Relax, create, connect
Badge Cafe helps people relax, create and connect by coming together to make unique badges out of reused books and magazines.
Our workshops – or ‘crafty utopian hangouts’, as we call them – are easy, welcoming and fun. They’re for everyone, including people who are LGBTQ+, disabled, neurodivergent, global majority and/or have low incomes. Based in London, we run our own badge making events and bring badge making to a wide range of organisations and events too.
We’d love to make badges together soon!
(We are not an actual cafe – we don’t have our own location or serve food and drink.)
“My favourite activity in London and possibly the world”
– Badge Cafe regular
Make Badges
Find out how to join us to make badges every Sunday in Shoreditch and loads of other places too.
Let’s Collab!
Find out how we help partner organisations and events across diverse sectors in London and around the UK.
About Us
Find out about our unique format, its origins, its impact and the peer-reviewed research behind it.
Hang out with us this month
EVERY FRIDAY
PIMLICO FRIDAYS
PIMLICO
2-5 PM
FREE
EVERY SATURDAY
CHARING CROSS SATURDAYS
Leicester square
4-7 PM
FREE
EVERY SUNDAY
RICH MIX SUNDAYS
shoreditch
2-5 PM
pay what you like
EVERY FIRST SATURDAY
QUEER SWAP SATURDAYS
vauxhall
1-4 PM
PAY what you like
June 2026
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- 16Stronger Things8:30 am - 5:15 pm
Join us at this major get-together for changemakers Venue access: step-free. Toilet: down stairs, not disabled-accessible, ?single-sex Cost: Varies , ... - 17
- 18Riot London Summer Social7:00 pm - 7:00 pmAlways a ton of fun at this ‘kink casual’ event Venue access: step-free. Toilet: down stairs, not disabled-accessible, ?single-sex Cost: Free , ...
- 19Pimlico Fridays8:00 am - 6:00 pmJoin us as part of the community hub’s ongoing programme Venue access: step-free. Toilet: down stairs, not disabled-accessible, ?single-sex Cost: FREE , ...
- 20Charing Cross Saturdays4:00 pm - 7:00 pmJoin us as part of the community hub’s ongoing programme Venue access: one step. Toilet: down stairs, not disabled-accessible Cost: FREE , ...
- 21Queer Migrant Pride Fest3:30 am - 5:00 pmA free daytime festival of well-being, workshops, activities, talks, screenings, performances – and of course badges! Two time slots: 13:00-14:30 & 15:30-17:00 Cost: FREE Venue access: step-free. Toilet: down stairs, not disabled-accessible, ?single-sex , ...Queer Migrant Pride Fest1:00 pm - 2:30 pmA free daytime festival of well-being, workshops, activities, talks, screenings, performances – and of course badges! Two time slots: 13:00-14:30 & 15:30-17:00 Cost: FREE Venue access: step-free. Toilet: down stairs, not disabled-accessible, ?single-sex , ...Rich Mix Sundays2:00 pm - 5:00 pmJoin us every Sunday for our longest-running hangout. Our June theme is Pride. Venue access: step-free, lift to first floor. Toilet: accessible Cost: FREE , ...
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- 27Frankie Stein Punk Badges11:00 am - 4:00 pmA rare chance to get hands-on with the archive of proto-punk pioneer Frankie Stein – and come away with a neo-punk memento. Cost: FREE Venue access: step-free. Toilet: down stairs, not disabled-accessible , ...Charing Cross Saturdays4:00 pm - 7:00 pmJoin us as part of the community hub’s ongoing programme Venue access: one step. Toilet: down stairs, not disabled-accessible Cost: FREE , ...
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- 4Hackney Pride FayreAll DayGet stuck in as part of Hackney’s extravaganza of cabaret, workshops, makers market, food stalls and more. There are two time slots: 11:30-13:00 & 14:30-16:00 Cost: FREE Venue access: step-free. Toilet: down stairs, not disabled-accessible , ...Hackney Pride Fayre11:30 am - 1:00 pmGet stuck in as part of Hackney’s extravaganza of cabaret, workshops, makers market, food stalls and more. There are two time slots: 11:30-13:00 & 14:30-16:00 Cost: FREE Venue access: step-free. Toilet: down stairs, not disabled-accessible , ...QueerSwap Saturdays1:00 pm - 4:00 pmQueerSwap Studio • SE1 7TP • Pay what you like • Join us first Saturday of the month at the LGBTQ+ crafts hub , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Toilets not accessible for disabled people, Toilets trans-accessible
Charing Cross Saturdays4:00 pm - 7:00 pmJoin us as part of the community hub’s ongoing programme Venue access: one step. Toilet: down stairs, not disabled-accessible Cost: FREE , ... - 5Rich Mix Sundays2:00 pm - 5:00 pmJoin us every Sunday for our longest-running hangout. Our June theme is Pride. Venue access: step-free, lift to first floor. Toilet: accessible Cost: FREE , ...
Relax, create, connect
Badge Cafe helps people relax, create and connect by coming together to make unique badges out of reused books and magazines.
