Localist: New Local Social Event Site Hits the Scene

I was perusing some of my feeds this evening and there it was .. in a post over at CenterNetworks, Allen was covering a new local social events site called Localist.

According to Allen, Localist is a new name for the former site, Socializer, an event listing service.  As I kept reading I was surprised, and happy, to see this service is currently only the Washington, DC and Baltimore area.  I could barely wait to get over and check it out, it was an obvious surprise to me.

So according to the home page

Looked pretty cool and I was curious to see more.  I signed up quite easily for an account and logged in to see what was up.  The interface is nice and clean, very pleasing.  Local events are suggested to you depending on the zip code in your profile.  Its not all about events either, they give you a list of business in your area as well.  There is a bit of a social aspect as well as you can friend other people and see what they are up to or any places they have rated as well.  They have a pretty cool calendar interface with the ability to filter out things like recurring events, concerts, bars, etc.

On the main page for either of the cities, Washington or Baltimore, they have a nice list of Upcoming events and Popular places, a look at that weeks calendar, and even a break down of the neighborhoods.  All in all it looks pretty cool.  I will be anxious to see how it takes off and the use it gets from the local audience.

I am trying to see who is behind this and get in touch with them for a more in depth interview and look at the service.  If you guys are out there, give us an email, we would love to get together and chat about the site.

So what do you all think after taking a look ?  A viable service for you ?  Lets keep an eye on this one.