Zine Fests and Book Fairs 2026

I've been getting more interest in making zines and short-run DIY publishing since using Python to make my Choose Your Own Adventure Tic-Tac-Toe zine.. I've been trying to find local zine fests and book fairs but had trouble finding an entire list. ChatGPT came up with the following 2026 events (mostly in Japan, England, and New York) but I wanted to repost the results here. The primary sources seem to be mostly ArtBookFairs.com, Zindies.co, and Distromat.co.uk which likely have more events than the ones here. I've human-reviewed the links to make sure they go to the correct event page and the event still looks current.

July 2026

• Jul 20 — Matsuyama Zine Fest — Matsuyama, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Jul 20 — 2nd Jimbocho ZINE Fair — Tokyo, Japan. (Zindies)
• Jul 23–26 — San Francisco Art Book Fair — San Francisco, California. (SF Art Book Fair)
• Jul 25 — Strange Magic Print & Zine Fair — Lewes, England. (People of Print)
• Jul 26 — Seattle Zine Fest — Seattle, Washington. (Seattle Zine Fest)
• Jul 26 — ZINE Square Kyoto — Kyoto, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Jul 26 — Station ZINE — Ichikawa, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Jul 30–Aug 2 — Hardcore CDMX Art Book Fair — Mexico City, Mexico. (Art Book Fairs)

August 2026

• Aug 1 — Nagoya Station West Literary Marche — Nagoya, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Aug 1 — Scunny Zine Fest — Scunthorpe, England. (Coke Oven)
• Aug 1–2 — Margate Zine Fair — Margate, England. (Eventbrite)
• Aug 2 — York Zine Fest — York, England; organizer page. (Facebook)
• Aug 2 — Literature Flea Market Kagawa — Takamatsu, Japan. (文学フリマ)
• Aug 2 — ZINE Fest: Photography and ZINE Fest: Literature — Tokyo, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Aug 7–8 — Bremerton Zine Fest — Bremerton, Washington. (Bremertonzinefest)
• Aug 8 — Grand Rapids Zine Fest — Grand Rapids, Michigan. (GRZF)
• Aug 8 — Barnsley Zine Fair — Barnsley, England. (Barnsley Civic)
• Aug 8–9 — CPW Photobook & Zine Fair — Kingston, New York. (CPW)
• Aug 15 — OC Zine Fest — Anaheim, California. (OC Zine Fest - OCZF)
• Aug 15 — WNY Book Arts ZineFest — Buffalo, New York. (Western New York Book Arts Center)
• Aug 15 — South Side Zine Fest + Carnival — Chicago, Illinois. (Zine Club Chicago)
• Aug 22 — North Country Zine Fest — Plattsburgh, New York. (The Strand Center for the Arts)
• Aug 22 — ZINE Festival Saitama — Saitama, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Aug 22–23 — Kusamura Summer Festival — Nagoya, Japan. (Instagram)
• Aug 23 — ZINE Fest Niigata — Niigata, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Aug 28–30 — Bookery Art Book Fair — Macau; organizer page. (Instagram)
• Aug 29 — ZINE Festival Ibaraki — Mito, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Aug 29–30 — PageMasters Zine Fair — London, England. (PageMasters)
• Aug 30 — America 250 Ives Park ZineFest — Potsdam, New York. (Google Docs)

