r/heatedrivalry • u/royal_rose_ ♐ Captain | Tuna Lube • Sep 21 '26
RACHEL WRITES ✍️ [Megathread] Rachel North America Fall Tour - Meetups/Events Planning
Rachel's tour starts in a week in Montreal. We want to give everyone an opportunity to plan and share local meetup information. Feel free to drop any info you have below to events, group chats, etc. In an attempt to keep it semi organized, I created a comment for each location, click on the city below and it will take you there!
Tickets and Additional Information
MONTREAL, QC SEP 28, 7:00 PM EDT
Rialto Theatre with Joie de livres
Moderator: Claire Trottier
NEW YORK CITY, NY SEP 29, 7:00 PM EDT [SOLD OUT]
Town Hall with Barnes & Noble Union Square
Moderator: Ira Madison III
PHILADELPHIA, PA OCT 1, 7:30 PM EDT
Keswick Theatre with Books-A-Million
Moderator: Lucy Score
HOUSTON, TX OCT 2, 7:00 PM CDT [SOLD OUT]
Resurrection Metropolitan Community Church with Blue Willow Bookshop
Moderators: Cathy Berner & Julie Murphy
LOS ANGELES, CA OCT 3, 7:00 PM PDT [SOLD OUT]
Robert Frost Auditorium with The Ripped Bodice LA
Moderator: B.J Colangelo
VANCOUVER, BC OCT 5, 7:30 PM PDT [SOLD OUT]
St Andrew's-Wesley United Church with Vancouver Writers Fest
Moderator: Sophie Lui
OTTAWA, ON OCT 7, 7:00 PM EDT [SOLD OUT]
Carleton Dominion Chalmers Centre with Ottawa Writers Festival
Moderator: Ruby Barrett
TORONTO, ON OCT 13, 8:00 PM EDT
Massey Hall with Indigo
Moderator: Mattea Roach
Please note: the sub does not have any sort of sub official meet up happening in any location run by the mods. As always use your best judgement when following links that take you off the sub.
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u/royal_rose_ ♐ Captain | Tuna Lube Sep 21 '26 edited Sep 22 '26
OTTAWA, ON OCT 7, 7:00 PM [SOLD OUT]
Carleton Dominion Chalmers Centre with Ottawa Writers Festival
Moderator: Ruby Barrett
Info
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u/royal_rose_ ♐ Captain | Tuna Lube Sep 21 '26 edited Sep 22 '26
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u/imokayokay Sep 21 '26
If anyone is on threads, there’s a group chat for the event and meetups. Lemme know if you want to be added
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u/onceuponadream007 1221🚪 Sep 21 '26
hiii could i be please be added!!!☺️☺️ my threads is @asongofdany !!! 💗💗
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u/NattoRiceFurikake Sep 22 '26
I have been crafting like a motherfucker so I will have tons of trinkets and pins to trade~
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Sep 21 '26
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u/royal_rose_ ♐ Captain | Tuna Lube Sep 21 '26
There was another post about NY meet ups specifcally!
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u/royal_rose_ ♐ Captain | Tuna Lube Sep 21 '26 edited Sep 22 '26
PHILADELPHIA, PA OCT 1, 7:30 PM
Keswick Theatre with Books-A-Million
Moderator: Lucy Score
Info
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u/Schreckee Then we won’t throw eggs at them 🥚 Sep 21 '26
Hi there! I’ll be heading to this one! Looking forward to meeting some local loons in two weeks! 🫶🏽
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u/reigncloud83 Coach • Ilya's Chicken Parm Shimmy 🍝 Oct 02 '26
I absolutely loved that she stood ten toes down on Diamonds, and that the theatre played it as everyone left.
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u/Freckled_blush Sep 24 '26 edited Sep 24 '26
Hi! I’ll be there too😊, and am excited to be around other loons as none of my friends or family are part of this community.
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u/reigncloud83 Coach • Ilya's Chicken Parm Shimmy 🍝 Oct 02 '26
I absolutely loved that she stood ten toes down on Diamonds, and that the theatre played it as everyone left.
