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Relax, create, connect

Name: Pimlico Fridays
Start: 2026-10-02T14:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-10-02T17:00:00+00:00
Location: Pimlico

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

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Ben and participants at the badge table outdoors as part of Camden Inspire festival 2024

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Details on how to join badge-making workshops in Shoreditch and many more locations.

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About Us

Learn about our unique format, its origins, its impact and the peer-reviewed research behind it.

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Two smiling participants at Rampayne St Community Hub showing off their badges

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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

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2 Pimlico Fridays Pimlico Fridays 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Rampayne St Community Hub • SW1V 2PU • free. Join us as part of the community hub’s ongoing programme. , ... Accessibility Venue access step-free
3 QueerSwap Saturdays QueerSwap Saturdays 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm QueerSwap 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
4 Common Press Sundays Common Press Sundays 2:00 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 new Dalston venue. , ... Accessibility Venue access step-free, No wheelchair accessible toilet

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11 Common Press Sundays Common Press Sundays 2:00 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 new Dalston venue. , ... Accessibility Venue access step-free, No wheelchair accessible toilet

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18 Common Press Sundays Common Press Sundays 2:00 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 new Dalston venue. , ... Accessibility Venue access step-free, No wheelchair accessible toilet

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21 Soho Poly Soho Poly All Day 16 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
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23 Pimlico Fridays Pimlico Fridays 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Rampayne St Community Hub • SW1V 2PU • free. Join us as part of the community hub’s ongoing programme. , ... Accessibility Venue access step-free
24 Badge Cafe at The Joiners Heart Badge Cafe at The Joiners Heart All Day 18 Bohemia Place • E8 1DU • pay what you like. Chill badge fun at the glorious new Joiners venue. , ... Accessibility Venue access step-free, Wheelchair accessible toilet
25 Common Press Sundays Common Press Sundays 2:00 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 new Dalston venue. , ... Accessibility Venue access step-free, No wheelchair accessible toilet

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28 Soho Poly Soho Poly All Day 16 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
29 The Muppette Show – Halloween Special The Muppette Show – Halloween Special 6:30 pm - 11:00 pm Big Penny Social • 1 Priestley Way • London E17 6AL • from £8 Cabaret bash mashing up drag, music, puppetry and vendors. , ... Accessibility Venue access step-free, Wheelchair accessible toilet
30 Pimlico Fridays Pimlico Fridays 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Rampayne St Community Hub • SW1V 2PU • free. Join us as part of the community hub’s ongoing programme. , ... Accessibility Venue access step-free
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Ben and Alex in conversation at the badge table at Rich Mix

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