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
Details on how to join badge-making workshops in Shoreditch and many more locations.
Let’s Collab
Find out how we help partner organisations and events of all kinds in London and around the UK.
About Us
Learn about our unique format, its origins, its impact and the peer-reviewed research behind it.
Hang out with us
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
QUEERSWAP SATURDAYS
vauxhall
1-4 PM
PAY what you like
June 2026
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- 18Riot London Summer Social7:00 pm - 11:30 pm
Brixton Courtyard • SW9 6LH • £8-12. Always a ton of fun at this ‘kink casual’ event. , ...- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Toilets accessible for disabled people
- 19Pimlico Fridays2:00 pm - 5:00 pmRampayne St Community Hub • SW1V 2PU • free. Join us as part of the community hub’s ongoing programme. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Toilets not accessible for disabled people
- 20Charing Cross Saturdays4:00 pm - 7:00 pmCharing Cross Library • WC2H 0HF • free. Join us as part of the community hub’s ongoing programme. , ...
- Accessibility Toilets accessible for disabled people
- 21Queer Migrant Pride Fest1:00 pm - 2:30 pmSt Margaret’s House • E2 9PL • 1-2.30pm & 3.30-5pm • free. A daytime festival of well-being, workshops, activities, talks, screenings, performances – and of course badges! Click for venue accessibility info. , ...Rich Mix Sundays2:00 pm - 5:00 pmRich Mix • E1 6LA • pay what you like. Join us every Sunday for our longest-running hangout. Our June theme is Pride. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Toilets accessible for disabled people
Queer Migrant Pride Fest3:30 pm - 5:00 pmSt Margaret’s House • E2 9PL • 1-2.30pm & 3.30-5pm • free. A daytime festival of well-being, workshops, activities, talks, screenings, performances – and of course badges! Click for venue accessibility info. , ...
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- 26Pimlico Fridays2:00 pm - 5:00 pmRampayne St Community Hub • SW1V 2PU • free. Join us as part of the community hub’s ongoing programme. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Toilets not accessible for disabled people
- 27Frankie Stein Punk Badges11:00 am - 4:00 pmRampayne St Community Hub • SW1V 2PU • free. A rare chance to get hands-on with the archive of proto-punk pioneer Frankie Stein – and come away with a neo-punk memento. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Toilets not accessible for disabled people
Charing Cross Saturdays4:00 pm - 7:00 pmCharing Cross Library • WC2H 0HF • free. Join us as part of the community hub’s ongoing programme. , ...- Accessibility Toilets accessible for disabled people
- 28Hackney Pride Fayre11:30 am - 1:00 pmChats Palace • E9 6DF • 11:30am-1pm & 2.30-4pm • free. Get stuck in as part of Hackney’s extravaganza of cabaret, workshops, makers market, food stalls and more. Venue accessibility info. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free
Rich Mix Sundays2:00 pm - 5:00 pmRich Mix • E1 6LA • pay what you like. Join us every Sunday for our longest-running hangout. Our June theme is Pride. , ...- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Toilets accessible for disabled people
Hackney Pride Fayre2:30 pm - 4:00 pmChats Palace • E9 6DF • 11:30am-1pm & 2.30-4pm • free. Get stuck in as part of Hackney’s extravaganza of cabaret, workshops, makers market, food stalls and more. Venue accessibility info. , ...- Accessibility Venue access step-free
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- 3Wallace Collection LGBTQ+ Ball6:30 pm - 11:00 pmWallace Collection • W1U 3BN • £10-15. Sadie Lee’s annual queer shindig is always a hoot of historic proportions. , ...
- 4Pride in London Family Area12:00 pm - 6:00 pmVictoria Embankment Gardens • WC2N 6DU • free. Open-air fun at London’s big LGBTQ+ day out. , ...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 pmCharing Cross Library • WC2H 0HF • free. Join us as part of the community hub’s ongoing programme. , ...- Accessibility Toilets accessible for disabled people
- 5Rich Mix Sundays2:00 pm - 5:00 pmRich Mix • E1 6LA • pay what you like. Join us every Sunday for our longest-running hangout. Our June theme is Pride. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Toilets accessible for disabled people
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
Details on how to join badge-making workshops in Shoreditch and many more locations.
