Welcome to Facebook Local, a new app that helps you discover places and things to do recommended by friends you know and trust.

Keep up with what’s happening locally—wherever you are—whether you’re looking for something to do with friends this weekend or want to explore a new neighborhood.

Features:
* See the most recent activity, events and places your friends are interacting with and updates from event hosts and Pages you follow.
* Find events and activities happening near you or in another city on an interactive map and filter by time, category, location and more.
* Get recommendations based on what's popular with your friends, things you've been to in the past, Pages you like and our curated Guides.
* Explore Local Lists of recommended events and places in more than 60 cities.
* Choose to add calendars from your phone to see all of your plans and invitations in one place.
* Opt-in to get notifications about your upcoming events so you know if details change.