Meet people in New York.
In real life.
Soulmate exists to get people off their phones and meeting each other in person. Your matchmaker works in the background while you live your life in the foreground. And the best way to live that life is to get out there.
That’s why we started Meet Cute NYC: a free newsletter of the best events in New York for meeting someone in real life. It lands every Sunday night with the week ahead.
The kinds of events we feature
- Singles nights and speed dating
- Mixers, speed dating and singles parties where everyone came to meet someone, from bookish speed dating in Bed-Stuy to Halloween parties in Williamsburg.
- Run clubs and active meetups
- Social runs that end at a bar or café, group workouts and walking clubs, where the conversation starts after the cooldown.
- Classes and workshops
- Dance socials, cooking and craft classes, and other places where learning something side by side breaks the ice for you.
- Game nights, trivia and supper clubs
- Board game nights that seat you with strangers, trivia teams and shared dinners, where you're never stuck making small talk alone.
- Volunteering
- Shifts where you work alongside new people for a good cause, which turns out to be one of the easiest ways to get talking.
Easy to scan in a minute
Every issue is organized by day, with at most three picks a day. Each event shows its time, neighborhood and price, plus a few markers so you can find your night fast:
- 💘 singles only, or 👋 everyone welcome
- 🆓 free, or 💵 paid
- 🍸 drinks are part of it, or 🧃 alcohol-free
Questions
- Where can I meet single people in NYC?
- Some of the best places are events built for talking: speed dating and singles mixers, but also run clubs, dance and cooking classes, game nights, trivia and volunteering. Meet Cute NYC rounds up the best of them across all five boroughs every week.
- What is Meet Cute NYC?
- Meet Cute NYC is a free weekly newsletter from Soulmate. Every Sunday night it lists the week's best in-person events in New York for meeting someone, each with the time, place, price and a short note on why it's good for meeting people.
- Is it free?
- Yes. The newsletter is free and always will be. Some of the events it features are free and some are paid; each one shows its price.
- Are all the events for singles?
- No. Some are singles-only, like speed dating, and some are open to everyone, like run clubs and classes. Every event is marked so you can tell at a glance, along with whether it's free and whether drinking is part of it.
- How are events chosen?
- We look across event listings in the five boroughs and pick in-person events where strangers actually talk. We check that every event's page is live and that the date and time match, and we don't feature events run by dating apps.
- Can I submit my event?
- Yes. If you’re hosting something in New York where people can meet, submit it through our event form and we may feature it in an upcoming issue.
Your week, sorted
Get the best places to meet people in New York every Sunday night. Subscribe to Meet Cute NYC, and when you’re ready for a matchmaker that works while you’re out, see how Soulmate works.