Let’s explore social events in Preston, England 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 Preston where you can make some new friends.
Local Groups’ Events in Preston
TechWalking – Networking Event for Tech Professionals
◦ When: Saturday, Feb 22nd
◦ Where: Albert Park Fitness Station
**”TechWalking” – Networking + Walking**
Craving some long-awaited networking? Look no further than my upcoming #TechWalking event! 💪🏃♀️
Join us for a refreshing walk around the scenic Albert Park Lake. It’s the perfect chance to connect with industry peers and shed a few calories while you’re at it!
I know many of you have been tuning in to my online events, but we’ve never had the opportun(…)
Welcome to the AWS Melbourne Well-Architected User Group – 2025’s 1st Meetup!
◦ When: Wednesday, Feb 19th
◦ Where: level 13/555 Collins St
Welcome to our 1st [AWS Melbourne Well Architected User Group](https://www.meetup.com/aws-melbourne-well-architected-user-group/) Meetup for 2025, including more exceptional speakers and topics! 😀
At each meetup we covered off various pillars in detail, best-practices and insights from industry leaders that specialise in the Well-Architected Framework.
And giving away drones, of course. Lots o(…)
AI Engineering: building and running effective AI-powered applications
◦ When: Tuesday, Feb 18th
◦ Where: 912 Collins St
The MLAI Meetup is a community for AI researchers and professionals which hosts monthly talks on exciting research. Our format is:
* 6:00 – 6:20: Socializing
* 6:20 – 6:40: Announcements and AI news
* 6:40 – 7:40: Talk(s) and Q&A
* 7:40 – 8:00 Networking
* 8:00: Head to the nearest pub for dinner
**Speaker**: Ned Letcher
**Talk title**: **AI Engineering: building and running effective AI-powere(…)
Howler! 🍃 Happy Hour Pints in Brunswick
◦ When: Thursday, Feb 20th
◦ Where: Howler
Join us at **HOWLER**! Converted from a warehouse into a multifunctional arts hub, live music venue and beer garden, Howler is a popular bar located in Brunswick.
Happy hours are 5pm-7pm so it’s good to be early if you want $10 Stingray Draught Pints.
Kitchen hours are 5pm-9pm (last orders for food at 8:30pm).
Address: 7-11 Dawson Street, Brunswick Vic 3056
(near tram route 19 and the Jewell tra(…)
Let’s grab a Coffee, Walk and Chat.
◦ When: Friday, Feb 21st
◦ Where: Tan running track
Hi Everyone,
Let’s grab a coffee, go for a walk around The Tan and enjoy being in the presence, meeting new people, exploring this social event in a relaxed and open environment.
The Tan walk, jog or run around is a 3.827km track around the Botanic Gardens.
We could do 1 lap, or 2 laps or 3 laps, see how we feel being in the moment.
There are cafes on Domain Road right across from the meeting (…)
☕️ Coffee Catchup ☕
◦ When: Saturday, Feb 22nd
◦ Where: Il Mercato Centrale Melbourne
We’re seeing our waitlist grow for our Sunday coffee catchups – which until now have only happened once a month. That’s why this month we’re adding in an extra event.
This is where like-minded women come together for casual chats and meaningful connections! Whether you’re a career professional, entrepreneur or creatives, this is the perfect opportunity to meet other inspiring girlbosses in a laid(…)
Data Science for Healthcare
◦ When: Thursday, Feb 20th
◦ Where: AWS Melbourne Office
**Details**
Welcome back as we kickoff our first meetup of Data Science Melbourne for 2025, and do we have the band back together or what?! Join us for what promises to be a special night featuring the DSM founders – Phil Brierley, Yuval Marom & Felipe Flores as they share what they have recently been working on in the healthcare space.
**Talk 1**
***Improving Value in Healthcare: Evaluating Inte(…)
Digging deeper into digital sustainability. How to design & build tech solns.
