Grrrl Zine Fair '25 - 10 Years of GZF | Zines, Bands, Art, Creative Workshops | Free Entry
Schedule
Sat, 20 Sep, 2025 at 02:00 pm to Sun, 21 Sep, 2025 at 06:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
The Old Waterworks | Southend-on-sea, EN
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, all ages 💞 Look forward to our 10th birthday exhibition ‘The spaces where we keep on finding each other’ (featuring zines from our online & in person residents and our GRRRL10 micro-commissions💓) zine stalls, creative workshops, live music, performances, talks, food trucks and much much more🫶Saturday 20th September | 2-9pm
Accessible quiet hour: 1-2pm
You only turn 10 once🎂 - live bands, DJs, screen printing, junk journaling, badge making, zine workshops, 20+ zine stalls, cafe, food and bar for a big birthday bash🎊💥
— 🎸MUSIC 🎸 —
Twat Union
My Executive Dysfunction
Restless Taxis
Caitlin King
And DJ sets from The Femcels and Areola Grande Latte 😍
— 📚WORKSHOPS & ACTIVITIES📚 —
Risograph posters with Grrrl's Lu Williams
Badge Making with Sassify Zine
Zine workshop with Hate Zine
Screen Printing with Sugar Storm Studios (bring your own items to screen print or print your own tote bag)
Class of 2025 Photography studio with Amy Ryall (come get some cute free headshots!)
Pop up Ice Cream Portraits (your souvenir for the day) by Fredrix Vermin
1hr Artist Residency with Alfie Winters (ever wanted to do an artist residency? now’s your chance! you’ve got one hour)
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 🧘🪷 Plus food trucks + coffee ☕
— 📚WORKSHOPS & ACTIVITIES📚 —
Comedy from rising star Anna Gray🌟👀 and Channel 4 Sean Lock Comedian of the Year finalist Elaine Robertson🏆
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 documentary🎥🎞️
Plus all weekend -
Tarot
Grrrl Zine Library
Print publishing exhibition ‘The spaces where we keep on finding each other’ (more info below 😉⬇️)
The Welfare Lot welfare room
Lazy Sloth Coffee
Stoked Vegan Food
+ more food vendors to be announced!🎀
🌸🎂🌸
‘THE SPACES WHERE WE KEEP ON FINDING EACH OTHER’ - Grrrl’s 10th birthday publishing exhibition📝🎂
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
Saïda Ragas
Rebel Rosie (Rosie Orelus)
ZINE STALLS FROM:
Hate Zine, sweet-thang zine, THIIIRD, Kia Creates, Page Masters, Look Deeper, Seedlings, Ayshe-Mira Yashin, Pen Fight Distro, 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, Funa Ye and The Pigeon Press and Slowslowzo Zines💕
Get yourself on the guestlist by RSVPing at grrrlzinefair.com💌 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 🎀💝
📍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.
🏡 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.
Disabled loos
Seating throughout the site
Our film screening will be captioned
The Welfare Lot! Welfare space. Perfect to take 10 min break from the festival, ft comfy seats, snacks, ear plugs, fidget toys and a listening ear, more details: https://thewelfarelot.com/
Quiet Hour Sat 20th 1-2pm
For those who want to beat the crowds and look through the zine fair with no music, before we open fully to the public.
BSL Interpretation for all workshops across the weekend.
Sanitizer provided and masks are suggested.
Any queries relating to the venue and location access please email [email protected]
Any other questions? Email [email protected]
Hope to see you there!💞🎂
