For whom is this group intended? This group is for people with an international or multicultural background who are active and enjoy going to some (or all!) of the following: concerts, local festivals, interesting urban walks, hikes, cooking classes, foreign and independent films, picnics, farmers’ markets and other food-related events, museums, theatre, dance events, and day trips to the coast and the redwoods. There’s more, but that’s it in a nutshell and a place to start. The Bay Area has so …

This group is for 50 plus single people who love classical music. We mainly get together to socialize and enjoy refreshments before and/or after classical music performances and attend concerts together, mainly in the San Francisco North Bay Area.

This is a meetup group where music fans can meet and get together with other like-minded music lovers. Any member can suggest concerts to go to, and it 3 or more members indicate that they're interested, it becomes an official meetup. Note that the organizer (Joe) does not coordinate every meetup - the members do it for the shows they're interested in. Join, suggest some upcoming shows you'd like to see, and have fun. Some bands we like: Andrew Bird, Animal Collective, Arcade Fire, Arctic Mon …

Good people! Good times! This group is for anyone interested in hiking, bowling, getting together for happy hours, dinners, drinks, comedy, wine tasting, & hopefully some great music & theater. : )

Welcome! We are a group of people who, for a variety of reasons, choose to socialize without alcohol and other non-medically indicated drugs.  Join us for Bay Area social events such as dining out, concerts, hiking, camping, movies, dancing, beach walks, day trips, sports, museums, games, and community activities, including volunteerism! Meet people and make friends with people who like to have a good time without drugs and alcohol! This group is open to everyone and is not affiliated with any s …

We created THE ART OF ACTIVE NETWORKING to help you do better and to make better, genuine ACTIVE connections, And people from all careers, well employed to unemployed attend. Check out our site at http://www.TheArtofActiveNetworking.com. At THE BOX SF, we give artists, musicians and foodies a unique new home in which to collaborate and build their art as well as their following. At The Box SF you will taste and sip something fantastic, see and hear some wonderful things and you will experience a …

Hi there, my name is Erika, the organizer for the group and also the founder.  I'd like to tell you a bit about this group.  It's very dynamic in that you get to do just about anything that has to do with our classical music theme and friendship (e.g., audienceship, performance and learning). As facilitator of the group I do ask for at least a minimal commitment to the group in order to make it worthwhile for you and your fellow participants.  Your active participation is necessary!  This group …

Starting a revolt against all couches! Are you in San Francisco? Come be social. Been here a while? New in town? 20's or 30's? Here is a group designed for getting together to enjoy events/shows in the San Francisco area. Events include sporting, concerts, happy hours, and whatever else that attracts interest. Meet at bars, parks, professional sports games, rec-leagues, or anywhere that sounds fun. Be social. Come hang out. I'm also looking for people to help organize events so let me know if yo …

Bay Area Friends (BAF) is a social group for people with genital herpes (HSV1, HSV2) who live in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. With @ 3000 members (combining our Meetup and Yahoo Groups), we are one of the largest Herpes social groups in the USA. We welcome everyone over 18 who is interested in making new friends, sharing fun activities together, and meeting others who share our surprisingly common situation. BAF has NO DUES, NO officers, NO social directors and NO budget. Instead, we rely …

So many women who say they don't have real girlfriends or they just go from work to home. It is scientifically proven that people who laugh and have fun live longer. The older you get the harder it seems to meet women with similar interest who can be your "Girlfriends". So let's live Ladies! This group is all about doing the things we love and meeting new girlfriends in the process: Reasons to Join the Group: 1. If you are looking to meet women with solid foundation who have similar interest 2. …

If you are a woman living in San Francisco, looking to expand your social network with quality girlfriends then this group is for you! Our members are friendly and open young professional women, in their mid-20's-30's who work hard, play hard, love to stay active but also enjoy the occasional boozy brunch and relaxing afternoon in the park. Our events tend to revolve around small group activities such as going out to dinner or brunch, happy hours, wine tastings, concerts, day/weekend trips, movi …

For people looking to meet other local cyclists for rides all around the greater San Francisco Bay Area, explore new trails, share training tips, etc. Please be advised that cycling is a dangerous sport and you are solely responsible for your own safety. Spandex is not armor, helmets are mandatory and other protective gear is strongly recommended. Our rating system: Beginner - 5-15 mile rides led by experienced cyclists who are able to offer instruction. Each ride begins with an equipment check …

Did you know that meetup.com was named after the Pulp lyric, "Let's all meet up in the year 2000"? We're lying. Join us in our tune-filled deceit. For lovers of British pop, indie pop, mod, soul, new wave, shoegazing, twee-pop, C86, and bands from the '60s to the present, including Belle & Sebastian, Camera Obscura, Blur, Suede, Pulp, Elastica, Oasis, New Order, Joy Division, Manic Street Preachers, Primal Scream, The Verve, Lush, Radiohead, Libertines, Babyshambles, Garbage, Jesus & Mary Chain, …

California Camping Music Festivals was started for people who love to camp and who love music! There are music festivals all over California from April to October and most of them are within 1-4 hours driving time from the Bay Area. Some of the music festivals also include other adventures such as white water rafting, mountain biking, lakes for boating and swimming, kayaking, canoeing, hiking, singing, dancing, yoga, art, crafts, food vendors and more! California Camping Music Festivals only pos …

