Clubs, groups and meetups to join in Chicago, United States

111 clubs, groups and meetups you can join in Chicago, across 21 activities. Updated .

Meetups and social clubs 25 social clubs and meetup groups

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Board games 18 board game groups and meetups

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Illustration: Three young adults sort game tiles into racks at a green community table.

Board games

(25+) Uptown/Edgewater Social Board Game Group *New Location*

  • Wednesday
  • Last
  • English
  • Edgewater
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Young adults consider two keys beside a small mystery-game lockbox.

Board games

Chicago Board Games and Drinks

  • Every week
  • English
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Wooden shape pieces beside a handmade sorting board.

Board games

Chicago Game Lovers

  • Several times a week
  • English
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Two card trays and a bowl of counters on a club table.

Board games

Beers & Board Games Chicago

  • No schedule listed
  • On Meetup

Language exchange 14 language exchange groups and meetups

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Illustration: Language-practice materials on an aluminum ledge beside empty cafe seating.

Language exchange

Fluent in the City Meetup Group

  • Twice a month
  • French, English
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Wordless felt travel shapes on an upright green prompt board.

Language exchange

Learning Korean in Chicago

  • Saturday
  • Weekend
  • Korean, English
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Everyday description objects in a small open blue cabinet.

Language exchange

Meet People Social Chicago

  • Every week
  • English, Spanish and two more languages
Illustration: Uncaptioned landscape cards arranged inside a blue metal cabinet.

Language exchange

Spanglish Exchange CHICAGO - Language Exchange (Spanish)

  • Monday and Wednesday
  • English, Spanish
  • On Meetup

Hobbies 9 hobby groups and clubs

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Illustration: Young adults learn camera movement on a compact slider in a workshop.

Hobbies

Chicago Film Discussion Group

  • Last
  • English
  • Lincoln Square
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Young adults sketch trees from beneath a shelter in the rain.

Hobbies

Lemon Wedge Arts

  • Every Friday
  • Last
  • English
Illustration: Young adults rehearse harmony together in pairs.

Hobbies

AnySquared Studio Days - Weekly Community Artmaking

  • Every Wednesday, 16:00 to 22:00
  • Afternoon
  • English
  • Free
  • Logan Square
Illustration: An empty red lounge chair faces two plain black speakers in a modest blue-walled room, unlettered records on a low metal rack.

Hobbies

Chicago Circle Singing

  • Once a month
  • English

Book clubs 8 book clubs

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Illustration: Plain hardbacks in a padded blue library returns tray below a metal slot.

Book clubs

Como Agua Para Lectores de Chicago

  • Last
  • Spanish
  • On Meetup
Illustration: A large plain folio, smaller books and page weights on a library reading support.

Book clubs

New Girlfriends & Good Books: Women’s Book Club (20s & 30s)

  • Once a month
  • English
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Folding chairs and closed red books arranged for a reading circle in an empty gym.

Book clubs

PACH Book Club

  • Fourth Friday of the month, 19:30
  • Evening
  • English
Illustration: Two young adults sort plain-covered books in a green exchange crate.

Book clubs

The Well Read Book Club

  • Once a month
  • English

Dance 4 dance groups and meetups

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Illustration: An empty converted warehouse has a clean sprung dance floor, black sound equipment at the perimeter and orange chairs, shown wide under industrial skylights.Active

Dance

Latin Rhythms

  • Every week
  • Last
  • English, Spanish
Illustration: Two young adults practice a swing-dance step while another pair waits nearby.

Dance

Old Town School of Folk Music

  • Every week
  • English
Illustration: Jazz shoes, a warmup layer and an exercise band on a bench.

Dance

Urbanity Dance Chicago

  • Every week
  • English
Illustration: A wheeled practice mirror reflects only an empty pale studio and orange curtain, with plain shoe bags beside its sturdy metal base, viewed obliquely.

Dance

Dance Center Chicago

  • No schedule listed
  • English

Blood on the Clocktower 3 Blood on the Clocktower groups

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Illustration: A purple trolley carrying a moderator timer and blank game pieces.Active

Blood on the Clocktower

Columbia College Chicago Board Game Club

  • Every other week
  • Last
  • English
  • Free
Illustration: Young adults listen during a moderated storytelling game.

Blood on the Clocktower

Blood on the Clocktower - Northwest Suburbs and City

  • No schedule listed
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Young players reveal colored voting discs during a game.

Blood on the Clocktower

Chicagoland BotC Group

  • No schedule listed
  • On Meetup

Yoga 3 yoga groups

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Illustration: Equipment for simple partner yoga pose with careful balance, arranged in an activity setting without people.Active

Yoga

Alight Movement

  • Every Monday and Saturday
  • Next
  • English
Illustration: Young adults rest in a kneeling forward yoga pose on mats in a leafy park.Active

Yoga

Yoga Electronica

  • Sunday
  • Weekend
  • Next
  • English
Illustration: A young adult woman practices a low lunge with yoga blocks in a quiet studio.

Yoga

Moksha Yoga Meetup Group

  • Every Sunday, 17:30
  • Weekend evening
  • Last
  • English
  • On Meetup

Volleyball 3 volleyball groups and clubs

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Illustration: An empty modest beach-volleyball court has a taut plain net, with a blue-and-white ball beside a navy towel near the edge.