September 2026

• Sep 4–5 — New England Art Book Fair — Portland, Maine. (SPACE)
• Sep 4–6 — Paper Plains Zine Fest — Lawrence, Kansas. (Paper Plains Zine Fest)
• Sep 4–6 — JJOKJI Art Book Market — Seoul, South Korea. (Art Book Market)
• Sep 5 — ZINE Fest: Animals — Tokyo, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Sep 5–6 — Wales Artists’ Book Fair — Newtown, Wales. (CuratorSpace)
• Sep 6 — San Francisco Zine Fest — San Francisco, California. (Art Book Fairs)
• Sep 6 — ZINE Festival Yamanashi — Kofu, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Sep 11–12 — Halifax Art Book Fair — Halifax, Canada. (Art Book Fairs)
• Sep 11–13 — Seoul Publisher’s Table — Seoul, South Korea. (Art Book Fairs)
• Sep 12 — Printed Matters Indie Press & Zine Fair — Fredericton, Canada. (Charlotte Street Arts Centre)
• Sep 12 — Norfolk Zinefest — Norfolk, Virginia. (NORFOLK ZINE FEST)
• Sep 12 — Zinezilla Arts Fair — Bristol, England. (Trinity Centre)
• Sep 12 — Collective Books Fair — Eastbourne, England. (Instagram)
• Sep 12 — Book Face Artists’ Book Fair — Reading, England. (Rising Sun Arts Centre)
• Sep 12–13 — Small Press Expo — North Bethesda, Maryland. (Sequential Artists Workshop)
• Sep 12–13 — COMPRESSED Zine & Music Fair — San Diego, California. (PARTICLE.FM)
• Sep 12–13 — GLUE Book Fair — London, England. (Institute of Contemporary Arts)
• Sep 13 — Cubitt Community Book & Zine Fair — London, England. ([Cubitt Artists][46])
• Sep 13 — Bungaku Flea Market Osaka — Osaka, Japan. (文学フリマ)
• Sep 17–19 — Made Anywhere — Romainville/Paris, France. (Art Book Fairs)
• Sep 17–20 — Dear Books — Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Art Book Fairs)
• Sep 19–20 — Riso Art & Zine Fest — Alhambra, California. (Gallery Nucleus)
• Sep 24–27 — New York Art Book Fair — Queens, New York. (Printed Matter Art Book Fairs)
• Sep 25–27 — Athens Art Book Fair — Athens, Greece. (Art Book Fairs)
• Sep 26 — Rochester Indie Book & Zine Fair — Rochester, New York. (Rochester Small Press Book Fair)
• Sep 26 — ZINE Fest Tokyo — Tokyo, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Sep 26–27 — Guindazine — Madrid, Spain. (Art Book Fairs)
• Sep 26–27 — Phoenix Zine Fest — Tempe, Arizona.
• Sep 26–27 — Waza Waza Iga Art Book Fair — Iga, Japan. (Waza Waza — Iga Art Book Fair)
• Sep 27 — Bay Area Queer Zine Fest — Oakland, California. (Bay Area Queer Zine Fest)
• Sep 27 — ZINE Fest Kyoto — Kyoto, Japan. (note（ノート）)

October 2026

• Oct 2–4 — Oh! Comics Fest — Barcelona, Spain. (website of oh! comics fest)
• Oct 3 — New York Queer Zine Fair — New York City. (The Center)
• Oct 3 — London Spanish Book & Zine Fair — London, England. (Spain Culture Science)
• Oct 4 — Queer Feminist Zine Fest — Osaka, Japan. (QF Zine Fest)
• Oct 4 — ZINE Fest Iwate — Morioka, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Oct 4 — Fukuoka Literature Flea Market — Fukuoka, Japan. (文学フリマ)
• Oct 10 — Chicago Zine Fest — Chicago, Illinois. (Chicago Zine Fest)
• Oct 10 — Philly Comics Expo — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; organizer page. (Sequential Artists Workshop)
• Oct 10 — ZINE Fest Kumamoto — Kumamoto, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Oct 10–11 — Liverpool Artists’ Book Fair — Liverpool, England. (CuratorSpace)
• Oct 10–11 — Lone Star Zine Fest — Austin, Texas. (Lone Star Zine Fest)
• Oct 12 — ZINE Fest Literature: Poetry and Diaries — Osaka, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Oct 16–18 — San Francisco Photobook Fair — San Francisco, California. (Art Book Fairs)
• Oct 17 — Watertown Zine Fest — Watertown, Massachusetts. (Watertown Library)
• Oct 17 — Alt Press Fest — Salt Lake City, Utah. (SLCPL Events)
• Oct 17–18 — Portland Zine Symposium — Portland, Oregon.
• Oct 18 — Pittsburgh Zine Fair — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• Oct 23–25 — Recreo Valencia Art Book Fair — Valencia, Spain. (RECREO VABF)
• Oct 23–25 — Sit+Read Artbook Fair — Timișoara, Romania. (Art Book Fairs)
• Oct 24 — BOOK//ZINE — Atlanta, Georgia.
• Oct 24 — Norwich Independent Book & Zine Fair — Norwich, England. (Norwich Book Festival)
• Oct 24 — ZINE Fest Sendai — Sendai, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Oct 31 — ZINE Fest Fukuoka — Fukuoka, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Oct 31–Nov 1 — Pittsburgh Art Book Fair — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