Let’s Collab
Find out how we help partner organisations and events of all kinds in London and around the UK.
About Us
Learn about our unique format, its origins, its impact and the peer-reviewed research behind it.
Hang out with us
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
QUEERSWAP SATURDAYS
vauxhall
1-4 PM
PAY what you like
June 2026
- MO
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- WE
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- FR
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- 18Riot London Summer Social7:00 pm - 11:30 pmBrixton Courtyard • SW9 6LH • £8-12. Always a ton of fun at this ‘kink casual’ event. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Toilets accessible for disabled people
- 19Pimlico Fridays2:00 pm - 5:00 pmRampayne St Community Hub • SW1V 2PU • free. Join us as part of the community hub’s ongoing programme. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Toilets not accessible for disabled people
- 20Charing Cross Saturdays4:00 pm - 7:00 pmCharing Cross Library • WC2H 0HF • free. Join us as part of the community hub’s ongoing programme. , ...
- Accessibility Toilets accessible for disabled people
- 21Queer Migrant Pride Fest1:00 pm - 2:30 pmSt Margaret’s House • E2 9PL • 1-2.30pm & 3.30-5pm • free. A daytime festival of well-being, workshops, activities, talks, screenings, performances – and of course badges! Click for venue accessibility info. , ...Rich Mix Sundays2:00 pm - 5:00 pmRich Mix • E1 6LA • pay what you like. Join us every Sunday for our longest-running hangout. Our June theme is Pride. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Toilets accessible for disabled people
Queer Migrant Pride Fest3:30 pm - 5:00 pmSt Margaret’s House • E2 9PL • 1-2.30pm & 3.30-5pm • free. A daytime festival of well-being, workshops, activities, talks, screenings, performances – and of course badges! Click for venue accessibility info. , ...
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- 26Pimlico Fridays2:00 pm - 5:00 pmRampayne St Community Hub • SW1V 2PU • free. Join us as part of the community hub’s ongoing programme. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Toilets not accessible for disabled people
- 27Frankie Stein Punk Badges11:00 am - 4:00 pmRampayne St Community Hub • SW1V 2PU • free. A rare chance to get hands-on with the archive of proto-punk pioneer Frankie Stein – and come away with a neo-punk memento. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Toilets not accessible for disabled people
Charing Cross Saturdays4:00 pm - 7:00 pmCharing Cross Library • WC2H 0HF • free. Join us as part of the community hub’s ongoing programme. , ...- Accessibility Toilets accessible for disabled people
- 28Hackney Pride Fayre11:30 am - 1:00 pmChats Palace • E9 6DF • 11:30am-1pm & 2.30-4pm • free. Get stuck in as part of Hackney’s extravaganza of cabaret, workshops, makers market, food stalls and more. Venue accessibility info. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free
Rich Mix Sundays2:00 pm - 5:00 pmRich Mix • E1 6LA • pay what you like. Join us every Sunday for our longest-running hangout. Our June theme is Pride. , ...- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Toilets accessible for disabled people
Hackney Pride Fayre2:30 pm - 4:00 pmChats Palace • E9 6DF • 11:30am-1pm & 2.30-4pm • free. Get stuck in as part of Hackney’s extravaganza of cabaret, workshops, makers market, food stalls and more. Venue accessibility info. , ...- Accessibility Venue access step-free
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- 3Wallace Collection LGBTQ+ Ball6:30 pm - 11:00 pmWallace Collection • W1U 3BN • £10-15. Sadie Lee’s annual queer shindig is always a hoot of historic proportions. , ...
- 4Pride in London Family Area12:00 pm - 6:00 pmVictoria Embankment Gardens • WC2N 6DU • free. Open-air fun at London’s big LGBTQ+ day out. , ...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 pmCharing Cross Library • WC2H 0HF • free. Join us as part of the community hub’s ongoing programme. , ...- Accessibility Toilets accessible for disabled people
- 5Rich Mix Sundays2:00 pm - 5:00 pmRich Mix • E1 6LA • pay what you like. Join us every Sunday for our longest-running hangout. Our June theme is Pride. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Toilets accessible for disabled people
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