Now onboarding founding venues

The next full table in your neighbourhood is already being planned.

CrowdSurge turns local hosts' plans — dinners, beach days, movie nights, birthday groups — into locked-in gatherings of three or more, before anyone's picked up the phone. List your venue and be the place they choose.

3+people confirmed before you're ever contacted
1verified host accountable per group
0POS or booking integration required
New group headed your way
Beach volleyball afterparty · Fri, 8:30 PM
5 confirmed guests
New group headed your way
Book club dinner · Sat, 7:00 PM

Foot traffic is a gamble. Organized groups aren't.

Without CrowdSurge

A flyer or an ad might bring someone through the door. Maybe. Alone, maybe just browsing, maybe deciding at the last second to go somewhere else instead.

With CrowdSurge

A group already has three or more people who said yes to going out together — before they've picked where. You get discovered at exactly that moment, with a headcount attached.

Built for the places groups actually pick

If people already gather there, there's a host out there planning to bring a group.

Restaurants & bars

Group dinners and pre-plans that fill tables without a phone reservation.

Breweries & taprooms

Casual meetups where a bigger group means a longer tab.

Bowling & rec

Lanes and rinks that need a group to make sense to book at all.

Theatres & cinemas

A block of seats that's already sold before showtime.

Escape rooms & arcades

Experiences that need a minimum headcount, delivered pre-formed.

Cafes & dessert spots

The stop after the plan, when the group's already together.

How it works, from your side

No dashboard to learn on day one, no contract to sign to try it.

01

List your venue

Add your space, hours, and what makes it good for a group. Takes a few minutes, no POS integration.

02

Hosts discover you

CrowdSurge surfaces your venue to hosts already planning something in your city and category.

03

The group locks in

Once three or more people confirm, you get the headcount — before anyone walks in.

04

They show up together

A group that already said yes, not a hopeful maybe on a Friday night.

Early access

Join as a founding partner

The venue side of CrowdSurge is still being built — which means the businesses who join now help shape it, and get to it first.

01 · COST

Free while we build

Founding partners list at no cost while the full partner platform comes together. We'll show you real pricing before it ever applies to you.

02 · PLACEMENT

First in line

Priority placement when city directories launch in your area — founding partners aren't backfilled in later.

03 · ACCESS

A direct line to the team

You're talking to the people building this, not a support ticket queue.

Questions, answered plainly

What does it cost to list my venue?

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Nothing right now. Founding partners join free while we build out the venue platform — we'll walk you through real pricing before it ever applies to you, not after.

Do I need to integrate my POS or reservation system?

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No. Listing your venue takes a few minutes and works alongside whatever systems you already use.

What if a "group" doesn't actually show up?

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Every host on CrowdSurge is a verified member, and a plan only ever reaches you once three or more people have confirmed — not just RSVP'd "maybe."

Which cities are you in?

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Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa, Halifax, and Winnipeg to start — and expanding based on where founding partners are.

Is this only for restaurants?

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Not at all. Any public place suited to a group gathering fits — bars, rec centres, theatres, escape rooms, cafes.
Get started

Tell us about your venue

A real person on the CrowdSurge team will reach out — no bots, no auto-drip campaign.

Prefer email? Reach the team directly at partners@crowdsurge.ca.