Let’s explore social events in London, UK happening this week. Local events are a great way to meet new people and make new friends. Look through this page and consider going out and socializing during one of these social events.
Social events are great and offer a world of possibilities. You can make new friends, learn new skills, see things from different perspectives and it’s fantastic for your mental health. And never before has companionship and being able to spend time with others been as important as it is today.
You probably remember being a kid and going up to another person your age and saying, “Do you want to be friends?” and that was pretty much that. Friend made. Alas, it’s not quite as simple now that we’re grown up, but it doesn’t have to be as difficult or as awkward as we think. There are thousands of people out there who would love to meet up with others, finding them just takes a bit of help and that’s what we’re here for.
On this page, we hope you’ll find some interesting events in London where you can make some new friends.
Local Groups’ Events in London
Tuesday Badminton Session @East Ham Leisure Center 324 Barking Road E6 2RT
◦ When: Tuesday, Sep 10th
◦ Where: East Ham Leisure Center
✅Tuesday Badminton
✅Advance and Expert Levels Only
✅Yonex Aerosensa AS30 Shuttles
✅ Two Courts (12 Players Max)
✅Every Tuesday
✅20:00 to 22:00
✅2:00 Hours Session
✅£10 Advance Payment
✅ East Ham Leisure Center
324 Barking Rd, London E6 2RT
✅We welcome individuals of all races, genders, ethnicities, cultures, regions, origins, religions ,colours, social classes, economic statuses, heights, appeara(…)
NSLondon 2024.5 at NewDay
◦ When: Thursday, Sep 12th
◦ Where: NewDay
This month we’re fortunate to be hosted by NewDay to hear 3 great iOS talks, and to meet with fellow iOS developers. Don’t hesitate to sign up as places go quickly once we open RSVPs!
Doors open at 18:30, with talks from 19:00. Food and drinks will be available. After the event, you’re welcome to join us at a nearby pub if you like. We’ll have the following two talks:
**How we’ve built and scale(…)
Productionising Gen AI Applications
◦ When: Thursday, Sep 12th
◦ Where: The Rex Building
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This community is an independent non-profit group, solely dedicated to knowledge sharing and networking with like-minded individuals.
We have created a safe space for individuals to share their thoughts and feelings, free from company bias and politics.
Our incredible speakers will kick things off by sharing their journey to production, along with the battle scars to prove it!
This will be (…)
Make friends in London – International event !
◦ When: Wednesday, Sep 11th
◦ Where: Embankment Bistro Café
Make international friends & speak languages (local language included).
The languages spoken may vary based on the participants. Local language and English are always available options.
👉🍺🥤 You are asked to order a drink directly upon arrival to participate. 🚫 Outside food and drinks are not allowed.
Thanks in advance for your respect towards the welcoming bars.
🔔📲💬 Follow our events on T(…)
When Teams Grow Up: The Challenges of Big Agile Change
◦ When: Thursday, Sep 12th
◦ Where: Capco
**When Teams Grow Up: The Challenges of Big Agile Change 🚀**
Our popular Agile Roundabout series returns for its third instalment this year. Join us for an insightful Agile Roundabout hosted by [Capco](https://www.capco.com/)! 🏢💻
🗓️**Date:** Thursday 12th September 2024
🕧**Time:** 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
📍**Location:** 77-79 Great Eastern St, London EC2A 3HU
🚇 **Nearest Station:** Old Street
T(…)
FREE Board Games Night | London 20s and 30s
◦ When: Wednesday, Sep 11th
◦ Where: The Thirsty Bear
**On Wednesday 11th September, we’re excited to be hosting our latest FREE Board Games Night, exclusively for 20s and 30s.**
Yep, that’s right and as always, we’ve booked out a big private space in central London and we’ve got a fantastic collection of some of the most popular games that you’ll be able to choose from.
From classics like Cards Against Humanity, social deduction games like Secret (…)
Django London Meetup September
◦ When: Tuesday, Sep 10th
◦ Where: Kraken
September edition!
We will be at Kraken Tech (Octopus Energy Group) London office!
**Talks:**
**Empowering Django with Background Workers**
by Jake Howard
There’s a lot more to a web application than just the request/response cycle. Running tasks in the background, whether on a trigger or schedule unlocks a lot of extra functionality, performance and reliability. Whilst Django is a web framewor(…)
The Hungry Deer Hike (14 miles)
◦ When: Saturday, Sep 14th
◦ Where: London Liverpool Street Station
Believe me these deer are hungry, and they will be pleased to see you with some food, which can be purchased at the visitor centre.
