What are the best places in LA to meet people, make friends, and find activity partners? LA can be a challenging city for newcomers. We need more resources for bringing people together and building community.

That's why we crowdsourced this list of our favorite LA community experiences and groups. We love community experiences, and this is the list we wish we had when we moved here - but the journey to discover them has been a lot of fun. 💌

This list was created by NYC in LA - a collective of former New Yorkers who now live in LA. We’re excited to help spread the word about some of the cool, sometimes cozy, and sorta hidden gems we’ve found or heard about over the years. All of them are open to the public.

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ARTS & CRAFTS 🎨

• Craft Contemporary
• Creative Communal
• Forager Crafts
• Handmade in Venice Beach
• Painted Peach LA
• Pottery Studio 1
• Shot of Art
• These Hands Makers Collective

BOOKS 📚

• Beyond Baroque Literary Arts
• Los Angeles Poet Society
• Reading Rhythms
• Silver Lake Reading Club

BRUNCH / DINNER 🥗

• Asi Asi
• Fude Experience
• Graze It Social Club
• LA Food Shop
• Ragu and Mosh
• Rosalynn Supper Club
• Santa Monica Brunch Club
• The Dinner Circle
• Turkish Breakfast Club

COMEDY 😆

• Abbott Kidding
• Backdoor Comedy
• Don't Tell Comedy
• Dynasty Typewriter
• Groundlings School
• Improv for the People
• Improv LA
• UCB Training Center
• Westside Comedy

CO-WORKING & EVENT SPACES 💻

• Blank Spaces
• Industrious
• Moss
• Motoring Coffee
• MUD WTR Gather
• NeueHouse
• The Kinn

CYCLING 🚴‍♀️

• East Side Riders
• Los Angeles Wheelmen
• Marina del Rey Cycle Club
• Peach Cycling
• Ride Wit Us
• The Mixed Race
• Venice Electric Light Parade

DANCE 💃

• Dance US
• Dancer University
• Ecstatic Dance LA
• JT Ballroom Dance
• Movers and Shakers
• Soho Dance
• Swing Dance LA
• Third Street Dance
• Venice Social Club
• The Victorian

EVENTS - VARIOUS 🎈

• Camber LA
• Grateful Giraffes
• KnowFun
• Hey So So Club
• Los Angeles Bucket List
• Los Angeles Fun Events
• Los Angeles Social Club
• Mystic Manor
• NYC in LA
• Secret Los Angeles
• Venice Social Club

FOOD / COOKING 🧑‍🍳

• Camila Creates
• Cocu Social
• CozyMeal
• EATZ Cooking Classes
• Lazy Acres Cooking Classes
• Little City Farm LA
• Los Angeles Picnic Club
• Malibu Chili Cook-off
• The Gourmandise School

HEALTH & WELLNESS 🧘‍♀️

• Aire Wellness
• IcePass LA
• Into the Multiverse
• SuperBloom Collective
• The Liber8 Experience
• The Oasis

LGBTQ 🏳️‍🌈

• Cuties LA
• Different Spokes
• LA Pride
• Los Angeles LGBT Center
• Skirt Club
• The Network SM

MUSIC 🎶

• Disconnect Foundation
• Jazz at LACMA
• MindTravel
• Parasol LA
• Penmar Sunset Sessions
• Saga Supper Club
• Saturdays at Seven
• Slow Jamz
• Sofar Sounds LA
• Sweet Nectar Music

NATURE / HIKING 🧗‍♂️

• LA Hike Club
• Outsiders LA
• Swim and Social

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 👨‍🏫

• Evryman
• Held
• Magic of Human Connection
• Powerful Stuff
• The Armada Tribe

PETS 🐈

• Annenberg PetSpace

• Psst—reminder this is a collective effort to share cool experiences with other friends in LA. Not all of these experiences have been endorsed or vetted by all of the folks who contributed to this list.

** If something is missing from this list that you think should be added, please email us at [email protected] or DM us on IG (@nyc.in.la) ⭐ We’d love to keep growing it.

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