The end of the year is fast approaching and 2020 is just around the corner.
Next year is going to be a big year for Steem with Hive Communities and SMTs coming on stream.
Now is a great time to start planning and to start networking to take full advantage of the new opportunities that will be coming on Steem in the next few months. Getting involved with a local meetup is a great way to make a start.
Coming up before the end of the year there is the SteemPhilly / Splinterlands Meetup being organised by 
In Australia 
Anyone else organising any Christmas or New Year Steem events?
Meetup.com
Meetup.com can be a great tool for organising Steem meetups particularly for bringing in new people that are not already involved in Steem.
There are 17 Steem Meetup groups listed around the world... Austin, Belgrade, Berlin, Hamburg, Los Angeles, Louisville CO, Munich, Nairobi, New York, Nürnberg, Olympia WA, Philadelphia, Montreal Québec, San Bernardino CA, Seoul, Toronto, Zürich...
Unfortunately many of the meetup groups appear to be inactive now. If anyone lives in any of the inactive areas I would love to hear from you if you might be able to help reactivate the sleeping groups...
Calendar of Steem Meetups & Events
24 NOVEMBER 2019 - USA, PORTLAND - PORTLAND STEEM MEETUP
- regular meetups most Sundays
8pm - midnight - beginning of SE Salmon Street & Portland Waterfront
[ what3words.com address ... stocks.monday.inches ]
27 NOVEMBER 2019 - PHILIPPINES, DAVAO CITY - STEEM PHILIPPINES MEETUP
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- regular meetups every Wednesday - 5pm - 8pm - SM Ecoland, Davao City - Twitter
_ph / Facebook http://steem.ph
- Steem Philippines | 12th Official Meet up in SM Ecoland Davao City
[ what3words.com address ... already.worm.tens ]
28 NOVEMBER 2019 - AUSTRALIA, ADELAIDE - STEEM MONTHLY MEETUP
[ what3words.com address ... healers.elbow.shack ]
28 NOVEMBER 2019 - UKRAINE - STEEM over KYIV #1 MEETUP
- 6pm, Ципа Taphouse, Yaroslaviv Val, 16, Kyiv, 01034
- Contact
- https://www.facebook.com/events/1438182519667977/
4 DECEMBER 2019 - USA, PHILADELPHIA - STEEMPHILLY / SPLINTERLANDS MEETUP
- With
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- 6.30pm-10pm, Irish Pub / 2007 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA
- SteemPhilly / Splinterlands Meetup - Dec. 4th
- https://www.meetup.com/steemphilly/events/266413028/
14 DECEMBER 2019 - AUSTRALIA, ADELAIDE - STEEM BBQ
- End of year plans for Adelaide steemsters
? DECEMBER 2019 - NIGERIA, OGUN - STEEM MEETUP
- Contact
- My plan for Ogun steem meetup 2019
11 JANUARY 2020 - GERMANY, KARLSRUHE - ONE LIFE CELEBRATION
- Steem music event &
's birthday party
24 JANUARY 2020 - GERMANY, STUTTGART - STEEM MEETUP & WORKSHOP
- Meetup Stuttgart - Steem erklären, Training und neue User
- https://www.meetup.com/Altcoin-Krypto-Asset-Stuttgart/events/261646445
25 JANUARY 2020 - USA, OLYMPIA WA - HOW TO STEEM MEETUP
- Regular monthly meetup - 4th Saturday of every month - 2pm - 3pm - The Green Lady Shoppe, 3044 Pacific Ave SE, Olympia, WA
- https://www.meetup.com/Olympia-Steem-Meetup/events/xvmsnpyznbjc/
20 APRIL 2020 - USA, PORTLAND - STEEMITSMOKEOUT
15 - 17 MAY 2020 - GERMANY, HAMBURG - D.TUBE FORUM 2020
20 JUNE 2020 - USA, PORTLAND - STEEM CANNA FEST 2
- Contact
for more information
- Steem Canna Fest 2! June 20th, 2020. 5:30pm
26 - 28 JUNE 2020 - JAMAICA, NEGRIL - REGGAESTEEM JAHM FEST
Events in the early planning stage...
Meetups in the making...
If you know of any other Steem Meetups or Events not included on the calendar please do put the details in a comment below or message 