Join our Pride panel about “Love, Sex and Taboos“, followed by a naughty storytelling open mic on the theme of “Pride“ at Cafe Merlo. Register here to join!

We’re back with a third edition of Funny Women Brussels on 10 May! Get ready to laugh with our up-and-coming female comedians who take the stage to entertain you with their wit and humour. Get your (free) ticket here.

February´s book club selection is “Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto" by Tricia Hersey. Join us as we explore this important nonfiction piece by the founder of the Nap Ministry. The book serves as a battle cry and guidebook that challenges the forces of caitalism and white supremacy by promoting rest as a form of resistance. Read the book and register here to join us.

Join us for a hilarious evening of comedy at the Funny Women Brussels’ Open Mic event! Get ready to laugh with our up-and-coming female comedians who take the stage to entertain you with their wit and humour. Get your (free) ticket here.

Join our ecofeminist zine-making workshop with the fabulous self-taught artist Daphrose Marie Jean. You’ll learn about artivism and make your very own ecofeminist zine. Register here.

We're thrilled to invite you to our Eco-Feminist Fundraiser on 22 March - an evening dedicated to laughter, learning, and uplifting the planet and ourselves. There’ll be feminist talking circles and fun activities. Register here.

Join us for a hilarious evening of comedy at the Funny Women Brussels’ Open Mic event! Get ready to laugh with our up-and-coming female comedians who take the stage to entertain you with their wit and humour - and all this on International Women’s Day. Get your (free) ticket here.

Let's come together to discuss our priorities for the year ahead, share ideas and strengthen our community. Your presence and input is invaluable as we cannot do it without you - you are BarBichette! Register here to join us, from 18h30 on 13 February.

In partnership with the Systemic Change Brussels group, BarBichette is kicking off the 2024 season with a discussion on feminist leadership as a catalyst for addressing the root causes of today’s economic, social and climate crises. Join us on 25 January for this exciting a talking circle hosted by Alison, Laura and Joanna, members of Systemic Change Brussels. Register here!

Joy and care at our wintery community night on 20 December! Let’s get together before the end of the year around some mulled wine, drinks and snacks to celebrate all we’ve achieved in 2023, share our hopes and fears, and simply be together for a joyful moment before we say goodbye to 2023. Make sure to register and we’ll send you more info closer to the time.

Join us on 30 November for BarBichette’s first book club night! And what a better way to kick off our book night series with a look into bell hooks’ reflections on love and society in her acclaimed book All About Love: New Visions. During the evening, we will dive into bell hooks’ radical rethinking of love as a force for change in both private and public spheres. Click below for more info. Make sure to register!

Funny Women and BarBichette are proud to present the fourth edition of Funny Women Brussels’ open mic!

Join us for a delightful night of comedy, brought to you by a stellar lineup of comedians. Register here, seats book up really fast!

Join us on 18 September to discover the craft of joke making, the secret ingredient of the HAHA, the force that is needed to make the right punchline! The workshop will be run by Heli Pärna, a standup comedienne and the showrunner of Funny Women Brussels. It will be a mixture of playful exercises, writing and testing of ideas! Each participant will also have the opportunity to test their craft at the Funny Women Brussels open mic show on 22 September. The workshop is limited to maximum 10 people to make sure to register as soon as possible.

It's with a mix of nostalgia and excitement that we invite you to the closing of our beloved Saint Gilles community event space. This is just a new beginning for BarBichette as we’ll be taking BarBichette mobile from October! So come celebrate this new beginning with us, with a night of exchanges with our members and allies, clinking glasses of solidarity, and engaging community chats.

More info here!

Join us for the exhibition opening of “Afro Hair stories“ celebrating the incredible talent of self-taught artist Daphrose Marie Jean. Daphrose's work is a testament to her deep passion for African craft, rooted in a rich tapestry of influences including colors, movements, music, textures, patterns, rhythms, stories, roots, and encounters.

Her guiding principles of diversity, multiculturality, representation, belonging, self-expression, affirmation, confidence, and the celebration of African and Afro-descendant cultures shine through in every brushstroke. Register here to join us!

Join us as activists Eitan and Eléonore lead us in a reflection on their book: Nakba - The Struggle to Decolonize Israel. The Nakba is something which was, for a long time, not discussed in Israel and it took 15 years of struggle to place discussion of this subject at the centre of Israeli discours. This was the front line of a battle against an established colonial narrative which started at the end of the 19th century and which continues to this day. Register here to join this event!

