Join the Medellin Guru Events & Discussion Forum on Facebook with over 3,400 members. We look at 9 reasons to join this popular Medellín Facebook group. Medellin Guru launched the Medellin Guru Events & Discussion Forum on Facebook in July 2018.
Many readers of the Medellin Guru website asked that we start having Medellin Guru meetups and also provide a discussion forum for readers.
This Facebook group is intended for the readers and followers of Medellin Guru and other expats and readers interested in sharing experiences and ideas about living in Medellín and visiting Medellín and Colombia.
Also, before the coronavirus pandemic we held the largest monthly Medellin Guru meetups in Medellín where you had the opportunity to interact with the Medellin Guru writers and other expats in Medellín. Our first official Medellin Guru meetup was in August 2018 and our last one was in February 2020 with over 200 attendees. We plan to resume this meetups in the near future.
We also welcome discussions in this Medellin Guru Facebook group. And you will be able to ask questions via this group to the Medellin Guru writers and other experienced expats living in Medellín.
Join the Medellin Guru Events & Discussion Forum on Facebook.
Before the pandemic we held the largest monthly Medellin Guru meetups in Medellín
9 Reasons to Join the Medellin Guru Forum
Here are nine reasons to join the Medellín Guru Events & Discussion Forum:
- Get your Medellín and Colombia questions answered. The Medellin Guru forum has many experienced expats living in Medellín that can answer your questions. Also, you won’t find real estate ads in this group.
- Share your experiences. Through this forum and the our meetups you can share your experiences and ideas about living in Medellín and visiting Medellín and Colombia.
- Make friends in Medellín. Attending meetups and joining a Facebook group are two ways for making friends in Medellín.
- Share your events with the Medellin Guru readership. Help get the word out about events in Medellín to the Medellin Guru community with over 3,400 members.
- Find out about the Medellin Guru monthly events when we resume them. Before the pandemic we hosted the monthly Medellin Guru events where you could meet other expats. And these Medellin Guru meetups were the largest expat meetups in Medellin. We plan to resume our meetups in the near future.
- Over 90,000 monthly readers of Medellin Guru. The Medellin Guru website receives over 90,000 unique visitors each month. Many of these readers are expected to join the Medellin Guru Events & Discussion Forum.
- Over 16,900 Medellin Guru followers on Facebook. Medellin Guru has over 16,900 followers on Medellin Guru’s page on Facebook. This is more followers than any other English-language blog about Colombia.
- More new content on Medellin Guru than any other Colombia blog. In Medellin Guru’s first 3.5 years, we published over 615 articles from 19 authors, with a total of over 1.2 million words words and over 5,500 photos and videos. This is more content than was published on all other active Colombia blogs combined. All the new content published each month on Medellin Guru will continue to attract readers and new members of the Medellin Guru Events & Discussion Forum.
- Promote your business to expats. If you have a business catering to expats, you can promote your business via this forum with over 3,400 members. But only one post by a business is permitted every 15 days with a maximum of two posts per month.
You can join the Medellin Guru Events & Discussion Forum on Facebook.
Long-term Medellín residents can share their knowledge and help out those who are new to Medellín in our Facebook group and meetups when we resume them,
Medellin Guru’s Facebook Forum Rules
The Medellin Guru group on Facebook is actively moderated.
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- No swearing
- No politics
- No personal attacks
- No bullying
- No comments that break the law or encourage unlawful activity
- No real estate ads are permitted
- No spamming or over-posting is permitted. If promoting a business or event, only one post every 15 days is permitted with a maximum of two posts per month.
Please report anything that is inappropriate. Also, by commenting in this group, you are indicating that you have read, understand and agree to follow the group rules listed above.
