Grid Zine Fest has been Salt Lake City’s zine festival since 2017! With a brief hiatus in 2020-2021, Grid returned to regular programming in 2022.

Grid Zine Fest 2023 poster

Grid Zine Fest 2023

In 2023, Grid Zine Fest introduced our Whacky Dancers and we’re never going back. Our festival was held at Bryant Middle School in Salt Lake City!

2023 poster artwork by Frances Ngo.

Grid Zine Fest 2022

Grid Zine Fest took place at the Salt Lake Arts Academy (844 S. 200 E.) on June 11, 2022. See programming and tablers here.

Poster art by Juli Huddleston.

Check out the photo essay by Tyson Call in SLUG Magazine.

Grid Zine Fest Poster shows girl in purple dress jumping rope; made out of colorful felt.
Grid Zine Fest 2020 Poster

Grid Zine Fest 2020

Our 2020 festival was sadly postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic. We are grateful for RazorCake, Salt Lake City Arts Council, and the Center for Cartoon Studies for supporting our work!

Poster art by Erin Doyle.

Grid Zine Fest 2019

In 2019, Grid Zine Fest expanded into Gallivan Hall in downtown Salt Lake City.

Check out our interview with Utah Public Radio here.

Poster art by Eliza McKinney.

Grid Zine Fest 2019 Poster by Eliza Mckinney
2018 Grid Zine Fest Poster

Grid Zine Fest 2018

Our 2019 festival was hosted at PUBLIK SPACE in Salt Lake City on April 14.

Click here to read SLUG Magazine’s article about the 2019 Festival!

Read Catalyst Magazine’s review of the 2019 Festival here!

Poster art by Maku Mendoza and StencilJam.

Grid Zine Fest 2017

Juli Huddleston and Natalie Allsup-Edwards co-founded Grid Zine Fest in 2017.

Read SLUG Magazine’s interview with Grid here.

Poster art by Natalie Allsup-Edwards and lettering by Tim Guthrie.

GZF Inaugural poster