COMPRESSED is a zine and music fair presented by BAB and Particle FM.
COMPRESSED 2025
August 23, 2025
Bread and Salt
COMPRESSED is back Sat Aug 23rd, 11 AM - 5 PM at Bread & Salt. A celebration of DIY culture, we’re compressing dozens of music & zine exhibitors, DJs, food vendors, and more in one place for our third annual fair, hosted by Particle FM and Burn All Books 📚
More info on the COMPRESSED site!
Programming included:
Publishing round table with Lorena Mostajo of Taller California, Alan Sobrino, and Nick Bernal of Burn All Books; Lo-Cost Home Recording with Ed Villalobos, AKA Familiar Face; Collaborative Models in DIY Publishing with Josh Freitas of Poppy Press; Collaborative Creative Worldbuilding with Jelli Magazine's Jem, Juli, and Dion; and an Are.na meetup, hosted by Galia and Lennox of Scannners.
Exhibitors included:
AAC Gallery, Alejandra Frank, Alita La Brujita, Ardo, Bread & Roses Press, Carta, CAT GODS, Cempazuchitl’s Library, Cherub Dream Records, Color Me In Press, Current Editions, Cynta Camilia / J4lly, Dark Entries, d.flah, Digital Milk Co., direct action distro, Dispatch from Paradise, Ediciones Caradura, Editorial Halfbreed, Errant Press, EVERYTHING IS SO MUCH, Familiar Face, Ferragottiart, Folk Arts Rare Records, Friends of the Filipino People Struggle Bagani, Gizmo Records, Hi-Fi Arts Co., JELLi Magazine Issue #2, julie choo, Laurie Piña & Aaron Pretty, M-Theory Music, Mariposa Records, Marlo Reyes, Marmologies, Martian Press, Matraca, META FLOP, Ocean Escalanti / OLDISTHEGRAVE, Paloma Mercier, perra press, Poppy Press, Project Paint, Quint Gallery, Radical History Club, Sea Sluggers Collective, Sensitive, Slim Chili, Spirit School, Taller California, The Perfect Healthy, TIGER MILF, Trash Lamb, Two Rooms, Urbano Mata, Vince Pokes, Yessi, ZZ & jmo corleone
COMPRESSED 2024
August 10, 2024
San Diego Central Library
Particle FM and Burn All Books are teaming up again for another zine and music fair, taking place at the San Diego Central Library with zine exhibitors and music vendors from the San Diego-Baja California region and beyond. Join us in celebrating the intersection of independent publishing, zine-making, music, and DIY culture.
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Exhibitors included:
A New Path, Adam Gnade, Angelica Escoto, Artintimesofanger, ava_images aveces, ximena., Aviatrix Press, Bella Borquez, Beyond The Veil Press, Bombus Vomito, Bookslut, Circe Cota, Comicbook Artists of San Diego, Cora Lee, Corrientes/ Impresiciones, DIGITAL MILK CO, Direct Action Distro, Ditto's Domain, Ediciones Caradura, Elevatorteeth / Hardcore Ambient, Good Faith, Halfbreed,
Hello Barkada, heysoupface, Hole, Honey Boy Press, Humble Servants of the Worm, Humphrey Hamshackle, Jenn Steffey Zines, Julia Mata, Junta De Mejoras, LA VACAcicleta, Lunchtime Printhouse, Make Believe DIY, Manuscrica, Mara Gervais, Marlo Reyes, Marmologies, miks.m3dia, Mschf Press, My Little Underground, Other Books, Paper Posse Studio, Poppy Press, Rachel Dukes, Radical History Club, Red Brontosaurus Records, Respawn Archive/Neville, Rye Chip and Nadey's Preloved Records, SAVING FOR L8R, Speed Snake Posse, Spirit School, SunniWolfeShop, Taller California, Tori Holder, two-headed press, Valley of Paradox, Wax Rabbit Records
COMPRESSED 2023
July 22, 2023
Department, City Heights
Particle FM and Burn All Books are teaming up for COMPRESSED, a zine & music fair taking place Saturday July 22nd from 12-6pm at Department in San Diego.
We’ll be compressing the zine and music community into one space with zine exhibitors, radio DJs, vinyl vendors, vegan food, coffee and live screenprinting!!
Exhibitors included:
A New Path, Cora Lee, Corrientes And Impresiciones, Des Enano, Digital Milk Co, Direct Action Distro, Dylan Flah, Ediciones Caradura, How To Unionize, Humble Servants Of The Worm, Junta De Mejoras, Katja Zimmer, Maia Barber, Mara Gervais, Marigold Records, Miras Comix, My Little Underground, Neville, Polomonn, Poppy Press, Post Modern Dodo Collective, Radical History Club, Rainbow Autonomy Distro, Red Art Prints, Rottweiler And Hytm, Scannners, Sean Sarmiento, Sensitive, Slim Chili, Spectres And Daggers, Spirit School, The Hole, Walker Mettling