MaxFun Meetup Day 2026 is Thursday, April 23!

It’s time for MaxFun Meetup Day! On Thursday, April 23, MaxFunsters all over the world will gather together to celebrate their favorite shows and friendships, new and old.


Meetup Locations

(Psst: Don’t see a meetup in your city? Scroll down to “Organize a Meetup” to learn how to host one!)

Canada

Nova Scotia

Halifax

The Board Room Game Cafe
1256 Barrington St, Halifax NS, Canada
6:30pm
Facebook Event
Ask for Jenn! Admission is $10+tax. Food and drinks available to purchase.
18% gratuity will be added if we end up with more than 12 people.
RSVPing on the FB event encouraged but not required.

Germany

Berlin

Naumann’s Biergarten
Wilhelm-Kabus-Str. 36, 10829 Berlin Schöneberg
7:00pm-8:00pm
Look for Kuba wearing a light blue baseball cap

United Kingdom

England

Manchester

Venue TBA
7:00pm
More info to come!

Scotland

Edinburgh

Regent Bar
2 Montrose Terrace, Edinburgh EH7 5DL, UK
6:00-8:00pm

United States

California

Los Angeles

33 Taps DTLA
1240 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
6:30pm
Location is one block from the Pico station on the A & E lines.
I will do my best to claim some empty tables.
Look for a big guy in a green Let’s Learn Everything t-shirt.

Palo Alto

Gamelandia Board Game Store
290 California Ave, Suite A Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
6:00-10:00pm
Event Page
Check in at the register to receive a nametag!
Library board games will be provided.

Ventura

Plant Shop 805
1924 E Main St, Ventura, CA 93001
6:00
Thomas will keep the shop open late!
The Green Olive is across the street for a drink and Mediterranean food!

Colorado

Aurora

Launch Pad Brewery
884 S Buckley Rd, Aurora, CO 80017
12:00pm
Launch Pad Brewery has beer, non alcoholic drinks and food trucks.
They are also kid and dog friendly. 

Georgia

Atlanta

New Realm Brewing
550 Somerset Terrace NE #101, Atlanta, GA 30306
6:00pm
Look for Becca in a Eurovangelist scarf and Ross with his jean jacket.
We’ll have sign(s). We’ll try to stick to outside unless the weather is bad.

Illinois

Chicago

Uptown Taproom
1265 W Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
6:00pm
RSVP on Partiful

Downers Grove

Alter Brewing Company
2300 Wisconsin Ave, Downers Grove, IL 60515
4:30pm
RSVP on Facebook or Partiful
Alter Brewing in Downers Grove has indoor and outdoor seating and a lot of open space!
Join the Facebook group or ask the bartender and she’ll point you towards us!

Indiana

Muncie

The Common Market
900 W 8th St, Muncie, IN 47302
6:00
RSVP on Partiful
Drinks (alcoholic or not) and extremely affordable food for sale!
I love their $1 hot dogs with toppings
available.
They have lots of sitting space and board games.
Food donations would be appreciated but aren’t required.

Massachusetts

Boston

Podcast Garage Boston
267 Western Ave, Boston, MA, 02134
6:00-8:30pm
Plenty of off-street parking available!
Light snacks and drinks provided.

Brookline

Coolidge Corner Clubhouse
307 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446
7:30pm
The manager is a MaxFunster and would love to have a laugh over a beer, cocktail, or food
in John Hodgman’s much-mentioned Coolidge Corner in Brookline.

Michigan

Ann Arbor

Los Amigos Mexican Restaurant
625 Hilton Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI 48108
6:00pm
GroupMe Chat
Please join the GroupMe chat so we can get an idea of how many are interested.
We may need to make a reservation based on the number who plan to come.

Grand Rapids

Speciation Cellars
928 Wealthy St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506
7:00pm
Meetup with Hosts Brenda and Austin of SHONM! We have a few tables reserved!
The venue doesn’t have food, typically a food truck is parked there but plan accordingly!

Saginaw

Butman-Fish Library
1716 Hancock Street, Saginaw, MI 48602
11:00am
Facebook Event
We could only reserve the library room for an hour,
so an after party will be held in my nearby backyard.

Minnesota

Minneapolis/St. Paul

Lake Monster Brewing
550 Vandalia St #160, St. Paul, MN 55114
6:00pm
We’ve reserved the taproom event space.
Seating for 30 or mingling for 50.

