Chiang Mai Professionals, Expats, and Digital Nomads

PRICE OF EVENT: order drink
Good chats, good vibes — and a space for nomads, travelers, and remote professionals who believe community doesn’t happen by accident 🌿
This isn’t networking.
This isn’t small talk.
This is about building a village — slowly, intentionally, together.
Whether you’re passing through Chiang Mai or rooted here for a season, Friday Social Night is a low-pressure place to meet thoughtful people, share real conversations, and practice connection without performance.
✨ What to expect:
• Authentic conversations with remote workers, creatives, founders, and experts
• No pitch decks, no forced networking — just human connection
• Come as you are: tired, curious, unpolished, welcome
• Gentle consistency — showing up is enough

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### This Month’s Theme: “Be a Villager”

A month of intentional connection inspired by one simple idea:

> Everyone wants a village — but villages are built by people who show up.

Each week gently explores:
• Asking twice instead of disappearing
• Choosing presence over perfection
• Embracing the small frictions of real community
• Using connection as regulation, not performance
You don’t have to do anything special.
Just come, stay a little, talk to someone new — and return next Friday.

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📍 Attika Studio
🍷 Free entry with drink purchase
🕕 Every Friday, 6–9 PM
Come once. Come often.
Be a regular. Be a villager.

Are you keen to meet other expats and locals while easing yourself into some gentle cardio training?

Join us Saturdays at 8.30am for slow + social running opposite ‘Living a Dream Cafe’ on CMU campus. We will grab food/coffee after a steady 20-25 minute jog. The pace will be suitable for beginners to running with some challenge offered at the end if you’re looking for that.

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food minimum order 250 THB

"Every March, the mass exodus begins. But what happens when you decide not to run?"
Let's talk about the elephant in the room: the Chiang Mai "burning season."
As the haze rolls in, the typical digital nomad and transient expat response is to pack up and fly south. But for years, the core group of Chiang Mai professionals, established expats, and dedicated nomads have lobbied for something deeper: actual integration and real support for local businesses. We claim we want to be part of the community. We say we want to move beyond being just tourists. But true belonging isn't just about enjoying the cheap coffee and beautiful temples when the weather is perfect. It means sharing the uncomfortable realities, too.
I stayed in Chiang Mai during the smoky season to experience what the locals feel. And it brought up some hard, uncomfortable questions we need to address:

• Are we truly integrated, or are we just fair-weather residents?
• How can expats and nomads legitimately support local infrastructure and businesses when times get tough?
• What does "community" actually mean when half of it leaves at the first sign of friction?

This isn’t a feel-good, self-congratulatory pat on the back. It is a rigorous, intellectually honest discussion about the friction between transient lifestyles and local realities. We will unpack the economics of the smoky season, the realities of local agriculture, and how we can translate our lobbying for "better integration" into tangible action.
If you are ready to drop the fluff and have a real conversation about what it takes to actually belong in Chiang Mai, join us.