Welcome! Are you new in town and looking to meet fellow Sarasota newbies? Been here a few years and want to learn more about your new hometown? If you're a newcomer to Sarasota or surrounding towns, meet up with us to discover what's unique to Sarasota, including the local arts scene, dining, live entertainment, intellectual stimulation, plus our beautiful parks and top-rated beaches. There's always something fun to do in and around Sarasota! If you have recently moved to this area and are now a …

This Group is for Fabulous people who enjoy Making a Difference and enjoy a Glass of Cheer! I am going to focus on Many Different Types of Events - Hence "Outside The Box" consisting of Wine Tastings, Dancing & Dining, Theatre, Happy Hours and Movies. I am very interested in philanthropic ventures and have my own Charity Foundation www.hogheavenfoundation.org - 100% of what we raise goes to installing solar panels in remote villages in Nepal. I believe in giving back and a little goes a long wa …

Calling all young professionals in Lakewood Ranch and the surrounding area (Bradenton/Sarasota). Want to meet people your age (20s and 30s) who want to enjoy life outside of work? I started this group because I just moved to the area and wanted to meet people my own age who had similar interests. This group is available to men and women and those who are single, married, partnered, or whatever and just want to get out and meet people. If you like dining out (dinner, lunch, or brunch), having a g …

Meet other couples in the Greater Sarasota Metro Area! We welcome couples of any age, creed, background, etc. Join us for Dining, Dancing, Beach Events, Golf, Tennis, Boating, Theater Nights, Comedy Shows, Biking, Volleyball, Billiards, Movies, Game Nights, etc... we are open to almost all suggestions!  Are you new to the area, relocating, just starting out as a couple, empty nesters, retiring?  Perhaps you are new to the area and don't know anyone to hang out with, or maybe you just need to get …

Meet other fabulous 40+ women in the Sarasota, Venice, and Bradenton area for Friendship and Fun! Gather with women who share the same goals and interests as you. Join our Meetup Group to see what activities are planned! We like to do a wide variety of things: happy hours, dining out, pot luck suppers, game nights, bowling, mini golf, scavenger hunts, pottery painting, movies, shopping trips or just going out and having a ball! The possibilities are truly endless ... and we welcome you to sugges …

Join Chandrakant, Amrit Yoga teacher and chef, for an entertaining session of cooking, conversation and dining, as he prepares vegetarian Gujarati Indian dishes as taught by Mataji, beloved wife of Yogi Amrit Desai.. Bring your appetite for fun, a favorite wine and take-home containers. Donation: $50 All Proceeds To: The Mataji Fund… a Living Legacy for Indian Women & Children “When you help another person, you don’t even know how that act of giving or how many other people could be affected by …

Welcome to the Real Girlfriends of Sarasota. This chic, trendy group is for women who are interested in making new friendships and laugh more often. Life can be maddening at times and we need to have some fun diversions. I am a professional business woman and know personally how work and family can cause us to focus our energies on everyone but ourselves. This group will hopefully allow those fun girlfriend times to return! If you enjoy events such as coffee dates, lunch, wine tastings, happy ho …

Come out and meet singles just like you. Join the most active and fastest growing singles and socials group in the greater Sarasota-Bradenton area! This is an event driven group of people where meeting and exploring together is our mission. We'll find live bands, happy hours, sunsets, active events and festivals together. We will experience all that "south of the bay" has to offer and laugh our way through every bit of it. This is NOT an online dating site. Others do that much better than we can …

Interested in meeting people our own age with similar interests? Want to go enjoy live music? Go to the beach? Go for a run/walk? Happy hour? How about getting out and dancing? Catch a movie? Have a game night? There is lots to do in the area.  The uniqueness of this group is that we are just that  -A Group, so it is not just me who will create an event, but you are all welcome to share in any great ideas !

Welcome Foodies Eats & Meet. Are you ready to explore our local culinary, wine and spirits landscape in our local area, as well as the rest of Florida.  We will also sample our way through the US and do some International tasting was well. Enjoy sampling fine dinning, mom & pop, .  WE will attend events, tastings, various classes and demonstrations. This is a group for food, wine beer and spirits lovers. We hope you come and taste with us.