November 2026

• Nov 1 — Interesting Doujinshi Bazaar — Tokyo, Japan. (Omobaza)
• Nov 1 — ZINE Fest Hiroshima — Hiroshima, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Nov 3 — ZINE Fest Kobe — Kobe, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Nov 6–8 — Unlimited Edition Seoul Art Book Fair — Seoul, South Korea. (Art Book Fairs)
• Nov 6–8 — Press Print Party — Jakarta, Indonesia; organizer page. (Instagram)
• Nov 7 — L.A. Zine Fest — Los Angeles, California.
• Nov 7 — Paper Jam Zine Fest — Newmarket, New Hampshire. (The Millspace)
• Nov 7 — Oita Adult Culture Festival — Oita, Japan.
• Nov 7–8 — Edinburgh Zine Fair — Edinburgh, Scotland. (Google Sites)
• Nov 8 — Overprint Art Book Fair — Sydney, Australia. (Art Book Fairs)
• Nov 13–15 — Boston Art Book Fair — Boston, Massachusetts. (Art Book Fairs)
• Nov 13–15 — Chicago Art Book Fair — Chicago, Illinois. (Chicago Art Book Fair)
• Nov 14 — DC Zinefest — Washington, D.C.
• Nov 14 — ZINE Fest Shizuoka — Shizuoka, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Nov 15 — ZINE Fest Nagano — Nagano, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Nov 21 — Zine Fest Houston — Houston, Texas. (Instagram)
• Nov 21 — Gobble Gobble Hey! Zine and Small Press Fest — Huntsville, Alabama.
• Nov 21 — ZINE Fest Chigasaki — Chigasaki, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Nov 22 — IMöZINE #3 — Kawagoe, Japan.
• Nov 22 — Oxford Indie Book Fair — Oxford, England. (The Oxford Indie Book Fair)
• Nov 23 — ZINE Fest Sapporo — Sapporo, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Nov 27–28 — Dublin Small Press Fair — Dublin, Ireland.
• Nov 27–29 — Kuala Lumpur Art Book Fair — Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Art Book Fairs)
• Nov 28–29 — Margate Zine Fair — Margate, England; venue calendar. (Marine Studios)
• Nov 29 — ZINE Festival Kochi — Kochi, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• November, date TBA — Expozine — Montreal, Canada.

December 2026

• Dec 4–6 — Brussels Ass Book Fair — Brussels, Belgium. (Art Book Fairs)
• Dec 4–6 — Trafic Independent Art Book Fair — Marseille, France. (Art Book Fairs)
• Dec 5–6 — Brighton Art Book Fair — Brighton and Hove, England. (Brighton Art Book Fair)
• Dec 5–6 — Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo — Boston, Massachusetts. (MICE)
• Dec 12 — ZINE Fest Nagasaki — Nagasaki, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Dec 13 — ZINE Fest Osaka — Osaka, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Dec 19 — ZINE Fest Gunma: Zine & Craft Market — Takasaki, Japan. (note（ノート）)

January 2027

• Jan 9 — ZINE Fest: Travel & Food — Tokyo, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Jan 9 — ZINE Fest: Printmaking — Tokyo, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Jan 9 — ZINE Festa Typo — Tokyo, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Jan 10 — ZINE Fest Fukushima — Fukushima, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Jan 11 — ZINE Fest Nagoya — Nagoya, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Jan 16 — ZINE Fest Yokohama — Yokohama, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Jan 17 — Bungaku Flea Market Kyoto — Kyoto, Japan. (文学フリマ)
• Jan 24 — ZINE Fest Kagoshima — Kagoshima, Japan. (note（ノート）)

February 2027

• Feb 4–7 — Tropic Bound Artists’ Book Fair — Coral Gables, Florida.
• Feb 14 — ZINE Fest Nara — Nara, Japan. (note（ノート）)
• Feb 20 — ZINE Fes Okinawa — Okinawa, Japan. (note（ノート）)

March 2027

• Mar 7 — ZINE Fest Kanazawa — Kanazawa, Japan. (note（ノート）)

April 2027

• Apr 9–11 — Fuori Libro — Bologna, Italy. (Art Book Fairs)
• Apr 16–17 — Nossrat Yassini Poetry Festival and Small Press Fair — Durham, New Hampshire. (UNH Poetry)

May 2027

• May 1–2 — Oxford Fine Press Book Fair — Oxford, England. (fpba.com)

[46]: https://www.cubittartists.org.uk/Event/cubitt-community-book-and-zine-fair " Cubitt Community Book and Zine Fair | Cubitt Artists "