Last month’s Pride Punk Rock Flea Market won’t be the last time the former 15th Ave E QFC grocery store is put to use for art and community. This coming weekend will bring the Seattle Zine Fest to the space.

Sunday’s event will use the venue transformed by the flea market and volunteers as a space for its free gathering bringing together the city’s zine makers and fans. “We want anyone to feel invited to table; whether you’ve got dozens of zines and events under your belt, or if you’ve been kicking around your first zine idea forever but are just now putting Sharpie to paper ahead of this event, we hope you feel excited about vending and that the space is made for you,” organizers write.

What’s a zine? “A zine can be about just about anything — your personal manifesto, your favorite trail to walk on, your visual art or poetry (or both), the cats at your local convenience store,” Seattle Zine Fest says. “The only limit is your imagination.”

In June, CHS reported on the first event for the Punk Rock Flea Market after its move onto 15th Ave E where it is set to make its temporary home through at least the end of the year. The old QFC and its surface parking lot are destined to eventually make way for a planned 6-story, “S” design building with 170 new apartment units above 10,000 square feet of retail space and underground parking for 99 vehicles.

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