The block is alive.
Most maps don't know it yet.

Gatherground reads what's actually happening in your city: every event, gathering, and institution. It puts it all on one living map, in real time.

We've started in San Francisco. Sign up to catch what's happening around you before anyone else, and help shape what we build next.

We help surface what's already taking root, the spaces and experiences people would actually care about.

Not a feed sorted by who paid the most to be seen.

Most apps show you whatever's ticketed, trending, or technically nearby. Gatherground starts from what you're actually into, then surfaces what's genuinely happening around it: the show three blocks away nobody promoted, the market you didn't know was on, the room your people are already in.

Gatherground turns real activity into a map you can trust.

No check-ins to fake, no listings to buy. Not just what's considered trendy. Just what's actually going on.

It senses the neighborhood

Gatherground continuously senses what's happening around the neighborhood and cleans it up, so the same show doesn't show up five different ways.

It figures out what's worth your time

Every gathering gets weighed against what's real, what's genuinely taking root, and what actually fits you, not just what got posted loudest.

It puts it on the map, plainly

One card per gathering: what it is, who it's for, how to get there. Tap to RSVP. No ten-tab detour to figure out if it's worth going.

Live music
Cumbia night
9PM · Mission St · Small group

There was always something deeper.

This is bigger than any one map: urban life feels most alive when it feels connected, the small, ordinary threads that make up the fabric of a place. What really happens in a space. That's what we're building toward.

This is why we built it. What started as a seedling, a side project drawing thousands of organic interests on the initial prototype, grew into something much larger, because there was much greater impact we could make.

Read more on the physical observability thesis →

"I just moved here and Gatherground has been so helpful discovering what's happening around me more seamlessly."

New to SF
Moved here recently

"I found out about a show three blocks from my apartment that I'd have never seen otherwise."

Mission neighbor
Lives on Valencia St

"People started showing up who'd never heard of us before."

Venue owner
Mission St

Not what's popular. What's actually visible.

We're not ranking who's loudest. We're making a neighborhood legible, what's really happening, block by block.

We've already partnered with the cultural spaces keeping their block alive.

Long before there was a map, there were rooms doing the work: deep-history cultural institutions and businesses carrying decades of neighborhood life, some of them one bad month from closing. We've partnered with spaces like these from the start.

It's okay to be skeptical of another map app.

Isn't this just another events app?+
Most events apps only show what was posted to them. Gatherground is built around a neighborhood, not a feed. It surfaces what's actually gaining momentum, including things nobody thought to list anywhere.
What are you doing with my data?+
We don't track individuals, and we don't sell data for enforcement use.
Where are you available?+
We're rolling out gradually. Join early access and we'll let you know the moment you're in.
Is it free?+
Yes, early access is free, no credit card required.
Can I suggest a venue or gathering?+
Yes. Flag it through the early access form, we're always looking for real local activity we might have missed.
I run a venue and events, can I be listed?+
Yes. Reach out through the early access form and note that you're a venue, we're onboarding partners as we grow.
I'm an event or venue operator, can I schedule a demo?+
Yes. Email hello@gatherground.io and we'll set up time to walk you through it.

Come see the block the way it actually lives.

Early access is open now. Join today and we'll let you know the moment you're in.

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