Tally Zine Fest 2024

Join us on March 31st 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, The Bark, and The Plant. 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 12 – 5 pm. It is located at 225 E Pershing St.

The Plant‘s events will run 12 – 5 pm. It is located at 517 W. Gaines St.

The Bark‘s events will run 2:30-7:30 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!