Booters is back for 2026 with a new home for the new year: Sí Hombre! in Stoke Newington, Hackney!!
After a series of Performative Butch contests and spin-offs across South London, Cork, Dublin, Paris… we’re coming back to Hackney for a classic Booters diner event. Check out our Instagram with all the important info for the night, including photos for accessibility and for the vibes/line-up as they’re announced: @bootersbutchbar.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Come for a feed of burgers and chips, served up by your favourite butches and studs in our classic Booters uniforms!
Sí Hombre! will have beers and cocktails too, with the bar co-managed by the Booters team.
We’ll have some of our butch/stud servers performing in the aisles and on the mic to show you more of their personalities ;)
To give our attendees a chance to shine, we’ll have some audience interaction entertainment to see if anyone in the crowd can beat the Booters with a can of whipped cream xx.
Booters is a night to celebrate all butchness, with food, art, drinks and performance. The organising team are all dykes, majority identifying as butch and/or trans — including trans women and trans men.
PAY IT FORWARD / LOW-INCOME TICKETS
As always, we want this community space to be available to butches and trans people even if they can’t pay for a meal out. We have a pay-it-forward scheme for anyone who wants to subsidise a meal for a butch, stud or trans person on no/low income.
We’ll be making these £7 meal options available a few days after standard tickets go on sale, to give time for pay-it-forward contributions — keep an eye on our Instagram for details.
We’ll also be welcoming d¥kes who don’t want a full meal to hang out in the bar and catch the vibes that way :) Please message us if you are a butch/stud/trans+ and the contribution is a barrier.
DIETARY NEEDS / ALLERGIES FORM
There will be an option at checkout to let our chef Paz know about any allergies or dietary requirements. If you forget or have any issues, please DM us on Instagram.
BOOTER BUCKS
Servers are paid for their work, but tips are always appreciated! You can buy “Booter Bucks” on the door or at your table at the start of the night and receive paper “cash” equivalent to the amount you buy so you can choose who your Booter Bucks go to. Bucks are £1 each with a 2p machine charge if paying by card.
Booter Bucks are 100% tips that go directly to the server you hand your dollar to :)
ACCESSIBILITY
The main dining event takes place on the ground floor, which is step-free throughout with moveable chairs and tables.
There is a 2-inch rise at the main entrance — please let us know if this will pose issues for your mobility aid.
The main event space will be set up with an approx. 1.5m-wide runway through the middle, kept clear for drag-style performances and easier movement across the bar.
Downstairs there will be a bar area with lower lighting, less seating and a mini pool table. This is where we’ll direct non-diners when upstairs gets full, to keep butch speakeasy vibes going until close.
There are two gender-neutral toilets downstairs.
There are no toilets on the ground floor, though the venue is one minute from The White Hart pub, which has a ground-floor accessible toilet.
Find more info including photos on our Instagram: @bootersbutchbar.
CONTENT NOTICE
While our name parodies an infamous restaurant, we take the approach that all expressions of butchness are sexy. Servers are encouraged to wear whatever makes them feel butch, which may or may not be revealing.
While this is not a kink event, it may contain nudity and/or aspects of kink (depending on what servers choose to do), so please be aware when purchasing tickets. Any audience participation requires the clear consent of both servers and attendees involved.
We’ll also have a community photographer taking pictures/videos. If you don’t want to appear in any images, please let a team member know on arrival so we can seat you in a spot that won’t be photographed.
MERCHANDISE
We have merchandise! You can buy your own Booters tees as seen on our servers in two colour options. We also have hats and mugs, and all merch is available for worldwide shipping.
We’re currently having technical issues adding merch to the event link, but this will be live soon — DM us to place an order in the meantime :)
