One challenge I face, though, is that I'm unwilling to let my Facebook account break out of its silo by linking it to anything else (and of course I'd love to kill it entirely) so event discovery becomes more challenging without the private groups I'm currently a member of and family/friends information FB currently holds.
So either I can be there and find out about them, or I can hope someone I know notices them and notifies me.
Both are terrible options.