Weald Park originated as a medieval deer park during the 12th century. Then the deer fed the King and his nobles. Today the tables are turned and visitors can feed the deer 🙂 The walk will include a tour of the park, and the chance to grab some food for the hungry d(…)
London Fabric UG: Life after DP600 -How to thrive as a Fabric Analytics Engineer
◦ When: Thursday, Sep 12th
◦ Where: The Data School
We’re excited to be back after the summer, and looking forward to hosting Will Needham for September’s London Fabric User Group meetup.
**Life after DP-600: How to thrive as a Fabric Analytics Engineer**
Many people have now taken the DP-600 exam to become a certified Fabric Analytics Engineer – which serves as a great stepping stone into the world of analytics engineering. But when I speak to p(…)
Kotlin London September @ Vonage
◦ When: Thursday, Sep 12th
◦ Where: Voonage
The September Kotlin London takes place on Thursday 12th September.
This event is hosted and **sponsored** by Vonage.
Sign up, spread the word and join the conversation!
**Schedule**:
[6.00 pm] – Find a seat or chat with other attendees
[6.30 pm] – Welcome, Housekeeping and run-through of the day.
[6.35 pm] – **Zachary Powell -** **Building a Kotlin Multiplatform Library in 10 Minutes. Why Not(…)
London Philosophy Cafe
◦ When: Monday, Sep 9th
◦ Where: Victory Pub Waterloo
We have reserved a private event area for us inside the pub . Please ask for Philosophy cafe at the door and they will direct you .
The event is completely free with no cover charge.
We like to break into small groups and have a healthy discussion about life , philosophy and ideas .
We break out into groups of 6 to discuss three questions over 45min to 1 hour; and then spend another 45min feedi(…)
Open House (Sat) – Westminster Archives Centre & Thorney Island Society Archives
◦ When: Saturday, Sep 14th
◦ Where: St James’s Park Tube Station (outside the station)
Once a year in September, 800 private buildings in London open their doors for the weekend and let the public in to look around and admire their architecture. We are going to take full advantage of this visiting buildings on the Saturday and the Sunday.
On the Saturday we are visiting 2 buildings.
**City of Westminster Archives Centre – built in 1995**
Modern red brick building purpose-built to (…)
Observability Engineering Meetup | September Edition
◦ When: Wednesday, Sep 11th
◦ Where: 24 High Holborn
This event is Sponsored by [Kerno](https://www.kerno.io/).
Hey everyone!
We’re back with another edition of the Observability Engineering London meetup, and this time, we’re exploring how to achieve unmatched reliability using SLO-driven canary deployments.
Join us on Thursday, September 11th, for two great talks by Dinesh Nithyanandam, Lead for Observability, Performance, and Reliability at Ma(…)
From Scaled Agile Inc to Corporate Rebels – not to be missed
◦ When: Thursday, Sep 12th
◦ Where: Gridiron Building
A double bill!!
**Chris James**
Chris James is the Chief Executive Officer of Scaled Agile, Inc., where he helps the company realize its mission of enabling global enterprises to achieve and sustain business agility with ease. He has helped to [grow SAFe®](https://scaledagile.com/) into the world’s most widely used and recognized framework for business agility, with 1,000,000 trained professional(…)
Young LGBTQ+ Professionals Drinks
◦ When: Tuesday, Sep 10th
◦ Where: The Yard Bar
\*\* Please RSVP – this helps the venue plan ahead and ensure enough space is reserved for us \*\*
Hey everyone!
Are you a young professional in your 20s/30s looking to meet other LGBT young professionals? Then we hope to see you at the upcoming Tuesday drinks! Most people come to these drinks by themselves, and half of the people are first-timers, so these evenings are great to meet new people (…)
Now Next Product | Product Lightning Talks
◦ When: Wednesday, Sep 11th
◦ Where: Aspire
We’re back, this time hosted by the good folks at Aspire in Farringdon. Join us for a fun, friendly informal evening of product lightning talks and networking.
We have 4 great speakers lined up to talk for 10 minutes (max) each on a product management topic that they’re passionate about.
**Agenda:**
* 6:30 – Networking, drinks and nibbles
* 7:00 – 4x lightning talks
* 8:00 – Panel Q&A and more n(…)
Monday Evening Gaming at the Sir Christopher Hatton
◦ When: Monday, Sep 9th
◦ Where: Sir Christopher Hatton
Please ensure you read these: [Rules](https://www.londononboard.com/rules-regulations)
We don’t allow Chess, Scrabble, Monopoly, Roleplaying games, Magic the Gathering, Mafia, Werewolf etc. at LoB as there are other venues or groups for that and we want to make sure that there is enough space for board games.