◦ When: Thursday, Feb 20th
◦ Where: Chargefox
**Digging deeper into digital sustainability, how we can design and build tech solutions for the planet.**
As digital practitioners we transform code into masterpieces and solve problems with our products. We also have a responsibility to understand our impact on the environment, with the internet projected to contribute 13% of the world’s carbon emissions by 2030.
If you work in product, commun(…)
GDG Melbourne February Coding Night!
◦ When: Wednesday, Feb 19th
◦ Where: level 2/452 Flinders St
RSVP on our Meetup event >> https://www.meetup.com/gdg-melbourne/events/304262986/
Hack night is now known as Coding Night!!
Let’s get together and share what we are working on!
This is a combined GDG Melbourne/Flutter Melbourne/CocoaHeads coding night. Members of all three groups will be attending. So only select to ATTEND on one of these groups event pages (not all of them) !
Coding Nig(…)
No 80 – Greg Nash – Power BI Developer Checklist Walkthrough
◦ When: Thursday, Feb 20th
We are back for 2025!
Online Link https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NDIwOTU0NTAtNzE0Zi00ZTExLTkxYTQtNWFlODgyOTBmODg5%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%223ad8f124-ce7e-433c-b2ab-bfcaa428aaea%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22be3fdb2b-dfd1-4e7d-bf98-732a3c13d47d%22%7d
**Details**
Join us for networking, drinks and a good time catching up with fellow Power BI enthusiasts
**Agenda:**
5:0(…)
‘Agile has become overly decorated. Let’s scrape away those decorations …’
◦ When: Tuesday, Feb 18th
◦ Where: DiUS
‘As Agile Manifesto co-author and Heart of Agile founder Dr. Alistair Cockburn wrote in 2015, “Agile has become overly decorated. Let’s scrape away those decorations for a minute, and get back to the center of agile.’ source – [https://heartofagile.com/the-heart-of-agile-begins/](https://heartofagile.com/the-heart-of-agile-begins/)
It is amazing that in 2015 – Alistair noticed that agile was ‘not (…)
[FREE]Language exchange! Make friends & practice English🇦🇺🇬🇧🇫🇷🇯🇵🇮🇳🇫🇷
![[FREE]Language exchange! Make friends & practice English🇦🇺🇬🇧🇫🇷🇯🇵🇮🇳🇫🇷](https://i0.wp.com/secure.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/3/1/5/3/600_509232627.webp?w=640)
◦ When: Wednesday, Feb 19th
◦ Where: La Di Da
**Every Wednesday and Friday!** (Friday starts on 4th Oct!)
**📣IMPORTANT📣:** registrations are essential! Attendees that have not registered will be charged $5 to enter. For FREE entry, get your membership below:
[https://bit.ly/LanguageExchangeMembership-FluentFast](https://bit.ly/LanguageExchangeMembership-FluentFast)
**== Find someone to practice with before the event ==**
(Optional:) post(…)
Conversations with the School of Life cards
◦ When: Thursday, Feb 20th
◦ Where: Captain Melville
After some great discussions using these cards, we just had to continue!
“It isn’t easy to get into a good conversation. Many of our best ones seem to have happened by chance. Far from it – we believe a great conversation always starts with someone asking a great question.”
The School of Life cards contain questions designed to get a group of people into entertaining and meaningful conversations(…)
Super Night – 3 session in one – Summer 2025 – date change
◦ When: Tuesday, Feb 18th
The Melbourne Data Platform User Group is changing how we run meetings. Instead of long monthly sessions, we are going to try a “Super Night” on Tuesday, 18th February 2025.
We have lined up three sessions across different topics to supercharge your learning and networking opportunities across some products or features that you might not have considered before.
