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
2-5PM
FREE
EVERY FIRST SATURDAY
QUEERSWAP SATURDAYS
vauxhall
1-4 PM
PAY what you like
EVERY SUNDAY
COMMON PRESS SUNDAYS
dalston
2-5 PM
pay what you like
November 2026
- MO
- TU
- WE
- TH
- FR
- SA
- SU
- 26
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- 29
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- 31
- 1Common Press Sundays2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The Common Press Dalston • N16 8BX • pay what you like. Join us every Sunday for our regular weekly hangout – now at this Dalston intersectional queer bookshop, bar, cafe and event space. , ...- Accessibility Venue access step-free, No wheelchair accessible toilet
- 2
- 3
- 4Soho Poly12:00 pm - 2:00 pm16 Riding House St • W1W 7DT • free. Friendly drop-in at our beloved arts space, part of the University of Westminster. Venue accessibility info. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Wheelchair accessible toilet
- 5
- 6Pimlico 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
- 7QueerSwap 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 trans-accessible
- 8Common Press Sundays2:00 pm - 5:00 pmThe Common Press Dalston • N16 8BX • pay what you like. Join us every Sunday for our regular weekly hangout – now at this Dalston intersectional queer bookshop, bar, cafe and event space. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, No wheelchair accessible toilet
- 9
- 10
- 11Soho Poly12:00 pm - 2:00 pm16 Riding House St • W1W 7DT • free. Friendly drop-in at our beloved arts space, part of the University of Westminster. Venue accessibility info. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Wheelchair accessible toilet
- 12
- 13Pimlico 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
Soho Poly – mushrooms4:00 pm - 6:00 pmSoho Poly • 16 Riding House St • W1W 7DT • free. A one-off Soho Poly special themed around mushrooms. , ...- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Wheelchair accessible toilet
- 14
- 15Common Press Sundays2:00 pm - 5:00 pmThe Common Press Dalston • N16 8BX • pay what you like. Join us every Sunday for our regular weekly hangout – now at this Dalston intersectional queer bookshop, bar, cafe and event space. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, No wheelchair accessible toilet
- 16
- 17
- 18Soho Poly12:00 pm - 2:00 pm16 Riding House St • W1W 7DT • free. Friendly drop-in at our beloved arts space, part of the University of Westminster. Venue accessibility info. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Wheelchair accessible toilet
- 19
- 20Pimlico 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
- 21Grand Junction Autumn Festival1:30 pm - 4:30 pmGrand Junction • W2 5TF • free. Family event hosted by the venue for arts, culture, and community based at St Mary Magdalene Church. Check access information. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Wheelchair accessible toilet
- 22Common Press Sundays2:00 pm - 5:00 pmThe Common Press Dalston • N16 8BX • pay what you like. Join us every Sunday for our regular weekly hangout – now at this Dalston intersectional queer bookshop, bar, cafe and event space. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, No wheelchair accessible toilet
- 23
- 24
- 25United in Hope10:00 am - 3:30 pmYork House • TW1 3AA • free. We’re taking part in this community conference exploring ways to counter division and hate, put together by Multicultural Richmond. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Wheelchair accessible toilet
Soho Poly12:00 pm - 2:00 pm16 Riding House St • W1W 7DT • free. Friendly drop-in at our beloved arts space, part of the University of Westminster. Venue accessibility info. , ...- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Wheelchair accessible toilet
- 26
- 27Pimlico 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
- 28Walthamstow Queer Christmas Market1:00 pm - 5:00 pmWalthamstow Trades Hall • E17 4RQ • £1.50 entry + pay what you like. Get an early start on those gifts at this festive jamboree from Waltham Forest Pride Collective. There’s a party after too! , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Wheelchair accessible toilet
- 29Common Press Sundays2:00 pm - 5:00 pmThe Common Press Dalston • N16 8BX • pay what you like. Join us every Sunday for our regular weekly hangout – now at this Dalston intersectional queer bookshop, bar, cafe and event space. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, No wheelchair accessible toilet
- 30
- 1
- 2
- 3Sheffield Craft Jam7:00 pm - 10:00 pmMillennium Gallery, Sheffield • S1 2PP • £17 We’re at the 12th edition of this craft extravaganza with loads of workshops and drop-in activities. Venue accessibility info. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Wheelchair accessible toilet
- 4
- 5QueerSwap 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 trans-accessible
- 6Common Press Sundays2:00 pm - 5:00 pmThe Common Press Dalston • N16 8BX • pay what you like. Join us every Sunday for our regular weekly hangout – now at this Dalston intersectional queer bookshop, bar, cafe and event space. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, No wheelchair accessible toilet
