the space that
isn't work and
isn't home.
Third Space started because life was going away. Not in a dramatic way — just in the slow way it does when you become a parent, or hit a certain age, or change jobs, or move cities. The people you'd naturally meet drift off. The friendships get harder to make. And suddenly you're fine, but you haven't actually talked to anyone new in a while.
/public/team/iqra.jpgIqra Liaqat
Started Third Space after becoming a mother and realizing how quickly the world shrinks when your daily life changes. Built it because she didn't want anyone else to feel that shrink.
@thethirdspaceofficialIqra became a mother and noticed something she didn't have a name for at the time. The conversations that used to happen naturally — after work, in the gaps between things, at someone else's birthday — got harder to find. People she used to see weekly were suddenly people she texted happy birthday to.
The usual advice was to "join a mom's group" or "find your village." She tried. Most of it felt like being dropped into a room where everyone already knew each other from a group chat she wasn't in. It wasn't the connections she was missing — it was the kind of connection. Real ones. The kind that turn into friendships, into collaborations, into people who actually help you when your career needs a leg up or your week needs a reason to leave the house.
So she started Third Space. Not as a business at first — as an answer to a question. What does connection look like for people past the age where it just shows up?
The answer turned out to be pretty simple: put interesting people in a room together, give them a reason to talk, and don't be precious about what happens next. Some people became friends. Some people found collaborators. Some people just had a good Friday night. All of it counted.
"I started this because I was losing a version of my life and I didn't want anyone else to feel that loss in silence. The events are the excuse. The community is the point."
less "networking event"
more "third place"
A sociologist named Ray Oldenburg named it first — the third place is the café, the bar, the park where you actually end up talking to people. Not networking. Not small talk. The real conversations that turn into the relationships that turn into the rest of your life. That's the whole brief.
For new parents
Who lost a chunk of their social life the day the baby arrived and want it back without the pressure of a playgroup.
For career-pivoting adults
Who moved cities, switched industries, or went freelance and realized their entire network needs rebuilding from scratch.
For the just-curious
Who aren't in a life transition at all but want to meet people who do interesting things on a Tuesday night.
For the lonely-on-Sunday-night crowd
Who are fine but haven't had an unscripted conversation in a while. No agenda needed. Just show up.
Always different
We never run the same event twice the same way. The crowd, the room, the night — all of it shifts.
Show up awkward
First time? You'll be fine. We've all been the new person. The point is being there, not performing.
Show up again
The people who keep showing up — they're the ones we make space for. Consistency beats networking.
how an evening works
- 1.Pick an event that sounds like a version of your week you'd like to have. Open mic, vinyl club, workshop, sundowner — there's no wrong door.
- 2.Pay and send proof. Bank transfer, JazzCash, EasyPaisa — whatever's easiest. Upload a screenshot. We confirm within a few hours.
- 3.Show up. Get your QR ticket. Walk in. Find the people, the conversation, the whatever-you-needed-this-week kind of moment.