This group is designed to attract movie lovers from all over the WNC area. We attempt to pick a variety of movies, and try to use different locations.  This is also a great way to meet like minded people for discussion and hopefully to make new friends. See you at the movies!

Asheville Sports & Social Club was created to provide recreational sports leagues and social events for adults over 21. No matter your skill level or athletic ability, you'll find a sport to enjoy and opportunities to socialize and make new friends that could last a lifetime. ASSC emphasizes recreational play that doesn't take the score too seriously.

This group is for women in their 20s-30s. The group is LGBTQ centered and all women are accepted and welcome here. People new to the area or all ready from here. It's about making new friends who want to have fun and contribute their time and energy. If you are an outdoor enthusiast and enjoy hiking, swimming, skiing, walking your dog, etc. you will love this group! Other event possibilities are girls night out, movies, dinner, and anything else that looks like fun or for a good cause. Thanks fo …

OUTDOOR CLUB SOUTH is the largest, most active & fun outdoor club in the South!  Our members love to hike, bike and paddle throughout the beautiful South and beyond. Our members are fun, friendly and active!  We have a wide variety of events for all ages and experience levels. Are you ready to explore the beautiful South and make new friends?  Join Us on an outdoor adventure soon!

We have such GREAT theatre here in Asheville and the surrounding areas! This group is for women who love live theater and want to support the performing arts in Western North Carolina. Let's get together and take advantage of this amazing arts community by attending some of the theatrical productions in the local area. Perhaps we can have dinner before or coffee/drinks after. If you're like me, you love to talk about the play you've just seen. Join this group if you're a woman who wants to: S …

This group is for ladies that want to have a fun time playing the dice game Bunco and to make new friends. It is a great way to relax and have a nice evening out that doesn't cost a fortune. It is for beginners to experienced players. I joined a Bunco group when I lived in Florida, but haven't been able to find one in the Asheville area, so I decided to try and start one.

This is an easy hiking and outdoor activity/nature group for families. Families all all types are welcome - single moms, toddlers, baby daddies, middle-aged schoold kids, high-schoolers, two-parent families, gay, straight, grandparents, tall, short, young & old... I've been watching meetup for a hiking/outdoors fun group for parents & kids and haven't found one that includes older kids. I have a middle-school aged daughter and we enjoy short hikes, waterfalls and the like and would like to try s …

Holistic Fit Friends of Asheville is an association of persons dedicated to improving the health and fitness of one another, our society, culture and environment in an evolving and comprehensive manner. This group encourages people of all walks of life to come together and form a community to exercise and develop ever better and more comprehensive approaches to the well being of body, mind, heart and soul of self, culture and nature.

I thought it would be great to create meet up where people with similar interest can share information about trails in WNC area and plan group ride/hike. I want all members to enjoy the ride without feeling pressure to catch up. I remembered riding with guys that I felt like throwing up. If you're a guy but don't have instinct to chase other bunnies/racing/compete, or go way ahead of us, you're more than welcome to join our ride. No matter how skilled/experienced rider you are, I hope we can alw …

This group provides an ongoing opportunity for Asheville area lesbians to socialize over Sunday brunch and other events. About twice a month, we will post the event details and location. If a contribution is needed, the amount will be included. To help your host plan, be sure to rsvp for each brunch/event asap. Bring your friendly vibe, make new friends, enjoy conversation...have fun! If you are interested in hosting a brunch or other activity, please contact the organizer, Gwen.

Calling all Asheville singles! Do you find it hard to meet professional singles in Asheville? Are you new to town, and looking to make new friends? The Asheville Professional Singles group was created as a way to meet other single people in a casual environment. Its goal is to have fun, introduce you to others in your age group, make new friends, and enjoy a variety of social events. Beginning in January, we are planning to hold happy hours, brunches, house parties, wine and cheese parties, dinn …

Our potlucks are well attended (30-50 participants is typical) as are our dinners out (avg: 20 participants). For more info email: veggieville@aol.com or visit our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Asheville-Vegetarians/11903167148311 Meet fellow Vegans,Vegetarians and the veg-curious near you! Come to our local events and  break bread with us, enjoy visiting speakers and the company of our diverse group. All are welcome, the only requirement is that attendees order vegan meals w …

We are a female-only group and the purpose of this group is to get together with other women for fun and laughs.  Our monthly dinners are very popular and a great way to meet someone different each month as we have women from all walks of life in our group.  Unlike a specialized group we have different activities all the time - movies, dinner, music, crafts, sports, hiking, etc - whatever you're up for.  If you don't see anything on the schedule that interests you, then make a suggestion for the …

"To bring together and serve all who believe that a right understanding of good food and wine is an essential part of personal contentment and health, and that an intelligent approach to the pleasures and problems of the table offers far greater rewards than the mere satisfaction of appetite."