They have a new pizza place next door.
We can order in advance if we so desire.

Missouri

St. Louis

Carondelet Park
3900 Holly Hills Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63116
1:00pm
Light snacks and drinks provided

Nebraska

Omaha

The Verdict
1901 Harney St, Omaha, NE 68102
6:00pm
Facebook Event
There is a parking lot with numbers on the ground behind the venue,
there are signs saying not to park there but you can with no issue!

New York

Albany

Fort Orange Brewing
450 N Pearl St, Albany NY 12204
6:30 – 8:30pm
Pub trivia night, join in the fun!
Sign up for pub trivia here

Kingston

West Kill Supply
602 Broadway Unit 2, Kingston, NY 12401
6:00pm
WhatsApp Group
I’ll be wearing my red JJGO triceratops t-shirt 🙂

New York

The Standard Biergarten
848 Washington at 13th Street, New York, NY, 10014
6:00pm
RSVP on Partiful

Plattsburgh

Peabody’s
7 Clinton St, Plattsburgh, NY 12901
7:30pm
RSVP on Facebook
Look for Patricia in the Flop House tank top! (if you need help finding me, ask the bartender!)
Karaoke starts at 8:00pm, but no pressure to participate.

North Carolina

Charlotte

OpenTap
5010 Carmel Center Drive, Charlotte, NC, 28226
8:00pm
RSVP Here
I’ll be wearing a vibrant, airbrushed shirt!

Cramerton

Confluence South Fork
117 Center St, Cramerton, NC, 28032
6:00pm

Ohio

Columbus

Combustion Brewery Clintonville
2971 N High St, Columbus, OH 43202
6:00pm
Look for Kristina M. with the sign. 

Oregon

Salem

ƒ/stop Fitzgerald’s Public House
335 Grove St NE, Salem, OR, United States, 97301
7:00pm

Rhode Island

Providence

Arcane Mead & Winery
11 Aleppo St #7, Providence, RI 02909
6:00pm

Tennessee

Joelton

The Vintage Bean Cafe
1259 Jackson Felts Rd., Joelton, TN, 37080
11:00am
North of Nashville off I-24 exit 31; look for the double banners that say ‘coffee.’
Free parking. Ask for Libby; will be there until 1:30pm.

Nashville

TailGate Brewery Headquarters
7300 Charlotte Pike, Nashville, TN, 37209
6:00pm
Facebook Event
Look for Amy R. with a sign.
We will be out on the back patio if the weather is nice!

Texas

Austin

Barrett’s Too
103 North Loop Blvd E, Austin, Texas 78751
6:30pm
Look for Melissa H., she’ll be on the patio out back with a Max Fun sign!

Galveston

Midtown Tavern
5806 Stewart Rd, Galveston, TX 77551, United States
6:00pm
Troy will be there, it’s a small place and he’ll have a JJGO t shirt on.

Washington

Seattle

Mox Boarding House
5105 Leary Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98107
6:00pm
Look for Scout at a table in the restaurant with a MaxFun sign.

Washington, D.C.

City-State Public House
705 Edgewood St NE, Washington, DC, 20017
7:00pm
RSVP on Partiful
Look for Sara!

Wisconsin

Oshkosh

Time Community Theater
445 N. Main Street, Oshkosh, WI 54901
6:30pm
A few snacks will be there for free, bring cash for beer and candy.
We can watch either “Night of the Living Dead” or “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians”.

 


Organize a Meetup

Want to hang out with local MaxFunsters, talk about podcasts, and make new friends? You should host a meetup! The process  is super simple: 

  1. Pick a time and a public location near you. Anywhere that can host a small group works! Popular locations include bars, breweries, restaurants, coffee shops, public parks, and game stores. Most events start around 6:00pm local time, but you can do earlier or later! 
  2. Tell us about it. Fill out the form below with your location, venue name, the time your meetup is starting, and any other information you want to include. We’ll add your meetup to the list above so other MaxFunsters can find it! If you’d like to make a Facebook event or anything like that to organize information, feel free to link us to that, too.
  3. Host the meetup! After that, all you’ve gotta do is show up and have fun with other people who love podcasts as much as you do.

And, an optional bonus step: if you’re interested in printable signs and name tags for your meetup, check out the official Meetup Day Kit!

If you have any questions or if you run into trouble filling out the form, email cn@maximumfun.org and they’ll be happy to help you out.

 

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