How To Add A Meetup Calendar To Google Calendar

I stum­bled upon Meetup.com while look­ing for some local groups that matched my inter­ests. I noticed that each group has its own cal­en­dar. Since I hack Google Cal­en­dar, I was won­der­ing how to get a Meetup cal­en­dar on Google Cal­en­dar, rather than man­u­ally adding events by hand. Here’s how…

1. Login into Google Calendar

2. On the left hand side, under My Cal­en­dars, click Add and a drop down menu should appear

3. Click Add by URL

4. In a new tab/window, go to a Meetup group

5. Click on Calendar

6. Scroll to the bot­tom of the page, until you see Subscribe

7. Right click the iCal link and select Copy Link Loca­tion if you use Fire­fox (a sim­i­lar option should be avail­able for other browsers)

8. Go back to the Google Cal­en­dar tab/window

9. Paste the link in the Pub­lic Cal­en­dar Address field and click the Add button

10. Click OK to return to your Google Calendar

If all goes well, the events from the Meetup group should appear on your cal­en­dar after a short while. It takes time for Google Cal­en­dar to load the remote cal­en­dar. This will work for any iCal address you find on the web.