The sessions and speakers are…
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Melbourne Meetup 25-37yrs – Speed Dating Social
◦ When: Friday, Feb 21st
◦ Where: Spice market
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**All Your Friends in Relationships?**
Finding It Hard To Meet So(…)
K8SUG Australia #33 – Sydney Meetup @Microsoft Reactor – 20 Feb 2025
◦ When: Thursday, Feb 20th
**Register now to attend! =>** [https://konfhub.com/k8sug-au-2025-02-20](https://konfhub.com/k8sug-au-2025-02-20) **<=**
Join us **in person** at the **Microsoft Reactor Sydney Office** for an exciting **talk**
Don't miss **K8SUG Australia #33 – Sydney Meetup**! Whether you're joining us in person or online, please register to confirm your attendance. We’d love to know how you’ll be participatin(…)
CPA Toastmasters – Practise Public Speaking!
◦ When: Thursday, Feb 20th
◦ Where: CPA Australia
🌟 **Unlock Your Full Potential with CPA Toastmasters!** 🌟
Are you ready to become a more confident speaker and a stronger leader? CPA Toastmasters is here to help you *grow* both personally and professionally! Whether you’re looking to improve your public speaking skills, enhance your leadership abilities, or build self-confidence, Toastmasters provides a supportive and encouraging environment f(…)
Plenty Gorge Circuit (approx. 14.5km, 370m elevation) – Optional swim
◦ When: Friday, Feb 21st
◦ Where: Blue Lake Plenty Gorge Carpark
Join us at Plenty Gorge Park for an enjoyable and social hike this week. This park offers natural beauties and a variety of wildlife only 20 km from Melbourne. This is a custom hike joining 3 existing hikes on All Trails – ‘Yellow Gum Circuit’, ‘Plenty Gorge Loop via Blue Lake’ and ‘The Dog, Demon Duck, and South Side Circuit’.
We will meet at the Blue Lake Plenty Gorge Carpark. There are also toi(…)
Coffee and Casual walk around Botanical gardens[Return Trip]
![Coffee and Casual walk around Botanical gardens[Return Trip]](https://i0.wp.com/secure.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/3/5/6/8/600_513613672.webp?w=640)
◦ When: Saturday, Feb 22nd
◦ Where: Jardin Tan
Meet outside the botonic Gardens visitor centre for a drink/food then we will head for our walk at 10:15am
https://maps.app.goo.gl/CanJhCNqAZqc1ws5A
Please arrive early
Update: it’s now paid parking outside the botonical Gardens on Sundays(~2 dollars an hour) you can use the app and set it for 3 hours if you like then cancel early and get charged only got the time you’ve used.
We will walk aro(…)
Fast Friending: Meet like-minded ladies & gents! (25-50/Happy Hour/Hosted)
◦ When: Saturday, Feb 22nd
◦ Where: La Di Da
Looking to meet new like-minded ladies & gents and make meaningful connections?
Fast Friending is a dynamic and engaging way to meet new people in a comfortable, one-on-one setting. During the event, you’ll have brief conversations with a variety of participants, allowing you to connect with each person individually. This focused interaction makes it easy to discover shared interests, spark engag(…)
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 Preston, you can try out Blogpreston.co.uk, Visitlancashire.com, or Wherecanwego.com.
RELATED: How To Meet People In Preston, England
February COMEDY NIGHT
◦ When: Friday, Feb 21st
◦ Where: Penwortham Arts Centre ‘The Venue’
“One of the Best Nights Out in Preston” – Join us for a hilarious night of comedy with DAVE WILLIAMS, DUNCAN OAKLEY and ANTHONY J BROWN
Skies & Pies – 20th February 2025
◦ When: Thursday, Feb 20th
◦ Where: Brockholes Nature Reserve
Join us for an exciting talk
Pirate Adventure! – Brockholes Nature Reserve 21/02/24 (1-3pm)
◦ When: Friday, Feb 21st
◦ Where: Brockholes Nature Reserve
Discover the hidden treasures of Brockholes!
