2008 Madison Zine Fest

Saturday, October 18, 2008
12-6 PM
Majestic Theatre
(Located in Downtown Madison, 1 block from the Capitol Square)
115 King Street
Madison, WI 53703

Free and open to the public

Table Registration Open!

Showcase your zine, distro, or related project at the fest!

Table/exhibit registration is now open! To register for a table, please complete and follow the directions on the Madison Zine Fest Table Registration Form.

• All tablers will receive half of a 6-foot banquet table and will be required to share the table because of space limitations.

• Table registration costs $10 (cash or check/money order made out to Michelle Downer), plus one copy of a zine, which will be donated to the Wisconsin Historical Society if your zine was made in or about Wisconsin. Otherwise, it will be donated to another appropriate zine library/collection.

• Table set up begins at 11:30AM! The Zine Fest opens at 12PM and closes at 6PM.

• Tables book fast and are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Send your completed form, your payment, and zine to:
Michelle Downer
201 N. Blair St. #207
Madison, WI 53703

A scene from the 2006 Madison Zine Fest Zine Fair

Location & Lodging

Location
Majestic Theatre
www.majesticmadison.com
(Located in Downtown Madison, 1 block from the Capitol Square)
115 King Street
Madison, WI 53703

Directions

From I39/90: Take Hwy 12/18 (Madison Beltline) West and exit at John Nolen Drive. Go over the lake and continue on John Nolen drive until it ends and take a left on Wilson Street. Take a soft right onto King Street and the Majestic is on the left by the Capitol.

From I94: Exit Hwy 30 towards Madison and exit at East Washington Avenue (151) towards State Capitol. Make a left onto Butler Street and continue to Wilson. Take a hard right at the light onto King Street and the Majestic is on the left by the Capitol.


Parking Information

http://www.cityofmadison.com/parking/downtownMap.html

Partners & Sponsors

The Madison Zine Fest partners with and is generously sponsored by the Wisconsin Book Festival, a program of the Wisconsin Humanities Council.

The 2008 Wisconsin Book Festival will be held October 15-19, 2008. For more information about the book festival, visit www.wisconsinbookfestival.org.

Background

The Madison Zine Fest is an event celebrating zines held in conjunction with the Wisconsin Book Festival.

The Madison Zine Fest was founded in 2004 by Alycia Sellie when she was a UW-Madison School of Library and Information Studies graduate student. Sellie directed the first two years of the fest, 2004 and 2005, with tremendous success attracting between 500-1,000 people.