Welcome to Asheville to all of our Transplanted Friends! Welcome to Western North Carolina’s Meetup group for all y’all who have come from all over the world to make these mountains your home. Whether you just got off the plane or have been here for decades, this group is for you. For the last three years, even as we have been known as the Asheville Ex-New Yorkers Meetup Group, we opened up this great group to include folks from cities all over the world. As long as you are friendly, inclusive, …

DARN was formed in 2005 to bring downtown residents together as neighbors, and to give them a voice in community issues. DARN sponsors neighborhood social functions, communicates with City officials on topics of concern to its members, and works with other organizations to make living downtown a positive experience. Our group is limited to residents of the Downtown Asheville Central Business District. The boundaries are I-240 on the North and West, Hilliard/Short Coxe on the South, Charlotte/Col …

Who We Are: We are Jesus’ People who want revolution for GLBTQ and Straight people, who seek to be free from religion and full of God. Mission: We are GLBTQ reaching out to GLBTQ and Straight people, who have been marginalized by religion, society or other systems, and provide a safe, healthy environment where they can explore the real Jesus and know God as God really is, discovering and living out their highest destiny. Premises: Who is Jesus? He is often presented to people in a discriminating …

We meet to share food from other cultures and to share past and present travel experiences (or inspire dreams of future travel experiences!) with fellow adventurers of all ages. On months that we have a formal speaker/presentation, we provide engaging "Passport" activity booklets for children as well as a craft project.

This is a group for women with a passion for reading romance novels. Let's get together and enjoy good wine, good company, and most importantly, good books with one another!

This meet-up group is geared for people who are looking to get some exercise by walking and hiking at a more moderate and easier pace than what the usual hiking club in the greater Asheville area offers. We will seek out more level hiking trails with no more than 1,000 foot elevations and range anywhere from 3 - 7 miles in length with a social element of either starting or ending the walks and hikes with an optional shared meal at a restaurant near the hiking/walking destination. Just because th …

The Asheville Area Wholistic and Intergrative Professionals (tm) (AAWIP) are collaborators, co-creators, co-catalysts, co-leaders that promote education, production and sales of professional wholistic and integrative products/services in the Asheville area – included but not limited to integrative health, personal growth, earth-friendly, eclectic artisans/musicians/authors. We co-provide a forum for exchange of information and ideas to expand the wholistic, integrative, green and related profess …

This group is for fun, stay at home mommas who are looking for fun things to do around town with other mommas! (This is for moms who really want to be involved only!) I am hoping to form a tight knit group of moms and friends who can have fun together during the day with our children but can also go out at night for moms' nights out or in.

We are a group of creative, friendly folks of all ages who love to chat, see what our neighbor is working on, share our skills and ideas and learn from one another. Hailing from all different skill sets from newbie to professional -we welcome you and whatever crafty stitchin' business you want to work on! We've got sewists, knitters, embroiderers, crocheters, menders, cross stitchers, felters, quilters .. . .(yeah, we could go on. . .. ) We gather several times a month at locally owned independ …

Looking for freespirited individuals that want get out and have fun! Anything goes, hiking, games, dancing, dinner, etc! So if you were born to play, this may be the group you've been looking for!

Join Us for a Fun & Rewarding Experience Learning About & Volunteering to Build Green Homes including Tiny Houses (See also "Shipping Container Homes") Asheville Sustainable and Tiny House Building Co-Operative This group was initially started by Catherine in Asheville, NC. She started ASBCO because she was inspired by the Amish idea of 'Community', by Habitat for Humanity and the spirited people of Asheville. In the Amish community, everyone comes together to help with 'barn-raising'. We have …

Call me Danny. I'm 28, and I have Asperger's. In my generation, there was limited knowledge of Asperger’s when I was growing up. I was thought to be Autistic as a young child and then it took 12 years to get diagnosed with Asperger's. At this point, I was on the threshold of adulthood and had not been given any assistance in my adolescence. This group is for adults with Asperger's who want to meet up for support, friendship, and fun activities. Who can join? Any adult on the Autism spectrum. Tho …

As a lover of reading, I am always surrounded by others talking about great books they are currently or have recently read. I was shocked to find there were no Meetup book clubs in our area. I would love a chance to meet new women and discuss books that are read by the group and get recommendations for books to be read outside of the group. This book club/reading group will mainly be focused on a casual book discussion (not analysis) and meeting new friends. If you love reading and want to make …

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