Seacoast Stories
A dinner series where podcast listeners became a real-life community
Launched on River: July 16, 2025
What happens when a podcast about local stories turns into a platform for real connection? That’s what Troy from Seacoast Stories set out to explore—by bringing listeners face-to-face for the first time. With the help of Dinner Club, the team created dinner experiences that transformed audience members into a tightly connected community.
Troy's announcement for Seacoast Stories Dinner Club:
Here’s how it works: listeners take a short quiz, and Dinner Club’s persona engine matches them with five other locals for a curated dinner conversation. The result? Small tables across downtown Portsmouth filled with six strangers who feel like old friends. The evenings wrap up with a surprise cocktail gathering where the entire group comes together to toast to community, conversation, and stories that matter.
Best of all? The River platform powers the full experience—from matchmaking to coordination—so the Seacoast Stories team can focus on what they do best: sparking meaningful connection on and off the mic.
At the time of announcing Seacoast Stories Dinner Club, Troy had 4.5k Instagram followers. At the first dinner club outing, he filled 7 tables of 6, selling 41 seats and earning $459 in revenue.
Interested in monetizing meaningfully with your own branded dinner club? Book a demo.
“Dinners help me monetize while offering an incredible community experience—without me having to be there or create exclusive content.”
Troy Farkas
Creator of Seacoast Stories
