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Dalston/Hackney meetup! Why the f not.

**UPDATE: Meetup time/date/venue has been set!*** Ayyyy my nerrrrrds. I'm going to be visiting London—specifically Hackney/Dalston—at the end of October. Never been to England—but I'm from New England! ha ha ha ahem I'm probably gonna get hit by a car. Who's with me! Okay, that's not your thing, how about a pint or two at a local pub? I've been told by my one Brit friend to look for places that have names like "The Pig & Whistle" or "The Blue Rooster"... someplace that serves warm beer from a single tap, and has ugly food. He said it, not me. OKAY! deets inside. [more inside]
posted by not_on_display on Sep 26, 2023 - 19 comments

Brazilian Food & Music

Hey, I'm half Brazilian but living in London. I've found this amazing Brazilian bar and restaurant in London called Tia Maria. If anyone fancies it I'd love to show you my culture and be great to meet new people in the city! I propose Friday the 20th of May at 8pm. Music starts at 10pm :) Hope to see some of you there!
posted by holliemichaels87 on Apr 21, 2022 - 2 comments

Looking to meet locals in London

Good evening Londoners (or those who have moved to London): I've recently moved to London and I'm looking for people to meet in the Islington/Hackney/Dalston area. I don't know a soul! I love socialising/eating out so I'd love to visit a few restaurants in Islington or Hackney with drinks before, and then a meal after. I've been recommended Vins so if anyone fancies it let me know and I'd love to meet. I also love museums and walks too.
posted by holliemichaels87 on Apr 4, 2022 - 7 comments

London midweek January meet-up

[confirmed!] Would people be up for a central London midweek meetup sometime in January? [more inside]
posted by unicorn chaser on Dec 19, 2018 - 32 comments

London summer drinks - Walthamstow

UPDATE: Let's go for it. Walthamstow summer drinks on Saturday 21st July. (Changed from 14th because I was stupid). [more inside]
posted by knapah on Jun 28, 2018 - 37 comments

Ride from London to Amsterdam

Ride with us from London to Amsterdam from 12-17 September, and support a good cause or two! Two (optional) days in the UK, two in Belgium, and two in the Netherlands (last year's route). Never thought you could do a long-distance ride before? Well here's a gentle one! [more inside]
posted by rum-soaked space hobo on Jun 19, 2017 - 1 comment

London Monthly Meetup FOUR!

Last month was a bit tricky, but we did it! Let's do it again! [more inside]
posted by Just this guy, y'know on Mar 19, 2017 - 13 comments

London Regular Meetup

In an attempt to make this monthly thing fly, here's the third installment. [more inside]
posted by Just this guy, y'know on Feb 13, 2017 - 24 comments

[An alternative to the] Stand Up To Racism Demo - London

Edited: Given the problematic elements with Stand up to Racism (please see links in this thread), I'd like to find a better way to take a stand against structures of violence — one that is inclusive, looks out for survivors and creates a safe space for everybody. I've edited this post title, new copy is in brackets. I've moved the original post copy below here, kept for posterity. --- Original post: >Would anybody like to meet up for and/or after the March Against Racism National demonstration on March 18, 2017 in London? >This Stand Up to Racism Demo is for UN Anti-Racism Day. Other UK rallies are happening same day in Glasgow and Cardiff. [more inside]
posted by iamkimiam on Feb 11, 2017 - 10 comments

The Very Second Regular London Meetup!

Radiocontrolled organised us a really fun meetup for this January, and it seemed like a good idea to make this a slightly more regular thing. So Behold! The very first Second Regular London Meetup (Whooo!, Cheering!, Streamers! Confetti! etc.) [more inside]
posted by Just this guy, y'know on Jan 9, 2017 - 49 comments

A very Mefi post-holiday meetup

Would you like to decompress from the holidays? Why not start your year off right with a low-key Metafilter meetup? Join us! Let's meet inside the The George Inn Yard, 77 Borough High St, London SE1 1NH. If there are objections to the venue let me know, I'm happy to meet at a different venue as well (especially if you can suggest a nice quiet place).
posted by radiocontrolled on Dec 20, 2016 - 21 comments

Mini Mefi Meetup in London?

