EVENTS
October 25th , 2025 1-6
FrankenZine Mini Zine Fest
Literary Institute, Lord Street, Redcar
I started Tees Zine Fest in 2023 after visiting a fantastic event in York. With the Support of The Word, Wade Radford and Navigator North, we became a CIC in November 2024. We’re now a directorship of 4 and still have our original supporters along the way.
Tees zine fest celebrates Zine artists and makers, self publishing their work and works with young people across Teesside to use Zine making as a source of self expression, solidarity and community. We’ve so far run 3 Zine Fests and a Makers Market, worked with young LGBTQIA+ people in Redcar, on a Women’s project in Sunderland and with a Youth People of Colour group in Middlesbrough.
NEWS
FrankenZine Mini Zine Fest 25th October 2025 1-6pm
Meet us at The Redcar Literary Institute for a mini zine event !
You’ll find our
regular and new Zine makers, with a selection of Zines, depicting their art, writings, thoughts , and photography – plus art, stickers and all sorts of creative makings
Zine Library
Workshops
and there’ll be chance to enjoy some seasonal drinks and treats too!
July 2025 Workshops with Skittles Youth Group
May 2025 Tees Zine Fest
In May 2025 we were back in Navigator North’s space, Unit 7 in the Hill Street Shopping Centre. This time we split into 2 events. We brought in a rule for all products to be less than a fiver, and added a quiet hour. It was so good to see many of our favourite Zine Makers return, and we had brilliant workshops from Nic Golightly and The Werd.
Our Resident Zine Maker and Film Maker extraordinaire Wade Radford Made this amazing film on Video8 of the day
Oct 2024 Hartlepool Pop Up
In Autumn Hartlepool Council asked us to run a mini Zine Fest at their Central library. It was an amazing day, with steals from across the North East, with 400 visitors on the day.
May 2024 Tees Zine Fest
The festival took over Navigator North‘s unit 7 in the Hill Street Shopping Centre and was a day full of creating and discovering using underground publications made widely by punk bands and subgroups… including
Workshops from The Word and more
Film installation
Delish grub from Barefoot Kitchen
Local Zine Libraries
Zinery market – a seriously good lot of Artists, Illustrators and Writers sharing their creations and Zines
Miki Rogers 