What's Meetup? Find out!

Real groups make a real difference

Meetup Groups meet face-to-face to pursue hobbies, network, get support, make friends, find playgroups or even change the world!

Get on the Internet to get off the Internet!

Join The San Jose Indian Meetup Group

You'll get invited to our Meetups as soon as they're scheduled!

San Francisco Film Society

Name Members Rating

Join to get our newsletter at http://activelyOUT.com activelyOUT is dedicated to bringing together LGBT professionals, alumni, community and friends for cultural, volunteer, social, spiritual, and sports related activities from all over the San Francisco Bay Area! Over 5000 LGBT alums and professionals say they want to be OUT and active in al

75
activelyOUT members
4.5

Meet with local tango dancers, gathering for a bite/chat before exploring different milongas, practicas, and classes around the bay area. We are a new group and are finding our initial members - as soon as we have critical mass, we'll launch!

222
Tangueros
3.75

Artemis Volunteers is a community service organization for lesbians, bisexual women, and their friends. Artemis' goal is to encourage community service and promote a visible lesbian presence, by sponsoring one day service projects to assist humanitarian and environmental not-for-profit organizations in our communities. We make volunteering easy

134
Volunteers
5.0

Meetup parents in your local area that want to get out and live life while raising children. Share ideas and have playdates.

49
Parents
No recent ratings

We are a group of Australian, New Zealander and South African expats living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area. The purpose of this group is to socialise (or is that socialize) with each other and share our experiences of being an expat in the USA. The meetups include BBQs, social gatherings at bars and restaurants, celebration of cultura

106
Expats
4.75

Meet other local people interested in Capoeira, the Brazilian martial art. This is a dedicated space free from the whims of Bay Area weather for people who want some extra practice without making a monthly commitment.

41
Capoeiristas
4.75

New to the area? Want to meet other Iranians for friends / discussions / fun / outdoors events / clubs / bars? What must you do? Attend, be fun, dance, laugh & have a good time :) What will it do for you? It will enable members to meet at a time and place to mingle, have a laugh and be merry. What will it not do? Serve as a platform t

296
Bay Area Iranians
4.5

Meet and collaborate with other people interested in creating media that can be shared through any number of mediums; web-video content, independent cinema, cable TV, let's examine all the possibilities. Be a part of the revolution: Go Make Media!

409
Media Makers
4.75

This is the group of the association of Bretons of California. If you're Breton, if you like Brittany or just want to meet cool people, please join this group! :)

165
Bretons of California
5.0

We host movies that : -deepen us -change our vision of people or the world -awaken us to the laws of Creation -are biographies of those we respect -open and move our hearts!

189
People in favor of Peace
5.0

Meetup with East Bay for Democracy and Oakland DFA Meetup --- a grassroots community cultivated out of Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign. You have the power to make a difference! Together we utilize the lessons of the Dean movement to empower people by providing inspiration, information, training and opportunities for action. Working tog

298
East Bay for Democracy
4.5

Don't want to be at home? Come join us, escape from the real world for a while. Most of us are hardworking professional, Chinese food lovers, located at San Francisco Bay Area. Want to discover new restaurants, karaoke bars, fine art galleries, theaters, play bowling, pooling and games, discuss new technology?. Let's rock the night, give us your sm

852
Singles, professionals, people
4.75

Meet fellow Filmmakers near you! Come to a local Meeting to have fun and make friends with people making projects small and large in and around San Francisco. From film students, to professionals, and anyone else with the dream of making a films for fun or profit, this is the one place to meet those who share the passion and drive for filmmaking in

106
Film People
3.75

Are you new to San Francisco? So are we! Let's meetup and figure out this beautiful city together. Where the best neighborhoods to live are. What secrets only the locals know. This is the group to join when you are new in town.

1,178
SF Newcomers
4.75

La riunione dura un' ora o due secondo l'umore. Da volta a volta, discutiamo un racconto - di solito ogni mese - ma sempre chiacchieriamo su un argomento o altro, non importa di quale. Siamo un gruppo dei livelli diversi nella capacità nella lingua. È meglio, naturalmente, se non sei totalmente un principiante, ma sia una questione, vieni, e vedrem

184
Italian Speakers
4.5

Amis Francophones, venez rejoindre et rencontrer d'autres membres enthousiastes qui viennent partager notre culture, s'amuser comme des petits fous ou viennent juste pour bavarder avec un bon verre de vin a la main ! Ce groupe est reserve aux adultes de plus de 18 ans et la langue "officielle" est le francais. A tres bientot j'espere. Ch

347
Les francophones
4.75

Meet with other members and supporters of your local Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community. Gather to share and make friends with fellow dog lovers.

