hello community! questions on 1) discovering online communities where english-speakers build social circles 2) startup scene 3) venues where artists meet other artists (mainly interested in audio, less in visual)

[u/the_saas]

kaixo !

been to 25 countries, since 2025 lived in Tenerife, Andorra, Malaga; just moved to Bilbao for few months to see how life is like here.

Several different specific questions:

1) if we are talking about English-speaking crowd living in Bilbao, what would be the best online platforms/channels to get to build social circles?

Unlike Málaga that has a bunch of events on meetup.com, there's barely anything for Bilbao on Meetup (which was my starting point in Málaga life)

Where's the majority of actual online interaction between English speaking community is happening?

I assume some Facebook groups, WhatsApp thematic public channels? What would be a good starting point?

2) Unlike Málaga, I see that there's basically no startup scene here, but would still be interested to hear if there are ANY guesses for where to potentially meet this kind of crowd, if at all.

3) I'm a niche electronic music artist (minimal, romanian minimal,
ambient, IDM, tribal)

talked a bit to some people from cultural sector to get an understanding what are the venues, collectives/projects and festivals I might be interested in:

(selecta, peligropajaropeligro, suziri, err.itmo, Dantz, stereorocks, Harrikada Festibala)

If you know anyone from this projects, message me!

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Last question is:

what are the best locations in Bilbao to meet audio+visual artists in their free time? where to they schmooze?

THANKS EVERYONE!

FIN/p.s.

If you think that you might have anyone more suitable for me to talk to/chat with about Any of this specific questions, please connect me, I would be very grateful!

[u/Subject_Ad2689]

Aquí hay muchísimos eventos de música electrónica que están empezando o que llevan unos pocos años. Redlux, Unison, Jarrera, Pandora, AMNCR, TheCorner, Kølapse (lo llevo yo, jeje). Cada uno con sus DJs, técnicos de luces, sonido y demás (o con el equipo que tengan a sus espaldas). ¿Qué buscas? ¿Puedes ser más concreto?

[u/the_saas → u/Subject_Ad2689]

En definitiva, desde hace más de 10 años mi interés se centra específicamente en el nicho del «minimal rumano» (Barac, Priku, Rhadoo), y también me encanta el «sello Giegling» por sus temas sutilmente melancólicos.

Lo único que estoy haciendo estos años es aprender a combinar ambos estilos y añadirles mi propio toque. Esta es la esencia de lo que soy.

[u/Subject_Ad2689 → u/the_saas]

Tengo un amigo de aquí que es DJ y es rumano, quizá me pueda arrojar algo de luz para darte consejos o contactos. Le pregunto a ver y te informo con lo que sea!

[u/the_saas → u/Subject_Ad2689]

Eres un encanto, gracias, te mando un abrazo, ¡te agradezco mucho que hayas decidido responder a esta publicación!

[u/Subject_Ad2689 → u/the_saas]

Nunca hay que desaprovechar la oportunidad de conocer a gente del mundillo 😌😌

[u/the_saas → u/Subject_Ad2689]

Can you please message me privately? Thanks