Culture Groups San Francisco

🍜 Asian Background Social: Lounge Asia San Francisco (Easy English) @6pm

⏰6:00 to 9:00 pm SF time 🌏 Make new international friends in San Francisco. Come alone, practise your English, and enjoy a relaxed social night. 😊 A friendly meetup for networking, language exchange, and real conversation — open to everyone. Why People Love Lounge Asia 🍜 **Asian-focused event** 🤝 Many guests come alone 💬 No need for perfect English 🌏 No games or forced introductions — just enjoy the conversation Lounge Asia began within the Asian community, so people from Asia often feel comfortable and at home here. At the same time, everyone is welcome — locals, expats, travellers, students, returnees, digital nomads, and globally minded people. ━━━━━━━━━━ How to Join 1️⃣ Tap "RSVP" on this page 2️⃣ Show your Meetup QR code at reception 3️⃣ Collect your name tag and start meeting people ✅ Early RSVP is free ✅ RSVPs made within 48 hours of the event start time are $5 ✅ Limited capacity — please RSVP early Many people attend alone, so don't worry if it's your first time. ━━━━━━━━━━ How to Find Us 📍 Venue Iron Horse Cocktails 25 Maiden Ln, San Francisco, CA 94108, United States ⏰ Start Time — **San Francisco Local Time** **6pm** ⚠️ Important: This is the local time in San Francisco. Meetup may display Brisbane time or another time zone, so please follow the local time shown above. 🚶 Getting There Please use your preferred map app for directions to the venue. Our Lounge Asia organisers will be there to welcome you 😊 ━━━━━━━━━━ 🍺 Please Support the Venue This event is free or low-cost because the venue supports our community. Please purchase at least one drink during the event. Your support helps us keep organising events at great venues. ━━━━━━━━━━ 💚 Please Be Respectful Lounge Asia is a friendly social event where everyone should feel comfortable and welcome. 🚫 This is NOT a pickup or dating event. Anyone who makes others uncomfortable may be removed immediately. Not allowed: harassment, unwanted attention, MLM / crypto / religious recruitment, or anything that makes others uncomfortable. Organisers reserve the right to refuse entry or ask anyone to leave. 🪪 A valid government-issued photo ID is strictly required for entry. No photo ID, no entry. Driver's licences must be issued by the government of the country where the event is held. 📸 Photos and short videos may be taken for community and promotional purposes. If you prefer not to appear, please let an organiser know when you arrive. ━━━━━━━━━━ Lounge Asia is already growing in Australia and is now expanding across Asia — Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. Our goal is simple: More friendship, more understanding, and more genuine connections across cultures. 📱 Instagram: @_lounge_asia 🎥 Watch Event Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNak_cu9CXw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNak_cu9CXw) 👉 GET VIP ACCESS: [https://forms.gle/t6GXAjTNFECetVuZ8](https://forms.gle/t6GXAjTNFECetVuZ8) ━━━━━━━━━━ 🌏 Come say hi! Hey, come hang out! 来一起玩吧！ 一起來聊天吧！ 気軽に遊びに来てね！ 편하게 놀러 와요! มาเจอกันนะ! Tới chơi nha! Tara, sali ka na! Yuk, gabung! လာပြီး အတူပျော်ကြရအောင်! មកលេងជាមួយគ្នាណា! ມາພົບກັນເດີ້! Хамтдаа цуглацгаая! Komm einfach vorbei! Jom join kita! See you at Lounge Asia!