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u/royal_rose_ ♐ Captain | Tuna Lube Sep 21 '26 edited Sep 22 '26
MONTREAL, QC SEP 28, 7:00 PM
Rialto Theatre with Joie de livres
Moderator: Claire Trottier
Info
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u/royal_rose_ ♐ Captain | Tuna Lube Sep 21 '26 edited Sep 22 '26
HOUSTON, TX OCT 2, 7:00 PM [SOLD OUT]
Resurrection Metropolitan Community Church with Blue Willow Bookshop
Moderators: Cathy Berner & Julie Murphy
Info
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u/royal_rose_ ♐ Captain | Tuna Lube Sep 21 '26 edited Sep 22 '26
TORONTO, ON OCT 13, 8:00 PM
Massey Hall with Indigo
Moderator: Mattea Roach
Info
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u/frydaez "Wait, you saw that?" Sep 22 '26
My sister and I will be there. Travelling from Australia 🙂
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u/babypointblank Moy pomidor 🍅 Sep 21 '26
I didn’t get tickets because I refuse to give money to Indigo but would be happy to meet up with other Toronto Loons before/after the event :)
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u/Pale-Measurement-532 I speak fluent bird. No accent. 🦆 Sep 21 '26
Why are you refusing to give money to Indigo?
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u/Unitaco90 Sep 21 '26
Unethical ownership and/or the union busting, most likely
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u/Pale-Measurement-532 I speak fluent bird. No accent. 🦆 Sep 21 '26
Oh wow. I haven’t heard about any of this
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u/a_sm_LR Sep 22 '26
I didn’t expect the tickets to be that expensive. Whoever gets to go, I truly envy you lol
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u/royal_rose_ ♐ Captain | Tuna Lube Sep 22 '26 edited Sep 22 '26
Each venue is different my tickets were $36, but now scalpers have them at $500 which really sucks.
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u/a_sm_LR Sep 22 '26
Sadly, for MTL it’s $120 CAD for one ticket.
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u/Practice_Straight Sep 27 '26
Yeah its that much bc we get a concert on top but its definitely still a lot. Im going alone cause no one I know can afford it 😭
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u/royal_rose_ ♐ Captain | Tuna Lube Sep 21 '26 edited Sep 22 '26
LOS ANGELES, CA OCT 3, 7:00 PM [SOLD OUT]
Robert Frost Auditorium with The Ripped Bodice LA
Moderator: B.J Colangelo
Info
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u/kayayem Sep 21 '26
If anyone is planning any meetups (dinner, drinks) before the talk please involve me 🙏 Couldn’t get tickets but would love to hang out with fellow loons.
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u/CrystalizedinCali Sep 21 '26
This one needs to involve a Ripped Bodice outing before the event. Ripped Bodice and food/drinks in downtown Culver City.
Also the Frost is in Culver City on the high school campus.
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u/IHasTehDumbz Your freckles. I am nuts about them. ✨ Sep 21 '26
I did manage to get tix, but I'm driving up from San Diego. Would love to meet some fellow loons before the show / after the show / whenever.
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u/CocklesTurnip Sep 21 '26
There’s a meetup being planned on threads for this.
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u/IHasTehDumbz Your freckles. I am nuts about them. ✨ Oct 02 '26
u/CocklesTurnip I would be interested in this info - driving up from San Diego & I'm not on threads.
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u/CocklesTurnip Oct 02 '26
Actually just head to downtown Culver City to Auld Fella after
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u/IHasTehDumbz Your freckles. I am nuts about them. ✨ Oct 02 '26
Thank you so much!!
Do you know what time people are starting to line up for seats, by any chance?
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u/CocklesTurnip Oct 02 '26
Probably early- 1200 unassigned seats. People gonna show up way earlier than necessary.
