The first hosts in Austin have put events on the calendar. See what is on in Austin, then add yours: the calendar is short, and nothing you put up will be fighting for attention.
Free to host. About a minute of work.
Worth knowing before you pick a time and a place, because the metro is not one crowd.
Where most of the student and young-professional population sits. Weeknights work here; weekend events lose people to the drive.
Families, and a longer commute in. Saturday mornings and anything children can come to fill faster than an evening slot.
Heavily UT and heavily international. Cheap, casual and repeating beats anything that needs a ticket or a booking.
The first few events in a metro follow a pattern. These are the ones that fill.
Football on Saturday morning beats an open invitation to hang out. A fixed slot gives people permission to turn up alone.
Twelve people every fortnight builds a room. One large launch that never repeats builds nothing.
Sisters only, brothers only, families, students. The vaguer the audience, the fewer people feel invited.
Cities within reach that already have something scheduled.
Keep it going.