Grrrl Zine Fair '25 - 10 Years of GZF | Zines, Bands, Art, Creative Workshops | Free Entry, 20 September | AllEvents

Grrrl Zine Fair '25 - 10 Years of GZF | Zines, Bands, Art, Creative Workshops | Free Entry

GRRRL ZINE FAIR

Highlights

Sat, 20 Sep, 2025 at 02:00 pm

The Old Waterworks

Date & Location

Sat, 20 Sep, 2025 at 02:00 pm - Sun, 21 Sep, 2025 at 06:00 pm (BST)

The Old Waterworks

The Old Waterworks, North Road, Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom

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Grrrl Zine Fair '25 - 10 Years of GZF | Zines, Bands, Art, Creative Workshops | Free Entry
Join us in celebrating 10 years of Grrrl Zine Fair with a busy two-day festival at our home, The Old Waterworks Artist Studios in Southend-on-Sea! Free entry, dog friendly and all ages๐Ÿ’ž Look forward to our 10th birthday exhibition โ€˜The spaces where we keep on finding each otherโ€™ (featuring zines from our online & in person residents and our GRRRL10 micro-commissions๐Ÿ’“) zine stalls, creative workshops, live music, performances, talks, food trucks and much much more๐Ÿซถ

Saturday 20th September | 2-9pm
Accessible quiet hour: 1-2pm

You only turn 10 once๐ŸŽ‚ - live bands, DJs, screen printing, junk journaling, badge making, zine workshops, 20+ zine stalls, cafe, food and bar for a big birthday bash๐ŸŽŠ๐Ÿ’ฅ

โ€” ๐ŸŽธMUSIC ๐ŸŽธ โ€”
Rock, rave and restless basslines from East London's finest: Restless Taxis, a DIY queer and POC-led band formed in East London in 2019.

Plus:
Caitlin King
And DJ sets from The Femcels and Areola Grande Latte๐Ÿ˜

โ€” ๐Ÿ“šWORKSHOPS & ACTIVITIES๐Ÿ“š โ€”

Risograph printing with Grrrl's Lu Williams
Badge Making with Sassify Zine
Zine workshop with Hate Zine
Screen Printing with Charlotte Hamilton
The 1hr Residency - pop up artist residency
Ice Cream Portrait booth with Fredrix Vermin
Headshot portrait booth with Amy Ryall

Sunday 21st September | 12-6pm

Chill, mellow and ambient - perfect for those looking for a quieter, calmer experience or those recovering from the night before. Expect morning yoga, zine workshops, riosgraph printing, comedy, 15+ zine stalls, and end the day with a cosy film screening of The Disappearance Of Shere Hite - a documentary about German sex therapist Shere Hite's pioneering study of women's sexuality, "The Hite Report" which sold millions of copies but somehow isn't a household name... yet ๐Ÿง˜๐Ÿชท Plus food trucks + coffee โ˜•

โ€” ๐Ÿ“šWORKSHOPS & ACTIVITIES๐Ÿ“š โ€”

Comedy from rising star Anna Gray๐ŸŒŸ๐Ÿ‘€ and Channel 4 Sean Lock Comedian of the Year finalist Elaine Robertson๐Ÿ†
Comedy workshop with Elaine Robertson
Zine workshop with sweet-thang zine
DJ workshop with Areola Grande Latte
Junk Journalling with Kia Creates
Film Screening and panel talk with the White Bus Cinema and Essex Girl Liberation Front: The Disappearance of Shere Hite, a feminist sexologist documentary๐ŸŽฅ๐ŸŽž๏ธ

Plus all weekend -
Grrrl Zine Library
Print publishing exhibition โ€˜The spaces where we keep on finding each otherโ€™ (more info below ๐Ÿ˜‰โฌ‡๏ธ)
The Welfare Lot welfare room
Lazy Sloth Coffee
Stoked Vegan Food
+ more food vendors to be announced!๐ŸŽ€

๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŽ‚๐ŸŒธ

โ€˜THE SPACES WHERE WE KEEP ON FINDING EACH OTHERโ€™ - Grrrlโ€™s 10th birthday publishing exhibition๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ‚

FEATURING ZINES BY:
Ayshe-Mira Yashin
Vicky Stevenson (Pen Fight Distro)
FSB Press
Charlotte Bailey and Rosalie Schweiker
Helena Exquis
Phoebe Hanson
Andrea Ihl
Klelia (BimbosAgainstCapitalism)
Studio DGKK (Dugae Kongkang)
Kia Marie Hunt (Kia Creates)
Isabella Lee
Daria Ivans
Bethenie Carriaga
Saรฏda Ragas
Rebel Rosie (Rosie Orelus)

ZINE STALLS FROM:
Hate Zine, sweet-thang zine, Aether Mag, THIIIRD, Kia Creates, Page Masters, Look Deeper, Seedlings, Ayshe-Mira Yashin, Pen Fight Distro, FEM Press, Katie in Colour, Buhains, Caroline Winters, Hayley Wells, Bex Bop, Paper Moon Zines, The Ex-Editor, Rage Zine, Shazleen Khan, W**d Zine, Izzy Argent, Funa Ye, Caterpillar Press and Slowslowzo Zines๐Ÿ’•

Get yourself on the guestlist by RSVPing at grrrlzinefair.com๐Ÿ’Œ It's a free event at our studios, with limited capacity, so book your spot now - it's not one to miss! We're also taking donations if you'd like to give us a cheeky birthday gift ๐ŸŽ€๐Ÿ’


๐Ÿ“Location

We are a 10/15 minute walk from Southend Central and Southend Victoria stations and Prittlewell Station, and there is some limited parking space available.

The Old Waterworks has two genderless bathrooms. We'll have a disabled portaloo on site for the event.


๐Ÿก Access

We have wheelchair access at our entrance with a ramp to our inside zine fair, however our inside toilets are not currently wheelchair accessible. There will be disabled loos on site and plenty of seating available. Our film screening will be captioned, and masks are suggested.

The venue is dog friendly but please be aware we will have working assistance dogs, so please make sure your dog is under control as to not distract working animals. We will have water bowls for thirsty doggos.

Any queries relating to the venue and location access please email aW5mbyB8IHRoZW9sZHdhdGVyd29ya3MgISBjb20=.


Any other questions? Email aGVsbG8gfCBncnJybHppbmVmYWlyICEgY29t


Hope to see you there!๐Ÿ’ž๐ŸŽ‚


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The Old Waterworks, The Old Waterworks, North Road,Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom
Grrrl Zine Fair '25 - 10 Years of GZF | Zines, Bands, Art, Creative Workshops | Free Entry, 20 September | AllEvents
Grrrl Zine Fair '25 - 10 Years of GZF | Zines, Bands, Art, Creative Workshops | Free Entry
Sat, 20 Sep, 2025 at 02:00 pm