Black Zine Fair 2026

11am-6pm, Saturday, May 9, 2026
Hosted by Powerhouse Arts at 322 Third Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215

Join us for the 2026 Black Zine Fair featuring 100+ exhibitors, 10 workshops, and 1 reading room curated by Kameelah Janan Rasheed. Visit our website and instagram to learn more.

Virtual workshops

April 18: How to Be Young, Hardcore & Black in Suburban New Jersey
April 25: Table It: How to Apply to Zine & Art Book Fairs
May 2: Justice: The Story of André Aliker
May 3: Zine Making for the Web

In-person workshops on May 9

Conjuring the Black Feminist Anthology
Young Voices: Call-to-Action Zine-Making Workshop
Spiral Binding
Zine Show & Tell & Open Mic
Coptic Stitch Binding
Collaborative Screen Printing

All-day activations

Visitors can also participate in our all-day Zine Making Station, offering paper, writing utensils and collage materials on a first-come, first-served basis. Bring your zines to our Take a Zine, Leave a Zine table to trade with fellow attendees. Relax in our Black Reading Room with soft seating and rad publications from the nineteenth century to present-day. Recharge in the Quiet Room with fidgets and puzzles. Stop by the cafeteria for food and refreshments in between.

Make a donation to support the fair

The Black Zine Fair is free and open to the public, although donations are appreciated. We suggest a donation between $5-20 depending on your financial ability. We encourage established professionals and people with intergenerational wealth/savings to consider donating more or becoming sustaining members.

The fair is organized by Sojourners for Justice co-directors Neta Bomani and Mariame Kaba alongside collaborator Tash Nikol. We’re committed to creating a free platform for Black zine makers who otherwise wouldn’t have access to zine/art/book fairs and festivals. We rely primarily on individual donors to fund and sustain our work. Thank you for supporting us!

Safety precautions for airborne viruses

The Black Zine Fair is a masked fair. All event attendees, exhibitors, workshop facilitators, and staff are expected to wear a high quality KN95 or N95 mask at all times inside the venue to protect each other from airborne viruses. Masks and purified air will be provided by The Health Stellium. We expect you to test regularly/serially leading up until the event. If you test positive or have any symptoms, we ask that you refrain from attending the fair.

Accessibility information

Powerhouse Arts, the venue where the Black Zine Fair takes place, is fully accessible for wheelchair users. Restrooms are gender neutral and ADA compliant. A sound-proof quiet room is available.

Community agreement

All event attendees, exhibitors, workshop facilitators, and staff agree to follow the community agreement.