We want everyone that comes to our events to have a good time, and we know that some ga(…)
Book Swap Meetup 📚📚📚
◦ When: Saturday, Sep 14th
◦ Where: Locke
Basic Ideas: 🌞 📚☕
Any books sitting there collecting dust? Some holiday gifts? Or it’s a book that has changed your life that you want to share?
Feel free to bring book(s) to discuss or swap, we usually have more books than people in the end, so feel free to pop along just to have a chat as well.
Aiming for every 4 weeks book swap meetup.
Note:
The event is free to attend, so the only cost f(…)
🍹🥳 WeRoad Adventure Drinks (FREE DRINK!) @ The Last Talisman 😄🗺️
◦ When: Wednesday, Sep 11th
◦ Where: The Last Talisman
**What’s going down?** Join us for our regular drinks social! With these WeMeet Adventure gatherings, we’re bringing the sense of adventure you get on a WeRoad trip right here to London.
Meet other explorers, swap stories from your travels and come be a part of our amazing community of adventurers!
Because we’re enjoying these evenings so much, we couldn’t wait a whole month – so we’re doing thi(…)
Facial recognition using AI with Python
◦ When: Wednesday, Sep 11th
◦ Where: 33 Hoxton Square
This month we’ll be learning how to perform facial recognition in photographs using artificial intelligence with the Python programming language.
Advances in AI have raised the potential of asking questions from photographs, allowing us to approach them as a data source. This is known as computer vision, and facial recognition is one sub-field. This technology has been [used by the New York Times(…)
Tips to meet people at social events
You can make more friends at one party by showing interest in them than in a month by trying to meet people online. Meeting new people and making genuine connections in local events can be fun and easy if you go with the right mindset.
When it comes to meeting new people, nothing beats showing up in the real world. But none of the tips will work if you are not coming from the right place. Keep an open mind when attending social events. Reframe strangers as potential friends, it will make it much easier to approach conversations and fully engage in them.
When choosing an event, keep an eye on interesting themes, something you can relate to. Meeting new people in the context of mutual interest increases your chances of being friends.
Research events with the types of people you want to meet. They could be people in your age group, your field of work, or a specific neighborhood. Do not be too strict though, loosen up a little bit from your expectations.
Go where people are intentionally looking to make friends such as networking events where it feels normal and expected to walk up and introduce yourself.
In this digital era, apps and websites are the most convenient solutions for finding out about local events. If you are not sure where to look for events happening in London, you can try out Timeout.com, Visitlondon.com, or Designmynight.com.
RELATED: How To Meet People In London, UK
Limoblaze Live London – Young & Chosen
◦ When: Saturday, Sep 14th
◦ Where: O2 Forum Kentish Town
This is the 3rd instalment of Limoblaze’s London Live Concert. It will be a night of exceptional Afrogospel Music.
Life: A History of Mergers
◦ When: Thursday, Sep 12th
◦ Where: The Linnean Society of London
A talk by Professor James McInerney that will challenge the traditional views of evolution having a purely tree-like history.
ESEA Authors Lit Fest 14th Sept 2024 at SOAS
◦ When: Saturday, Sep 14th
◦ Where: Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS London
Discover some of the most exciting ESEA books and authors in the UK! To hear about our latest updates, signup at eseaauthors.co.uk
CELEBRATING KL’S BIRTHDAY
◦ When: Friday, Sep 13th
◦ Where: Belushi’s Camden
Come and celebrate this new chapter with KL !!
Building the Future with Veuve Clicquot
◦ When: Thursday, Sep 12th
◦ Where: The Londoner Hotel
Bold Conversations: Harper’s Bazaar In Conversation with BOLD Award Winners Tracy Blackwell and Francesca Brady.
London Mathematical Biology Conference
◦ When: Monday, Sep 9th
◦ Where: The Francis Crick Institute
Join us for the second rendition of the London Mathematical Biology Conference to take place at the Francis Crick Institute in September.
Caribbean Rocks presents Armanii Live – Malta Send-Off
◦ When: Friday, Sep 13th
◦ Where: HERE at Outernet
Caribbean Rocks returns to London with a special edition featuring Armanii live!
Fashion Show Live During London Fashion Week SS25
◦ When: Saturday, Sep 14th
◦ Where: London Stadium
Join us Fashion Show Live during London Fashion Week SS25 on 14 September 2024 at 6:00 PM!
