What is a pitch-a-friend event? Here's why singles are swapping apps for PowerPoint

Friends become matchmakers at Pitch-a-Friend events, the growing dating trend helping singles meet offline through live ...

The New Dating Trend Has Friends Pitching Your Love Life Instead of You and Singles Are Loving It

Discover why Pitch-a-Friend events are becoming a popular alternative to dating apps and where you can find one near you.
Inc

Singles Events Are a Hit for These Companies. Here’s How to Pull Them Off

In the pandemic’s wake, Rooftop Cinema Club–the Los Angeles-based company screening movies on rooftops in the U.S. and U.K.–wanted to uplevel its programming, and the team noticed that a large portion ...
The New York Times

A Summer of Singles Events, in Pictures

Singles mingled the summer away at one event after another, often organized by identity group, common interest or gimmicky premise — sometimes the cornier, the better. A singles event called We Met ...
CNN

Singles are sick of dating apps. Here’s what they’re doing instead

Many singles are tired of swiping on dating apps. They’re going old school to find romance. Speed dating, singles mixers and other group dating parties have made a comeback since the Covid-19 pandemic ...
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Dating apps are out, events are in

Swipe right. Swipe left. Match. Ghost. Repeat. At some point, the whole ritual started feeling less like dating and more like a second job with terrible HR. For about a decade, apps like Tinder, Hinge ...