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
2-5PM
FREE
EVERY FIRST SATURDAY
QUEERSWAP SATURDAYS
vauxhall
1-4 PM
PAY what you like
EVERY SUNDAY
COMMON PRESS SUNDAYS
dalston
2-5 PM
pay what you like
November 2026
- MO
- TU
- WE
- TH
- FR
- SA
- SU
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
- 1Common Press Sundays2:00 pm - 5:00 pmThe Common Press Dalston • N16 8BX • pay what you like. Join us every Sunday for our regular weekly hangout – now at this Dalston intersectional queer bookshop, bar, cafe and event space. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, No wheelchair accessible toilet
- 2
- 3
- 4Soho Poly12:00 pm - 2:00 pm16 Riding House St • W1W 7DT • free. Friendly drop-in at our beloved arts space, part of the University of Westminster. Venue accessibility info. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Wheelchair accessible toilet
- 5
- 6Pimlico 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
- 7QueerSwap 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 trans-accessible
- 8Common Press Sundays2:00 pm - 5:00 pmThe Common Press Dalston • N16 8BX • pay what you like. Join us every Sunday for our regular weekly hangout – now at this Dalston intersectional queer bookshop, bar, cafe and event space. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, No wheelchair accessible toilet
- 9
- 10
- 11Soho Poly12:00 pm - 2:00 pm16 Riding House St • W1W 7DT • free. Friendly drop-in at our beloved arts space, part of the University of Westminster. Venue accessibility info. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Wheelchair accessible toilet
- 12
- 13Pimlico 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
Soho Poly – mushrooms4:00 pm - 6:00 pmSoho Poly • 16 Riding House St • W1W 7DT • free. A one-off Soho Poly special themed around mushrooms. , ...- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Wheelchair accessible toilet
- 14
- 15Common Press Sundays2:00 pm - 5:00 pmThe Common Press Dalston • N16 8BX • pay what you like. Join us every Sunday for our regular weekly hangout – now at this Dalston intersectional queer bookshop, bar, cafe and event space. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, No wheelchair accessible toilet
- 16
- 17
- 18Soho Poly12:00 pm - 2:00 pm16 Riding House St • W1W 7DT • free. Friendly drop-in at our beloved arts space, part of the University of Westminster. Venue accessibility info. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Wheelchair accessible toilet
- 19
- 20Pimlico 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
- 21Grand Junction Autumn Festival1:30 pm - 4:30 pmGrand Junction • W2 5TF • free. Family event hosted by the venue for arts, culture, and community based at St Mary Magdalene Church. Check access information. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Wheelchair accessible toilet
- 22Common Press Sundays2:00 pm - 5:00 pmThe Common Press Dalston • N16 8BX • pay what you like. Join us every Sunday for our regular weekly hangout – now at this Dalston intersectional queer bookshop, bar, cafe and event space. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, No wheelchair accessible toilet
- 23
- 24
- 25United in Hope10:00 am - 3:30 pmYork House • TW1 3AA • free. We’re taking part in this community conference exploring ways to counter division and hate, put together by Multicultural Richmond. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Wheelchair accessible toilet
Soho Poly12:00 pm - 2:00 pm16 Riding House St • W1W 7DT • free. Friendly drop-in at our beloved arts space, part of the University of Westminster. Venue accessibility info. , ...- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Wheelchair accessible toilet
- 26
- 27Pimlico 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
- 28Walthamstow Queer Christmas Market1:00 pm - 5:00 pmWalthamstow Trades Hall • E17 4RQ • £1.50 entry + pay what you like. Get an early start on those gifts at this festive jamboree from Waltham Forest Pride Collective. There’s a party after too! , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Wheelchair accessible toilet
- 29Common Press Sundays2:00 pm - 5:00 pmThe Common Press Dalston • N16 8BX • pay what you like. Join us every Sunday for our regular weekly hangout – now at this Dalston intersectional queer bookshop, bar, cafe and event space. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, No wheelchair accessible toilet
- 30
- 1
- 2
- 3Sheffield Craft Jam7:00 pm - 10:00 pmMillennium Gallery, Sheffield • S1 2PP • £17 We’re at the 12th edition of this craft extravaganza with loads of workshops and drop-in activities. Venue accessibility info. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, Wheelchair accessible toilet
- 4
- 5QueerSwap 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 trans-accessible
- 6Common Press Sundays2:00 pm - 5:00 pmThe Common Press Dalston • N16 8BX • pay what you like. Join us every Sunday for our regular weekly hangout – now at this Dalston intersectional queer bookshop, bar, cafe and event space. , ...
- Accessibility Venue access step-free, No wheelchair accessible toilet
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Badge Cafe CIC is a Certified Social Enterprise. Social Enterprise UK membership number 18117.
