Escaping Flatland meetups summer 2026: times and places
There has been a flurry of activity in the chat over the last two months, and we now have meetups arranged in 47 cities in 22 countries! A big thank you to everyone who has stepped forward to organize in their cities.
If you’re reading this, you’re invited. You are welcome even if you have just started reading the blog, if you think you might not fit in, and if you have never been to a meetup before. This is the first time we’re doing this, so everyone will be new to it. The people who went to the first two meetups, in Copenhagen and NYC, seem to have had a good time (and they are planning more meetups, see below).
In this post you can check if there is an event planned where you live. I’ve sorted the events in alphabetical order—
Asia-Pacific (including Australia)
Europe (including UK)
North America
—and within each region I’ve alphabetized first by country/state, then by city.
There are events in these countries: Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States, and Vietnam.
I’ll attend the London meetup on July 18.
The organizers have created a Luma event for each city, where you can sign up (RSVP) with one click. I very much appreciate it if people do this. The people who are hosting are taking a day out of their lives to do something fun for strangers, so it is nice if we let them know how many will show up. Also, if you can’t make it, remember to cancel :)
Additional information for meetup organizers:
If you’re the host, make sure you are easy to spot, for example, by bringing a sign that says “ESCAPING FLATLAND MEETUP” or “EF MEETUP.”
It can be useful to bring blank labels and pens for nametags.
If you’re having trouble thinking of something to talk about, most people will have in common that they have read some posts on Escaping Flatland, so—hopefully you’ll have more exciting things to talk about—but you can always open by asking people about their favorite post and going from there.
Since this is a first meetup, people are probably just going to want to talk, so there is no need to plan a lot of structured activities.
At both meetups we’ve had so far, some of the attendees have felt like meeting up again. I highly recommend checking if that is the case and creating (for example) a WhatsApp group to coordinate future meetups and other things that might be fun to share or do together in your local community. (I will probably do a post like this once a year; if you want to meet more often, you’ll need your own chat or email list of some kind.)
I’ve heard it’s easier to schedule a follow-up meetup while you’re having the first, compared to trying to do it later on by email.
Asia-Pacific (including Australia)
Australia
Brisbane
Date: Saturday, July 4, 2026
Organizer: Jarred
Melbourne
Date: Sunday, August 2, 2026
Organizer: Bhragan
Sydney
Date: Sunday, July 19, 2026
Organizer: Lauren
China
Hangzhou
Date: Saturday, August 22, 2026
Organizer: Yanyun
Hong Kong
Date: Sunday, August 23, 2026
Organizer: Franco
India
Bangalore
Date: Saturday, July 18, 2026
Organizer: Adhithya
Japan
Tokyo
Date: Sunday, July 12, 2026
Organizer: Autumn
Pakistan
Lahore
Date: Saturday, July 4, 2026
Organizer: Tamseel
Singapore
Singapore
Date: Saturday, July 11, 2026
Organizer: Garima
Taiwan
Taipei
Date: Friday, July 10, 2026
Organizer: Sam
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City
Date: Saturday, July 25, 2026
Organizer: Thu
Europe (including UK)
Bulgaria
Sofia
Date: Sunday, August 9, 2026
Organizer: Sindi
Denmark
Copenhagen
Date: Saturday, July 4, 2026
Organizer: Henrik B.
France
Paris
Date: Saturday, June 27, 2026
Organizer: Svenia
Germany
Berlin
Date: Saturday, July 18, 2026
Organizer: Maureen
Italy
Bologna
Date: Saturday, August 22, 2026
Organizer: Camille
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Date: Saturday, July 11, 2026
Organizer: Laurie
Norway
Bergen
Date: Sunday, August 16, 2026
Organizer: Marla
Slovakia
Bratislava
Date: Sunday, August 16, 2026
Organizer: Paulína
Spain
Barcelona
Date: Saturday, July 18, 2026
Organizer: Brian
Madrid
Date: Saturday, August 29, 2026
Organizer: Marcela
Sweden
Stockholm
Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Organizer: John and Jörgen
Switzerland
Zürich
Date: Saturday, August 8, 2026
Organizer: hazn
United Kingdom
Blandford Forum (Dorset)
Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Organizer: Westrow
Cambridge
Date: Saturday, July 11, 2026
Organizer: Gaurav
Edinburgh
Date: Saturday, August 15, 2026
Organizer: Kathleen
London
There will be two meetups in London. I will be attending the one on July 18, but there were some who couldn’t make that date and they will be meeting on July 6:
Date: Monday, July 6, 2026
Organizer: Ariel
Meetup 2:
Date: Saturday, July 18, 2026 (Henrik attending)
Organizer: Ketan
Oxford
Date: Saturday, August 15, 2026
Organizer: Catherine
North America & Central America
Canada
Montreal
Date: Saturday, August 22, 2026
Organizer: Kaitlyn
Toronto
Date: Saturday, July 18, 2026
Organizer: Randy
Vancouver
Date: Saturday, July 11, 2026
Organizer: Kaitlyn, Jonah, Illya
United States
California
Los Angeles
Date: Saturday, August 8, 2026
Organizer: Jason
San Diego
Date: Sunday, July 12, 2026
Organizer: Arthur
San Francisco
Date: Saturday, July 18, 2026
Organizer: Sakib
Florida
Boca Raton
Date: Sunday, July 19, 2026
Organizer: Liah
Georgia
Atlanta
Date: Sunday, July 19, 2026
Organizer: Beth
Illinois
Chicago
Date: Saturday, July 11, 2026
Organizer: Claire
Massachusetts
Boston
Date: Saturday, July 11, 2026
Organizer: Ani
Minnesota
Minneapolis / St. Paul
Date: Sunday, July 12, 2026
Organizer: Soren
New York
New York City
Date: TBD (NYC already had a meetup, but there are more being planned in a WhatsApp group you are welcome to join)
Join the local NYC whatsapp group for events about future meetups
Organizer: Evan
Schenectady
Date: Sunday, July 12, 2026
Organizer: Hieu
Oregon
Portland
Date: Sunday, August 9, 2026
Organizer: Drew
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
There are two meetups planned in Philadelphia
Date: Saturday, July 11, 2026
Organizer: Philip
Meetup 2:
Date: August 8, 2026
Organizer: Jenni
Pittsburgh
Date: Saturday, July 18, 2026
Organizer: Chris
Texas
Austin
Date: Sunday, July 12, 2026
Organizer: Carolina
Washington
Seattle
Date: Saturday, July 11, 2026
Organizer: Spencer
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Date: Saturday, July 11, 2026
Organizer: Jake
Thank you for putting this together!
Looking forward to meeting fellow flatland escapees at the San Francisco meetup!