22-28jan events & meet-ups

thu 22

👩‍💻 9am coworking thursdays at sítio gaia

🧑‍💼 9.30am focus work club - freelancers meetup at look sharp

💼 6pm biz & buzz #05: your after-work connection in porto (€15) at porto business network

🎬 7pm queerness book club meetup at fábrica da picaria

🎬 8pm short hour movies: rocky horror picture show (pet friendly and with street smash burgers offerings) at fisga

🧩 8pm trivial : a thursday quiz game night (6€) at look sharp

💃 8.30pm salsa e bachata classes (donation) at jubilant cultural

🎤 9pm a lemonade stand up comedy show at nope bar

fri 23

💼 4pm porto vibe coding meetup. from idea to working product at nope bar

🎨 5pm azulejos tile painting porto workshop (€35) at the alchemist

🍺 7pm friday social drinks after work at calico

💃 8.30pm free open level kizomba class at academia de dança da boavista

🍽️ 8.30pm dinner with strangers (5€)

🍺  9pm sneaky drinks: meet new people in porto before the party! at look sharp

🍺  9.55pm free porto internationals pubcrawl at the box

fri 23 - sun 25

🎉 rivoli 94th anniversary celebration: music and dance shows at rivoli

sat 24

📸 10am dia de feira: matilde viegas photo exhibition at leica gallery porto

✨ 10.30am from feeling to form: art workshop (35€) at macs porto

🍽️ 12pm brunch party at fino golf club

🧠 3pm vision board creating (25€) by expat girls porto

🖼️ 4pm open studio at ó cerâmica

🎬 4pm into the wild movie screening at cinema municipal valongo

🖼️ 4pm simultaneous art exhibition opening at miguel bombarda

🧘‍♀️ 6pm community kirtan (€10) at healing house

🎶 6pm saturday jam at mr.bean's music club 

🍷 7.30pm wine & chocolate pairing (20€) at porto wine & chocolate club

🎭 9.30pm my fierce ignorant step dance performance at rivoli

sun 25

🚴‍♀️ 10am spinchicks meetup (tbc)

🚶 9am jogging morning sightseeing at jardim da arca d’água

🎉 11am 1 ano kultura second hand market at kultura community 

🧩 3pm play & connect: creative group games (€10) at cozy yoga studio

🧩 3.15pm vegan board gamers at baomerang

🎭 5pm my fierce ignorant step dance performance at rivoli

mon 26

✍️ 10am monday morning writers at espaço agra

tue 27

🧩 6.30pm boardgames and beer at letraria downtown

🏃 7pm track tuesday run at estádio do dragão

♟️ 7pm social chess games at nope bar

wed 28

👩‍💻 10am coworking meetup + drinks by digital nomads porto

🏃 5pm run n rave: 5km social run (tbc)

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