Our workshops – or ‘crafty utopian hangouts’, as we call them – are easy, welcoming and fun. They’re for everyone, including people who are LGBTQ+, disabled, neurodivergent, global majority and/or have low incomes. Based in London, we run our own badge making events and bring badge making to a wide range of organisations and events too.
We’d love to make badges together soon!
(We are not an actual cafe – we don’t have our own location or serve food and drink.)
“My favourite activity in London and possibly the world”
– Badge Cafe regular
Make Badges
Find out how to join us to make badges every Sunday in Shoreditch and loads of other places too.
Let’s Collab!
Find out how we help partner organisations and events across diverse sectors in London and around the UK.
About Us
Find out about our unique format, its origins, its impact and the peer-reviewed research behind it.
Hang out with us this month
EVERY FRIDAY
PIMLICO FRIDAYS
PIMLICO
2-5 PM
FREE
EVERY SATURDAY
CHARING CROSS SATURDAYS
Leicester square
4-7 PM
FREE
EVERY SUNDAY
RICH MIX SUNDAYS
shoreditch
2-5 PM
pay what you like
EVERY FIRST SATURDAY
QUEER SWAP SATURDAYS
vauxhall
1-4 PM
PAY what you like
June 2026
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- 16Stronger Things8:30 am - 5:15 pmJoin us at this major get-together for changemakers Venue access: step-free. Toilet: down stairs, not disabled-accessible, ?single-sex Cost: Varies , ...
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- 18Riot London Summer Social7:00 pm - 7:00 pmAlways a ton of fun at this ‘kink casual’ event Venue access: step-free. Toilet: down stairs, not disabled-accessible, ?single-sex Cost: Free , ...
- 19Pimlico Fridays8:00 am - 6:00 pmJoin us as part of the community hub’s ongoing programme Venue access: step-free. Toilet: down stairs, not disabled-accessible, ?single-sex Cost: FREE , ...
- 20Charing Cross Saturdays4:00 pm - 7:00 pmJoin us as part of the community hub’s ongoing programme Venue access: one step. Toilet: down stairs, not disabled-accessible Cost: FREE , ...
- 21Queer Migrant Pride Fest3:30 am - 5:00 pmA free daytime festival of well-being, workshops, activities, talks, screenings, performances – and of course badges! Two time slots: 13:00-14:30 & 15:30-17:00 Cost: FREE Venue access: step-free. Toilet: down stairs, not disabled-accessible, ?single-sex , ...Queer Migrant Pride Fest1:00 pm - 2:30 pmA free daytime festival of well-being, workshops, activities, talks, screenings, performances – and of course badges! Two time slots: 13:00-14:30 & 15:30-17:00 Cost: FREE Venue access: step-free. Toilet: down stairs, not disabled-accessible, ?single-sex , ...Rich Mix Sundays2:00 pm - 5:00 pmJoin us every Sunday for our longest-running hangout. Our June theme is Pride. Venue access: step-free, lift to first floor. Toilet: accessible Cost: FREE , ...
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- 26Pimlico Fridays8:00 am - 6:00 pmJoin us as part of the community hub’s ongoing programme Venue access: step-free. Toilet: down stairs, not disabled-accessible, ?single-sex Cost: FREE , ...
- 27Frankie Stein Punk Badges11:00 am - 4:00 pmA rare chance to get hands-on with the archive of proto-punk pioneer Frankie Stein – and come away with a neo-punk memento. Cost: FREE Venue access: step-free. Toilet: down stairs, not disabled-accessible , ...Charing Cross Saturdays4:00 pm - 7:00 pmJoin us as part of the community hub’s ongoing programme Venue access: one step. Toilet: down stairs, not disabled-accessible Cost: FREE , ...
- 28Rich Mix Sundays2:00 pm - 5:00 pmJoin us every Sunday for our longest-running hangout. Our June theme is Pride. Venue access: step-free, lift to first floor. Toilet: accessible Cost: FREE , ...
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- 4Hackney Pride FayreAll DayGet stuck in as part of Hackney’s extravaganza of cabaret, workshops, makers market, food stalls and more. There are two time slots: 11:30-13:00 & 14:30-16:00 Cost: FREE Venue access: step-free. Toilet: down stairs, not disabled-accessible , ...Hackney Pride Fayre11:30 am - 1:00 pmGet stuck in as part of Hackney’s extravaganza of cabaret, workshops, makers market, food stalls and more. There are two time slots: 11:30-13:00 & 14:30-16:00 Cost: FREE Venue access: step-free. Toilet: down stairs, not disabled-accessible , ...QueerSwap Saturdays1:00 pm - 4:00 pmQueerSwap Studio • SE1 7TP • Pay what you like • Join us first Saturday of the month at the LGBTQ+ crafts hub , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Toilets not accessible for disabled people, Toilets trans-accessible
Charing Cross Saturdays4:00 pm - 7:00 pmJoin us as part of the community hub’s ongoing programme Venue access: one step. Toilet: down stairs, not disabled-accessible Cost: FREE , ... - 5Rich Mix Sundays2:00 pm - 5:00 pmJoin us every Sunday for our longest-running hangout. Our June theme is Pride. Venue access: step-free, lift to first floor. Toilet: accessible Cost: FREE , ...
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