Clubs, groups and meetups to join in Manila, Philippines

104 clubs, groups and meetups you can join in Manila, across 17 activities. Updated .

Meetups and social clubs 37 social clubs and meetup groups

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Dance 13 dance groups and meetups

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Illustration: Jazz shoes, a warmup layer and an exercise band on a bench.

Dance

Manila Dance Company

  • Every Sunday
  • Weekend
  • Filipino, English
Illustration: A chrome trolley holds plain towels, water bottles and a compact speaker beside a yellow studio wall, with a wide clear dance floor receding behind.

Dance

Studio at the Third

  • Every week
  • English, Filipino
Illustration: Simple unnumbered orange circular floor spots are spaced across a blue studio floor for a group dance class, with no people and frosted glass behind, shown wide.

Dance

The Safe Studio

  • Every Wednesday and Sunday
  • English, Filipino
Illustration: Open ankle straps on Latin shoes resting on a teal drying rack.

Dance

Academy One

  • No schedule listed
  • Filipino, English

Book clubs 10 book clubs

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Illustration: Four young adults read together on picnic blankets in a shaded lawn.

Book clubs

a classics book club: read btwn the wines

  • Once a month
  • English
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Plain books and reading glasses on a woven rug in lawn shade.

Book clubs

Brews & Bestsellers: Makati Book Club

  • Once a month
  • English
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Colorful fabric bookmarks clipped to a line in a reading-room alcove.

Book clubs

Deartime Community

  • Once a month
  • English, Filipino and four more languages
Illustration: A closed black paperback resting in the folds of a red reading-room beanbag.

Book clubs

The BGC Book Club

  • Once a month
  • English
  • On Meetup

Language exchange 8 language exchange groups and meetups

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Illustration: A divided red tray holding simple objects for a storytelling circle.

Language exchange

Manila Hangout & Activities

  • Every Saturday, 19:30
  • Weekend evening
  • English, Filipino and one more language
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Two young adults practice a language conversation using a bicycle picture card at a cafe counter.

Language exchange

Little Japan in Manila

  • No schedule listed
  • Japanese, Filipino and one more language
  • On Meetup
Illustration: A teaching clock with colored hands on a green classroom door.

Language exchange

Manila Bilingual Spanish/English Meetup

  • No schedule listed
  • Spanish, English
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Wooden story dice between classroom chairs on a purple mat.

Language exchange

Spanish Language Meetup of the Philippines

  • No schedule listed
  • Spanish, English and one more language
  • On Meetup

Networking 8 networking groups and meetups

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Illustration: Three plain folios rest on separate stools around an empty standing-height metal table at the foot of a circular staircase.

Networking

Americans in Manila

  • Every week
  • English
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Young adults examine woven textile samples together in a workshop.

Networking

BlockchainSpace

  • No schedule listed
  • English
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Reusable badge sleeves and lanyards on a storage trolley.

Networking

LFDT Philippines

  • No schedule listed
  • English
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Plain laptop sleeves on two desks divided by a frosted screen.

Networking

Manila DevOps User Group (PSUGMNL)

  • No schedule listed
  • English, Filipino
  • On Meetup

Hobbies 7 hobby groups and clubs

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Illustration: Young adults hang an original patterned fabric banner in a workshop.Active

Hobbies

Metropolitan Museum of Manila public programs

  • Once a month
  • Last
  • English, Filipino
Illustration: Young adults viewing and discussing paintings in a small gallery.Active

Hobbies

Museum Volunteers of the Philippines (MVP)

  • Once a month
  • Last
  • English
Illustration: Four empty easels with plain paper face a blue fabric-draped stool in a brick studio.Active

Hobbies

Poblacion Life Drawing Sessions

  • Once a month
  • Last
  • English, Filipino
Illustration: Young adults weave reed baskets in a sunlit workshop.

Hobbies

Kislap Open-Play / Maskipaps

  • No schedule listed
  • English, Filipino

Board games 4 board game groups and meetups

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Illustration: Two young adults in their 20s study and arrange miniatures on a tabletop terrain board.

Board games

Board Game in Manila - Expats & New Friends

  • No schedule listed
  • English
  • On Meetup
Illustration: A player privately checks a hidden-role card during a group game.

Board games

Her Manila Sisterhood - Mafia game meetups

  • No schedule listed
  • On Meetup
Illustration: Teal-backed cards arranged face-down in a circle on black felt.

