What we’re about
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Our attendee vetted event-themed socials aim to build authentic social connections founded on mutual interests, hobbies and personalities where natural conversations are enriching and experiences together memorable
Socialising around a captivating theme with friendly, like-minded fun people through engaging conversations, shared passions, humour and enjoyable activities is at the heart of our philosophy - an exciting culturally enriching social haven for affable working professionals
Our typical attendees are naturally sociable, young at heart, unmarried & childless 25 - 45 career professions with fun hobbies and interests who share a balance of intellectual, cultural, social and creative prowess. If you were too cool for school, you'll naturally fit right into most events. If on the other hand you typically like to go out to a bar/pub on a Saturday night to play board games - sorry but our events might not be for you!
------TYPICAL EVENTS-------
Our fun novel events cover a wide range of activities, including but not limited to:
- Music Nights: For those that love music, dancing and singing
- Stargazing: Ideal for nature and science lovers, those fascinated by the cosmos & natural history
- Themed Coffee Chats: For polymaths that love interesting chats over a cup of joe
- Sporting Activities: For active sporty members who love playing sports and being active
- Clubbing/Dancing: For soulful creatives who love musical nightlife, dancing and euphoric times bustin some moves to music you love
- Gallery/Museum Visits: Perfect for the literature, art, history buffs & bookworms
- Karaoke/Sing with Band: For musical people, creatives and entertainers
- Seminars/Lectures: On fascinating topics for the curious minds wanting to converse beyond boring small talk
- Concerts: For music aficionados
- Dinners/Lunches: Perfect for food enthusiasts who love fun enjoyable conversations whilst discovery new cuisines
- Guided Tours and Leisurely City Walks: To explore London culture & hidden gems
The best part? Our events are free and hosted by experienced convivial socializers truely passionate about every event theme we host ensuring authentic enjoyable experiences and entertainment for attendees
------SCREENING FOR MUTUAL INTERESTS & LIKE MINDED PEOPLE-------
To maintain this standard, we ask a screening question to ensure genuine interest in the event theme, leading to more engaging and enjoyable experiences for participants. We value quality over quantity, so our events have RSVP limits to foster excellent conversation dynamics and enjoyable stimulating social mixing with the right people
Lastly, our events are not dating or singles events but a friendly inclusive female freindly hassle free environment. We value respectful non-romantic interactions and genuine connections. Anyone attending with inappropriate intentions or does not demonstrate genuine passion for the event theme will be asked to leave. Let's keep it real, fun and enjoyable for particpants
Lucas Skywalker
Upcoming events (3)
See all- 🪐Explore The Universe With Telescopes + Drinks / Pub ☾Prov Date☽ 🔭Camden Town Tube Station, London
Ever look up and marvel with insatiable curiosity at both the beauty and the wonder of the universe? How it began, our place in it, how life evolved and where else in the cosmos other non-microbial life might live (almost every star you see in the sky has planets orbiting with up to 20 billion habitable exoplanets easily in oyr galaxy alone!)?
Then RSVP to view the potential life harbouring moons of Jupiter, , the world famous Orion Nebula (a life creation nursery where stars like our sun were born), the majestic rings of Saturn, the international space station, Tau Ceti star with 2 Earth like exoplanets orbiting in the habitable zone that could support life as we know it, remnants of supernova witnessed by our early ancestors plus a range of other fascinating celestial wonderments (comets, star systems, galaxies - see below) over drinks and engaging chats and banter this July fully hosted by me till the event end - a passionate amateur astronomer and former journalist covering science related stories!
In between observing - we'll have drinks and engaging chats on all astronomy related topics for those inclined (Astrobiology, SETI/Femi Paradox, cosmology, space exploration, exoplanetology, astrophysics etc) as well as non space chatter and banter too. No doubt I'll hear the usual jokes we've all heard hundreds of times before! If those don't make you laugh, then my impersonation of Los Angeles ET will! 👽
====Joining Astronomers Group & Telescopes =====
I'm able to take a limited number of people (please only RSVP if you can make it) to join my friendly informal relaxed London amateur astronomers' club that have been for over a decade with their regulars made up of up to about 150 people. As there will be people attending from this private Astronomers group as well as others from one of my other groups - the total attendees will be far higher than rsvps here and the public liability insurance only covers a max number of people - hence I need to impose strict limits on attendance.Over the years we have enjoyed numerous social evenings of stargazing and thought provoking chatter with people of all ages and varying levels of astronomy knowledge - so complete beginners that are genuinely curious about the universe are very welcome. If you are just looking to meet generic randoms that you have no shared passions with then there are others groups that will better cater for that. The world renowed BBC Television Sky at Night also attended our events pre covid and interviewed some of us for it's show that aired on BBC1 in Feb 2019. BBC Radio London (94.9 FM / digital) were there Aug 2023 to cover our meteor shower event broadcasting live to millions of Londoners for 3 hours
You don't need a telescope as you will be able to view through scopes belonging to me and other club members (as long as you behave responsibly and don't temper with expensive equipment). If you have your own telescope/binoculars feel free to bring along and I can help you setting it up if you're a newbie.
Alcoholic beverage (wine, beer, cider only), hot drinks and food/snacks will be available to purchase from the indoor cafe at the observation point which Regent's park keep open exclusively for our group so no need to bring your own drinks/snacks
====ITINERARY=====
We will meet outside Camden Station. After a short wait for anyone delayed, I will escort everyone to our observation point in the park about 15-20 minutes walk away and brief you in terms of what to expect, observing etiquette, tips, equipment handling and take any questions you have - weather general or astronomy/cosmology related.After Drinks: Unless I have a very important 9AM Thursday deadline for a client presentation or something - most of us usually head our way back to Camden for another drink. I will annouce the pub to all on the walk back.
===What Can You Expect To See (this time of year)? ====
- Orion Nebula
- Jupiter and 4 moons
- Meteors
- Andromedia Galaxy
- Saturn, rings & moon
- Star clusters such as the Pleiades & Owl Cluster etc
- International Space station fly by
- Venus & Mercury
- Binary & tripple star systems (think planet Tatooine in Starwars!),
- Neptune
- Uranuus
- Mars
- Our moon
- A look towards the galactic centre where that supermassive £22b black hole sits (Sagittarius A)
More here from Jodrell Bank Observatory/Astrophysics Centre:
http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/astronomy/nightsky/
Guide to viewing the cosmos for beginners:
https://phys.org/news/2018-05-universe-distant-starstips-cosmology-backyard.html#jCp===Weather Dependent=====
The event is subject to clear skies forecasts on the night so if on the actual afternoon of the event the weather forecasts looks unsuitable beyond doubt then I will postpone so please check the event status on the day of the event . If this event is still listed here at 5PM on the day, it will be going ahead at the designated day and time!Happy Stargazing
Lucas Skywalker (Amateur Musical Astronomer)
