Clubs, groups and meetups to join in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

140 clubs, groups and meetups you can join in Dubai, across 21 activities. Updated .

Board games 19 board game groups and meetups

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Illustration: Small blank dry-erase answer boards and capped plain markers lean together on a silver outdoor bench under a shelter, in cool evening light.

Board games

Dubai Board Game Meetup

  • No schedule listed
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Two older adults play backgammon at a cobalt metal courtyard table with a plain triangular-point board.

Board games

Dubai Board Gamers

  • No schedule listed
  • On Meetup
Illustration: A plain grid board and cylindrical counters on a courtyard table.

Board games

Dubai Board Games Evening

  • No schedule listed
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Plain colored day markers on a small black panel above a pocket of role cards.

Board games

Dubai Boardgames Meetup (MeepleMatch)

  • No schedule listed
  • On Meetup

Networking 12 networking groups and meetups

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Illustration: Textile swatches and a portfolio on a studio meeting shelf.

Networking

Bitcoin Dubai

  • Once a month
  • English
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Document sleeves and pencils around a small meeting table.

Networking

Blockchain Dubai

  • No schedule listed
  • English
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Young adults discussing a small architectural model in a concrete gallery.

Networking

Crypto BuiDLers Community Dubai

  • No schedule listed
  • English
  • On Meetup
Illustration: An open gray equipment case holds neatly divided plain lanyards, empty badge sleeves and blank cards.

Networking

Dubai Bitcoin Circle - Singularity

  • No schedule listed
  • English
  • On Meetup

Badminton 11 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.Active

Badminton

Heriot-Watt University Dubai Badminton Club

  • Every week
  • Last
  • English
Illustration: Young adults walk between badminton courts carrying their rackets.

Badminton

Karnataka Badminton Friends Club UAE

  • Every week
  • Last
  • English, Kannada
Illustration: Synthetic badminton shuttles and a racket on a towel.

Badminton

BADMINTON ACTIVE-DUBAI

  • Every day
  • English
  • On Meetup
Illustration: A wrapped badminton racket handle and a feather shuttle.

Badminton

Badminton For All - Dubai

  • Every week
  • English
  • On Meetup

Book clubs 10 book clubs

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Illustration: Cloth-wrapped books inside a neighborhood exchange wall.Active

Book clubs

Emirates Literature Foundation Book Club

  • Once a month
  • Next
  • English
Illustration: Plain hardbacks in a padded blue library returns tray below a metal slot.

Book clubs

A Few Good Pages - Short Story Book Club

  • Every Thursday, 18:00
  • Evening
  • Next
  • English
  • On Meetup
Illustration: An open orange satchel with plain-covered books on an empty transit seat.

Book clubs

DYC Book Club @JLT

  • Every Sunday, 14:00 to 16:00
  • Weekend afternoon
  • English
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Small handmade books on a blue rail above red lecture seats.

Book clubs

Safar Book Group

  • Third Sunday of the month
  • Weekend
  • English
  • On Meetup

Hobbies 10 hobby groups and clubs

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Illustration: Three young adults reviewing story-image cards on a pinboard.Active

Hobbies

Dubai International Writers’ Centre

  • Last
  • English, Arabic
  • Paid
Illustration: A sketchbook and pencil resting on a low city wall.

Hobbies

Karama Arts Club

  • Once a month
  • English
Illustration: A closed crimson notebook secured by an elastic band and a pencil rest on a wide sheltered ferry-terminal rail.

Hobbies

The Dubai Writers' Group

  • Every other Sunday, 17:00
  • Weekend evening
  • English
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Young adults rehearse a comedy set together in a community room.

Hobbies

Blank Space Dubai Open Mic Community

  • No schedule listed
  • English, Several languages

Language exchange 8 language exchange groups and meetups

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Illustration: Wordless object cards, a notebook and pencil at an empty café counter.

Language exchange

Dubai Expats Social & Language Exchange

  • Every Sunday
  • Weekend
  • English, Arabic
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Two young adults practice a language conversation using a bicycle picture card at a cafe counter.

Language exchange

Dubai Language & Communication Circle

  • Every week
  • Arabic, English and one more language
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Fruit with contrasting textures beside a crimson conversation-prompt bag.