This is the group for people who love their adopted homeland of San Francisco but are forever tainted (in a good way) by their days spent living in New York City. You're thrilled that you now get to live in the Bay Area but New York will always be an important part of who you are. We get together to enjoy practically everything -- happy hours, city hikes, short hikes in the surrounding hills, street fairs, parades, concerts in the parks...just as long as we have a good excuse to get together and …

Resonant Harmony Attunements The Resonant Harmony Attunements are designed for two purposes: 1. To Create Community Where We are All Connected – When you share sound together, everyone's whole system shares the same vibration or frequency -- brainwaves, heart rates, and electromagnetic fields align, and we all become like family. In fact, sharing sound together is a portal to remembering the ultimate state of where we are all One -- particularly when the sound ends and we enter that divine pla …

Meeting other fabulous and fun girlfriends to hang out with! New in town, make new friends. Happy San Francisco girlfriends, women's social. Girls just wanna have fun. Join our circle of genuine 20s and 30s females, and let's have a good time! We are fun loving girlfriends. We have big hearts filled with passion and love! We are ladies who enjoy cocktails, girls night out, dancing, music, happy hour, and having fun in life! We are professional women with substance Who are willing to make a diffe …

Social events for the purpose of connection Get together with other NVC people in the SF Bay Area! See what social events other nonviolent communication community members are hosting and join in! Or host your own event and invite members of our community. These events may be an NVC community party, group dinner, hike, movie followed by discussion, or a group going to a public event. It could involve creative new ideas like an empathy contest or invite your friends to a BayNVC intro night, and th …

This group is for African-American women in their 20s and early 30s living in San Francisco who want to meet up for drinks, dinner, outdoor events, concerts... and everything in between.

We're people who collect (and some of also like to make and wear) Guatemalan/Mexican/Indigenous American  textiles. We go to the Guelaguetza (Oaxacan Indigenous Fair) in Santa Cruz, Pow wows, Museums & fun events like concerts & fairs.   Guatemalan backstrap weaving/brocade lessons TBA.  We can share tips on where to get best deals on thread & supplies.  Join us! Este grupo es para gente que coleccione trajes típicos/huipiles/tejidos de Guatemaltecos/Mexicanos/Indígenas. Vamos a compartir nuest …

This is our meetup group’s second year. We like to get together with people who are interested in all kinds of Middle Eastern music - Arabic, Persian, Jewish, Turkish, Kurdish, …. - , have food and drinks, and go to concerts and performances around the Bay Area. Above all, the meetup is about getting to meet people interested in sharing and exploring great music and having fun. I personally like music from all over the middle east and really enjoy discovering new performers and local hotspot …

I am looking for East Bay singles over 50 who would like to get together to expand their social network, and are interested in engaging in various types of activities such as dining, concerts (especially jazz, classical, folk, soul, reggae, rhythm and blues), dance performances, exploring San Francisco, political forums with intelligent and articulate leftist-oriented thinkers, flea markets, beading, sightseeing and day trips in and around the SF area. The group is open to all singles, especial …

Come join us for some Queer Karaoke Awesomeness! Are you a microphone diva searching for a place to perform? Have you grown tired of singing in your car and are looking for a new venue to exercise your vocal chords? Have your pets grown tired of your living room concerts, and you are seeking a more attentive audience? Come join us and let your inner superstar shine! Your co-organizers (Holly and Marianne) met at another LGBTQ meetup and decided that the San Francisco Bay Area was missing a LGBTQ …

Wouldn't it be great to have a group of gal pals to get together with on the weekend for fun? “Weekend Friends” is for women like me, who work during the week and have little time to develop friendships with other women.  We live in the East Bay (I’m in the Oakland Hills) and want to connect with new friends with similar lives and experiences. This is a private group for mostly single (divorced/widowed) professional 40's & 50's women who are active & friendly and want to get out on the weekend f …

Come sing with East Bay Harmony, an Oakland-based a cappella chorus established in 1999. Men especially encouraged. We rehearse weekly and exist to promote the fun of singing together and building community through music making. THE BASIC INFO - No audition required - all adults welcome! - No music reading skill required! - Super fun, friendly community, low-pressure environment - Eclectic, all a cappella repertoire - We provide easy-to use online tools for helping you learn your part quickly an …

The goal of this group is to get as many people in the Contra Costa County to leave the couch, get out and hike, bike, walk the beautiful trails that we have around us; hopefully meeting once or twice a month. This group is open to everyone regardless of age and as long as it's allowed friendly dogs are absolutely welcome. We want to select trails that have an average difficulty in order to fit all levels. The group is also open to suggestions if anyone wants to hike a particular trail.

Living Skeptically started as Drinking Skeptically in Berkeley, but since the creator of the group doesn't drink, it needed to expand. Living Skeptically in Berkeley is for hosting gatherings of skeptics, atheists, freethinkers, and doubters in and around Berkeley, CA. The creator, Ursula, lives in South Berkeley, and likes grilling out in her front yard when it is sunny, taking walks around town and hiking, going to movies, theater, and concerts, and attending social and cultural gatherings. Ba …

VIENS RENCONTRE LES AUTRES FRANCOPHONES ! Good food and wine, great people, and French conversation - an irresistible combinations! We meet for lunch or dinner in a member's home, a cafe or restaurant. Perhaps go and hear some French concerts or see French plays ? We welcome all Francophones - whether you're a French native or have acquired the language along the way. Join us regularly or just drop in once in awhile, as you like! It's a great way to keep our French language skills "honed" and h …