Do you want to get concrete tips on how to combat toxic behaviours at work while protecting yourself and looking for healthier opportunities? 

✅ Save the dates and join BarBichette for a unique trilogy of video podcast discussions about toxicity at work to look for concrete solutions grounded in a feminist and systemic approach and to focus on respect, cooperation and respect for all ✨ Register here.

The next Funny Women Brussels event is on 7 February. Get ready to laugh with our up-and-coming comedians who take the stage to entertain you with their wit and humour. Get your (free) ticket here.

Join our next book club as we explore the incredible work of Audre Lorde with her collection of essays Sister Outsider. Register here to join, and click here for more info and useful links!

The last Funny Women Brussels Open Mic of 2024 is on 6 December. Get ready to laugh with our up-and-coming comedians who take the stage to entertain you with their wit and humour. Get your (free) ticket here.

Join our end-of-year gathering for an evening of feminist solidarity, collective resilience, and hope - connecting, sharing, and reimagining joy in challenging times. Register here.

Join us for a night of fun and feminist trivia at our Feminist Themed Pub Quiz! Gather your friends, form a team and get ready to test your knowledge of feminist history, theory, and pop culture. Register here!

The next Funny Women Brussels Open Mic is on 8 November. Get ready to laugh with our up-and-coming comedians who take the stage to entertain you with their wit and humour. Get your (free) ticket here.

Join our next BarBichette members’ meeting on 15 October. It’s a chance for everyone to come together as a community, discuss what we do as BarBichette and exchange on the future of our ecofeminist collective together. Register here to join us.

Funny Women Brussels is back on 4 October! Get ready to laugh with our up-and-coming comedians who take the stage to entertain you with their wit and humour. Get your (free) ticket here.

In partnership with the Systemic Change Brussels group, we’ll discuss how polarisation is increasing in Europe, creating more and more divides in political, social and cultural debates. Register to join (limited seats).

Our next book club selection is Pet by Akwaeke Emezi. In their riveting and timely young adult debut, acclaimed novelist Akwaeke Emezi asks difficult questions about what choices you can make when the society around you is in denial.

Read the book and register here to join us.

Join our special ‘rentrée’ community day on 7 September, where we’ll host a self-defence workshop followed by a yoga session. We’ll then get together for a community picnic to reconnect after the summer. Check all info here and make sure to register!

Save the Date for our Annual General Meeting on Sunday 16 June from 16h00 to 19h00 in Brussels. Click on the link below for more info and register here.

We’re back with a third edition of Funny Women Brussels on 7 June. 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 next BarBichette members’ meeting on 21 May. It’s a chance for everyone to come together as a community, discuss what we do as BarBichette and exchange on the future of our ecofeminist collective together. Register here to joing us.

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!