15 Ways to Meet Other Richmonders
Look, we love Friends just as much as anybody else, but expanding your social circle throughout adulthood isn’t all coffee shops and hangin’ out at Rachel and Monica’s. (We wish, tho — sounds amazing.) So, we’ve rounded up a few ways for you to meet and greet other locals, whether you’re looking to chat books, check out new restaurants, get outside, or volunteer while you’re at it.
— by the RVAx team
CreativeMornings
A free event series featuring a short talk on the first Friday of every month to inspire attendees to support, collab with, and build relationships with one another
Dyke Hang RVA
A group organizing lesbian-focused hangs around the River City, from disco nights to patio hangs
FoodiePath
A platform that links foodies through experiences like tea-blending classes, wine tastings, charcuterie board designing, and many more
For2
An app that “connects people to venues, restaurants, and bars to have conversations in small groups,” kicking things off with a unique question or conversation starter to help you and your group break the ice
FuckUp Nights
A hella motivating event series where speakers share their stories of professional failure — businesses crashing, partnerships going up in flames, product recalls, going broke, and more
HandsOn Greater Richmond
An org for individuals, families, teams, and corporate groups in the Greater Richmond area to join together and volunteer — and base opps on your availability, skills, who you wish to serve, and activity type
HYPE: Helping Young Professionals Engage
A place to meet and build relationships with other young professionals, access a variety of professional-development opps, and impact the Richmond community
November Project
A grassroots fitness movement inviting Richmonders of all ages, abilities, and fitness types to “JUST SHOW UP” at their *free* workouts on Wednesdays at 6 am at the VMFA
RVAx Book Club
The Richmond Experience’s very own monthly meetup for bookish Richmonders to get together over good reads, good eats, and good drinks
>> Learn more (and join here!) <<
RVA Fatties
A community made for “connecting, uplifting, and sharing resources with fat folks of Richmond, VA”
RVA Girls Who Walk
A new Richmond community that emphasizes mental-health walking and making new friends while you’re at it — keep up with the dates, times, and locations of future walks on Instagram, and get those steps in with the group
RVA Makers
A place for small-biz makers, craftspeople, artists, and maker-related peeps to connect and collab
RVA Photographers Collective
A group of local photogs “who participate in monthly photographic studies that challenge their artistic sensibilities and push them to learn more about their craft”
Trying to Adult RVA
A rapidly-growing social group for any Richmonder in their 20s or 30s who wants to make some new friends via regularly organized events on Facebook and Meetup — group members also often post to the group’s Facebook wall their own goings-on during the week or for the weekend to see if any other peeps want to tag along
Urban League Greater Richmond Young Professionals
AKA Richmond YP, a volunteer org that welcomes young professionals between the ages of 21 and 45 to empower communities and change lives through volunteerism, philanthropy, and membership development that is focused on education, health, housing, jobs, and justice