Asterisco*

Events

first time? perfect*

Climbing, cycling, running, padel and whatever comes next. Non-competitive, beginner-first, and always with a conversation attached.

Upcoming

what's coming up

Some dates are still being confirmed with our local partners. Follow us on Instagram for the moment each one opens for sign-ups.

A woman bouldering on a large outdoor granite boulder with crash pads laid out below

Valle dell'Orco, Italy · 25–26 September

climbing festival

Two days at the climbing festival in Valle dell’Orco. We’ll be climbing together, meeting the wider climbing community, and making sure women new to the rock have people to go with and someone to ask.

Climbing

Three women in cycling helmets pausing on a sunny path outside Turin, chatting and sharing sweets

Turin, Italy · Date coming

bike series

A series of rides growing directly out of our bike repair workshop. The point isn’t the distance — it’s that riding out, alone or together, stops feeling like something other people do.

Cycling

Six women standing at a tall indoor bouldering wall in Porto, working out a route together

Porto, Portugal · Date coming

climbing in porto

Back to the wall where it all started, for another first-timers’ session. Never climbed before, don’t own shoes, don’t know the words for any of it? That’s exactly who this is for.

Climbing

A group of women running away from the camera along a shaded path on a summer morning

Cagliari, Italy · Date coming

run & talk: savings and index funds

A social run followed by an open conversation about money — savings, index funds, and the financial independence that rarely gets discussed among women. Movement first, then the talk that matters.

Running

Talk

Want to be told when sign-ups open? Join our WhatsApp community, where each city has its own group chat — that’s where dates land first. You can also join through the site or follow @asterisco.wld.

What's already happened

past events

Each one was built around a woman in the community who already knew something and was willing to share it.

A large group of around twenty women gathered together in front of a bouldering wall in Porto

Porto, Portugal · Past event

first-time bouldering

A first bouldering session that removed the barrier of “needing someone to explain how it’s done.” Over 20 women tried the sport for the first time in a single afternoon.

Climbing

Gloved hands fitting a tyre onto a bicycle wheel rim during a repair workshop in Turin

Turin, Italy · Past event

bike repair workshop

A woman with bike-repair expertise ran a workshop so participants would feel confident enough to go on long rides — even alone. It grew into an ongoing series of group rides.

Cycling

Three women standing in a sunny park in Turin after a group run, drinking juice and talking

Turin, Italy · Past event

social run & nutrition debate

A nutrition expert led a social run and picnic built around a debate on women and food — challenging the historical focus on calorie restriction and weight loss, and reframing it around nurturing the movement.

Running

Talk

Two women celebrating with arms raised and padel rackets in hand on a blue court near Trondheim

Trondheim, Norway · Past event

first padel weekend

Our first padel event, run in partnership with a local club, gave 11 women their first experience of the sport across a single weekend.

Padel

Women sitting in a circle in a Turin bike shop, listening to another woman standing beside a bicycle
Two women posing with padel rackets on a blue court, one flexing her arm
Ten women gathered on the pavement outside a Turin bike shop with a bicycle in front of them
Three women sitting and talking on crash mats at a climbing gym in Porto
A woman holding a padel ball out towards the camera on a floodlit court at night
Two women working together on a bicycle mounted in a repair stand

In their own words

what women said afterwards

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Your turn

the next event could be yours*

Every event on this page started with one woman who had an idea and said it out loud. If you have one, we’ll help you make it real.

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