The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight: Blackpool
◦ When: Saturday, Feb 22nd
◦ Where: The Blackpool Opera House
After mesmerising audiences across Europe and the USA, The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight is set to electrify the UK and Ireland once again.
Holistic Growing Seminar – Preston
◦ When: Tuesday, Feb 18th
◦ Where: Mere Brow Village Hall
Grow your business in a way that supports both your financial and environmental goals.
An *EVENING* with Matthew Whittingham
◦ When: Saturday, Feb 22nd
◦ Where: Penwortham Arts Centre ‘The Venue’
Back from touring the high seas, Matthew Whittingham returns with a selection of Swing, Jazz, Musical Theatre Hits and Old Time Classics!
Spring Fun Day!
◦ When: Friday, Feb 21st
◦ Where: Girlguiding North West England Region Office
Exciting bright and colourful spring themed activities, crafts, games, and so much more!
CIBSE NW Gilberts Visit
◦ When: Wednesday, Feb 19th
◦ Where: Gilberts
Join us on a trip to Blackpool to visit Gilberts Air Movement Testing Facility with Live Demonstrations
Megaslam 2025 Live & Loaded Tour: BLACKPOOL
◦ When: Tuesday, Feb 18th
◦ Where: Norbreck Castle Hotel
MEGASLAM – LIVE IN BLACKPOOL – ALL NEW FOR 2025!
Learn to paint Watercolours in the evening early Spring flowers Snowdrops
◦ When: Friday, Feb 21st
◦ Where: Garstang Arts Centre
Come join us for a fun-filled evening of painting snowdrops while sipping on some fizzy drinks at the Garstang Art Centre – it’s a Fizz and
The Gong Whisperer Sound Journey
◦ When: Friday, Feb 21st
◦ Where: Staining Village Hall
Come and join us for late morning sounds and vibrations that will lead you on a journey to release tension and stress.
Spring Bulb Kokedama
◦ When: Saturday, Feb 22nd
◦ Where: Cedar Farm
Create Spring Bulb Kokedama in this family-friendly planting workshop.
Drink and Draw Blackpool Zoo
◦ When: Saturday, Feb 22nd
◦ Where: Blackpool Zoo
Let your inner artist go wild with a fun and creative morning, and discover the joy of drawing animals!
GROW Business Network Event
◦ When: Thursday, Feb 20th
◦ Where: Hurlston Hall
GROW Business Networking Event – Generate Revenue, Opportunities, Work.
Blackpool Property Hub
◦ When: Wednesday, Feb 19th
◦ Where: ART B&B
Join us at the Blackpool Property Hub to have lunch, network, learn, and grow in the exciting world of real estate in Blackpool!
Lush Preston Edamummy Bean bath bomb workshop – meet the creator!
◦ When: Wednesday, Feb 19th
◦ Where: LUSH Preston
Come along to make the brand new Edamummy bath bomb with the creative mind behind it – our very own, Lush Preston Trainee Manager, Chloe!
Apple Tree Grafting
◦ When: Saturday, Feb 22nd
◦ Where: Lets Grow Preston at Ashton Walled Community Garden
Discover the art of grafting apple trees!
Beginners Friendly Silver Clay into Fine Silver, ring or pendant/earrings
◦ When: Wednesday, Feb 19th
◦ Where: Garstang Arts Centre, Arts Association
Beginners Friendly Silver Clay into Fine Silver,can be hallmarked. Create ring or pendant/earrings step by step with local tutor Lizzy
Big Kid Circus Preston
◦ When: Thursday, Feb 20th
◦ Where: Capitol Centre (Capitol Retail Park)
Big Kid Circus celebrates its 20th anniversary by presenting the 30FT tall King Kong!!!!!!
Creative Day Retreat – The Elements AIR
◦ When: Tuesday, Feb 18th
◦ Where: Café at Spring Cottage
Join us for a day of creativity and inspiration as we explore the element of AIR through various workshops and activities!