{"id":1616,"date":"2022-03-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sofarsoundsblo.wpengine.com\/blog\/articles\/sofar-perfect-first-date\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T00:00:00","slug":"sofar-perfect-first-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/articles\/sofar-perfect-first-date","title":{"rendered":"Top Reasons Sofar Makes for the Perfect First Date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Got a date coming up? Those first ones can be tough\u2013\u00a0maybe you\u2019re not interested in getting in a drink, and dinner doesn\u2019t feel quite right. You know what we say? Ditch the usuals. Instead, come out for a night where you don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen\u2013\u00a0where you might land, what you might hear\u2013\u00a0and lean into the unexpected. With that in mind, here are the top reasons why a Sofar evening could be the perfect spot for your first date. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Looking for that date? Check out the  <a href=\"https:\/\/bumble.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bumble app<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<h2><strong>It\u2019s an adventure from the start.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Spontaneous, but without all the planning work. Once you get tickets for a Sofar, you don\u2019t know where you\u2019re going until hours before the concert, and you don\u2019t know who\u2019s playing until they walk up to the microphone. That means no googling beforehand or prepping for the night. The only prep is to be ready for an adventure and to be present once it starts. Who\u2019s got time for first date nerves during all those reveals?\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The setting is intimate, but not <em>too<\/em> intimate.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It won&#8217;t be a blaring sports bar, or a candle-lit dinner. Instead, you and your date might find yourselves on a rooftop overlooking the city, or in a plant shop covered in green vines and hand-painted pots. Heck, maybe you\u2019ll end up on a ski jump (you heard me, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/articles\/top-10-most-unique-sofar-venues\">it actually happens<\/a>). Sofar spaces are unique and intimate\u2013 but more importantly, they\u2019re fun. So whether you\u2019re hitting it off with your date or not, there\u2019s still a good time to be had.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The music can fill in the conversation gaps.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Maybe you\u2019re shy, or just don\u2019t have a ton to say right off the bat. We all handle first dates differently. Before you find yourself in a cold sweat rambling about first grade memories, take a breath and let the musicians step in and fill some of the airtime with their songs. These 20-minute sets can lift a little pressure, and give you something to talk about (also, it has to be said, the music\u2019s just really good).\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2><strong>There\u2019s plenty of time to talk in between performers.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Don\u2019t worry! The artists aren\u2019t going to take all of the spotlight from your evening. There are breaks between each performance to give you time to chat it up with your date, and your neighbors (it\u2019s always a friendly crowd).\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2><strong>If it works out, you\u2019ve already got your song.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>What if this ends up being <em>the<\/em> person? Wouldn\u2019t it be nice to make that first date a memorable one? In that unexpected venue, with those unexpected artists came, <em>the<\/em> unexpected. And <em>the<\/em> moment when it just clicked, perhaps it was during <em>the<\/em> second or third artist. And maybe that\u2019s going to be <em>the<\/em> song you spin for your first dance. But let\u2019s not get ahead of ourselves\u2026or let\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Looking for a date to bring to your next Sofar? Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/bumble.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bumble app<\/a> and see who\u2019s out there, for you.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: photo by Austeja Gudziunaite<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got a date coming up? Those first ones can be tough\u2013\u00a0maybe you\u2019re not interested in getting in a drink, and dinner doesn\u2019t feel quite right. You know what we say? Ditch the usuals. Instead, come out for a night where you don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen\u2013\u00a0where you might land, what you might hear\u2013\u00a0and lean [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}