOUND: Art Book & Zine Fair (Cleveland, OH)
Chicago Art Book Fair (Chicago, IL) // last active in 2019
Funhouse Book Fair (New York City/SOHO - The Drawing Center)
Brooklyn Art Book Fair (NYC)
Publications and Multiples Fair (Baltimore, MD) // last active in 2017
DC Art Book Fair (Washington, DC) // last active in 2020
Northhampton Print & Book Fair (Northampton, MA)
Boston Art Book Fair (Bostom, MA)
New England Art Book Fair (Portland, ME)
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center Book Art Fair (Hyattsville, MD)
Detroit Art Book Fair (Detroit, MI)
Pittsburgh Art Book Fair (Pittsburgh, PA)
Berkeley Springs Art Book Fair (Berkeley, WV)
Western US
Seattle Art Book Fair (Seattle, WA)
San Francisco Art Book Fair (California)
LA Art Book Fair (California)
Small Press & Indie/Alt Comics Shows
Art Book Fairs
Other Fest Resources
Keep It Weird © 2023
Keep It Weird. Keep DIY Alive.
