L.A. Zine Fest
Sat, Mar 01, 2025,
11 am-5 pm
Sun, Mar 02, 2025,
11 am-5 pm
Tickets Free
Overview
So-Cal zinesters converge on East West Bank Plaza at The Broad for L.A. Zine Fest, celebrating D.I.Y. ethos and the many facets of independent publishing. Meet the exhibitors as you peruse and purchase their works, which promise to be brimming with everything from politics, personal stories, and photography to fine art, graphic design, and more. Over the course of the two-day festival, attendees may participate in hands-on workshops, sit in on a panel discussion, and visit the museum’s art-filled galleries. L.A. Zine Fest is presented in conjunction with The Broad’s collection exhibition, Joseph Beuys: In Defense of Nature, and posits zines as a contemporary evolution of Beuys’s “multiples”—artworks he produced in editions often made of unprecious materials and distributed inexpensively from 1965 to 1986. Today, activists, punks, LGBTQ+ folks, poets, and anyone with access to a photocopier, Risograph machine, or home office printer can engage in the democratization and circulation of art with the same spirit.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LINE UP OF VENDORS ON EACH DAY!
SEE LIST OF SATURDAY VENDORS HERE (Reserve Day 1 Tickets)
SEE LIST OF SUNDAY VENDORS HERE (Reserve Day 2 Tickets)
Photo courtesy of L.A. Zine Fest; Illustration by Morgan Hyatt
know before you go
In case of rain, the event will be moved to a covered indoor space at the museum.
Space is limited for L.A. Zine Fest workshops and panel discussions are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Tickets to this event do not include access to Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Room—The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away (2013), and must be booked separately. For information on our current health and safety policies, visit Know Before You Go & FAQ. Visitor policies are subject to change.
Public Transportation: The closest Metro Connector stop is located at the Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill Station—cross the bridge over Hope St. for direct access to the museum through the East West Bank Plaza. The closest Metro bus stations are 1st & Grand and Grand/3rd. Metro Red Line stop closest to The Broad is the Civic Center/Grand Park Station.
Accessibility: Access mats will be installed on the grass in front of every row of vendors on the plaza. L.A. Zine Fest will also have team members whose primary role is geared toward providing mobility support to anyone who may need it.
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The L.A. Zine Fest
L.A. Zine Fest (L.A.Z.F.) is, at its core, an opportunity for So-Cal zinesters—makers of self-published magazines—to come together en masse to meet and exchange ideas with people from all over the country. The Fest itself is an annual event organized by a collective of zine enthusiasts dedicated to promoting zine culture as a means to connect communities in Los Angeles and beyond. Its focus is to showcase zines, D.I.Y. print culture and independent publishing. The fest has featured hundreds of marginalized creatives and also showcases hands-on workshops and creative panel discussions throughout the festival day.
Photo courtesy of L.A. Zine Fest