Medellin Guru launches the Medellin Guru Events & Discussion Forum
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At the Medellin Guru November 2019 meetup at 20Mission Cerveza with over 210 attendees
Medellin Guru Meetup Events
We previously held 18 Medellin Guru meetups in Medellín before the coronavirus pandemic, which were the largest expat meetups in Medellín:
- August 2018 at Randy’s Sports Bar & Grill – over 70 attendees
- September 2018 at Medellin Beer Factory – over 90 attendees
- October 2018 at 20Mission Cerveza – over 90 attendees
- November 2018 at Medellin Beer Factory – over 120 attendees
- January 2019 at Medellin Beer Factory – over 170 attendees
- February 2019 at 20Mission Cerveza – over 175 attendees
- March 2019 at Medellin Beer Factory – over 170 attendees
- April 2019 at Mercado Del Tranvía in Envigado – over 140 attendees
- May 2019 at 20Mission Cerveza – over 180 attendees.
- June 2019 at Mercado Del Tranvía in Envigado – over 140 attendees.
- July 2019 at 20Mission Cerveza – over 190 attendees.
- August 2019 at Medellin Beer Factory – over 160 attendees.
- September 2019 at Mercado de Sabaneta – over 150 attendees.
- October 2019 at 20Mission Cerveza – over 185 attendees.
- November 2019 at 20Mission Cerveza – over 210 attendees.
- December 2019 at Mercado de Sabaneta – over 160 attendees.
- January 2020 at Mercado de Sabaneta – over 145 attendee in spite of the rain.
- February 2020 at Mercada De La Playa – over 200 attendees.
We plan to resume our meetup events in the near future but they will need to be much smaller events due to the pandemic.
The Bottom Line: Medellin Guru Events & Discussion Forum
Many readers of Medellin Guru asked for events and also a discussion forum. So, we launched the Medellin Guru Events & Discussion Forum over three years ago, which is popular with over 3,400 members.
This Facebook group is intended for the readers and followers of Medellin Guru and other expats and readers interested in sharing experiences and ideas about living in Medellín and visiting Medellín and Colombia.
You can join the Medellin Guru Events & Discussion Forum here – https://www.facebook.com/groups/2049770935285229/.
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Editors note: updated on February 28, 2020 to add all the Medellin Guru meetups to the article.
Editors note: update on March 13, 2021 with current information for March 2021.
14 thoughts on “9 Reasons to Join the Medellin Guru Events & Discussion Forum”
In my case the only drawback during the previous meetups was that I was unable to converse with anybody except the person immediately next to me. Some of the venues must operate on the assumption that if they pump up the volume then passersby will be drawn to the place on the assumption that that’s where all the action is. D’oh!
Congrats, look forward to you restarting your Medellin Guru meetup events.
Whats with expats flying to Colombia. Just had Oct flight cancelled.
International flights have resumed to and from Colombia but depends on the airline and location – https://medellinguru.com/international-flights/
Reportedly over 15,000 have come to Colombia since international flights resumed and 34 percent of these came for tourism.
Thinking about moving to Medellin in 3 years
I am Puerto Rican born an raised in ny
Although it is scary to think of living some where out of the US i like going to Colombia
Just looking at how to meet people and not get bored since i have worked all my life. Looking at
All website of Americans living in Colombia
This is a great idea to reunite all the people that wish to experience Colombia. They can get valuable feedback and information about the cities, places they can visit and what to expect in terms of culture.
Hi Henry, thanks. Many Medellin Guru readers asked that we start a discussion forum and also host Medellin Guru meetup events. So, we now have both.
Great! BTW did you see “My Colombia” half hour on CNN? Some good points… it didn’t mention you know who or his product. Bad… makes Colombia look like a bunch of accordion players and cowboys. We love our accordion players and Llaneros, but there was not word one on Medellin. Bogota and Cartagena were mentioned by name, nothing more, and Armenia. Dunno the point of ignoring our great cities. .
They did do a segment on Cali… Gee Salsa. Not much more.
Yes, I saw “My Colombia” on CNN and was not impressed. Here’s the video – https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2018/07/27/mycolombia-tradition-music-coffee-culture-dance-vision.cnn
Who watches CNN anymore
Thanks, I look forward to the first Medellin Guru meet up and plan to go. Any idea when this will be?
Hi Sam, the first Medellin Guru meetup is planned for Wednesday, August 8. An article with information about the meetup was published on July 30 – https://medellinguru.com/august-medellin-guru-meetup/
Jeff Excellent very good initiative ,to improve interact and share experiences. have my assistance when the forums are done