Lake Effect Snow Is No Excuse Not to Find Love

UB’s graduate programs have turned Buffalo into a quietly massive hub for Indian students. Amherst and Williamsville are where the families settle. The engineering and computer science departments are packed with South Asian students who moved here from across the world and immediately discovered that Buffalo’s social scene for desi singles is, to put it politely, underdeveloped.

Garam Masala Dating is the #1 live South Asian dating show and singles mixer that runs weekly in New York City. Real blind dates on stage, 250 people in the audience, a mixer built into the night. It’s the social event the South Asian community actually wants: fun, low pressure, and full of people who are genuinely there to meet someone.

Buffalo winters are long. The dating app pool is small. And the cultural events calendar for young South Asian singles is mostly blank between September and May. This show is designed for exactly that kind of market. A captive audience of interesting people who have been waiting for something like this to exist.

We’re looking at Buffalo for a future tour stop. The UB desi community alone could fill a room, and when you add the broader South Asian professional community in the suburbs, there’s real demand. Join the waitlist for first access to tickets, or apply to be a contestant. Lake effect snow is no excuse not to find love.