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
- Lunch and learn
- Workshop
- Happy hour
- Member lunch
- Neighborhood walkabout
- Pitch contest
- Speed Networking
- Worksprint
- Game night
- Bookclub
- Marketing Club
- Movie Night
- Holiday parties
- Meditation gathering
- Field trip
- Author talk
- Show and Tell
- Podcast production trainings
- Mentor and advisor sessions
- Coffee klatch
- Panel discussion
- Fireside chat
- PechaKucha Night
- Open mic
- Waffle Wednesday
- Coffee tasting
- Art and wine walk
- First Friday events
- Social media training
- Writing Club
- Entrepreneur Basics series
- Tech meetups
- Women in business events
- Women in tech events
- Art classes
- Puzzle Night
- Whiskey and Women
- Entrepreneur Recess
- Fashion show
- Parenting class
- Book Report Night
- Blood drive
- Food drive
- Potato Bar
- Collage workshop
- Back to school breakfast bar
- Headshot and photography event
- Member Recess
- Bagel Happy Hour
- Business Launch (or Milestone) Party
- Shared Salad (Each person brings a topping)
- Pi Day (bring pies)
- Fundraiser for local nonprofit
- Member showcase
- Ikebana flower arranging
- Sushi making workshop
- Pasta making workshop
- Herb planting
- Knitting and crochet workshop
- Origami workshop
- Game Night
- Catered breakfast or lunch
- Popsicle snack break
- Small business peer mentoring roundtables
- Offsite happy hour
- Root beer float happy hour
- “Board” meetings (snowboarding/skiing breaks)
- Paint/Doodle & Sip
- Introvert Social Hour (knitting, doodling, puzzles)
- Holiday gift wrapping party
- Donuts and a prompted conversation
- Makers’ Market
- Cake decorating workshop
- White elephant gift exchange
- Empower Breakfasts
- College essay workshop
- Lunch and UNlearns
- Pop-up markets
- Speaker summits
- Book launch parties
- Entrepreneur Playground (coworking day for solo entrepreneurs)
- Kid events (crafts, egg hunt, workshops)
- Mom friend matchups
- Community service days
- Period box assembly for donation to local businesses
- Pizza party
- Grant writing workshop
- Trivia Night
- Weekly trivia contest
- Remote Coworkers Club
- Free Coworking Day
- Themed happy hours
- Art openings, exhibits and partnerships
- Niche networking events for specific industries
- Outdoor yoga class
- Book Writing Club
- Food and beer pairing
- Make and Take Charcuterie Class
- Estate planning workshop
- All Nations (Everyone brings a dish from their nation of origin)
- Bake-off
- Outdoor coworking
- Member golf tournament
- Ice cream truck
- Food truck party
- Electric Scooter Club and Adventures
- Breaking Bread dinners
- Pizza and Networking
- Summer BBQ
- Fall Bonfire
- Mocktail making class
- Childcare sessions
- Programmers meetup
- Digital Creatives meetup
- Sponsored happy hour
- Earlybird networking event
- Taco Tuesday
- Young entrepreneur workshops
- Content creation and planning session
- Small business funding workshop
- Coffee with the Mayor (or City Council member
- Family movie night
- Family game night
- EOFY commiseration/celebration party
- Brainstrust Lunches (ask your fellow members to help you problem solve)
- 15-minute events
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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.
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