Speed Dating

What is Speed Dating?

Speed Dating first took place in the USA in 1998. During a Speed Dating event men and women are rotated around the room for a series of short 'dates' which usually last from three to ten minutes depending on the organisers and the event. At the end of the allotted time the event organisers will ring a bell or press a buzzer to signal to everyone participating that they are to move on the next 'date'.

The idea is to meet a number of other singles and get quickly aquainted, get enough of an experience with the other person to know if you want to see the person again. At the end of the event everyone hands to the organisers their response sheets which has who they would like their contact information given to. The contact information is only sent out if there is a match and both parties are requested their information be given to the other.

Case Study

At a Fast Match speed dating event, hundreds of Australian singles in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Fremantle, Hobart, Launceston, Darwin, Gold Coast, Cairns, Newcastle, Wollongong, Canberra, Geelong, Sunshine Coast, Cairns, Townsville...and lots more, get together every week to spend 6 minutes 'speed dating' with each other before moving along to meet the next person - it's fast, fun and a great way to meet and chat to up to 12 singles in one night.

For those of you that may think speed dating sounds too daunting, it's not! - 80% of people attending speed dating events are first timers, so there's nothing to fear; and besides, even if you came with a friend, you wouldn't get a chance to talk to each other till the end of the night because you are too busy speed dating with up to 12 other singles!! So coming to speed dating events by yourself is not only cool, but safe, fun and perfectly practical.

If you are looking to find a date, meet your perfect match, or just build your circle of friends, then speed dating is the quickest way to meet lots of singles, 'face to face', in one fun night! And, with our Fast Match Guarantee, if you don't make a date or friendship match with anyone, you can come along to the next event for FREE!

We have an 87% match up rate so Fast Match speed dating does work ... and we are now doing Speed Networking also so professionals and businesses can also meet each other.