Language exchange

English coffee morning catch up!

  • Every week
  • English, Arabic and one more language
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Vegetable baskets and notebooks beneath a closed market stall.

Language exchange

The Language Society

  • Every week
  • English, Arabic and eight more languages
  • On Meetup

Football (soccer) 8 football groups and meetups

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Illustration: Goalkeeper gloves hanging from an empty goal net.

Football (soccer)

Dubai Football Community

  • Every day
  • English
  • On Meetup
Illustration: A plain charcoal foam roller and folded orange towel sit on the concrete end of an empty dugout bench, with football boots below.

Football (soccer)

Expat Football Association (EFA)

  • Every day
  • English
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Young adults enjoy a gentle walking-football session in a park.

Football (soccer)

Lineup

  • Several times a week
  • English
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Training bibs, soccer boots and a ball beside an open sports bag.

Football (soccer)

Touchline Sport Academy

  • Monday and Sunday
  • English

Volleyball 8 volleyball groups and clubs

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Illustration: Young adults take part in young adults playing volleyball at a park court.

Volleyball

Dubai Beach volleyball

  • Every week
  • Last
  • English
  • On Meetup
Illustration: An open orange mesh bag holding one plain volleyball sits at the foot of a blue beach-court post.

Volleyball

MK Beach Volley

  • Every Sunday
  • Weekend
  • Last
  • English
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Young adults take part in a recreational indoor volleyball rally in a community gym.

Volleyball

Califit Dubai Beach Volleyball Community

  • Every week
  • English
Illustration: A plain volleyball, folded knee pads and a small gray gear bag sit beneath the lowest row of red indoor bleacher seats.

Volleyball

Dubai volleyball

  • Saturday
  • Weekend
  • English
  • On Meetup

Running and walking 7 run clubs and walking groups

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Illustration: A running shell, shoes and cap on an entry mat.Active

Running and walking

DH3 (Desert Hash House Harriers)

  • Every Monday
  • Last
  • English
  • Paid
Illustration: A plain purple foam roller and two running shoes rest on the red rubber floor of an empty track-access tunnel.Active

Running and walking

Galaxy Run Club

  • Every Saturday, 06:30 to 07:30
  • Weekend morning
  • Last
  • English
Illustration: Three young adults jogging at a relaxed pace under palms.

Running and walking

Dubai Creek Striders

  • Several times a week
  • English
  • Dubai
Illustration: Lightweight running shoes, socks and a compact belt.

Running and walking

Dubai Runners

  • Every week
  • English
  • On Meetup

Dance 6 dance groups and meetups

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Illustration: Ballroom shoes showing a suede sole beside a shoe brush.

Dance

Dance Case Studio Dubai

  • Every Monday and Sunday
  • English
Illustration: A speaker, audio cable and dance-shoe bag beside an open floor.

Dance

Dubai Bachata

  • Every Thursday and Sunday
  • Arabic, English and one more language
Illustration: Bronze Latin shoes tucked inside a hanging blue dance tote.

Dance

Latin & Social Dance Parties DXB

  • Several times a week: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
  • English
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Five adults aged 30 to 65 rehearse a simple line-dance step in two staggered rows in a community hall.

Dance

Optimal Dance Academy

  • Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 18:30
  • Evening
  • English

Yoga 5 yoga groups

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Illustration: Bolsters, spare cotton covers and a folded mat on a studio bench.

Yoga

Dubai Outdoor Yoga & Meditation Community

  • Every Saturday and Sunday
  • Weekend
  • English
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Young adults take part in mat yoga class led by an instructor in a bright studio.

Yoga

Thousand Petaled Lotus Yoga

  • Every day, 07:30
  • Morning
  • English
Illustration: Two young adults practice downward-facing dog on separate mats in a bright yoga studio.

Yoga

Yoga Room JLT

  • Every Monday, Thursday and Sunday
  • English
Illustration: A young adult woman balances in dancer pose on a yoga mat in a sunlit studio.

Yoga

Tula Studio

  • No schedule listed

Padel 5 padel groups and clubs

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Illustration: Two plain padel bags lean together beneath an exterior concrete stair beside a covered seating area.