LEVEL UP BOOK CLUB: Why would feminists trust the police?
◦ When: Tuesday, Sep 10th
◦ Where: Pelican House
Join us on Tuesday 10th September to discuss Leah Cowan’s timely new book, “Why would feminists trust the police?”
Bat Walk
◦ When: Thursday, Sep 12th
◦ Where: Hyde Park
Use bat tracking equipment to learn about the different bat species that call Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens home.
One Day VO Masterclass (Video Game/ Commercial/ Audiobook)
◦ When: Tuesday, Sep 10th
◦ Where: Spotlight
These events will take place at Spotlight. Non-Spotlight members are welcome to purchase tickets too.
Advertising: Who Cares?
◦ When: Thursday, Sep 12th
◦ Where: RSA House Venue Hire
The ad business is in a mess, unpopular with consumers and dominated by technology. We aim to help put the craft back into advertising.
In the Footsteps of Mudlarks: Sat 14th Sept 2024, Wapping
◦ When: Saturday, Sep 14th
◦ Where: New Crane – Wapping
Join us on the foreshore to learn about the history of the Thames and London.
Mother State: Helen Charman in Conversation with Amelia Horgan
◦ When: Thursday, Sep 12th
◦ Where: The Old School Rooms
Join us as we mark the publication of Helen Charman’s new book, MOTHER STATE: A POLITICAL HISTORY OF MOTHERHOOD
IEA Book Club with Professor Tim Congdon CBE
◦ When: Tuesday, Sep 10th
◦ Where: Institute of Economic Affairs
Join us for the IEA Book Club with Professor Tim Congdon CBE to discuss all things economics and finance over a good read!
In the Footsteps of Mudlarks: Sat 14th Sept, Millennium Bridge
◦ When: Saturday, Sep 14th
◦ Where: (North side)
Join us on the foreshore to learn about the history of the Thames and London…
Tales from Robert Sheehan’s Life: Misadventures & chaos, to purpose & peace
◦ When: Friday, Sep 13th
◦ Where: Union Chapel
An exclusive talk with the Misfits and The Umbrella Academy actor exploring his journey to inner peace in his new memoir ‘Playing Dead’.
Jeroboams and the Temple of Power
◦ When: Tuesday, Sep 10th
◦ Where: Control Room A
Back for another year, Jeroboams once again takes over Battersea Power Station’s iconic Control Room A.
The Building Safety Act – Legal & Insurance Implications Update
◦ When: Wednesday, Sep 11th
◦ Where: Miller Insurance Services LLP
Join CIOB for this networking event in the heart of London, looking at the insurance and legal implications of the Building Safety Act
Events for Expats and Locals to meet
InterNations London Official Event in the City
◦ When: Friday, Sep 13th
◦ Where: Forge Bar
This weekend we’re welcoming you to London’s financial heart, at Forge Bar, Bank Station in The City. We reserved the Spacious Club Room (one floor below the entrance), for a night of chatting & socializing with friends, old and new.
We start early so you can take advantage of 50% Happy Hour. This will give you plenty of time for quiet conversations, cocktails & fun introductions.
FREE DRINKS: F
InterNations London 17th Birthday Party
◦ When: Saturday, Sep 21st
◦ Where: Inca
Do join us at this great venue to celebrate the 17th anniversary of this great organisation we are all privileged to be part of, InterNations.
We will meet friends, chat, and dance the night away. I promise to try my best to keep the music down so we can enjoy the conversations.
Then after 23:30 we are all invited to go across to Amici, a lovely spot just down the road where we can continue on t
InterNations London Business Official Stylish Event @ the Folly
◦ When: Friday, Sep 27th
◦ Where: The Folly
Our next Business Event gathering will be in a very stylish venue, so please dress nice for this event. The Folly is a wonderful botanical bar & restaurant located in the heart of London, in the Bank Financia Area.
The Folly is an inviting central-London bar & restaurant with seasonal menus, tempting cocktails, and fine wines. Our late-night license on Thursdays and Fridays provides the perfect
Celebrate InterNations’ 17th Anniversary Official Event @ Rumba
◦ When: Saturday, Sep 28th
◦ Where: Rumba West End
As we celebrate InterNations’ 17th anniversary this month, Basic Menbers can win free Albatross Membership as a raffle prize. There will be 2 free Albatross Membership and the raffle will be towards the end of the night.
Come join us at another amazing night out in the heart of London.
Rumba Nightclub has been the West End’s Piccadilly party location for over 25 years. Hosting 2 large bars, larg