106
LGBT/Gayz by the Bay dog lovers
4.5

We are a new group devoted to screening independent feature films and documentaries about international social and political issues. NomadsLand.com is an online destination for social issue media. (http://nomadsland.com) Since the beginning of 2007, the social enterprise has been hosting film screenings in Washington D.C. for global filmmaker

104
Documentary Film Fans
No recent ratings

Please join us for monthly get-togethers on the "Second Sunday" to go to the movies - followed by coffee or a glass of wine and something to eat at a local cafe. The title of this group has recently been changed to the "North Bay Independent Film Group" because we will focus on selecting independent films being shown at one of three (3) local movi

93
Movie Fans
5.0

Meetup with Oakland DFA Meetup and East Bay for Democracy -- a grassroots community catalyzed by Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign. The Oakland DFA Meetup leverages the lessons of the Dean movement to empower progressives by providing inspiration, information, training and opportunities for action. Working together, we exercise our power

1,062
Supporters of DFA
4.5

Meet others who deliberately seek out challenging foreign, avant-garde, and experimental films screened in San Francisco or Berkeley. After each film, we will get together for conversation at a cafe.

196
Arthouse Film enthusiasts
4.5

This group is for YOU, the content producer, about how you can PAY YOUR RENT with VIDEO and creativity. We explore and share new online business models, which allow independent content producers (like us) to profit from our talents, passions and creativity. You?ll be surprised to learn how easy it can be. Our meet-ups are a fun sandboxes for

146
Creative New Media Enthusiasts
4.5

Meet local Russian language and culture lovers, while enjoying Russian food. Whether you are a native Russian speaker, had Russian speaking parents or grandparents, worked or volunteered in the FSU, current or former students of Russian, or simply like the sound of Russian - these dinners provide opportunities for an evening of Russian food, cultu

197
Russian Speakers
4.5

911 Truth Open to any and all discussions around this huge topic.

103
Members
3.75

This meetup is for music lovers to attend classical music events as part of a friendly social group. Every event has some music and also food or drink at a nearby restaurant, bar, or café. Our events have included symphony, opera, chamber music, recitals, choral, dance, live broadcasts, and documentary films with musical themes. Some events

412
Classical Music Fans
4.5

Our purpose is to promote social welfare and restore citizens' ownership of our democracy by mobilizing grassroots participation in the community. San Francisco for Democracy works to ensure that elected officials are held accountable to the electorate.

1,544
Supporters of democracy
4.5

The San Francisco Movie and Dinner Group, is a group for all movie lovers to get together to watch the great, the good, the bad and the ugly on the big screen and then go for dinner and discuss the movie (and everything else under the sun). The movies are going to held most Sundays and will be posted mid week which will give us a chance to che

1,151
MOVIE & DINNER
4.5

ABOUT US We have more than 300 members now - wow! Just a little more than a year ago, we had 4 people. Our group is all about meeting new people and making new connections, and sharing our common interests. To that end, we meet periodically to speak and improve our Portuguese (or for our native Portuguese-speaking friends, to improve English), to

472
Portuguese Speakers
4.0

Meet and mingle with local Japanese language and culture lovers! Come to a Japanese Language Meetup to meet with lots of fun people with a shared interest (oh hey that's what meetup is all about!) We have activities all around the San Francisco Bay from San Jose to Oakland to San Fran.

364
Japanese Speakers
5.0

Keep up with tango events in the Bay Area.

120
tango dancers
No recent ratings

Our Mission: To see fabulous films in both San Francisco and the East Bay and then to go somewhere, have a nosh, and discuss them. We do not have a regular schedule, mostly because I was unable to keep one up, however I have some wonderful assistant organizers and they keep the place hopping so there is usually something at least every other we

1,042
Indie Film Fans
4.5

Meet others who are interested in local meeting new people. We are not only focussed on Nightlife but we will do all sorts of fun events!

1,759
SF Socializers
4.5

Truth Action is a grassroots activist organization committed to raising public awareness about the true nature of the events of September 11th, 2001. We alternate our events between San Francisco and the East Bay. We encourage anyone in the Bay Area to join us. We are interested in uniting with all Bay Area truth activists so that we can focus o

101
Vigilant Citizens
4.5

The SF Debate Meetup is an open forum for discussion on the events of our time. We have three goals UNDERSTAND OTHER POINTS OF VIEW With so much news available to us, it is easy to fall into the trap of relying on sources that simply support and reinforce our own limited beliefs. The SF Debate Meetup is a chance for you to expand your

237
open minded people
4.5

Meet other writers in the South Bay Area, share ideas on writing, developing plots, character, good writing habits, and most importantly get feedback on your work.

209
Poets and writers
3.75

Meet with local foreign/arthouse film aficionados to watch films at bay area theaters followed by conversation at a local cafe. Most members are young professionals (20s-30s), as we originated with the Subtitles & Subtleties group, (a part of the Young Professsionals International Forum of the World Affairs Council)

847
fellow foreign film fans
4.5

Open to Russian Speakers, Russian Expats, Travelers to Russia, People Married to Russians, Russians Married to People, Parents Adopting Russians, People who've worked in Russia, People who`ve lived in Russia...

119
Russian Speakers
4.75

Meet other Canadian Expats in your area!

14
Expat Canadians
No recent ratings

Meeting folks to see good shows around here with! related link: http://diningout.meetup.com/514/

197
Theatergoers
4.5

Inviting writers in all genres, published or not, to share work and provide constructive feedback in an informal, supportive environment. Also to share experiences in publishing process and make friends with fellow writers. We meet weekly, on Wednesday evenings from 7.30p-9.30p in Berkeley/Emeryville.