Volleyball

ComEd Rec Center - Adult Open Volleyball

  • Every Wednesday and Friday
  • English
Illustration: Beach-volleyball players taking a shaded water break.

Volleyball

Grab A Game Chicago Volleyball

  • Every week
  • English
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Young volleyball teammates talk together beside a court.

Volleyball

Players Sport & Social Group

  • Every week
  • English

Digital nomads 2 digital nomad meetups and groups

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Illustration: Young coworkers take a quiet coffee break on a rooftop.

Digital nomads

Chicago Digital Nomads (CDN)

  • No schedule listed
  • English
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Adults working and discussing samples in a greenhouse workspace.

Digital nomads

Global Nomads Connect and Social Mixer

  • No schedule listed
  • English
  • On Meetup

Fitness groups 2 fitness groups

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Illustration: Young adults take part in HIIT and circuit class in a neighborhood studio.

Fitness groups

Evolve Yoga & Fitness

  • Every week
  • English
Illustration: Young adults take part in indoor cycling class.

Fitness groups

The Salvation Army Kroc Center Chicago

  • Once a month
  • English

Football (soccer) 2 football groups and meetups

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Illustration: Stacks of plain coral and navy training bibs lie on broad concrete steps overlooking an empty enclosed small-sided football court.

Football (soccer)

NBHD Connect

  • Every week
  • English, Spanish
Illustration: A black-and-white football and a short stack of flat yellow field markers rest beside a dark mesh bag on closely cut grass.

Football (soccer)

Red Line SG

  • Every Wednesday, 18:00 to 20:00
  • Evening
  • English

Badminton 2 badminton groups and clubs

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Illustration: A credible high badminton net crosses an empty blue indoor court, with a slender badminton racket and white feather shuttlecock at the near sideline, shown wide.

Badminton

Lakeshore Sport & Fitness Badminton Open Play

  • Every week
  • English
Illustration: A plain metal stand holds several slim strung badminton rackets beside a dark blue divider curtain, with an empty orange chair nearby.

Badminton

University of Chicago Badminton Club

  • Several times a week
  • English

Padel 2 padel groups and clubs

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Illustration: A plain perforated padel racket sleeve and a steel flask sit on a black mesh table beneath a modest court-side awning.

Padel

Cube Chicago Padel

  • Every day
Illustration: Padel racket covers and a partly exposed racket by lockers.

Padel

Proximo Padel

  • Every Monday and Sunday

Tennis 2 tennis groups and meetups

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Illustration: A tennis racket, balls and wristbands inside a canvas tote.

Tennis

PlayYourCourt Greater Chicago Tennis

  • Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
  • Last
  • English
  • On Meetup
Illustration: The dark grip and lower frame of an unbranded tennis racket rest on a blue coated wire bench beside a single yellow tennis ball.

Tennis

🎾 Chicagoland Tennis 🎾

  • Sunday
  • Weekend
  • Last
  • English
  • On Meetup

Team sports 2 flag football and team sports groups

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Illustration: Young adult women wearing plain football helmets and pads talk between recreational practice drills while one holds a brown football.Active

Team sports

Lawndale Community Co-Ed Flag Football League

  • Saturday, 10:00 to 14:00
  • Weekend morning
  • Next
  • English, Spanish
Illustration: A young adult woman swings a bat during a relaxed community softball game as teammates watch from the field and dugout.

Team sports

Chicago Sport & Social Club

  • Every week
  • English

Networking 1 networking group or meetup

Illustration: A blank paper packaging mock-up between two coffee cups.

Networking

Chicago Blockchain Project

  • No schedule listed
  • English
  • On Meetup

Meditation 1 meditation group

Illustration: Crimson meditation cushions stored beneath community-hall bleachers.May have stopped

Meditation

Sahaja Yoga Meditation

  • Every week
  • Last
  • English
  • On Meetup

Basketball 1 basketball group or pickup game

Illustration: Young adults take part in pickup basketball on an outdoor neighborhood court.

Basketball

Grab A Game Chicago Basketball Meetup

  • Every week
  • English
  • On Meetup

Pickleball 1 pickleball group or club

Pickleball

UIC Pickleball Club

  • Several times a week
  • English
  • SRF Outdoor Recreation Courts

Dating 6 singles meetups and dating groups

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At a glance

  • Of the 111 clubs, groups and meetups in Chicago, 6 met recently or have a meeting coming up, 84 are listed with no meeting date seen, 7 have not been checked yet, 6 cannot be checked automatically and 8 may have stopped.
  • 19 of the 111 give a regular day. Saturday is the most common meeting day (7 clubs, groups and meetups).
  • 29 of the 45 that say how often they meet do so every week or more often; 66 do not say how often.
  • 3 of the 6 that give a start time start at 17:00 or later.
  • 91 of the 111 name a language: English (89), Spanish (14), French (4), Japanese (3), Korean (2) and Portuguese (1).
  • Of the 111, 4 say they are free and 1 says it is paid; 106 do not say.
Meeting days of the 19 that give one
  1. Monday: 3
  2. Tuesday: 1
  3. Wednesday: 5
  4. Thursday: 2
  5. Friday: 3
  6. Saturday: 7
  7. Sunday: 5
The languages named most by the 91 that name one
  • English89
  • Spanish14
  • French4
  • Japanese3
  • Korean2

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