120+ coworking space event ideas

Coworking space events are pretty much must-do’s these days.

Members want to participate in a variety of events in your space and your event programming is a massive differentiator and way to attract perfect-fit members to your coworking community.

I rounded up my favorite coworking events and asked you all to contribute your favorite and most popular events from your coworking space. My goal was to get 100 coworking events. Mission accomplished!

Here are 120+ event ideas for your coworking space:

🚌 Educational Events

1. Lunch and learn
2. Workshop
3. Show and Tell
4. Panel discussion
5. Book Report Night
6. College essay workshop
7. Lunch and UNlearns
8. Speaker summits
9. Author talk
10. Estate planning workshop
11. PechaKucha Night

🤝 Networking Events

1. Speed Networking
2. Women in business events
3. Women in tech events
4. Entrepreneur Recess
5. “Board” meetings (snowboarding/skiing breaks)
6. Book launch parties
7. Entrepreneur Playground (coworking day for solo entrepreneurs)
8. Remote Coworkers Club
9. Free Coworking Day
10. Niche networking events for specific industries
11. Earlybird networking event
12. Programmers meetup
13. Digital Creatives meetup
14. Tech meetups

✅ Accountability Events

1. Marketing Club
2. Writing Club
3. Worksprints
4. Book Writing Club
5. Content creation and planning session
6. 15-minute events

📈 Business + Skill Development Events

1. Pitch contest
2. Headshot and photography event
3. Business Launch (or Milestone) Party
4. Grant writing workshop
5. Brainstrust Lunches (ask your fellow members to help you problem solve)
6. Mentor and advisor sessions
7. Small business funding workshop
8. Podcast production trainings
9. Social media training
10. Young entrepreneur workshops
11. Entrepreneur Basics series
12. Small business peer mentoring roundtables

🙌 Community Building Events

1. Neighborhood walkabout
2. Bookclub
3. Field trip
4. Fireside chat
5. Member showcase
6. Offsite happy hour
7. Introvert Social Hour (knitting, doodling, puzzles)
8. EOFY commiseration/celebration party
9. Member Recess

🌮 Food Events

1. Potato Bar
2. Back to school breakfast bar
3. Bagel Happy Hour
4. Shared Salad (Each person brings a topping)
5. Pi Day (bring pies)
6. Catered breakfast or lunch
7. Popsicle snack break
8. Donuts and a prompted conversation
9. Cake decorating workshop
10. Empower Breakfasts
11. Pizza party
12. Bake-off
13. Ice cream truck
14. Food truck party
15. Breaking Bread dinners
16. Pizza and Networking
17. Taco Tuesday
18. Sushi making workshop
19. Pasta making workshop
20. Food and beer pairing
21. Make and Take Charcuterie Class
22. Member lunch
23. Waffle Wednesday

☕️ Coffee + Beverage Events

1. Happy hours
2. Coffee klatch
3. Coffee tasting
4. Mocktail making class
5. Whiskey and Women
6. Themed happy hours
7. Sponsored happy hour
8. Coffee with the Mayor (or City Council member)
9. Root beer float happy hour

🍁 Seasonal Events

1. Holiday gift wrapping party
2. Holiday parties
3. White elephant gift exchange
4. Fall Bonfire
5. Summer BBQ

🏡 Family-friendly Events

1. Kid events (crafts, egg hunt, workshops)
2. Mom friend matchups
3. Childcare sessions
4. Family movie night
5. Family game night

🙏 Give-back Events

1. Blood drive
2. Food drive
3. Fundraiser for local nonprofit
4. Community service days
5. Period box assembly for donation to local businesses

✨ Wellness Events

1. Meditation gathering
2. Parenting class
3. Outdoor yoga class
4. Outdoor coworking

🖼 Art Events

1. Art classes
2. Collage workshop
3. Fashion show
4. Ikebana flower arranging
5. Knitting and crochet workshop
6. Origami workshop
7. Art openings, exhibits and partnerships
8. Paint/Doodle & Sip
9. Art and wine walk
10. Open mic
11. First Friday events

🤩 Just for Fun

1. Game night
2. Movie Night
3. Puzzle Night
4. Makers’ Market
5. Pop-up shops
6. Trivia Night
7. Weekly trivia contest
8. All Nations (Everyone brings a dish from their nation of origin)
9. Member golf tournament
10. Electric Scooter Club and Adventures
11. Herb planting workshop

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Massive high fives to everyone who shared their favorite events for coworking spaces, including Kate Schwarzler, Adam Porter, Mark Eaton, Maya Delano, Tamise Cross, Jamie Orr, Rena Rasmussen, Alison Rogers, Peggy Hickle, Anna Oginsky, Katharine Chestnut, Courtney Mullen, Kelly Seehase, Patrick Hemus, Andy Prentice, Melanie Cozzolini, Hector Kolonas, Anne Kirby, Gael Gilliland, Garrett Tichy, Courtney Schwarz, Alice Holtzclaw, Alora Daunt, Lauren Walker, Kate Dezarnaulds, Tracy Wilson … and all you awesome community builders.