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Meetups.

A meetup is a small, pre-event hang you organize with friends — drinks before the show, dinner at the restaurant next door, or a co-watch for the headliner. Invite-only by default, with calendar export and automatic pre-event reminders so nobody flakes by accident.

Updated May 16, 2026

What

Meetups bolt onto an out4 event.

A meetup picks an event as its anchor (date + place inherited from the show), then you invite the people you actually want there. It's intentionally small-scale.

Think of it as "I'm going to this show, who else is in" — but with a structured RSVP, an automatic calendar invite, and reminders that actually fire. We built it because the typical "let's meet at the venue at 8" group chat falls apart every other time.

Note

Meetups are not the event
The meetup is your private layer on top of an out4 event. The promoter doesn't see it. The artist doesn't see it. Only you, your invitees, and (optionally) friends who you choose to share it with.

Create

Three taps to a meetup.

From any event page, the Meetup button lives below the ticket CTA.

  1. 1
    Find the event you want to anchor the meetup to. Most meetups are pre-show, but they work for after-show too.
  2. 2
    Tap Plan a meetup on the event page. A sheet opens with the event pre-filled and a few options to set.
  3. 3
    Set the meetup time (defaults to 1 hour before doors), location (defaults to the event venue, but you can pick a restaurant / bar / your apartment / a meeting spot), and who's invited.
  4. 4
    Send invites. Friends with an out4 account get an in-app + email notification; non-account invitees get an email with a guest-link to RSVP without signing up.

Visibility

Three privacy modes.

You pick when you create the meetup. You can also change it later from the meetup management page.

Invite-only (default)

Only people you explicitly invite can see it or join. Doesn't show up on any feed, search, or your public profile.

Friends

People who follow you back can see + RSVP without an explicit invite. Surfaces on their home feed under "Friends' meetups". Good for "I'm going Saturday, come if you're free" energy.

Public

Anyone on out4 can see it and RSVP. Listed on the event page under Meetups happening. Best for small-org meetups like "Newcomers welcome — meet outside before the show".

Invites

The RSVP roster.

Three states per invitee: accepted, pending, declined.

The meetup detail page shows everyone in one of three buckets. The most important number is the accepted count — that's how many people you can plan around.

  • Accepted — They're in. We show their avatar and how many mutual friends you both have (capped at 10).
  • Pending — Invited, no response yet. They get one reminder push 24h before the meetup time if they haven't replied.
  • Declined — They tapped no. Shown as a count only (no names) on the roster, so it's not socially awkward.

Note

Co-attendee suggestions
When you create a meetup at an event you've already bought a ticket for, out4 suggests friends who also bought tickets to that event. Quick way to find people without combing through your follower list.

Calendar

Calendar export + pre-event reminders.

The mechanics that keep people from flaking.

Pre-meetup reminders

Invite sentNOWT-24h pingDAY BEFORET-3h pingPRE-GAMEMeetup

Add to Calendar

Every accepted invitee sees an Add to Calendar button on the meetup detail page. One tap exports an .ics file with the meetup time, location, a deep-link back to the meetup, and a built-in reminder. Works on iOS Calendar, Google Calendar, Outlook — anything that reads iCal.

T-24h reminder

24 hours before the meetup, every accepted invitee gets a push notification + email reminder. Pending invitees get a "you haven't replied yet" prompt.

T-3h reminder

3 hours before, everyone in accepted gets a final push: "Meetup in 3 hours — directions". This one fires whether or not they have the calendar export — covers the "I knew about it but forgot the time" failure mode.

Safety

Blocking and reporting.

A meetup is a social surface, so the same blocking and reporting tools that protect your DMs protect your meetups.

  • Block a user. From any profile, the more- menu has a Block option. A blocked user can't see your meetups, can't invite you, and can't message you. They're not notified that they were blocked.
  • Decline an invite. Doesn't block the inviter, just removes you from this meetup. They see the decline as a count, not by name.
  • Report a meetup. From the meetup detail page's more-menu. Goes to a queue our team reviews. Useful if a meetup is being used to harass or to bypass a block.

Warning

Past meetups stay in your history
We don't delete a meetup that's already happened — the past-meetups list on your profile is a feature for looking back. But you can hide a specific past meetup from your timeline if you don't want it visible to followers.

Need more help?

Email support@out4.events for anything that isn't urgent. We're a small team — most replies happen the same day.

Mid-event and need a human right now? DM @out4.events on Instagram — Chris is the on-call.

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