The original Zine City Fest debuted at the first Artville event in Wedgewood-Houston last fall. It found Matt Johnstone’s Free Nashville Poetry Library rejiggering the model of its regular First Saturday event, Show & Sell: A Maker’s Bazaar, into a maker market focused on handcrafted publications of every stripe. Since then, Zine City has popped-up outside The Packing Plant a few more times. I love Show & Sell, but this year’s random Zine City events, largely organized by co-founder Holiday Noel Campanella, have brought a welcome shakeup to FNPL’s regular al fresco happenings. And the enthusiastic response from indie zinesters and their collectors means we may be seeing even more Zine City events in 2025.Â
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