Olympia Zine Fest

The Olympia Zine Fest is an annual community event held in Olympia, Washington that promotes zines and other forms of DIY culture.

Past Events

2015

Thursday, October 22

Subversion: W.S. Burroughs and Noise Experiments
A screening of work by experimental filmmaker Marian Wallace. Q&A with Marian Wallace and V. Vale following the films. 6 PM Doors / 6:30 PM Films Capitol Theater, $7 general admission / $5 OFS members

Friday, October 23

Zinester Panel with V. Vale (Search and Destroy, RE/Search Magazine), Imogen Binnie (author of Nevada, Maximum Rock'n'Roll contributor), and Milo Miller (Queer Zine Archive Project). Facilitated by Joaquin De La Puente. Olympia Timberland Library, 7PM

Saturday, October 24

First Olympia Zine Fest Expo
12 PM – 5 PM

People of Color Caucus
Facilitated by Anna Vo and Ari Perezdiez. Olympia Center, Room 101, 12:30 PM – 2 PM

Zine Event Organizing Chat
Facilitated by Alex Wrekk. Olympia Center, Room 101, 2 PM – 3:30 PM

Tabling Expo After Party at Obsidian
Music by The Fabulous Downey Brothers, Fruit Juice, and Mutiny Mutiny at Obsidian, 414 4th Ave E. $5, all ages. 7 PM doors / 7:30 PM music

Sunday, October 25

Workshops:

• 11 AM to 1 PM: Kids and Comics Workshop
• 11 AM to 1 PM: Selection, Use, and Care of the Manual Typewriter
• 1:30 PM to 3 PM: Erasure Zines!
• 1:30 PM to 3 PM: Mending Your Dress: Coping with Trauma Through Writing
• 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM: Comic Surgery
• 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM: Zines and Music: a Panel Discussion

2016

Friday, September 30

Zine Fest kick-off event with Guest of Honor Osa Atoe, featuring live music by bands with members who also make zines: Spider and the Webs, Dr. Identity, VOG. Olympia Timberland Library, 7pm

Saturday, October 1

Second Tabling Expo
Olympia Center, 11am – 5pm

Teaching with Zines, facilitated by Greg Hatcher and Cathy Camper
Olympia Center, 2pm – 3:30pm

Game Night
A time to hang out and play board games with other zinesters after the expo. Obsidian, 7pm – 9pm

Sunday, October 2

Workshops:

• 11am to 12:30pm: Disability and Zines, with Sabine Rear and Kayla Rosen
• 11am to 12:30pm: How to Win at Zining: Advice from the Pros, a panel with Sage Adderley, Anna Vo, and Alex Wrekk
• 1pm – 3pm: Zine Writing Workshop for Youth: Start Your Own Revolution Rebel Style Now, with Nyxia Grey
• 1pm – 3pm: Don’t Over-think It: Overcoming Mental Barriers When You’re Trying to Be Creative, with Osa Atoe
• 3:30pm – 5pm: Keys to Writing Successful Recipes for Cookzines, with Melanie Shelton
• 3:30pm – 5pm: Hey Everybody! Let’s Create a Subversive Political Party, with Chris Sabatini

2017

October 14

Third Tabling Expo, 11am – 5pm

12:30 PM to 2:00 PM

• GIANT GIANT COMIC with Taylor Dow
• You Might Already be a Member of the F.A.S.S.T (Failing At Stop Starting Things) Club with Alex Wrekk

2:30 PM to 3:30 PM

• Combating Fatphobia with Molly Bess

October 15

Workshops:

• 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM: How to Self-publish Your Book with Nia King
• 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM: You Matter, Always: a Suicide Awareness and Prevention Workshop with Nyxia Grey and Heather Kennedy
• 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM: Correspondence Club with Olympia Zine Fest Organizers and Friends

2018

Friday, October 12

OZF kick-off & Zine-a-thon featuring Spider and the Webs
Olympia Timberland Library, 6:30pm to 9pm

Saturday, October 13

Fourth Tabling Expo, 11am – 5pm

Workshops:

• 11am – 1pm: The Typewriter Revolution and Zines with Marty Hemmann
• 11:15am – 1pm: Old School Promotion: Make Your Own Zine Ads with Alex Wrekk
• 1:30pm – 2:45pm: Maps Are Just Zines Folded Differently: Panel Discussion with Tom Boucher, Nate Orton, Devon Damonte, and Marcy LaViollette
• 1:30pm – 3pm: Diary Comics with Liz Yerby
• 3pm to 4pm: Conversation with Guest of Honor Mimi Thi Nguyen (Evolution of a Race Riot, Slant) and Anna Vo (Fix My Head)
• 3:30pm – 5pm: The Confidence Factor with "Dr." Lauren
• 11:30am-5pm: Self Guided Workshop: Dear Future Ancestor (curated by Christina Tran)

2019

Friday, October 25

Olympia Zine Fest Kickoff 6:30-9pm

Saturday, October 26

Fifth Tabling Expo, 11am – 5pm

Workshops:

• 11:00 am – 12:00 pm: Empathy Turtles with Jenna Rae Rudolph
• 11:30 am – 1:00 pm: Collage Comics: the Power of Pictures with Nicky Rodriguez
• 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm: Word Games: Poetry Workshop with Olympia Poet Laureate Sady Sparks
• 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm: The Night Drawer Collaborative Zine Project with Freddy Dobler
• 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm: Let’s Do Suminagashi! with Naomi
• 3:30 – 4:15 pm: Family Storytime with Chris Sabatini from the Olympia Timberland Library

Hallowzine Reading featuring Sage Adderley-Knox, Hope Amico, Artnoose, Charlie Birch, Nyxia Grey, never angeline nørth, Nicky Rodriguez, and Melanie Stevens
7 pm to 8:30 pm, Octapas Cafe

Sunday, October 14

Zine Brunch, 11am to 2pm

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