Which Cities Have Tinder Events?

Tinder Events started as a pilot in Los Angeles. Tinder's announcements have since named New York City, Dallas, Denver, Kansas City and Phoenix in the US, plus Berlin, Munich, Zurich and Geneva in Europe. Tinder has said it plans to bring Events to more cities, so the surest way to know about yours is to open the Events tab. Events in your area show first, and a dropdown menu lets you look at other locations.

Los Angeles came first, as the pilot. From there, Tinder named five more American cities: New York City, Dallas, Denver, Kansas City and Phoenix. In Europe it named Berlin and Munich in Germany, and Zurich and Geneva in Switzerland.

Treat that list as a starting point, not the final word. Tinder's help center describes Events as available in limited markets, and Tinder has said it wants to reach more cities. A list in an article can fall behind. The app on your phone will not.

Open Tinder and look for the Events tab, which has a calendar icon. It sits in the app on both Android and iOS where Events is offered.

If the tab is there, open it. Tinder shows events in your area first, so the top of the list tells you straight away whether anything is running near you. If the tab is not there at all, Events has most likely not reached your market yet.

Below your local events, a dropdown menu lets you look at events in other locations. This is useful before a trip. If you are spending a long weekend in one of the cities on the list, you can see what is on while you are there and plan an evening around it.

Use it honestly. Going to an event in a city you are visiting is exactly what the feature is for. Pretending to live somewhere you do not is how you end up on dates built on a lie, and those go badly for everyone.

Wherever you are, the rules are the same. You need to be Photo Verified to use Events. You mark yourself Interested in the events you like, and other people interested in the same event can then see you. Tickets are bought through an outside partner site, from the Tickets button.

Get verified before you start looking. Nothing is more annoying than finding a good event in your city and then waiting on a check you could have done a week earlier.

Go in expecting a normal social evening, not a speed round. People come for the activity and for the chance to talk to someone, and the room sets the pace.

Arrive on time, or a little early. The start of an event is the easiest moment to talk to people, because nobody has settled into a group yet. Say hello to whoever is next to you, ask how they found the event, and let the conversations start on their own.

Do not judge the night by whether you leave with a date. Judge it by whether you talked to a few people you did not know and enjoyed it. The dates come from doing that again and again.

Plenty of men reading this will not have Events nearby. That is fine, because the lesson behind the feature works everywhere.

Tinder built Events because a room does things a chat window cannot. She sees how you move, how you talk to other people and whether you are relaxed. You can get most of that without an event by moving women off the app faster. Once a conversation has a bit of life in it, suggest something specific: a place, a day and a reason. "There's a taco place near me that I think would pass your test. Wednesday?" gets more yeses than a week of small talk.

You can also borrow the Events idea directly. A casual plan with something to do, like a tasting, a market or a game of pool, is easier for a woman to accept than a formal dinner. It gives you both something to talk about when the conversation needs a push.

When Events does reach your city, it is worth trying at least once. A good event puts you in a room where most people came hoping to talk to someone. That is a far easier setting than a bar where much of the room would rather be left alone.

Go to something you would enjoy anyway. You will be more relaxed, you will have real opinions about the activity, and a relaxed man with opinions is easy to talk to. Talk to her about what you are both doing, then ask her out before the night ends.