On Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2026, the South Florida AI Society is gathering owners, executives and builders in downtown West Palm Beach for a holiday mixer, not a lecture. People who plan to attend can buy a $20 ticket for the South Florida AI Society Holiday Mixer on the official event page. That page also has a separate "save me a spot" form so organizers can order enough appetizers.
The official holiday page sets the mixer for 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at O'Shea's Irish Pub, 531 Clematis St., downtown West Palm Beach. Tickets are $20 online in advance or $25 the day of the event, and the page says every dollar goes to Networking To Help Children. The Eventbrite listing for the same mixer describes that group as a local 501(c)(3) charity. Hosts are Chuck Poole of the South Florida AI Society and David Chirico of Networking To Help Children. The official page tells drivers to park in the Clematis Garage at 500 Banyan Blvd., at the corner of Quadrille and Clematis, a one-minute walk to the pub.
In plain terms: the South Florida AI Society Holiday Mixer is Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2026, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at O'Shea's Irish Pub, 531 Clematis St., downtown West Palm Beach; tickets are $20 online in advance or $25 the day of the event, with proceeds going to Networking To Help Children, and owners should buy a ticket on the official holiday page.
What should West Palm Beach owners do before Dec. 8?
Buy the ticket first, then decide who from the company should walk into the room. This is a two-hour weekday mixer on Clematis Street, not a conference and not a class. The official page says it is for owners, executives, the people who run things across Palm Beach County, and the builders making AI real. If two people should go, register and pay for each person. If you are bringing a colleague or a friend, the official page invites that directly.
Come with one question, not a deck. The holiday page says there are no speakers, no slides and no sales pitches, and that the point is good company among people who are curious about AI, already using it or building with it. An owner who is just starting can ask how peers actually use tools in a practice, a shop or a professional firm. An operator already using AI can ask what broke in production. A builder can ask who in the county is shipping work, not only talking about models. Write the question down so the two hours do not disappear into small talk.
Put Dec. 8 on the same staff calendar as Wednesday, Dec. 9. The next afternoon, South Florida AI, a separate organization from the South Florida AI Society, and Waymaker host Partner With AI, a free beginner workshop in West Palm Beach from 1:00 to 3:40 p.m. Eastern. The Gazette's Partner With AI West Palm Beach Dec. 9 preview explains that workshop, including that the exact venue is emailed after RSVP. Together, the two dates make a two-day West Palm Beach AI stretch: a charity mixer on Tuesday evening, a hands-on workshop on Wednesday afternoon. They are not the same host, ticket or format.
What the Holiday Mixer Is, and What It Is Not
The South Florida AI Society describes itself as an independent, non-profit community for people interested in artificial intelligence, with monthly meetups that rotate across Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade. Its homepage says regular meetups are free, and that some events support a local charity. The Dec. 8 holiday mixer is one of those charity nights. Do not assume the $20 or $25 cover is a standard admission for every future meetup, and do not assume a regular meetup will have a door charge.
The official copy is unusually clear about what will not happen. There is no keynote, no panel and no slide deck. The homepage says the group gathers to talk, compare notes and introduce people who should already know each other, with light moderation so the room does not become a sales floor. If your plan is to work the pub with a product pitch, this is the wrong evening. If your plan is to meet other Palm Beach County operators and ask a real question, this is the format the organizers are advertising.
The group points to its first meetup as a measure of interest. The homepage says around 90 people joined that October event at Sabor Latino and raised $1,500 for Networking To Help Children. The holiday page repeats the $1,500 figure and asks the community to help beat it on Dec. 8. Those are organizer-reported results from October, not a guaranteed turnout or fundraising total for December. Appetizers are listed as included, "on us," on the official holiday page.
White Rabbit Advisory Group is listed as a sponsor on the holiday page, with a note that it does AI consulting and implementation. Chuck Poole, who founded the South Florida AI Society, is identified on the group's homepage as running that firm in West Palm Beach. That is useful context for who is hosting, not an endorsement of a vendor and not a reason to treat the mixer as a sales briefing.
Why Dec. 8 and Dec. 9 Make a West Palm Beach AI Week
Downtown West Palm Beach is carrying two different AI gatherings on back-to-back days. Tuesday night is social and county-wide, with a charity cover and no program clock. Wednesday afternoon is a beginner workshop, listed as free, with a 2-hour-40-minute agenda and a laptop-friendly build. An owner can do both without leaving the city, or can choose one with a clear reason. A founder who needs relationships may get more from the mixer. A founder who needs a first working tool may get more from Partner With AI. A small team can split the two dates.
Keep the names straight when you brief staff. The South Florida AI Society, at sfais.ai, is hosting the Dec. 8 mixer at O'Shea's. South Florida AI, at southflai.com, is hosting Partner With AI on Dec. 9 with Waymaker. Similar names do not make them the same organization, and an RSVP to one does not reserve a seat at the other. Use each official page for that event's ticket, time and venue rules.
The rest of the December calendar is also filling up. Owners who want a single view of remaining AI dates, including later Palm Beach County sessions, should keep the Gazette's AI events guide for South Florida owners in the same folder as the two West Palm Beach listings. If a team already blocked mid-November for the Get Equipped AI Summit in Fort Lauderdale, the Gazette's Get Equipped AI Summit day-by-day ticket guide can sit on that same calendar so December nights are not planned in isolation.
Two hours on Clematis Street also has a simple logistics advantage. The official parking instruction is specific, the walk from the garage is described as one minute, and the mixer ends at 7:30 p.m., early enough for a weekday. That is a lower-friction ask than a weekend conference, provided the ticket is purchased and the garage plan is shared with whoever is driving.