[In-Person Event] 👻 Mandarin Meets Art & Culture @ SF Asian Art Museum

**🎨 Free Museum Visit: Mandarin Meets Art & Culture\! \| Sunday\, Nov\. 1\, 2–5 PM** **Hi everyone! 😊** **Let's celebrate Halloween 🎃 weekend with art, culture, and new friends!** **I'm organizing a group visit to the** **Asian Art Museum** **on Sunday, November 1 (2–5 PM)!** **🎟️** **Admission is free!** **The museum offers free admission to everyone once a month, on the first Sunday of each month (Free First Sunday).** **It's a great opportunity to explore Asian art, make new friends, and chat in Mandarin together!** **As a native Mandarin speaker, I'd love to share some language and culture with you!** **📍** **Meeting point: Museum entrance at 2 PM (directly across from City Hall).** **Please arrive before 2 PM and reserve your ticket before registering for our event.** **🎟️ Reserve your free General Admission ticket online in advance:** **https://buy.acmeticketing.com/orders/474/tickets?cart=true&date=2026-11-01T14:00:00-08:00&eventId=5f5c0727d2302457ddbb43ef** **🕑 Event Schedule** **2:00–2:15 PM: Meet at the museum entrance, mingle, and get to know each other.** **2:15–2:30 PM: Group introductions! Everyone is invited to briefly introduce themselves.** **2:30–5:00 PM: Explore the museum together, discover Asian art and culture, practice Mandarin, and make new friends!** **Anyone interested in art, museums, cultural exchange, or Mandarin (at any level) is welcome!** **We are excited to see you all! 🌹** **Vivi** **Aurora Soul Community & SF Chinese-English Language Exchange Meetup Group** **P.S.** **The following information was gathered by ChatGPT. Please double-check the details before your visit.** **parking and free app** **🚗 Parking Information** **The museum does not have its own parking garage. Two nearby parking options are:** 1. **UC Law SF Parking Garage (Recommended)** * **Address: 376 Larkin St., San Francisco** * **Sunday parking: $10 flat rate for the day** * **Hours: 6:00 AM – 10:00 PM** 1. **Civic Center Garage** * **Address: 355 McAllister St., San Francisco** * **Sunday hours: 9:00 AM – 10:00 PM** * **Parking fees vary.** **Both garages are within one block of the museum. Parking rates are subject to change.** **📱 Free Museum App – Enhance Your Experience!** **We encourage everyone to download the free Asian Art Museum app before the visit!** **The app offers self-guided audio tours, fascinating stories behind the artworks, and an interactive museum map.** **Most audio tours are available in six languages: English, Mandarin Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Cantonese, Spanish, French, and Korean.** **Some tours and special exhibitions may have fewer language options.** **Download the app here:** **https://about.asianart.org/plan-your-visit/mobile-guide/** **Explore, learn, and enjoy Asian art and culture together!**

CelloGayageum: where Western classical meets Korean tradition

Founded in 2016 by Austrian cellist **Sol Daniel Kim** and Korean gayageum (12-string zither) virtuoso **Dayoung Yoon**, the award-winning CelloGayageum duo melds Western classical music with Korean traditional music. All their pieces are original and written by the two artists. I've watched their videos and been impressed by both the music and the musicians' dramatic flair and physicality! SHOW COST : $39.00 per person until the day of the concert, when costs go up by $5.00 MORE INFO and TICKET LINK: https://secure.thefreight.org/15880/15881-cellogayageum-261030 **Buy your own tickets.** Seating is General Admission. **NOTE that this show is on a Friday night.** WHEN/WHERE TO MEET: M**eet no later than 7:30 p.m.**, in the Freight's lobby, so we can aim to get some decent seats together. (The doors open at 7:00 p.m., and the show starts at 8:00 p.m.) HOW TO FIND ME: I'm WF, about 5 feet tall, with short, salt-and-pepper hair and glasses. I'll send my cellphone number to RSVPers prior to the event. PLEASE TEXT ME IF YOU DON'T SPOT ME. TRANSIT/PARKING: Conveniently located less than a block from the *downtown* Berkeley BART station and from multiple AC Transit bus lines serving Berkeley, Oakland, and San Francisco. There's a paid parking garage next door to the Freight, and some free street parking available in the neighborhood (more so away from Shattuck or north of University). FOOD AND DRINK: Concertgoers may purchase snacks at the Freight's lobby concession stand to enjoy before or during the show. VENUE WEBSITE: https://thefreight.org/visit/ MORE INFO and video/audios: https://www.cellogayageum.com/music https://www.cellogayageum.com/

🎈🎈Language and Cultural Exchange Event! Berkeley! November 14th@ Cellarmaker

Welcome! Participate with us on Saturday for a cultural and language exchange. This event will be hosted by native Spanish speakers, however, all languages are welcome! Spend your Saturday afternoon connecting with international friends and fun interactions. Look for the table with the Red balloons 🎈

