This group is for everyone who believes Mardi Gras should be a year round event. In other words you believe in partying like a rock star year round! Join this group if you like pub crawls, scavenger hunts, parties, and drinking. Also join this group if you like to meet people and be social. We would love to have you.

I started this group because I love music, people and I enjoy giving back to the community as do some of my musician friends and spectator friends. If you enjoy listening to music , like to meet new friends, meet other musicians, like to have fun, play an instrument, sing  or both, this group is for you. Come join our music mixers  and gatherings in a relaxed fun social music environment. The location and venue's change depending on the event and how many people RSVP. But the events usually are …

King Trivia - The original and largest pub quiz of Southern California Thousands of people put their pride on the line and compete every week to win beer! These are people just like YOU! Upstanding citizens by day, beer-soaked Know-it-Alls by night. Think you have what it takes? Join our group and travel around to a different one of our 60+ locations every week! Joining this group means you're part of a team that will play all over the LA area. Sound cool? Of course it does.

Do you love to jam with other musicians? This group meets once a month (every second Tuesday of the month at 10pm) at a club in Santa Monica. Cheep beer and a really great place to network with other musicians, for creative projects, or just hanging out. We will decide on a "set" ahead of time and everyone will get a chance to play along and will solo if desired. This jam night is open to all instrumentalists and all vocalists. So that everyone gets stage time we ask that musicians sign up in g …

The So Cal COMMUNITY IS LARGER THAN REPRESENTED BY THIS SITE & IS ON ANOTHER low volume, nonmeetup EMAIL LIST which you can join in addition to, or instead of this, meetup(info provided in your welcome email): we've added this meetup site to expose more people to these events & provide more social media options to our community so that the email-list stays low volume.  Plus our focus is around sharing experiences together in the real world, not spending time reading & typing on the internet: The …

Athletes, Novices and Newbies  looking for a group of likeminded Cyclists, Runners and Triathletes who like to train hard and socialize while doing it. We are looking to establish a group of fun people who like to workout and compete in races all over California. Weekday early am runs and rides originating from Venice near the corner of Venice Blvd and Abbott Kinney Blvd. Weekday runs of 5-8 miles, rides 25-35 miles. Weekend bricks and beers and longer more challenging canyon rides depending on …

Calling all beer lovers! Santa Monica Beer Lovers is a meetup group dedicated to enjoying good beer while meeting new people. We want to bring together a fun group who shares our love of beer. We will be going to great taverns throughout the west side, beer festivals, beer tastings, breweries and other beer related events. If you want to learn about good beer, take your knowledge of beer to the next level, or if you just want to drink a beer while meeting new people, this is the group for you! C …

Come join LA's most innovative Jewish minds and those that want to know them. Enjoy a great night of networking including professionals from startups, investors, tech, digital media, brands, advertising, PR, educators, academic, health care, financial services, entertainment and media creatives. And how could we call ourselves a Jewish event without a few doctors, lawyers or god forbid, accountants? This networking group for Jewish professionals ages 30-60, singles or couples, will connect Jews …

Local events by product managers, for product managers. ProductTank provides an opportunity for Product Managers in Los Angeles to exchange ideas and experiences about Product Design, Development and Management, Business Modelling, Metrics, User Experience and all the other things that get us excited. Events include talks from guest speakers on topics around product management, networking opportunities, and a good old-fashioned chin-wag over a beer or two. We're open to companies big and s …

This group is for traders who want to hang out with other traders . No Trading Power point presentations here like the other trading meet up groups, this is purely a social gathering for traders. Lets talk about sports, finance, food & eating, books, annoying things and maybe even talk about trading or whatever else you want to talk about. We will have beer, wine or what ever beverage you like, with some great conversations, this is the ultimate traders cocktail party. All meet ups will be held …

For those who are truly food obsessed. You've been and will go to the ends of the earth to find the perfect ramen, foie gras, reuben, gelato, sidecar... You love going to both 3 Michelin star restaurants as well as taco trucks to find that little bit of food epiphany. You love following new trends and ideas in food both in your own kitchen and restaurants. You'd consider yourself an advanced foodie. I'm one, are you one too? I'm hoping to go to restaurants together, have food related adventures, …

This group may be for you if: Your volleyball skills can be characterized somewhere between 'dece' and 'pretty dece' A sunny beach sounds better than battling a hangover on your lumpy couch You are in your 20's or successfully pretend you are You went to/currently attend UCLA, LMU, USC, or have a GED You are desperately lonely and have multiple Iguanas/Parrots You are actually good at volleyball (or your mom says you are) You have a winning smile -  DETAILS: Sundays from1:30pm on @ Playa Del Re …

The goal of this group is to bring people together to listen to and discuss black metal records (or cassettes or CDs), along with wine, whiskys, or craft beers. To come together and enjoy black metal as fine art.

This Meetup is designed for folks that want to learn certain functions of the digital / mobile / new media / entrepreneur and technology fields but haven't. Many people unsuccessfully enlist friends, take courses, read manuals or never pursue their passions or hobbies because they simply can't afford to, don't have time to or feel some sort of insecurity that holds them back. Apple has courses, there are plenty of great workshops, classes and online tutorials out there, however sometimes there a …

Hello future friends and socialites! This group was inspired by one lonely night at a bar where I was eating and minding my own business, when suddenly droves of people (droves!) walked in, filling the place. This happened in a matter of 10 minutes. And it made me realize- I need to be in one of these groups. Taking a quick step back, I'm new to Santa Monica (and CA) as of March 2013. Hopefully we'll all make some new friends and explore this awesome city! About YOU- this group is primarily inte …

Want to meet new people, exercise, enjoy sunny days that LA has to offer and then hit the bar??? Come play Adult Co-ed Flag Football brought to you by LASportsNet! Our new league starts up this April 27 with games every Saturday at Stoner Park from 2 pm on. We'll have music, paid refs, brand new equipment and even a statistician to track your teams completions, rushes and scores. Then after the games we head to O'Hara's to enjoy some great food and beverage specials, a little beer pong and some …