208
Writers
4.75

Meet and mingle with local Italian language and culture lovers! Come to an Italian Language Meetup and make new amici as you practice speaking, build your vocab and finally figure out those verb conjugations! All ages and levels welcome. Ciao!

80
gli amici
4.75
112
Activists to Impeach Bush
4.5

ATTENTION: All Asian Cinephiles. New meetup group is looking for casual filmgoers to serious students of foreign films from Asia to meetup once a month for a first-run film and thought provoking conversation afterwards. The SF Bay Area is a major clearinghouse for films from China, Japan, Korea, India, Vietnam, etc. Asian films include haute cine

126
Movie Fans
4.5

Meet other local fans of indie pop, indie rock, twee, shoegaze/nugaze, electro, and the like... A place to discuss music and to hear about shows in town. While we enjoy larger acts too, this group is more about smaller bands/shows (ie: gamh, independent, popscene, both, fillmore, bimbos, mezzanine, c du nord etc...). If you enjoy anything from t

182
Indie Music Fans
5.0

Meet new people over good food and conversation.

721
Brunchers
4.5

Meet other amateurs and professional who use the tools of the trade (Reason, Ableton Live, ProTools, CuBase, VSTs, MIDI controller boards, etc...) to make their own electronic music.

220
Electronic Music Fans
4.75

We are a great bunch of Europeans meeting at least once a month to share the European spirit in SF. Events will be held in bars, restaurants, sport venues, parks, boats... Join and meet fellow Europeans and/or Americans with European background. Cheers, Thomas

787
Europhilles
4.5

We welcome ex-New Yorkers (defined as broadly as you like) who live in San Francisco and the Bay Area, and there are a lot of you guys. You are often the most interested in getting to know this city and sharing your thoughts on having left THE CITY.

331
Ex-NewYorkers
No recent ratings

Hi all, Lee from and myself have decided to merge our efforts (not that I've put much effort in lately) and combine the aussie meetup groups. With that said I'll be closing this group down in a couple of weeks so I suggest everyone joins the new group at http://expat.meetup.com/207/. There is an even organised in the new group on Saturda

160
SF Expat Australians
4.75
618
Expat Brits
4.5

Meet other Canadian Expats in your area!

241
Expat Canadians
4.0

Meet other local Gay and Lesbian Professionals and engage in thought provoking, witty conversation with like-minded individuals about anything from coming out to politics to careers! We're a lively group and come from a great mix of backgrounds so there is never a dull moment. So come out and enjoy good times with new people!

222
Gay and Lesbian Professionals
4.75

Meet other local Gay Couples, both male and female couples are welcome. Make new friends and strengthen relationships!

67
Gay Couples
No recent ratings

Find the Indian Community in your town! Both expatriates from India and those of Indian descent are welcome.

145
People of Indian Descent
5.0

Meet and mingle with local Japanese language and culture lovers! Come to a Japanese Language Meetup to practice speaking, build vocab and finally figure out those verb conjugations! All ages and levels welcome.

537
Japanese Speakers
5.0

Good food and wine, great people, and french conversation - an irresistable combination! We meet for lunch, sometimes in a member's home, a cafe or restaurant. 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

101
French Speakers
5.0

Come meet other fans of independent media. We come together for fun, food, and discussion of politics, media, news, and activism. This is a great way to stay up to date on the latest news, share opinions, learn from each other, and make new friends.

63
Mother Jones Readers
No recent ratings

You're about to discover a whole new world of singers and songwriters living right around the corner from you! Let us support you and help you succeed in reaching your dreams. Come out and make new friends with other talented singers and songwriters just like you who have a passion for expressing themselves through song. All singers and songwri

88
Singers & Songwriters
3.75

..a place for all to hang out, get to know each other, make friends, watch movies, party it out, check out new restaurants, go to concerts together.....if you love Dal Makhni, Shah Ruh Khan, cricket, Tennis (even thought its only for Sania Mirza!!), Himesh Reshammiya (I know people love him too!!) or anything Indian, this is the meetup for you.....

257
Bollywood Fans
5.0

Meet local Russian language and culture lovers! Have fun practicing, learning new phrases and sentences and finally understanding those verb conjugations! All ages and levels welcome.

10
Russian Speakers
No recent ratings

Meet and collaborate with women interested in creating a better global environment through politics, art and music -embracing the feminine power through discussion, movies, dinners and books...reexamining the roles and relationships of women.

62
The Stunners
5.0

Social media mavens, networking netizens, web developers, new media marketers and generally gregarious geeks. Let's build a community around our shared interests in community building and social software.

294
New Media Enthusiasts
No recent ratings

This is a place for culture and language exchange between Japanese and Westerner. We help each other to improve Japanese / English and at the same time, we make new friends who will get out and have fun together. What is better than "study hard and playing hard" !

116
Japanese Speakers
5.0
Organized by
Asst. Organizers: