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Dry January · Lyon

Dry January in Lyon, and still out of the house.

11 listings in Lyon where the evening is about something other than the drink: run clubs, game nights, chess and quizzes, language cafés. Pubs and bars stay listed everywhere else on the site.

A month, one thing a week Phrases for the bar
The numbers we can source. Alcohol Change UK, the charity behind Dry January, reports 215,000 participants in 2024 and 200,000 in 2025 on its own campaign page; sign-up for 2027 had not been announced when we checked on 20 October 2026. That counts people who signed up with the charity, not everyone who skips a drink in January. Alcohol Change UK ↗

This page only adds a view. Bars, pubs and every other listing stay exactly where they are on Come Alone. Dry January, Damp January (drinking less) or neither: all fine.

A month

One regular thing a week, built from what exists

A suggestion, not a schedule: the first listing of each kind below. Check the official page for the January dates.

  1. Fri 1 – Sun 3 Jan. Run club: Distance store run (Lyon) — Wednesday 19:00
  2. Week of 4 Jan. Game night or quiz: Game Spirit (Jeudi Société) — Thursday 19:00-22:00
  3. Week of 11 Jan. Language café: Talk Talk Ici - Friday Polyglot Cocktail Talk / Monday English Talk — Monday; Friday 18:00
  4. Week of 18 Jan. Run club: Distance store run (Lyon) — Wednesday 19:00
  5. Week of 25 Jan. Game night or quiz: Game Spirit (Jeudi Société) — Thursday 19:00-22:00

Run clubs

Run clubs in Lyon

Run clubs and walking groups: the drink, if any, comes after. Check the official page before you go.

Trail
Beginners welcome

Lyon Ultra Run - Tuesday trail training

Place du 158eme Regiment d'Infanterie
Tuesday 19:00
EUR 6 trial session; EUR 60 per 10-session card; EUR 180 per year
checked 2026-10-19
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Game nights, chess and quizzes

Game nights, chess and quizzes in Lyon

The game is the point; a pub quiz is still a pub, and an alcohol-free drink is a normal order there. Check the official page before you go.

Language cafés

Language cafés in Lyon

Talk, practise a language, go home early. Check the official page before you go.

Language café
Languages: fr/en/zh/ja/es/multi

Talk Talk Ici - Friday Polyglot Cocktail Talk / Monday English Talk

Kome Cafe
Monday; Friday 18:00
EUR 2 on Monday English Talk listing; Friday price not read
checked 2026-10-19
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Language café
Languages: fr/en/es/multi Meets in a pub or bar: soft drinks are fine

Vendredis polyglotte

Place Antonin Poncet (picnic in summer, a bar in winter)
Friday evening
Free
checked 2026-10-19
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Three phrases

What to say at the bar

Pubs and bars are still on the map; this is how to be at one and not drink. For more phrases for a specific evening, try First Phrases ↗.

ENESFRDEITPT
Something alcohol-free, please.Algo sin alcohol, por favor.Quelque chose sans alcool, s’il vous plaît.Etwas Alkoholfreies, bitte.Qualcosa di analcolico, per favore.Algo sem álcool, por favor.
I’m not drinking tonight, but I’m in.Esta noche no bebo, pero me apunto.Ce soir je ne bois pas, mais je suis partant(e).Ich trinke heute nichts, bin aber dabei.Stasera non bevo, ma ci sono.Hoje não bebo, mas alinho.
Do you have anything without alcohol?¿Tenéis algo sin alcohol?Vous avez des boissons sans alcool ?Habt ihr etwas ohne Alkohol?Avete qualcosa di analcolico?Têm algo sem álcool?

How it works

A month of evenings out in Lyon: how it works

  1. Pick one regular thing a week, such as a run club on Wednesday or a game night on Friday. A fixed slot is easier to keep than a plan.
  2. Open the official page and check the date, time and price; January schedules shift after the holidays.
  3. Open Meet & Mint to see who else is going and say hi in the event chat. Many of the events on our sites are also in the app.
  4. Order what you like. Use the phrases above if it helps; nobody at a quiz or a run-club coffee is counting.

Questions people ask

Where can I go in Lyon in January without drinking?

We list 11 options in Lyon: run clubs, game nights, chess and quizzes, language cafés. Each is from a page we checked, with the date we checked it.

Are there alcohol-free events in Lyon?

No listing in Lyon carries an alcohol tag from the organiser, but the formats here are about the activity, not the drink. Where there is no tag, the page does not say.

Do you hide bars and pubs?

No. This section only highlights alcohol-free and alcohol-optional options. Bars and pubs stay in every other listing on Come Alone.

How current is the Lyon list?

Each card shows the date we checked it; library and book-club events come from the feed for 1–31 January 2027 and fill in 2–6 weeks ahead. Always confirm on the official page.

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