Being a multicultural city, Leicester has a lot to offer in terms of world cuisine, live/art house performances and colourful festivals. As for me, I enjoy a nice curry and film but it would be nice doing this experience with company who appreciate it. The purpose of the group is so that like minded cosmopolites can get together and enjoy a social meetup in a friendly setting. Anyone who would like to experience different culture and cuisines would be very welcome. Our members come from differen …

This is your opportunity to practise or have a taster at various languages in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Join us if you would like to do just that! We would also love to hear from you if you have a language to offer from any continent and any country. If you appreciate diversity and believe all cultures and languages to be of the same value, come and join like-minded people!

GZANG-GZANG! THE HOUSE OF THE TALKING DRUMS MONDAY 20TH MAY 7.15PM ITS BACK THE FLOATING RHYTHM!!!!! IFYA WANT A FUN WAY TO CHALLENGE YASEN THEN THIS IS IT!!! COME JOIN US AT THE HOUSE OF TALKING DRUMS!!! GZANG-GZANG!!! NOT ATTENDED YET, NOW IS THE TIME TO GETYASEN OUT AND ENJOY A NITE OF VIBRANT CREATIVITY!!!!!! ALL LEVELS WELCOME THERE WILL BE A SMALL CHARGE OF £3 JOIN THE SITE FOR MOR DETAILS. WE ARE A DJEMBE BIASED DRUM CIRCLE. The Djembe is  one of the most popular  hand drums in most p …

¡Hola! Welcome to a Nottingham-based meeting group for people wishing to practice their Spanish and meet up with like-minded people from all walks of life. Don't be shy! Your Spanish doesn't need to be perfect... just make sure that you can hold a conversation. Watch this space... Come, eat, drink, chat and make friends!

Come meet up with local Italian language learners and speakers and make new amici. Our group meets regularly for meals, walks, coffees, cinema trips as well as a monthly pub meet to chat in Italian. All ages and levels welcome. NB New members are welcome to join us for a few meetups but thereafter, we do ask for an annual contribution of £5 to pay towards the groups costs. Hope to see you soon...!

¡Hola! Este grupo es para la gente hispanohablante de Derby. ¡Ven a tomar un café con nosotros! This is a Derby-based meeting group for people wishing to get together and speak in Spanish whilst having a great time. All ages and abilities are welcome but it would be good if you can hold at least a basic conversation. Your Spanish doesn't need to be perfect... También organisamos reuniones durante el día para los padres y niños hispanohablantes. We also organise daytime meetups for Spanish speak …

This group is open to all ages and aims to organise a variety of events that appeal to a wide range of interests. If you live in or near Nottingham and want to meet new friends and have some fun days and nights out then do join us. I can promise you will meet some great people, make new friends and enjoy yourself. We have strong links with Nottingham Culture & Café Scientifique and Nottingham Gig Buddies with whom we share many members; so why not join as many as you like and have a packed socia …

Nottingham City & Country Explorers Group, formerly the Nottingham Heritage Interest Group, is dedicated to encouraging people in the Nottingham area to explore all it has to offer. Too often we take it for granted, when there are many amazing, beautiful, valuable, interesting places and activities in Nottingham and the surrounding area waiting to be discovered. Firstly, Nottingham's historical and archaeological heritage: under this city are more than 500 man-made sandstone caves, a unique feat …

Let's go see some of the great cultural offer available in Nottingham. This group will go to see plays, comedy gigs, classical music, opera, ballet and much else besides. We aim to cast a wide net to cover both amateur and professional, locally produced and touring productions. We may occasionally even go further afield - maybe Leicester Curve or Stratford-Upon-Avon.

Philosopher's Cafes are bringing philosophy back to its original intention of providing food for thought for people in everyday life and encouraging them to lead, more examined lives. Socrates practiced philosophy in the marketplace, taking on all comers, willing to discuss anything with anyone, anytime. This is the tradition of the philosopher's cafe. If you’re tired of being given your opinions, fed up with tabloid culture and no-brainer movies, you’ve got 157 channels and nothing worth watchi …

Group travel is getting more and more popular as people now like to travel around the world with groups of likeminded people. It doesn't matter if you're young, old, single or not, join this group IF you're serious about travelling. The purpose of this group is to get different groups together to talk about where they would like to travel to, when they want to travel, what they want to do on the trip, then organise the trip and have fun. That's it. Join this group now and let's do this. I was …

Let's meet up between gay men to share social events and activities. It could be anything from social outings, to book club, cultural visits, cinema, exhibitions...

This group is for everyone who is interested in meeting other Hindu Punjabi people, for friendship and extended kinship. Although I am based in the Midlands people from everyone part of the country is welcome to join.  Look forward to meeting you all Anchal

A range of Creative Workshops by some of the East Midlands' finest creative facilitators, all set in the beautifully restored Atkins factory in Hinckley, Leicestershire. We have sewing, comedy writing, pet illustrating, felt making, silk painting, face and body art, photography, drumming, painting and much much more. Visit www.beautyandutilityarts-creativeworkshops.com for more details and how to book. ttfn Katherine x

Nottingham IVC is a friendly and informal club, offering a wide variety of social, cultural and sporting activities for graduates, professionals and like-minded people. The Nottingham IVC is open to anyone looking to supercharge their life, no matter what age, sexuality or gender. The club is non-profit making with events organised by its members for its members. Do as much (or as little) as you like! Nottingham IVC is one of 45 IVC clubs around the UK with over 5,000 members. We offer a FREE 6 …

Geekeasy is a relaxed gathering of geeky/techy/creative types in Derby, who have an interest in learning and perhaps working together. It's very friendly, and you'll find an interesting mix of people to talk to.

We are a gardening group in Nottingham, aiming to promote organic gardening, sustainable gardening and a more localised food culture. Would you like to know more about growing your own food? We have a demonstration garden just out the City centre of Nottingham where we show different styles of gardening. From formal beds to a more mixed polyculture. Next year we will be trying some gardening in pots and forest gardening. Every other Saturday and Monday we have 'work parties' at the garden, where …