Board games

Open Gaming Meet (OGM) Philippines

  • Once a month
  • English, Filipino
  • On Facebook
Illustration: Plain face-down cards and wooden voting discs arranged around a round table.May have stopped

Board games

Manila Bay Meetup Open

  • No schedule listed
  • On Meetup

Volunteering 4 volunteer groups

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Illustration: Two young adult volunteers fold clean animal-care blankets in a utility room.Active

Volunteering

KAWA Pilipinas Community Kitchen Volunteers

  • Last
  • Barangay 761
Illustration: Produce crates, loose vegetables, apples and an empty paper bag on a packing bench.Active

Volunteering

Hands On Manila

  • Once a month
  • Last
  • English
Illustration: Sorted volunteer supplies in an open purple utility cupboard.

Volunteering

Iwas Gutom Society

  • Several times a week
  • English
  • Santa Cruz
Illustration: Clean animal-care blankets and bowls on a laundry cage.

Volunteering

Project PEARLS Volunteer Team

  • No schedule listed
  • English
  • Tondo

Yoga 3 yoga groups

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Illustration: Equipment for mat yoga class led by an instructor in a bright studio, arranged in an activity setting without people.Active

Yoga

Yoga Manila

  • Every Tuesday and Saturday
  • Next
  • English
Illustration: Young adults take part in simple partner yoga pose with careful balance.

Yoga

EKAM SOUL

  • Every day
  • English
Illustration: Young adults take part in outdoor park yoga class on a lawn.

Yoga

Manila Jiva

  • Every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday, 19:30
  • Evening
  • English

Volleyball 2 volleyball groups and clubs

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Illustration: Two unbranded stitched-panel volleyballs sit in a blue mesh carrying sling on clean beach sand beside a wooden shelter post, shown close with soft dune grass behind.

Volleyball

Beach Volley Manila

  • No schedule listed
  • English, Filipino
Illustration: An empty beach-volleyball court beside a quiet sea.

Volleyball

Icarus Volleyball Club

  • No schedule listed
  • English

Team sports 2 flag football and team sports groups

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Illustration: Young adults take part in women's adult American football team practicing together.

Team sports

Football Manila Open Play

  • Several times a week
  • English
  • Paid
  • Manila
Illustration: Young adults take part in flag football game on grass with flag belts.

Team sports

Sigasig Dragón Racing Team

  • Several times a week
  • English
  • Ermita

Blood on the Clocktower 1 Blood on the Clocktower group

Illustration: An opaque cloth bag and face-down wooden role discs on a chair seat.

Blood on the Clocktower

Blood on the Clocktower - PH / Clocktower Manila

  • Every Thursday
  • English, Filipino
  • On Facebook

Digital nomads 1 digital nomad meetup or group

Illustration: A rust-orange privacy screen partly opened on a shared desk.

Digital nomads

BGC Digital Nomads

  • Second Thursday of the month
  • English
  • On Meetup

Meditation 1 meditation group

Illustration: Folded cushion covers in a basket beside a plain sitting cushion.Active

Meditation

Sahaja Yoga Meditation

  • Every Tuesday, 18:30
  • Evening
  • Last

Running and walking 1 run club or walking group

Illustration: A spike wrench and replacement pins beside a running-shoe sole.

Running and walking

Founders Running Club Manila

  • Every Saturday
  • Weekend
  • English

Basketball 1 basketball group or pickup game

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

Basketball

WR Midnight Runs

  • No schedule listed
  • English

Badminton 1 badminton group or club

Illustration: Two badminton rackets and feather shuttlecocks on a wooden court bench.

Badminton

Baddicts Travellers Club

  • No schedule listed
  • English

At a glance

  • Of the 104 clubs, groups and meetups in Manila, 8 met recently or have a meeting coming up, 56 are listed with no meeting date seen, 8 have not been checked yet, 18 cannot be checked automatically and 14 may have stopped.
  • 22 of the 104 give a regular day. Saturday is the most common meeting day (7 clubs, groups and meetups).
  • 26 of the 46 that say how often they meet do so every week or more often; 58 do not say how often.
  • 11 of the 13 that give a start time start at 17:00 or later.
  • 100 of the 104 name a language: English (98), Filipino (44), Spanish (4), Japanese (3), Chinese (1), French (1) and German (1).
  • Of the 104, 2 say they are free and 3 say they are paid; 99 do not say.
Meeting days of the 22 that give one
  1. Monday: 1
  2. Tuesday: 4
  3. Wednesday: 1
  4. Thursday: 4
  5. Friday: 3
  6. Saturday: 7
  7. Sunday: 6
The languages named most by the 100 that name one
  • English98
  • Filipino44
  • Spanish4
  • Japanese3
  • Chinese1

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