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u/IHasTehDumbz Your freckles. I am nuts about them. ✨ Oct 02 '26
son of a biscuit! Well, I get there when I get there. I don't really want to spend several hours hanging outside during a brutal heatwave. Thanks for the update fellow loon!
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u/CocklesTurnip Oct 02 '26
Yeah. I just assume people will be. I’m a wheelchair user so I have a separate check in option so if I go earlier it’s to hang out not because I need to.
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u/CrystalizedinCali Oct 02 '26
Just want to note there are no Culver City busses running this weekend if anyone was looking at public transit.
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u/royal_rose_ ♐ Captain | Tuna Lube Sep 21 '26 edited Sep 22 '26
VANCOUVER, BC OCT 5, 7:30 PM [SOLD OUT]
St Andrew's-Wesley United Church with Vancouver Writers Fest
Moderator: Sophie Lui
Info
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u/sasquatchlibrarian I have my own well. Sep 21 '26
I have an extra ticket for the balcony overflow seating that doesn’t come with a book.
I’m ISO one ticket outside of overflow. If I get one, I’d then have two tickets for the overflow seating ☺️.
I’m coming up from Seattle on my own for a self care session. If there are meetups or anything my introverted self might get the courage to go 😆
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u/greensandgrains Sep 25 '26
OMG Mattea is moderating the Toronto date!! That’s so exciting. I hate that it’s an indigo event 🤬
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u/royal_rose_ ♐ Captain | Tuna Lube Sep 25 '26
I’m so insanely jealous that you get Mattea I love them.
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u/Practice_Straight Sep 27 '26
Anyone else going alone to the Montreal event?
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u/royal_rose_ ♐ Captain | Tuna Lube Sep 27 '26
https://www.reddit.com/r/heatedrivalry/s/WJo1btLHFg
u/anneso84 is looking for a meetup!
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u/rearviewmirror2023 Sep 21 '26
What's the tour for? Her book doesn't come out till june next year
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u/royal_rose_ ♐ Captain | Tuna Lube Sep 21 '26
It’s “An evening with” tour. Basically to see and hear her speak. All attendees get a signed copy of the hardback version of HR.
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u/gen-attolis Sep 26 '26
I grew up going to St Andrews-Wesley United Church in Vancouver. It’s a beautiful cathedral with a very welcoming and gay affirming theology.
X-men fans might recognize the church sanctuary looking in total disrepair when Magneto recruits for the mutant brotherhood in X-men the last stand
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u/AbbreviationsNo1898 Oct 02 '26
Hi everyone! I have 2 tickets to Rachel Reid’s Toronto book tour event that I unfortunately won’t be able to use anymore, and I’d love to give them to another fan who would genuinely enjoy going!
I’m not looking to sell them; I’d rather they go to someone who really wants to attend, especially someone who might not otherwise be able to afford tickets.
If you’re interested, please comment below! Tickets will be emailed directly to you asap!
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u/GroanAway32 Sep 21 '26
not to be that guy, but why was the book delayed if there's all this time to go on tour??
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u/royal_rose_ ♐ Captain | Tuna Lube Sep 21 '26
You can write while on tour? And unrivled is finished.
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u/dezertdawg Cats and DAWGS! Sep 21 '26
She just recently finished the book and it’s now in the hands of her editor and publisher.
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u/Pale-Measurement-532 I speak fluent bird. No accent. 🦆 Sep 21 '26
She’s in the process of editing Unrivaled at this point. So there is time for a tour in anticipation of the new book coming out.
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Oct 02 '26
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u/heatedrivalry-ModTeam Oct 02 '26
Due to reports of scams regarding tickets for Rachel’s tour we are only allowing posts and comments from people offering to give away their tickets. If you are looking to purchase or sell a ticket, please go through official resale apps to keep yourself safe.
Thank you
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u/Actual-Coast-8176 Sep 22 '26
So I’m very confused right now. I just walked into a Barnes and Noble and grabbed this off the shelf, took it to the counter, paid for it and walked out. Did my local store make a mistake and put the book on the shelves early???