Singles Events in the South Suburbs & Northwest Indiana
The Southland covers a lot of ground: Oak Lawn, Evergreen Park and the Palos towns near the city; Orland Park, Tinley Park, Mokena, Frankfort and New Lenox to the southwest; Homewood, Flossmoor, Matteson and Lansing to the south; Joliet and Lockport out along I-80; and across the state line, Hammond, Munster, Schererville, Crown Point and Valparaiso in northwest Indiana. Chicago First Dates hosts speed dating so people here can meet each other without a trip downtown.
Southland events have a straightforward, welcoming feel. The venues are local restaurants and pubs with easy parking, the crowd is your neighbors, and the format is the same one we run in the city: short mini-dates, a break to mingle, and matches delivered the next day.
Chicago First Dates runs speed dating in Chicago from the Loop to the suburbs — see every area on our speed dating locations page, or jump straight to the upcoming speed dating events in Chicago.
The towns on this page
Oak Lawn, Evergreen Park, Alsip, Blue Island, Palos Heights and Palos Hills; Orland Park, Tinley Park, Mokena, Frankfort, New Lenox, Lemont, Lockport and Joliet; Homewood, Flossmoor, Matteson, Olympia Fields, Lansing and Calumet City; and Hammond, Gary, Munster, Highland, Schererville, Merrillville, Crown Point, Valparaiso and Michigan City in Indiana.
Upcoming speed dating events in ChicagoWhere the events happen
Restaurants near Orland Square, the pubs of downtown Tinley Park and Frankfort, Homewood's downtown strip, and the newer bars and breweries around Munster, Schererville and Valparaiso. We choose rooms with a reserved area and a manageable volume so every five minutes count.
Who you'll meet
Nurses and teachers, tradespeople, police and fire, people who work downtown and take the Rock Island or the South Shore Line home, and small-business owners who never get out on a weeknight. Every night is organized by age range so you meet people at a similar stage of life.