Habemus Papam film di Nanni Moretti @IIS

Noor: A Gathering in Light

**Noor: A Gathering in Light** **A Musical Mehfil** This Fall, we’d love to bring our community of musicians and singers together for an intimate gathering to celebrate the light that music brings into our lives. We'll gather to share our songs of light: the light within us, the light we find in one another, and the light that guides us through music, poetry, and spirit. Let’s gather with our voices, instruments, and songs to share ghazals, sufi songs/poetry, spiritual music, and melodies that speak to the many meanings of light. Nothing too formal, just a space to listen, sing, improvise, connect, and enjoy the beauty of making music together. I’ll put together a little spread of food and chai for everyone. Please feel free to bring a snack/dessert to share, and we’ll add it all to the table and create a lovely community feast. Looking forward to an evening of music, light, good food, and good company. Musically yours, Divya and Jun

Celtic New Year Céilí 2026

You are invited to come celebrate the Celtic New Year with us on **Sunday, November 8**, with lots of dances and lots of dancers! We are having a big, traditional Irish dance night (known as a *céilí*) in the largest ballroom of the United Irish Cultural Center in San Francisco. There will be a mix of set and ceili dances for all skill levels – complete beginners are welcome to join! Live traditional Irish music will be performed by **TBD**. Please feel free to bring a treat to share during break time. Tea and coffee will be provided. Admission (cash or credit card at the door): * **$15** for Comhaltas members. If you are not yet a member, **[join here](https://sfcooleykeegancce.org/misc/join_cceck.html)**! * **$20** for non-members *This event is hosted by the [San Francisco Cooley-Keegan branch](http://sf.ccewest.org) of [Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann](https://comhaltas.ie), the international organization dedicated to promoting Irish culture.* *** **How to find us:** The ceili is on the 2nd floor in St. Patrick's Room (the large ballroom). Entrance will be from the REAR of the UICC through Wawona Gates on Wawona Street and up the steps from the parking lot. Elevator access will also be open.

Remembering Our Ancestors: A Day of the Dead, All Souls, Samhain Service

Increasingly people are talking about "our ancestors." Whether the folks being named are members of our family of origin or part of the larger family of those who shaped our nation, neighborhood, or some corner of the world important to us, we are remembering in these moments that we stand on others' shoulders. And we are inspired, regrounded, humbled, and emboldened by this act of remembering. Come as we remember some who we have loved and lost and the ancestors we want to name and call into our presence this Sunday, we celebrate the thinning of the veil. Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister, preaching **First time joining us? Welcome!** Take a look at ["What to Expect During Worship A Guide for Newcomers"](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ucVZqC5Nvozyv0kD5FTWGRAOJARkOLBdFDmEQafryPc/edit?tab=t.0) for more information about what you can expect from our Sunday Services. If you have more questions please email info@uusf.org or call (415) 776-4580. \-\-\-\- The First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco (UUSF) is a welcoming community to all who seek a congregation grounded in love, committed to caring for one another, supporting one other in spiritual growth, and dedicated to building a compassionate, just and sustainable world. For more information about our community and beliefs, see our website: [https://www.uusf.org/](https://www.uusf.org/)

Round Table Book Discussion November Meeting

Join us for an in-person, open discussion on the fiction or non-fiction book or podcast/movie/news article/cultural event that most engaged you. Give a brief summary of a book or article that interested you, and we will discuss it, along with the issues other participants select. Or just come to check it out. Find us by the Roundtable sign on the table. Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 6:30 pm **We are at our warm-weather outdoor location:** ### Caffe Strada 2300 College Avenue · Berkeley, CA

Queer Taiko Beginning Class

Queer Taiko Beginning Class

San Francisco State University - Day of The Dead Concierto & Fiesta!

Celebrate Día de los Muertos with Music, Memory, and Fiesta Join the Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for an hour of moving music under Music Director Urs Leonhardt Steiner — then let the party begin! Stay for a full-on fiesta: with music, dancing, delicacies, and a community altar honoring loved ones. Dress up in color and celebrate life and your loved ones with the Golden Gate Symphony! Benicia Clocktower – Sat, 10/31/26, 2pm SF State McKenna Theatre – Sun, 11/1/26, 2pm Discounts for seniors & youth & SFSU students & faculty https://sfsu.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=1724