Hi all. I'm visiting my brother in London the weekend of the 25-27 November, and was wondering if anyone would be around for a couple of hours on the Friday night to say hello and perhaps drink some gins with me? [more inside]
posted by billiebee on Nov 14, 2016 - 50 comments

Liberty Tales - Book Launch

2015 marked the 800th anniversary of the first Magna Carta, and Liberty Tales is a collection of stories and poems that take a wide-ranging collection of responses to the issues of liberty, both personal and legal. Some relate to specific clauses of the original document, while others are more concerned with how we experience and search after freedom in the 21st century. This launch event will feature stories from Katy Darby, Alison Lock, Cherry Potts, Anna Fodorova (read by Carrie Cohen) and David Guy (read by Cliff Chapman), along with poems from Bernie Howley and Jeremy Dixon. [more inside]
posted by dng on Nov 13, 2016 - 0 comments

Liars' League - Us and Them

Liars' League is a themed monthly fiction night, where professional actors read new short stories by writers from around the world. The stories this month feature baby rats, traumatised soldiers, uppity moths, self-consuming metafiction, 80s action figures, and a very sinister housing committee. No narrator is too unusual, no story too strange for our Us & Them event, as we hand over the mike to collective voices, extraordinary viewpoints and life-or-death clashes and connections. [more inside]
posted by dng on Nov 5, 2016 - 2 comments

London Ice Cream Social

Why? Because we don't want to get left out. [more inside]
posted by greenish on Jun 15, 2016 - 14 comments

MeFi London

I'm visiting London March 5 - 16. London meetup? To tempt you further, here's a list of things I can rant about if asked: GOATS, how much I love Swedish pizza, the Sonoran Desert, why space opera is the best genre, and What Not to Do During Disaster. [more inside]
posted by WidgetAlley on Mar 1, 2016 - 21 comments

Hello, London!

So mmmtofu and I are coming to London in late March. We would love to hang out with some London MeFites. Vague details below the fold. [more inside]
posted by GenjiandProust on Feb 14, 2016 - 42 comments

Ride London Freecycle

1 August is the Ride London event, where a route through central London will be closed off to motor traffic [PDF], and everyone is invited to come and cycle through the safer, more quiet streets. Let's ride together for a stretch! [more inside]
posted by rum-soaked space hobo on Jul 29, 2015 - 4 comments

Sunset Bike Ride to Richmond Hill, 17 June from 7pm

Several West London branches of the LCC are organising leisurely group rides to converge at The Roebuck pub on Richmond Hill. We'll watch the sunset, and then ride back en masse after dark. Groups will leave from departure points in Ealing, Hammersmith, Hounslow [PDF], Wimbledon and other boroughs. Departures vary between 7pm and 8pm, so see links or inside for details. [more inside]
posted by rum-soaked space hobo on Jun 7, 2015 - 5 comments

London Utopian Discussion Group

Come and discuss ideas about utopia - fiction, historical, contemporary, philosophical, political, scientific...! Surrounded by bad news so much, it will be nice to meet and think about how things could be. [more inside]
posted by jonrob on Jun 6, 2015 - 21 comments

London Mefi Meetup?

Hey Londoner Mefites! I'll be in the UK next week from the 17th to the 21st! I'd love to meet some mefites from across the pond! [more inside]
posted by Annika Cicada on May 12, 2015 - 18 comments

London II: Jessamyn and Her Sister Want to Have Dinner with You

I'm back in town with my sister, staying in an AirBnB place in Surrey Quays/Rotherhithe. Would love to meet up for dinner/drinks on Thursday. Doesn't have to be right near here but would be nice if it was easily public transportationable from here. Who is in and can suggest a place? [more inside]
posted by jessamyn on Feb 23, 2015 - 83 comments

When in London, meetup: II, the wintering

We'll meet at Draughts, at 337 Acton Mews; we might choose another place nearby if it is overcrowded. I will randomly say 4pm (but really we're discussing timing below). [more inside]
posted by nat on Nov 9, 2014 - 19 comments

Semi-centenary Gig

I'll be playing a gig on Thursday 23rd October to mark my birthday, which is on Friday. What I didn't realise until recently was that it would engender a combination of performance anxiety, promoter anxiety and pre-party anxiety (what I referred to yesterday as the Neapolitan Ice Cream of anxiety), so now I'm using whatever means I can to spread the information. This may be an abuse of IRL, in which case, sorry. [more inside]
posted by Grangousier on Oct 21, 2014 - 4 comments

Worldcon in London meetup?

I'll be in London from Wednesday 13th until Tuesday 19th for the Worldcon and I'm sure there will be more MeFites there. Is there any desire for a meetup at or near the Con? I'd be available on Wednesday evening or at some point during the con itself.
posted by MartinWisse on Aug 11, 2014 - 2 comments

Saturday Drinks in London

There is also a Friday Dinner. This is the planning thread for Saturday Drinks.
posted by jessamyn on Aug 6, 2014 - 29 comments

Wikimania/London meetup

I am in town for Wikimania. I have a lot to do but would like to meet MeFites (and/or visiting Wikipedians) for evening drinks/food. Good dates for me are Friday or Saturday evening (8th or 9th) and good location is somewhere near the Barbican Centre which is where I'll be. Who's in? [more inside]
posted by jessamyn on Aug 3, 2014 - 38 comments

West End Meetup

I don’t know about the rest of you, but the recent upheavals around these parts have left me in sore need of several stiff drinks and the company of some like-minded friends. Let's meet at the Crown Tavern on Saturday 31 May to doff our caps and wave goodbye to the inimitable jessamyn, goodnewsfortheinsane and LobsterMitten! [more inside]
posted by HandfulOfDust on May 20, 2014 - 39 comments

I would like to meet some London mefites in April.

I moved to London last year but I have not managed to meet up with any London mefites yet, I feel like it would be fun to go to a pub and meet you guys. Perhaps we can bring board games or card games to play? The Penderel's Oak is a pub(wetherspoons) in the centre that I know is nice and big - would anyone like to have a london mefi meetup there next month? Edit: OK, 5th of April Then, I will bring a sign with a mefi logo on it and will be there from 7 till whenever. Please bring games if you have them. :)
posted by Another Fine Product From The Nonsense Factory on Mar 10, 2014 - 32 comments

So, London called...

Hey guys! So I'll be traveling from the U.S. to London in December on a wonderful combination of business and pleasure and would love to meet some Mefites. [more inside]
posted by tooloudinhere on Nov 23, 2013 - 29 comments

California Invades London

Asterix and I will be in London in a couple weeks, and as it happens special-k will also be there. So meetup!! [more inside]
posted by grapesaresour on Oct 6, 2013 - 47 comments

London farewell

After five years, I'm leaving London. It would be good to meet up with MeFites one last time before I go. [more inside]
posted by Infinite Jest on Aug 22, 2013 - 27 comments

Drink with London mefites

Hey London Mefites! I'll be in your hood next month. I'm there for work but have two weekends free. The weekend of 7-8 and 14-15. Anyone want to hang out? [more inside]
posted by special-k on Aug 17, 2013 - 36 comments

Layover with dinner

I'm in London for 20 hours. Meet me for dinner?
posted by eviemath on Jul 7, 2013 - 13 comments

Pre- and post- Bowie pub meetup 6.30pm and 10.00pm

For people who want to meet for a drink before and/or after the Bowie exhibition at the V&A. I know not everyone was able to get a ticket for the exhibition, but we'd love to see you at the pub. [more inside]
posted by essexjan on Apr 3, 2013 - 23 comments

In London

Hi, I'll be in London near Lincoln's Inn Fields next week, from Sunday to noon Thursday. Any London mefites want to meet a mefite from the U.S.? I have no car but a sense of adventure. I'll buy you a pint, of whatever.
posted by Toekneesan on Nov 8, 2012 - 39 comments

Superhuman exhibit at the Wellcome Collection

Kattullus and myself both happen to be in London for the weekend. There's already a full-packed Saturday plan, but for those who can't make it or know they won't be able to get enough MeFites IRL, come join us on Friday! We are planning on meeting outside the Wellcome Collection at 1pm, to check out the Superhuman exhibit. Food and drink will likely happen afterwards. [more inside]
posted by iamkimiam on Sep 25, 2012 - 13 comments

In London from 27 Sept - 1 Oct...let's meet!

The London meetups are shapin' up! Plans for Friday are here; this is the Saturday thread. Please feel free to simply show up to any/all of this fun. Let's start with the Science Museum at 1pm. We'll meet right out front, here. Then roughly about 4pm, let's head over to Taqueria for Mexican food, here. Then off to begin the pub crawl, starting at 6pm at The Slaughtered Lamb, here.
This is a google map of the day.

