March 28-29, 2026
Grid Zine Fest is basically what you hope a zine fest still is.
It’s been running in Salt Lake since 2017, volunteer-run, and very intentionally “screen and algorithm-free,” which tells you a lot about the vibe right away (Grid Zine Fest). No jurying, no gatekeeping—if you’ve got a zine, you can table. Half tables, cheap fee, first-come-first-served. It leans more toward access than curation.
It’s grown into a pretty solid gathering—around 100 tablers over a weekend now, split across two days (Grid Zine Fest). But it still reads like a community thing, not a polished expo. Close tables, loud room, people trading, talking, flipping through stuff. The usual good chaos.
Overall, it feels like a fest that’s trying to hold onto what zines are about: small-scale, person-to-person, no polish needed. A place where someone with their first folded mini is sitting next to someone who’s been doing this for decades—and that’s the point.
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