How do Thursday dating events work in the UK? 3 steps
Thursday's swipe app closed in Jan 2025. Now you pick an event, buy a ticket on thursday.com with no login or matching, and turn up. Checked 4 Oct 2026.
UK dating apps, 18+ and unsentimental
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Thursday's swipe app closed in Jan 2025. Now you pick an event, buy a ticket on thursday.com with no login or matching, and turn up. Checked 4 Oct 2026.
A 2023 sixty-city claim, a January 2025 death notice and a store listing updated 7 September 2026 disagree. What each proves about Thursday outside London.
The swipe app's UK store listings return 404, yet Honeypot Dating LTD is Active and shipped Thursday Events 6.0.3 on 7 September 2026. Read 11 Sept 2026.
Kasalyst has opened paid membership ahead of an Autumn 2026 launch: £95 to join, £60 a month, tickets on top. Its own pages say the first events will be London based.
The Dutch app deletes the chat stage, books the bar and charges a token for the first drink. Assessed on the only question that decides it in Britain: whether a venue-dependent model holds up away from London.
The most-repeated UK dating number of the year is being quoted in its loosest form. The headline figure is smaller than advertised, the age split is the interesting part, and there is no regional breakdown at all.
Every app works in London. The interesting question — and the one nobody publishes data on — is what happens in a town of ninety thousand.