Original post: I'll be in London from 27 Sept (Thursday) - 1 Oct (Monday), mostly at the London International Tattoo Convention. I'm open to doing and seeing other things as well...schedule is fairly open. At the very least, let's do a meetup. And if anybody would like to join me at the convention, that'd be great too. Or something else fun. (Updated meetup details within) [more inside]
posted by iamkimiam on Sep 2, 2012 - 115 comments

Going for Trivia Gold

Metafilter v Reddit – The Olympic Edition [more inside]
posted by HandfulOfDust on Jul 25, 2012 - 27 comments

The Daisy Chain - Tête à Tête Festival

I'm singing in a new opera, The Daisy Chain, which is taking place as part of the Tête à Tête Festival at the Riverside Studios on 2 and 3 August at 9pm. (The opera is only about an hour long.) Tickets are a princely £6 and can be booked here. [more inside]
posted by Pallas Athena on Jul 23, 2012 - 6 comments

Fun in London

Hi! I've got this train ticket to London burning a hole in my pocket. It's for Saturday, July 7th and I should arrive around 12:30. What say we do a meetup that day/evening? Who's in and what shall we do? Update: meetup back to proposed. I still have a train ticket, but can reschedule it for another weekend (granted I make the change by the 7th). Any Londonders wanna meet up?
posted by iamkimiam on Jun 19, 2012 - 14 comments

London Canal Museum

Per EmpressCallipygos, I'm posting a pre-meetup meetup for those of us who are free during the day to visit the London Canal Museum and perhaps to stroll the Regents Canal a bit afterwards before catching up with folks dinner and drinks later on with those of you who have to work. [more inside]
posted by ursus_comiter on May 19, 2012 - 7 comments

The Empress Lands In London

Good Mefites of London: last year when I visited London, and only gave myself three days, I said "I should come back next year and stay a bit longer." This year, I am indeed doing that (from 27 May to 2 June); it has been proposed we start with cocktails here, and then a meal after. [more inside]
posted by EmpressCallipygos on May 7, 2012 - 74 comments

Last chance to see Chihuly

I've left it horrendously late, as usual, to see the Chihuly exhibition at the Halcyon Gallery in New Bond Street, and Saturday is the last day, so I'm definitely going. Would anyone like to join me? [more inside]
posted by essexjan on Apr 17, 2012 - 10 comments

When in London, meetup!

I'm in London the first weekend of March. Presumably many of you are in London then too (or always are). Let's meet up! [Specifically: we'll meet at noon on March 4 at Marble Arch - essexjan says it's at the right corner of Hyde Park for Speaker's Corner, and you can't miss it, it's a huge great marble arch in the middle of the road. ] As linked in this comment, we'll head to Richoux afterwards, specifically the one at Mayfair at 41a South Audley Street. Might be sooner rather than later if the talk about rain is truth. [more inside]
posted by nat on Feb 16, 2012 - 38 comments

Ass-Jittering Cattle Redux

How better to fend off the post-Christmas gloom than another bout of pub trivia? We had a great time at the Hat and Tun last October - it was practically the social event of the season - and I'd like to do it again, with or without our Redditor nemeses (not that they were our nemeses, AS WE ALL KNOW...). [more inside]
posted by HandfulOfDust on Dec 27, 2011 - 69 comments

London Pub Quiz! *REDDIT SHOWDOWN*

Hi, guys! Well, I'm coming back. HandfulOfDust suggested we organize a meetup, and because HandfulOfDust is awesome, that's just what I'm going to do. [more inside]
posted by phunniemee on Sep 19, 2011 - 104 comments

Hunterian Museum; Towards a Scientific Model of Disability

Hey, Metafilter! Are you in or around London? Do you like looking at things preserved in jars? Have I got a meetup for you... [more inside]
posted by Gordafarin on Sep 13, 2011 - 25 comments

London FrightFest Film Festival

Are any Mefites attending FrightFest this year? [more inside]
posted by hot soup girl on Aug 19, 2011 - 4 comments

London pre-Pulp drinks in Brixton?

Pulp is playing Brixton Academy! Holy crap! [more inside]
posted by timshel on Jul 14, 2011 - 2 comments

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