Bay Area Queer Zine Fest (Oakland)

Caspian Walters

Bay Area Queer Zine Fest (BAQZF) is pleased to announce its return for the 9th annual in-person event, in addition to a two week-long virtual event. This year’s hybrid event will host online vendors on the BAQZF website from September 12th through September 26th, culminating with an in-person event on Sunday, September 27th, featuring over 30 local and national exhibitors at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center on 388 9th St from 11am – 5pm.

For its 2026 iteration, BAQZF will adopt a Renaissance motif in order to embody the values of storytelling, inclusivity, and creativity inherent to the era. BAQZF is delighted to continue to foster a space for LGBTQIA+ creatives from the Bay Area and beyond in which zines are centered as a medium for creative experimentation and radical self-expression.

Bay Area Queer Zine Fest is free and open to the public. Masks and social distancing will be enforced throughout the in-person event, and an archive will be available on bayareaqueerzinefest.com after September 27th. The fest’s Safer Spaces Policy may be viewed on its website, revised June 2026: bayareaqueerzinefest.com. More information including confirmed exhibitors to be announced soon.

This year’s flyer was designed by longtime organizer, Caspian Walters, and you can find more of their work on their website: https://www.caspianwalters.com/.

Bay Area Queer Zine Fest is fiscally sponsored by Abolition Inc., a California nonprofit public benefit corporation recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

For press inquiries or more information on this year’s fest, please email baqzfest@gmail.com.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.