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 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 🎸 —
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 Latte😍
— 📚WORKSHOPS & ACTIVITIES📚 —
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 🧘🪷 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 -
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, 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 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. 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 [email protected].
Any other questions? Email [email protected]
Hope to see you there!💞🎂
Event Venue
The Old Waterworks, The Old Waterworks, North Road,Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom
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