This is a meetup for liberal thinkers that happen to like film and also like to cook, or have a partner that likes to cook, or can cut up a watermelon. The film selections will range from movies staring big name actors to esoteric art films, documentaries, and foreign films.  We tend to choose movies that have a broad base of good reviews and hopefully each film will stimulate our thinking and provoke conversation. Everyone is expected to bring a dish from the menu list. Before the meetup, each …

We are a growing fun , cool people between 30ish and 59ish who are single and love fun times with good friends, and getting out and doing it all. We will meet around Punta Gorda, Venice, Port Charlotte, and Nakomis. Who knows what we will do next!!! Kayaking , Scuba Diving, Sky Diving, Boating, Sailing, Camping, Snorkeling, Surfing, Scuba , Travel, Cookouts, Key West, 4wheeling, Road trips, Fun Parties, Guitars & Tiki Bars! And by the way, we play and party hard, so this isn't a senior citizen g …

WELCOME to Parties by LeslieSRQ, established in July of 2010, this Meetup was created to invite YOU to Parties! We are happy to report that we have grown to over 800 Members! Either for FRIENDSHIP; shared INTERESTS; just FUN; or potential ROMANCE!  It is primarily a Singles Group, but couples are welcome. In addition to MANY relationships that have evolved as a result of this Meetup, there have ALSO been many 'friendships'! ($5 ANNUAL DUES) UPCOMING EVENTS Tropical Ave Band Tarpon Pointe - May …

Do you like to go out to different local restaurants for Happy Hour? Do you enjoy meeting new people? Everybody (over 21 of course) is welcome to join Menu Magazine SRQ at our Happy Hour Social Events. We visit a different Restaurant every month to mix and mingle with our fellow Sarasotians.

We are independent travel hounds looking to explore the world, meet other travelers and take trips to exotic, unusual, adventurous locations around the globe.   We will also take in local travel and internationally related events.   Our social meet-ups in the Sarasota area are gatherings to meet others, talk travel, try exotic foods, share local adventures, discuss upcoming trips and brag about past adventures. Our adventure possibilities are endless! You do not need to be an experienced travele …

SRQ Singles has been active in the area serving Sarasota, Venice and Bradenton since 2006. Our popular upscale gatherings are lively, friendly and well attended. SRQ Singles provides an opportunity to personally meet singles at quality events, activities and 'Rock On' gatherings for single professionals, active Baby Boomers, and those singles starting over. Please note, this is not a dating site.  We strive to provide an opportunity to network with other singles,   meeting face-to-face, the way …

A literary supper club for any and all bookworms and book lovers that would like to share a love of reading and enjoy dinner or a drink. We will meet usually on the middle Wednesday of every month. Feel free to suggest books and restaurants. I will try to post the books and locations a few months in advance. I'd like to collect a buck or so from everyone who comes to the meetings just to help with the meetup site costs, more if you can, less if you can't. Everyone is welcome!! There is a no show …

This group is for active friendly vegans, vegetarians and the veg curious who want to have fun, share awsome tasty food and socialize with like-minded people in a relaxed comfortable atmosphere from Sarasota to Tampa. There is many reasons to choose this lifestyle from compassion and love for animals, animal rights, health, environmentalism to kindness and peace.  We welcome anyone who is interested in a vegan / vegetarian lifestyle. If you RSVP for an event and don't show up,  especially if it …

If you are looking to get out with other couples, this is the place to be. You will meet with other couples for dinner in the Sarasota area at some really nice restaurants where you can put on the Ritz as well as meet for burgers and beer. Plenty of events will be planned and your choices of dining adventures will be endless. Age groups and menu pricing will be detailed with each dinner club outing. There are no dues, fees or expectations except to have fun. If you want to host an outing, or sug …

Let's Get Together for a Good Reason! Club Red is the new social membership club of our local American Red Cross SW FL Chapter.  The American Red Cross, renowned worldwide as a humanitarian organization, is dedicated to providing relief to victims of disaster, even right here in our own community! Do you want to meet people who, like you, want to offer personal time and talent toward a good cause?  Join other community-minded individuals, professionals and retirees, singles and couples, and part …

This *20s to ((lively)) 30s* group is all about meeting new people, trying new things, having a good time, and finding fun things to do (other than going to the bar) in Sarasota!