UPDATE: we hit 100 applications so apps are closed! if you missed it, just DM me!
INSERT NAME ZINE FEST 2026!
This year we are at @oddmartmn in beautiful MINNEAPOLIS MN! Sunday August 30, 12-6pm. Applications will be capped at 100 and we will notify all applicants Sunday June 14 2026.
PINATA IS BACK THIS YEAR!!! U know who it is....
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Takin a break! We will still help promote stuff, alert you to cool zine events, and do smaller-scale events in 2026.
EDIT: Thank you all for the kind words and support!
Thank you so much! E Joy
🎺🎺🎺INSERT HOLIDAY NIGHT MARKET! 🔔🔔🔔SUNDAY DECEMBER 14 at the Minneapolis Eagles Club 34 (2507 25th St E) don ye NOW yon GAY APPAREL (aka your BEST holiday 'fit!!) 💃🕺and check out local vendors like @mooslevi@octarinecorez@holytheft (Casper Warren our AWESOME poster artist!) @babywrist@backofbeyondpress@yourfriendthamoon@phrooogie@ejoymehr@trinatr0n@lilithfaer@mothscraps and everyone/anyone we can fit into the darts room! ZINES GIFTS PRINTS STICKERS! MENORAH LIGHTING AT 7PM! DIRTY BOARD GAMES?!?! Come see!!
❤️🩹❤️🩹TIS THE SEASON for MUTUAL AID!! We will also be collecting supplies & donations for @southsideharmreduction and @tctransmutualaid !
and maybe there will be a pinata... 🐸
Masks Required in the event room (yes, we have FREE KN95s!!), please eat/drink outside or in the bar area.
Happy Holidays!!! 💖
THANK YOU SO MUCH to ALL of our TABLERS, ATTENDEES, VOLUNTEERS, KICKSTARTER BACKERS and ORGANIZERS!!!
Thank you to our fest MVPs, @trinatr0n and @yolowzines ! They joined our organizing team this year and were/are FANTASTIC and LOGICAL and FUN!!! ILYGUYZZZZ
Thank you to our Special Guests, the aforementioned @trinatr0n , @seanknickerbocker (Ignatz nominated!), and David Tea (who also did our poster)!
To our excellent (and very fashionable) ATTENDEES! To our incredibly helpful VOLUNTEERS!!
To the TABLERS who make our fest an awesome place to meet people, learn about politics/cool bug facts/feelings!! and get cool zines
And last but not least, thanks to @squirrel_haus_arts for being our lovely venue!!
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!
@insertnamezinefest happening now at @squirrel_haus_arts ! Come get your Labubu mini zines and copies of “Cripple Castle”- Im here till 1pm but my table will be set up until 6pm!
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#inzf #zines #zinefest #diy #mpls
Are masks required at Insert Name Zine Fest? YES MASKS ARE REQUIRED (and provided for FREE)!
There is a patio area outside where people can smoke/eat/drink unmasked, but you MUST wear a mask inside the indoor zine fest area.
SEE YOU THIS WEEKEND!!!
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! We need people to be door greeters, help with setup/cleanup, and hand out water/be table fillers! Is it YOU????
LINK IN BIO!! Swipe for info + dishwasher ASMR
Congratulations to INZF 2025 Special Guest @seanknickerbocker on his Rust Belt Vol. 6's Outstanding Anthology Ignatz Nomination!!!
Come see Sean and a whole bunch of other great artists including fellow Special Guests David Tea and @trinatr0n at @squirrel_haus_arts on August 23 and 24! Another cool event: there's @yolowzines and @wip_mpls hosting a BIPOC Panic Folding Event on August 22nd from 5-8! Get your last minute zine-making done with friends!
Also there's a Comics Reading at @oddmartmn on Aug 22nd at 6pm! @ledazawacki , @the_stink_hole , @brandon_of_john@some_sort_of_dungus and more will read their fine comics on the big screen! Well, A big screen!!
Plus there's @reclaimedpages Reclaimed Pages Zine Fest on Aug 23!! BIPOC Zine Fest!!!!!! DM them for address!
AHHHHH!!!!! 🖤🐸🎶🐯✌️
Every Monday at Mim's Cafe (right by the U of M St Paul Campus), 1st Sundays at Merriam Park Library (just off the B Line!).
Mondays are more casual, Sunday meetup is more of an event! FREE for both!!
