NB: Please note this group has a one off joining fee of £2.50 as noted below This one is just for the girls in Manchester (sorry guys!) So ladies.... Do you love making new friends and having a giggle? Do you have lovely friends yourself but find they're often busy with their young families, boyfriends, husbands or perhaps they like their sofa a bit too much ;-), or maybe they've simply moved away? Maybe you're new to Manchester? You may have a young family, boyfriend or husband yourself bu …

This is a group for those who are new to D&D in the Manchester Area, and are looking to find a gaming group to organise a game with. As a beginner to the game myself, the group is primarily looking for others in a similar position who would like to try the game out for the first time, although we are still open to those of all skills and abilities! For those unfamiliar with D&D, but have a slight interest, it can be primarily classified as a strategic role-playing game, similar to video games su …

Bonjour, Venez parler Francais avec une touche de 'Franglais' en buvant un verre ! Debutant ou plus avance, n'hesitez pas a nous rejoindre au prochain Meet Up.

This is a group for anyone into cycling, we are mainly mountain bikers, covering green, blue, red and black trails and routes. We are a very informal group of all abilities who just love biking.

This group is for people who both embrace & live diversity! Come celebrate the growing international community in Manchester by joining together with individuals from ALL OVER THE WORLD (yes, the U.K. too!!). Meet people, have a glass (or a few) of wine or beer, or a coffee/tea, and share experiences, stories, cultures, & languages, and simply enjoy a good laugh and conversation with like-minded people. It's a big world out there getting smaller by the moment! A relaxed social group for expats i …

Want to play team sports in Manchester? I do and it is hard to get a regular game. This group will start as a tennis group until the numbers increase and then I hope football will be become an activity and other sports (including pub sports) and a regular social event may be included. If your in your 20's/30's and looking to play some sport on a regular basis and meet new people this is the group for you. I will be organising events using the SportCity area of Manchester to start with as they ha …

A monthly meetup where digital creatives from in and around Manchester can get away from their screens and talk to other digital creatives. We all talk to each other via, email, iChat, messenger, twitter, blip, text, mobile, the list is endless. So here's an idea, why don't we get together on the first Thursday of every month, in a bar, face to face and talk about, well, what ever you want really. You can make new contacts, organise collaborations, land yourself some freelance work, land yours …

We are a group dedicated to Science Fiction, Fantasy, Comics and general geek/nerd interests in the Manchester region. All are welcome, and we have monthly socials, trips to the cinema, days out and everyone is welcome to suggest an event. Feel free to join our [url=https://www.facebook.com/ManchesterSciFi]Facebook page[/url], and don't be shy about befriending other members!

Girly Friends is about meeting long lasting friends, socialising and having lots of fun. If you are looking for nights out, having drinks, cinema, theatre, markets, shopping, fashion/beauty, spa days, city breaks, holidays abroad but also long lasting friendships then Girly friends is for you! Especially if: You are single when all your friends have settled down! You’ve got into your 20's/30's but many of your friends live too far away! You are in need of some new local friends to talk about boy …

A group for anyone who likes to visit pubs and enjoys trying different beers, ciders and perries, and who values our unique pub heritage. There will be one or two events each month and these will include socials, "pub crawls" in different parts of Greater Manchester, days out to visit pubs further afield, and visits to beer festivals. The group is for people who enjoy sensible drinking, enjoy beer and enjoy pubs. There are few rules other than that you are old enough to drink legally, but we exp …

Just a chance to meet other movie fans for a drink / coffee and catch a film! Sound good? Join and say hello! We meet up weekly, alternating between watching the latest independent releases at the Cornerhouse (where we get a 10% discount), and the biggest blockbusters at the AMC or Odeon. We usually go to a Saturday afternoon matinee, and offer a choice of a couple of films - you can choose to see either film. We get around 20 people at each meetup, and there are ALWAYS new members, so it's ve …

This is the official Amazon Web Services user group for Manchester, England. Anyone and everyone with an interest in the cloud is welcome. Ryan Shuttleworth - Technical Evangelist for Amazon Web Services - is a regular speaker. In his role Ryan educates customers on the technical and business aspects of cloud computing, mentors start-ups and coaches developers in enterprises on their move to the cloud. Having held senior roles in successful SaaS companies, Ryan has lived and breathed the transit …

Freedom North West is a hub for all the different Freedom seeking groups and people in the North West of England. A Place to spread ideas, information, meetings and activities. If you oppose the New World Order, believe in freedom and liberty and are looking to meet like minded people then this is the place to be. Spread the word  www.Freedom-NorthWest.com Other Fighters in the Rebel Alliance www.CriticalMassRadio.co.uk (The home of Truth Radio in the North West and beyond) www.WeAreChangeManch …

The title says it all - you want to go to a gig but your friends aren't keen, so you either don't go or go on your own.  Now you don't have to. There's lot of people in our group, with diverse tastes which must cover every musical genre. Everyone in the group can suggest events for us to go to, so if you don't see anything that interests you, make a suggestion, there's bound to be someone interested in going with you. We also have social meetups and go to pub quizzes.  These are usually in centr …

