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Tulsa · Oklahoma City · Dallas
Speed Dating & Singles Events in Tulsa
New Story Brewing601 East 4Th Street , Tulsa, OK
Friday, October 307:00 PM – 9:00 PM
✓ 100% match guarantee✓ Secure checkout✓ Free SPARK quiz included
Beyond The Sparks runs compatibility-matched singles events across Tulsa, Oklahoma City, and Dallas — with Arkansas next. Take the free 5-minute SPARK quiz first, and we build each guest list around the results, so you walk in with a real match already waiting. It's the quieter, smarter alternative to speed dating and the dating apps — no swiping, no rooms full of strangers who were never going to fit. Every guest is pre-screened for compatibility against everyone else attending, which is how we guarantee you leave with at least one real match, every single event.
100% match guarantee5-min quiz, freeTulsa · OKC · Dallas in person
On apps, you spend the first three months figuring out if you want the same things. We knew that before we even sat down.
The event gave us both a reason to be in the same room. The night did the rest.
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The Process
How It Works
1Take the SPARK QuizFree, 5-minute compatibility quiz. 24 questions across four dimensions of personality and relationship style.
2Get Pre-MatchedWe use your SPARK profile to build the event guest list — every attendee is already compatible with at least one other guest.
3Attend the EventCome to the event venue for a warm, structured evening of real conversations with compatible people.
4Leave with a Match100% of guests leave with at least one match. Most get 2 or 3. It's not luck — it's by design.Step photos via Pexels (Pexels License)
The Format
Speed Dating in Tulsa, Reimagined
Traditional speed dating in Tulsa puts you across the table from whoever turns up. We do the matchmaking before the night — every guest at our Tulsa singles events has been pre-screened against the rest of the room using the SPARK quiz, so the short, structured conversations you have are with people who actually fit. Closer to a curated matchmaking service than a singles mixer, but warmer than either.
Why We Exist
The apps taught a generation to swipe — and forgot to teach them how to meet.
Beyond The Sparks was built to undo that. We match on compatibility before you ever walk in the door, then put you in a real room with real people who already fit. No endless scrolling. No ghosting. No guessing. Just a warm, structured evening engineered so every single guest leaves with someone worth knowing.
Proof it works
Recent events
Real nights we've run — every guest walked in matched. See the photos.
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Meet your match, not another app
Every guest takes our free SPARK compatibility quiz, so the room is already matched to you — and everyone leaves with at least one real connection.
No apps. No swiping.Matched before you arriveAt least one match, guaranteed
Matched before you arrive
Every guest takes the free 24-question SPARK quiz across four compatibility dimensions. We build the guest list around who fits you — so you're never working a blank room.
At least one match, guaranteedGuaranteed
You'll never leave empty-handed. Every guest is guaranteed at least one compatible match for the night — a promise the apps and the bar scene can't make.
Come solo, feel at ease
Most people arrive alone and a little nervous — that's normal. The night is lightly structured so conversation just happens: no cold approaches, no standing in a corner.
A night out, not a $5,000 fee
Professional matchmakers run $1,700 to $6,500 and up. This is real compatibility matching for the price of dinner and drinks — a night out that could actually work.
Local, and actually single
Everyone in the room is single, nearby, and here for the same reason you are. Meet people across Tulsa and Oklahoma City you'd never cross paths with otherwise.
One night, several matches
You're not betting a whole evening on one date. In a single night you meet several people the quiz flagged as compatible — real options, not one roll of the dice.
A curated, balanced room
Every guest list is capped and balanced, so it's a room you can actually work — enough people to have options, not a packed bar where you never meet anyone.
Take the free SPARK quiz — we’ll match you to your next event.
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One last step
Ready to Find Your Match?
Take the free SPARK quiz to join the guest list for our next event. It takes 5 minutes and guarantees your spot in a compatibility-matched event.
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Frequently Asked Questions
About our Tulsa dating events and the SPARK matching process.
Every guest takes the free SPARK compatibility quiz before the event. We use those results to build a guest list where every single person already shares strong compatibility with at least one other attendee. On the night, you meet your pre-matched introductions in short, structured conversations at the event venue — no random swiping, no awkward small talk roulette.
Each event lists its exact venue and address on its own page above. Our Tulsa events are currently hosted at Cabin Boys Brewpub in the Tulsa Arts District, and we also run events in Oklahoma City and Dallas — with Arkansas launching soon. Every venue is a warm, conversation-friendly space.
It is speed dating with the matching done in advance. Traditional speed dating in Tulsa puts you across the table from whoever shows up. Compatibility matching uses a personality and relationship-style assessment — for us, the SPARK quiz — to decide in advance who is genuinely worth introducing you to, so the conversations you have are with people who actually fit.
Yes. The quiz is free, takes about five minutes, and is what makes the pre-matching possible. Without it we cannot place you on the guest list, because we will not know who in the room is compatible with you.
Yes. Because every guest is pre-screened for compatibility against the rest of the guest list, every attendee walks in with at least one match already waiting. Most guests leave with two or three. If for any reason you do not, your next event is on us.
Speed dating in Tulsa traditionally rotates you through every single person in the room — fast first impressions, mostly random. Beyond The Sparks keeps the short, structured conversation format, but the guest list itself is the work. We use the SPARK quiz to build a room where every introduction is already a compatibility match on paper, so you are not burning a whole evening on conversations that were never going to fit.
Both, in a sense. We are not a one-to-one matchmaking service that charges thousands of dollars to find you a partner. We are an event-based matchmaking layer: the SPARK quiz does the compatibility work, and our monthly Tulsa singles events are where those matches actually meet in person. Closer to a curated dating service than an app, closer to a singles event than a traditional matchmaker.
Upcoming events are listed at the top of this page with date, time, and ticket link. We run roughly one event per month in Tulsa, plus occasional events in Oklahoma City. Take the free SPARK quiz to be added to the early-access list — quiz-takers see new events before they go public.
Yes — Beyond The Sparks runs monthly dating events near you in Tulsa, Oklahoma, hosted at welcoming venues across the metro, including the Tulsa Arts District. If you are in Oklahoma City, we also run occasional events there. Both are listed at the top of this page; take the free SPARK quiz to be matched into the next one closest to you.