In Real Life Oxford

Dance first. Decide later.

Oxfordshire, it's time to kiss dating apps goodbye. But, and this is key, this is not one of those incredibly awkward singles events.

This is a high-energy social experience that just happens to be for single people.

No apps.
No awkward standing around wondering who to talk to.
No pressure to “pick someone”.
No getting stuck with the same person all night.

Instead: movement, laughter, rotation, and genuine connection — the way humans have met for centuries.

THE IDEA

Modern dating has become awkward and exhausting.

This night is the opposite.

A ceilidh (traditional social dancing) is perfect for meeting people because:

• Everyone dances
• Everyone rotates
• Everyone interacts
• No one is singled out
• No one has to perform or impress

You don’t need to be a good dancer.
You don’t need a partner.
You don’t need a plan.
You just show up — and the structure does the rest.

How the Night Works

1. Arrival & Pre-Dance Mixer (Drinks + Warm-Up) @ 7pm

We’ll start with a relaxed mixer so you can arrive, grab a drink, and ease into the room. Hosts will be around, music will be on, and the vibe will be welcoming — not forced.

2. The Reframe

Before we dance, we’ll set the tone clearly:

• This is not about pairing up
• You will dance with lots of people
• You are not meant to “choose” anyone on the night
• Chemistry can be explored after the dancing ends during the pub mixer

3. The Ceilidh (The Main Event)

A live caller set to music will guide us through high-energy, beginner-friendly dances with:

• Frequent partner changes
• Group dances (not intimate one-on-one slow dances)
• Constant movement and rotation

You will not get stuck with one person all night.

Everyone dances with everyone over time — naturally and effortlessly.

4. The Afterparty @ a Local Pub

Once the dancing ends, we’ll head to a nearby pub (JoJo’s) to keep the night flowing. No structure, no expectations — just a chance to relax, chat, and let things unfold organically.

### The Matchmaking

After the event, we handle the awkward bit — not on the night.

Before the event:

Attendees provide a simple profile:

• A clear photo
• A short, friendly bio answering a few questions

After the event (1–2 days later):

You’ll receive a private form where you can indicate:

• Anyone you’d be keen to see again

If interest is mutual, we’ll facilitate the next step — without sharing phone numbers.

Instead of endless messaging, we’ll help arrange a real-world dinner or drink, based on both people’s availability. No texting. Just a chance to reconnect in real life.

No rejection in the room.
No pressure to act fast.
No need to give your phone number to strangers.
Just intentional, human follow-ups.

### Who This Is For

✔️ You’re single and curious
✔️ You’re tired of dating apps
✔️ You want something social, fun, and low-pressure
✔️ You’re open to meeting people through shared experience

### Important Notes

• This event is capped at 50 women and 50 men (book in advance!)
• We hope to offer similar events for other sexualities as demand allows
• You do not need dance experience — beginners are expected
• Numbers are capped to keep the experience balanced and high-quality
• This event is for people in the 20s and 30s. We will do similar events for other age ranges.

### Tickets

🎟 Early Bird: £15
🎟 Second Release: £17.50
🎟 Final Release / General Admission: £20

Tickets are limited and will not be expanded beyond capacity.

We will sell tickets on the door, but only up to the limits we have in terms of our availability.

### In Short

You’ll dance with loads of people.
You’ll laugh more than you expect.
You’ll leave having actually met people.

And if there’s a spark?
We’ll help you pick it up — later.

Meet Cute: A Singles Ceilidh
No apps. No pressure. Just real life.

### 🎯 Welcome to Speed Dating—Reinvented.

You’ve done the apps.

The swiping.
The matching.
The conversations that go nowhere.
The dates that feel like interviews.

The slow realisation that something essential has been stripped out.

Chemistry doesn’t live on a screen.
It lives in real life.

This Speed Dating 2.0 event is for people in their 30s and 40s in Oxford/Oxfordshire who are ready to leave the apps—at least for a few weeks—and meet people properly again.

No profiles.
No algorithms.
No pretending a list of prompts tells you how someone feels to sit across from.

This is four Monday evenings, across up to four different venues, designed to bring back the thing dating apps quietly killed: connection.
Each night starts with a relaxed social mixer. You arrive. You settle in. You get a drink. You talk like a human being.

Then come the one-on-one conversations. Enough time to feel someone’s energy. Enough structure to keep things moving. No pressure to “perform”.
The night ends back in the room together. Familiar faces. New sparks. A sense that something is unfolding rather than being rushed.

The next day, you indicate your interest in potential matches. We connect you with them after the four weeks end.

Over four weeks, you’ll meet up to 80 new people.

No repeats.
No recycling the same conversations.
Fresh faces, every time.

This isn’t about finding “the one” in five minutes.

It’s about putting yourself back into real social gravity—where attraction builds, curiosity grows, and things happen naturally.

If you’ve ever thought:

“I’m meeting people, but it all feels flat”
“I miss when dating felt… alive”
“I want to actually feel something again”

This is for you.

The experience runs over four consecutive Monday evenings, starting Monday 23 February, always in the evening, always after work, across up to four different venues. Locations will be announced a week before the event, to those registered only, so that we don't have people showing up who are not part of the event.

Tickets cover the full four-week experience.

This event is for people in their 30s and 40s. ID will be checked on the door.

No endless texting.
No ghosting.
No second-guessing whether the spark was real.

Just real people, in the same room, open to seeing what happens.

Four nights.
Real momentum.
Something to look forward to every Monday.

Kiss dating apps goodbye!