This is THE group to expand your language abilities! All attendees will be given a label to indicate the languages they speak or want to practice - so simply look for someone with a label that matches yours, and your conversation starts! All levels welcome. At the first meeting we covered native speakers of English, Arabic, Catalan, French, German, Italian, Malay, Mandarin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Urdu, Lithuanian - and we even managed to match up 2 Welsh speakers to pra …

Welcome to the  CING Network! The Creative Industries Networking Group (CING) was formed in 2008 with a mission to support and facilitate the success of its creative industries members. We do this by engaging and representing the sector; providing development, training and promotion; and by securing commercial opportunities. The core of CING is its monthly networking events, held on the first Monday of every month. This is a chance to meet peers from across the sector, and to listen to inspirat …

This group has been especially created for the purpose of organising parties amongst members of all the other Manchester Meetup groups, particularly the Language Groups, but everyone is welcome, as long as they enjoy a nice friendly International atmosphere.

This Meetup group is hosted by the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University (UK). We teach Raja Yoga as a way of experiencing peace of mind and a positive approach to life. In addition, we provide a number of events, talks, workshops and seminars for people from all religious and cultural backgrounds to explore their own spirituality and learn life skills of reflection and meditation, derived from Raja Yoga. This has helped thousands of people across the UK develop inner calm, clear thinking an …

Hola amigos! The Manchester Spanish Language meetup group welcomes members from the Spanish and Latin American community as well as language and culture enthusiasts who are interested in our meetups and events. We have four regular monthly meetings in central Manchester. Two of these are evening Meetups, these take place on on the first Tuesday of each month at Ox Bar, Liverpool Road, and on the third Tuesday of each month at el Sandinista cantina bar, 2 old bank St (next to st Ann's square ) fr …

Meet local Italian language and culture lovers! Come to an Italian Meetup and make new friends. Practice speaking the language, and if you don't speak Italian but love Italy and the culture, you will be equally welcome. We have a £3 membership fee (per year). This is used to cover the annual meetup charges. Please arrange payment at r.puricelli@gmail.com. If you don't have a paypal account get in touch. Thanks.

As a newly queer-identifying person I feel a bit stuck for where to start with making new friends in the LGBT community - and I figured surely I can't be alone in this! So I started this group in the hope that some other people will me and we can all meet up in Manchester and have lunch or go partying, or whatever else we want to do. Lesbian, gay, trans, bi or just plain old-fashioned queer, you are all welcome :)

Hi everyone, the active part of the Manchester German MeetUp Group is a social group that mainly consists of Germans living in Manchester and surrounding areas or German speakers. Everybody is welcome to join us. German speaker or not. However, in my experience the conversations will predominantly happen in German and the pace of the group conversation will be that of native speakers. We are happy to help any learners along, but, no offence, we are not a free Language School for people that don …

Are You into PHOTOGRAPHY? Do You want to learn? Improve your skills? Learn to see more? Meet new people with same interest? If your answer is YES feel free to join to the Manchester PHOTOGRAPHY group. You will have chance to learn new things, share skills attend photo walks and workshops. Gain inside knowledge of how to work better with your subjects, to compose, create and produce extraordinary images. This Meetup group is for the photography enthusiast; photographers of all ages and skill leve …

The Mancester Umbraco Meetup is a networking group aimed at spreading the Umbraco love to in the north west. Come along, have a chat and a beer with other fellow Umbracians. Feel free to bring along your laptop and troubles and we'll try and help out. Find out what's happening in the community and maybe we can get some special guests along occasionally. Any Umbraco newbies will be welcomed with open arms. We're open to all and sundry who have an interest in Web development, Umbraco and/or CMS' …

We're about finding out what those restaurants are like. Those ones that you keep walking past or hearing people talk about. Once or twice a month we'll get together, try and do a deal with a restaurant for a mid-week booking and sample a selection of the best they have to offer us. Independent places, as much as possible, rather than a chain restaurant. Try to eat and support local produce when we can... Manchester has a massive range of restaurants, from varying prices to places of origin; Kor …

There's too much talk and not enough action in our industry.  The issues we have been facing over the last 10 years haven't really changed.  This movement aims to bring the creative industry together to take action and raise awareness of the great work that comes out of our region, and more importantly, show client-side marketeers what we can do! Lets stop talent, and marketing budgets moving southwards. Here's a space to share ideas, tips, issues, raise the bar creatively. Lets share our passi …

Thanks for visiting our MeetUp page - we hope you like the look of us and that we can tempt you to join us ! Manchester Activities & Social Group is designed to advertise Manchester Intervarsity Club, iVC. iVC is a social and activities club for professionals and like-minded people. Our June 2013 programme is out now and contains over 50 events per month in and around Manchester. To really appreciate all we do - you really need to see the full programme ....Click here for enquiry form Our group …

This is a group for gay ladies who aren't particularly keen on Canal Street and all that it implies to get together and get a bit of culture or even just meet up for a drink and a bite to eat. This is the second group of this name and I think it's a great idea. I've run a group like this before and I met a lot of nice people.