# Racket birthday party and meet-up! Saturday, 7 February 2026 at 18:00 UTC **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** event, meet-up\ **Created:** [January 18, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/racket-birthday-party-and-meet-up-saturday-7-february-2026-at-18-00-utc/4085 "2026-01-18T17:07:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![spdegabrielle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/spdegabrielle/32/95_2.png) [@spdegabrielle](https://racket.discourse.group/u/spdegabrielle)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/racket-birthday-party-and-meet-up-saturday-7-february-2026-at-18-00-utc/4085/1 "2026-01-18T17:07:25Z")
_ **Everyone is welcome** _ to join us for the :racket: **Racket birthday party and meet-up** : Saturday, 7 February 2026 at 18:00 UTC In your timezone: 2026-02-07T18:00:00Z. ([converter](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20260207T180000&p1=tz_pt&p2=tz_mt&p3=tz_ct&p4=tz_et&p5=1440&p6=136&p7=204&p8=49)). At this meet-up: - 26 Jan 1995 🎂 - Show and tell - News & rumours - AOB This meet-up will be held at [https://meet.jit.si/Racketmeet-up](https://meet.jit.si/Racketmeet-up) _Racket meet-ups are on the first Saturday of EVERY Month at 18:00 UTC_ > [@dominik.pantucek](#): > > And remember - showing up at Racket Meetups helps you learn the news of the Racket world as they happen! It is informative, it is interesting, it is helpful, it is greatly appreciated by everyone involved and it is fun! 30 minutes but can overrun (it usually lasts ~1hr) EVERYONE WELCOME 😁 Stephen :beetle: * * * Spread the word! Share this announcement on social media: ```scheme Racket birthday party and meet-up: Saturday, 7 February 2026 at 18:00 UTC EVERYONE WELCOME 😁 Announcement, Jitsi Meet link & discussion at https://racket.discourse.group/t/racket-birthday-party-and-meet-up-saturday-7-february-2026-at-18-00-utc/4085 ``` Meet-up announcements are tagged #meet-up RSS: [Racket Discourse - Topics tagged meet-up](https://racket.discourse.group/tag/meet-up.rss) * * * [![Racket Discourse](https://img.shields.io/discourse/users?label=Discuss%20on%20Racket%20Discourse&logo=racket&server=https%3A%2F%2Fracket.discourse.group)](https://racket.discourse.group/invites/VxkBcXY7yL) [![Racket Discord](https://img.shields.io/discord/571040468092321801?label=Chat%20on%20Racket%20Discord&logo=racket)](https://discord.gg/6Zq8sH5) [![Mastodon Follow](https://img.shields.io/mastodon/follow/110503403357821549?domain=https%3A%2F%2Ffunctional.cafe&logo=racket&label=@racketlang@functional.cafe)](https://functional.cafe/@racketlang) [![Follow Racket on Bluesky](https://img.shields.io/badge/Bluesky-0285FF?logo=bluesky&logoColor=fff&label=Racket%20on&color=0285FF)](https://bsky.app/profile/racket-lang.org) [![chat](https://img.shields.io/badge/zulip-join_chat-brightgreen.svg)](https://racket.zulipchat.com/) [Racket Calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=a6a7g9sg739gjfeak6ilkh8fdc%40group.calendar.google.com) https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=a6a7g9sg739gjfeak6ilkh8fdc%40group.calendar.google.com&rm=minimal ---
**Author:** ![spdegabrielle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/spdegabrielle/32/95_2.png) [@spdegabrielle](https://racket.discourse.group/u/spdegabrielle)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/racket-birthday-party-and-meet-up-saturday-7-february-2026-at-18-00-utc/4085/2 "2026-01-18T17:37:32Z")
> [@spdegabrielle](#): > > 26 Jan 1995 🎂 I think I should have written **28** January 1995: [Racket is 25](https://blog.racket-lang.org/2020/05/racket-is-25.html) (Racket Blog, 10 May 2020) ---
**Author:** ![spdegabrielle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/spdegabrielle/32/95_2.png) [@spdegabrielle](https://racket.discourse.group/u/spdegabrielle)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/racket-birthday-party-and-meet-up-saturday-7-february-2026-at-18-00-utc/4085/3 "2026-01-18T17:46:53Z")
26 January was the _conception day_: [https://youtu.be/JnczIyPXGfc](https://youtu.be/JnczIyPXGfc) ![screen capture from video https://youtu.be/JnczIyPXGfc](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/racket/original/2X/1/171c4ea6f3f7527886d19cbf8ddce42ba75962d8.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![spdegabrielle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/spdegabrielle/32/95_2.png) [@spdegabrielle](https://racket.discourse.group/u/spdegabrielle)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 7:21pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/racket-birthday-party-and-meet-up-saturday-7-february-2026-at-18-00-utc/4085/4 "2026-01-30T19:21:16Z")
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**Author:** ![spdegabrielle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/spdegabrielle/32/95_2.png) [@spdegabrielle](https://racket.discourse.group/u/spdegabrielle)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/racket-birthday-party-and-meet-up-saturday-7-february-2026-at-18-00-utc/4085/5 "2026-01-30T19:23:48Z")
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**Author:** ![spdegabrielle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/spdegabrielle/32/95_2.png) [@spdegabrielle](https://racket.discourse.group/u/spdegabrielle)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/racket-birthday-party-and-meet-up-saturday-7-february-2026-at-18-00-utc/4085/6 "2026-02-07T17:39:22Z")
Racket birthday party and meet-up: Saturday, 7 February 2026 at 18:00 UTC EVERYONE WELCOME 😁 Announcement, Jitsi Meet link & discussion at [Racket birthday party and meet-up! Saturday, 7 February 2026 at 18:00 UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/racket-birthday-party-and-meet-up-saturday-7-february-2026-at-18-00-utc/4085) ---
**Author:** ![spdegabrielle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/spdegabrielle/32/95_2.png) [@spdegabrielle](https://racket.discourse.group/u/spdegabrielle)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/racket-birthday-party-and-meet-up-saturday-7-february-2026-at-18-00-utc/4085/7 "2026-02-07T20:03:52Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/racket/original/2X/c/c30e9788a71135503e28afd903e471bc958027a2.jpeg) Leonard the cat was in attendance! @dominik.pantucek also gave us a cool preview but I'll let him post about when he is ready. We talked about using AI with and without Racket. We all agreed we like Racket is great! Happy Birthday. Stephen ---
**Author:** ![spdegabrielle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/spdegabrielle/32/95_2.png) [@spdegabrielle](https://racket.discourse.group/u/spdegabrielle)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 9:54pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/racket-birthday-party-and-meet-up-saturday-7-february-2026-at-18-00-utc/4085/8 "2026-02-07T21:54:45Z")
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**Author:** ![spdegabrielle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/spdegabrielle/32/95_2.png) [@spdegabrielle](https://racket.discourse.group/u/spdegabrielle)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/racket-birthday-party-and-meet-up-saturday-7-february-2026-at-18-00-utc/4085/9 "2026-02-07T21:55:14Z")