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!

Happy Hour and Language Practice in the Mission

🍜 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] Hiking the Wildcat Gorge Trail in Berkeley

Hi Friends! Join us for a light hike in Berkeley. The trail we will be hiking is the Wildcat Gorge Trail. Please meet at the Lake Anza Parking Lot at 10 am! Whether you're a beginner or fluent speaker, this event is designed to foster a fun and inclusive environment for practicing Mandarin and connecting with fellow language enthusiasts.

Habemus Papam film di Nanni Moretti @IIS

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/

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.

Queer Taiko Beginning Class

BTS K-Pop Halloween Workshop in San Mateo!

**BTS Fans, this one is for YOU!** Get ready for a spooky BTS K-Pop dance party! 🎃💜 Join Chloe for a fun **2-hour All Levels BTS K-Pop Workshop** in downtown San Mateo, open to **teens 12+ and adults**. No dance experience needed—just bring your energy and love for K-Pop! You’ll learn choreography inspired by **BTS “Blood Sweat & Tears”** while working on musicality, performance energy, confidence, and K-Pop style in a fun, welcoming environment. **Saturday\, October 24th \| 2:00–4:00 PM** **Tickets: $55 Early Bird \(through Oct\. 16\) \| $65 General Admission** **\*Online pre-registration required. No walk-ins.** Come in comfortable dance clothes and sneakers—and for extra Halloween fun, BTS-inspired, K-Pop, or Halloween outfits are encouraged! 👻✨ **Spots are limited** —[ ](https://motionartscenter.com/kpop-workshop/)**[Sign Up Online Here](https://motionartscenter.com/kpop-workshop/) to save your place in class!** ✨ **Feeling inspired? Come dressed in your favorite BTS-inspired outfit or best K-Pop style for extra fun and photo ops!** 📍 **Location:** Motion Arts Center 217 S Claremont St, Downtown San Mateo, CA **Workshop Level:** This is an **all-levels workshop**, meaning no prior dance experience is necessary – just a love for K-Pop and a desire to move! Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to learn some killer moves, meet fellow K-Pop enthusiasts, and experience the joy of dance. *Fan-focused dance workshop presented by Motion Arts Center. Not an official BTS event or affiliated with BTS.* | | | --- | |

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

Sunset Disco Dandiya SF City Hall with ®️ BKB

Language Exchange (Spanish and/or French) at Muddy Waters Cafe

Join us for a fun and free\ *language exchange event at Muddy Waters Coffee House** in the heart of San Francisco! Whether you're a beginner or fluent, this is the perfect opportunity to practice your language skills in a relaxed and friendly environment. Immerse yourself in the vibrant atmosphere of the Mission as you meet fellow language enthusiasts and native speakers. Engage in conversations, exchange cultural insights, and enhance your language fluency through real-life interactions. it's **not** necessary to practice both Spanish and French, we always have speakers of either language ready to converse. Muddy Waters offers wine, beer, small bites, and nonalcoholic drinks to keep you energized throughout the event. So grab your friends or come solo, and let's have a fantastic time discovering new languages and making lasting connections! \*The event is free. Please support our local bars by purchasing at least one item as they let us use the space for free. We accept tips to cover a few hundred dollars in annual expenses that the group incurs. Tipping the group is not required.