Tickets, Parking and How to Get In
Buy the $20 online ticket from the official holiday page. That page links to a Zeffy checkout for the South Florida AI Society and Networking To Help Children. The checkout page itself returned HTTP 403 from the environment used to verify sources on Nov. 11, 2026, and was not bypassed, so the $20 advance price is taken from the official SFAIS holiday page and from the Eventbrite listing, which also directs payment and RSVP to sfais.ai/holiday. If the checkout does not load, return to the official holiday page or use the contact path published there, not a forwarded social post.
Day-of tickets are $25 at the door, according to the official page. Do not assume the door will be open to a large walk-in line, and do not assume an advance ticket is required; the organizers published both prices. If you want a confirmed spot and want to help the kitchen plan, buy online and use the "save me a spot" form with your name, email, company and party size. That form is a headcount tool, not a substitute for the ticket.
Park in the Clematis Garage, 500 Banyan Blvd., unless you have another plan you already trust. The official page gives a walking route from that garage to O'Shea's and describes the walk as one minute. Other lots and valets in downtown West Palm Beach were not listed as official event parking. If you are coming from Boca Raton, Boynton Beach or the north county, build in evening traffic and garage time so you are not arriving at 6:15 with a question you meant to ask at 5:30.
Questions should go through the official holiday page, not through a personal inbox copied from a screenshot or a flyer. Host personal emails are not published here. The Eventbrite listing exists for the same date, time and address, and it points readers back to sfais.ai/holiday to pay and RSVP. Use the official page as the source of truth if a third-party listing ever shows a different price or hour.
How to Use a Two-Hour Mixer Without Turning It Into a Pitch Night
Set a simple job for the evening. Stay long enough to meet a handful of people, ask the question you brought, and write down who is worth a follow-up on Wednesday or the following week. If you are also attending Partner With AI the next afternoon, the mixer can be the place to find a peer who is wrestling with the same workflow you plan to build in the workshop. If you are not attending the workshop, the mixer can still be the place to learn how other Palm Beach County owners are using, or refusing, AI tools.
Introduce the company clearly and then listen. The official description invites curiosity, use and building in the same room, which means the person next to you may be a first-time visitor or someone already shipping product. A short, accurate explanation of what you do is enough. A demo, a stack of cards or a hiring monologue is not what the organizers say they are hosting. If a business conversation starts naturally, take it outside the main flow or schedule it for later.
After the ticket is purchased, put four items on the calendar: the confirmation from the official checkout, the optional headcount form, Tuesday, Dec. 8, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at O'Shea's, and, if it fits, Wednesday, Dec. 9, for Partner With AI. Check the official holiday page once more in early December for any time, price or venue change, then show up ready to talk, listen and leave with a short list of people and ideas, not a pitch deck.
Sources
- South Florida AI Society Holiday Mixer official page, including time, address, ticket prices, parking, hosts and charity details
- South Florida AI Society homepage, including the group's description, regular-meetup policy, October meetup figures and founder information
- South Florida AI Society Holiday Mixer Eventbrite listing, which restates the time, address, prices and parking and describes Networking To Help Children as a local 501(c)(3) charity
- Networking To Help Children, the charity named on the official holiday page
- Zeffy checkout linked from the official holiday page for the $20 online ticket, which returned HTTP 403 on Nov. 11, 2026, and was not bypassed
Related
- Partner With AI, West Palm Beach, Dec. 9
- AI Events for South Florida Owners, Fall 2026
- Get Equipped AI Summit Fort Lauderdale: Which Day to Buy
Key Facts for Owners and Search
When and where is the South Florida AI Society Holiday Mixer?
The mixer is Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2026, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at O'Shea's Irish Pub, 531 Clematis St., downtown West Palm Beach. The official page lists parking at the Clematis Garage, 500 Banyan Blvd., at the corner of Quadrille and Clematis, a one-minute walk to the pub. Confirm the address and any arrival notes on the official holiday page before you go.
How much are tickets, and where do I buy one?
Tickets are $20 online in advance or $25 the day of the event. Buy the $20 ticket on the official South Florida AI Society holiday page, which links to a Zeffy checkout. The Eventbrite listing also directs payment to sfais.ai/holiday. The official page has a separate "save me a spot" form for headcount, which is not a substitute for the ticket.
Where does the ticket money go?
The official holiday page says every dollar goes to Networking To Help Children, and appetizers are included. The Eventbrite listing describes that group as a local 501(c)(3) charity. The Society says its October meetup raised $1,500 for the same charity and asks Dec. 8 attendees to help beat that figure. That October total is an organizer-reported result, not a guaranteed December outcome.
Is this the same event as Partner With AI on Dec. 9?
No. The holiday mixer is hosted by the South Florida AI Society on Tuesday evening at O'Shea's, with a $20 or $25 charity cover. Partner With AI is a free beginner workshop on Wednesday, Dec. 9, from 1:00 to 3:40 p.m. Eastern in West Palm Beach, hosted by South Florida AI and Waymaker, a separate organization. An RSVP to one does not register you for the other.
Who is the mixer for, and will there be speakers?
The official page says the mixer is for owners, executives, the people who run things across Palm Beach County, and builders making AI real. It also says there are no speakers, no slides and no sales pitches. The evening is hosted by Chuck Poole of the South Florida AI Society, with David Chirico of Networking To Help Children. Bring a question, not a pitch deck.
Brian D'Antoni writes The Sundaze Gazette from Palm Beach County. He reports on business, film and technology for South Florida owners.