SOLD OUT! Funny Women and BarBichette are proud to present the third edition of Funny Women Brussels’ open mic! Start your summer with a bang and join us for a delightful night of comedy, brought to you by a stellar lineup of comedians and hosted by MC Gio, all happening at BarBichette.

Join us on for a creative writing workshop facilitated by Gail Rego where you will write about your own unique journey and story. Dive into the art of creative writing and discover the incredible strength that lies within your personal narrative. During this immersive workshop, you will be guided through writing exercises, techniques, and thought-provoking discussions. No matter your experience or skill level, this workshop is designed for you to express yourself authentically.

Let's celebrate the power of diverse voices and forge connections through storytelling. Register here to join us!

We invite all our members to come and join our Annual General Meeting to celebrate our successes to date, discuss the future of BarBichette, review our budgets and finances, and see how you can contribute to the space - including running for the Board of BarBichette. More info coming soon but register here to attend.

Come join us on Thursday for our upcoming member’s social! This event is a chance for us to come together and socialize, get to know each other better, and have some fun. We will also celebrate the life and talents of the amazing Tina Turner, so come by for some music, singing and love. Just drop by!

Funny Women and BarBichette are proud to present the second edition of Funny Women Brussels’ open mic! Get ready for a delightful night full of jokes, laughs and sass brought to you by a stellar lineup of comedians and hosted by MC Gio, all happening at BarBichette. Entry is free, but as usual at BarBichette, you need to book your seat here in advance. Spaces are limited so register soon!

We’re so excited for our Pride event. We’ll welcome Annika Ojala and Daniela Pichler as our phenomenal speakers to join Bichette Catriona to present the history and modern context of Pride and share reflections on what we can do to improve the experiences of LGBTQIA+ people in Brussels and beyond. We’ll then have a discussion & celebration! Register here.

The second in our series of Spark! nights, where we’ll select an article and topic for discussion and come together for a learning circle, to share our reflections and advance our thinking together. Whether you’ve worked on the topic or have never heard of it before, you’ll be welcome to add your thoughts on Pride on this night - through a reading of this article on the history and political context of Pride. Join us by registering here.

🎬 Join us for a special screening of the award-winning documentary "Tomorrow"! 🌍 Discover inspiring and practical approaches to building a sustainable future from communities around the world. As eco-feminists, we're committed to finding solutions to the environmental challenges we face today, and this film offers a hopeful and empowering perspective on what we can do to make a difference. Register now.

The first in our series of Spark! nights at BarBichette, where we’ll select an article and topic for discussion and come together for a learning circle, to share our reflections and advance our thinking together. Whether you’ve worked on the topic or have never heard of it before, you’ll be welcome to add your thoughts on intersectionality on this night - through a reading of this article on Kimerblé Crenshaw’s now (in)famous term.

Join us and we’ll find out together!

A short film about menstruation and stigma in India - from the filmmakers: “In rural India, where the stigma of menstruation persists, women make low-cost sanitary pads on a new machine and stride toward financial independence.”

Following the screening, we’ll host a discussion on period stigma, product access and sustainability. Come help us break the silence! Register here.

Funny Women and BarBichette are proud to present the first edition of Funny Women Brussels’ open mic! Get ready for a delightful night full of jokes, laughs and sass brought to you by a stellar lineup of comedians and hosted by MC Heli Pärna, all happening at BarBichette.

Entry is free, but as usual at BarBichette, you need to book your seat here. If you want to support the work of Funny Women and their talented comedians, we’ll collect donations after the show.

Come join our first Bichettes members’ meeting!

We invite all our current members to come and join us for a gathering to celebrate our successes to date, discuss the future of BarBichette, our initiatives and events and how you can contribute to the space! Tell us if you’re coming by registering here.

On 4 April, join us at BarBichette to hear the stories of women-led climate actions in Latin America with Mariela Pino, an agricultural engineer, climate worker and activist from Chile. Mariela currently works with grassroots organisations focusing on zero waste throughout Latin America and she will bring reflections on how waste is a manifestation of the extractivist society we are living in now. Mariela will be in conversation with BarBichette full member Lauriane Veillard, who will also share perspectives from the European context and discuss with Mariela and our members the impact of overconsumption on other parts of the world.

Register here to secure your seat for this exciting conversation!

This documentary explores the concept of ‘maleness’ in modern society, and we’ll follow it up with a discussion of what modern, positive masculinity looks like.

Don’t forget to register here to join us.