Padel

BeyondTheCourt Padel Club

  • Every week
  • English
Illustration: The thick rim and perforated face of a padel racket.

Padel

Padel in Dubai

  • Every day
  • Russian, English
  • Paid
  • Dubai
Illustration: A padel racket, pouch and felt ball on a sports-center step.

Padel

Padelpoint - first padel club in UAE

  • Every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, 16:30
  • Afternoon
  • English
Illustration: A young adult woman prepares a controlled padel forehand beside the glass wall.

Padel

PadelPoint Monday Social

  • Every Monday
  • English
  • Al Quoz

Fitness groups 4 fitness groups

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Illustration: Young adults take part in functional training with kettlebells and plyo boxes.Active

Fitness groups

EMD Fitness Dubai

  • Last
  • English
Illustration: Young adults take part in boxing-fitness pad work with gloves and focus mitts.

Fitness groups

Prime Fitness

  • No schedule listed
  • English, Arabic
Illustration: Young adults take part in indoor cycling class.

Fitness groups

RESHAPE

  • No schedule listed
Illustration: Young adults take part in outdoor bootcamp in a leafy park.

Fitness groups

Veo Fitness

  • No schedule listed
  • English

Pickleball 4 pickleball groups and clubs

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Basketball 3 basketball groups and pickup games

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Illustration: Young adults take part in 3x3 basketball on a small street court.

Basketball

MeetNHoop Dubai Basketball Community

  • Every week
  • English
Illustration: Two orange basketballs and a plain towel rest on a bench beside an empty outdoor basketball court.

Basketball

MPAC Community Open Runs

  • Every week
  • English
  • Al Quoz 1
Illustration: Young adults take part in pickup basketball on an outdoor neighborhood court.May have stopped

Basketball

Limitless Women's Basketball

  • No schedule listed
  • On Meetup

Meetups and social clubs 2 social clubs and meetup groups

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Blood on the Clocktower 1 Blood on the Clocktower group

Illustration: A sand timer, face-down role cards and a pouch beside empty game chairs.Active

Blood on the Clocktower

Spartacues / Spartan Tabletop Guild

  • Every Wednesday, 19:30
  • Evening
  • Last
  • English

Table tennis 1 table tennis club or group

Illustration: A folded ball-catching net and paddle case in a practice room.Active

Table tennis

Heriot-Watt Dubai Table Tennis Club

  • Tuesday, 18:00
  • Evening
  • Last
  • English

Racket and paddle sports 1 racket or paddle sport group

Illustration: An open navy bag holds two slender long-shaft strung badminton rackets beside a coral changing-room wall, with feather shuttlecocks in a plain tube, shown close.May have stopped

Racket and paddle sports

Cosmos Smasherss

  • No schedule listed
  • On Meetup

Team sports 1 flag football or team sports group

Illustration: Equipment for dodgeball game in a recreation gym, arranged in an activity setting without people.

Team sports

Desert Sports Dubai

  • Every week
  • English
  • Dubai

Dating 14 singles meetups and dating groups

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At a glance

  • Of the 140 clubs, groups and meetups in Dubai, 8 met recently or have a meeting coming up, 91 are listed with no meeting date seen, 9 have not been checked yet, 22 cannot be checked automatically and 10 may have stopped.
  • 41 of the 140 give a regular day. Sunday is the most common meeting day (19 clubs, groups and meetups).
  • 57 of the 74 that say how often they meet do so every week or more often; 66 do not say how often.
  • 11 of the 16 that give a start time start at 17:00 or later.
  • 121 of the 140 name a language: English (112), Arabic (15), Russian (10), Spanish (5), French (2), German (2), Japanese (2), Chinese (1) and 5 more languages.
  • Of the 140, 7 say they are free and 4 say they are paid; 129 do not say.
Meeting days of the 41 that give one
  1. Monday: 10
  2. Tuesday: 5
  3. Wednesday: 9
  4. Thursday: 8
  5. Friday: 6
  6. Saturday: 15
  7. Sunday: 19
The languages named most by the 121 that name one
  • English112
  • Arabic15
  • Russian10
  • Spanish5
  • French2

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