CZF 2024
#CZF2024 will be our 13th annual celebration of independent publishers!
The exhibition day for Chicago Zine Fest 2024 is Saturday October 5 (11 am-6 pm) at the Columbia College Student Center (754 S Wabash Ave). All events during CZF weekend are always FREE and open to the public! We'll have over 70 zinesters from across the U.S. selling their zines. Find a table map at the list of exhibitors page. Expect great conversations and cool publications for sale.
The organizers are grateful to our sponsors at Columbia College Chicago for making CZF 2024 possible!
The exhibition day for Chicago Zine Fest 2024 is Saturday October 5 (11 am-6 pm) at the Columbia College Student Center (754 S Wabash Ave). All events during CZF weekend are always FREE and open to the public! We'll have over 70 zinesters from across the U.S. selling their zines. Find a table map at the list of exhibitors page. Expect great conversations and cool publications for sale.
The organizers are grateful to our sponsors at Columbia College Chicago for making CZF 2024 possible!
CZF 2024 poster created by Chicago artist Mel Valentine Vargas
Workshops
We'll have some awesome programming at the fest:
- 11:30 am-1 pm Beth Hetland - Ama-ZINES - 2 Fold 2 Fabulous! (hands-on paper engineering workshop)
- 12:30 pm-1:30 pm: Columbia College Illustration Student Group - Littlest Pet Zine (hands-on zine making workshop)
- 2 pm-3 pm: Indie City Games - Print and Play: Zines as DIY Game Development (panel discussion)
- 3-4 pm: Crust Fund Pizza - Pizza for Squares: Translating an Alley-Based Popup Into a Throwback Cookbook Series (panel discussion)
- 4-5 pm: Midwest Perzine Fest organizers - In Their Own Words: The Importance of Perzines (panel discussion)
Virtual CZF events
We're glad to make part of our fest accessible to everyone around the world with our Chicago Zine Fest 2024 Virtual Programming! Please join us on our YouTube channel at 7 pm (U.S. Central) Friday October 4th for the premiere of our CZF 2024 kickoff event!
The virtual programming has three components:
1. Youth Voices Reading from members of the Columbia College Illustration Student Group
2. The State of the Independent Bookstore panel discussion
3. Zines as Resistance panel discussion
You'll find more information about each session and the speakers/readers at the YouTube video.
Midwest Perzine Fest at CZF 2024 / Perzine Alley
We're excited that at this year's CZF we'll be joined by the organizers of the Midwest Perzine Fest. They're not only presenting a panel discussion about the importance of zines, but they've selected a subset of CZF 2024 zinesters to be a part of Perzine Alley! While you're at the fest, be sure to celebrate the power of personal stories by visiting the zinesters designated with Perzine Alley signage and hear more about their creations!
Transportation Information
🚗 There is no dedicated parking for the Columbia Student Center. The closest paid parking lot is the building next door, 7th Street Garage Parking, at 710 S Wabash Ave.
🚇🚌 The venue is just 0.2 miles from the Harrison station (L red line), 0.4 miles from the Harold Washington Library Station (L brown, orange, pink, purple lines), and 0.6 miles from the LaSalle station (L blue line). It is accessible by multiple bus lines.
🚲 There are multiple bike racks next to the Student Center on 8th Street.
Accessibility Information
The Student Center meets all requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA).
- Gender-neutral and ADA-accessible restrooms are located on each floor of the Student Center.
- CZF will be located on the fifth floor, with workshops on other floors; there is a bank of elevators that provides access to each floor, in addition to stairs.
- There is a nursing/lactation room located on the 4th floor in room 432, but nursing is allowed in any area.
- Find photos of the venue's rooms at the Columbia College Student Center webpage. Zinester tables will be in the Event Space and Exhibition Hall on the fifth floor.
COVID Considerations
Our primary COVID-mitigation strategies include:
- free KN95 masks (adult and child-size) available at the entrance
- 5 air purifiers (4 SmartAir Blast Mini purifiers for the main exhibit space, 1 smaller purifier for the workshop room)
- 2 CO2 monitors to provide information about the air quality in the workshop room and the main exhibit space.
We are asking everyone who attends CZF 2024, either as an tabler or visitor, to wear a mask. While we cannot guarantee that everyone will wear a mask, we want to ensure CZF will remain as accessible as possible. N95, KN95, and KF94 masks are strongly preferred, because they are more effective than surgical masks at reducing the spread of COVID.
Other COVID-mitigation strategies include giving each zinester their own table to ensure adequate spacing and refunding registration fees for any tabler who feels ill at the time of the fest. The fifth floor (where zinester tables will be located) has a small outdoor balcony where tablers and attendees may feel more comfortable eating or taking breaks. We encourage everyone to test before the event, especially if traveling to Chicago, and request that you not attend CZF if you test positive for COVID.
Info about the Columbia College Student Center:
- The HVAC was built to 2019 specifications.
- The air handler completes more than the minimum of 4 air changes per hour.
- The unit also has CO2 detection for the space that allows for increased outside air intake depending on how many occupants the space has. The air handler filtration system consists of (10) 20X24X2 prefilters rated for MERV 10 and (10) 20X24X2 main filters rated for MERV 8.
We encourage your questions and suggestions at [email protected].