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Asian Background Social: Lounge Asia Melbourne (Easy English)  6pm

Asian Background Social: Lounge Asia Melbourne (Easy English) 6pm

Wed, Jul 15, 8:00 AM
From Asian Background Social: Lounge Asia Meetup (Easy English)
4.7

🌏 Make new international friends in Melbourne. Come alone, practise your English, and enjoy a relaxed social night. 😊 A friendly meetup for networking, language exchange, and real conversation — open to everyone. Why People Love Lounge Asia 🍜 Asian-focused event 🤝 Many guests come alone 💬 No need for perfect English 🌏 No games or forced introductions — just enjoy the conversation Lounge Asia began within the Asian community, so people from Asia often feel comfortable and at home here. At the same time, everyone is welcome — locals, expats, travellers, students, returnees, digital nomads, and globally minded people. ━━━━━━━━━━ How to Join 1️⃣ Tap "RSVP" on this page 2️⃣ Show your Meetup QR code at reception 3️⃣ Collect your name tag and start meeting people ✅ Free entry for the first 145 RSVPs ✅ AUD 5 after the first 145 RSVPs, or within 24 hours before the event ✅ RSVP early to get the best deal ✅ Limited capacity — please RSVP early Many people attend alone, so don't worry if it's your first time. ━━━━━━━━━━ How to Find Us 📍 Venue Diesel Bar & Eatery Melbourne CBD ⏰ Time Every 3rd Wednesday of the month from 6:00 pm 🚶 Getting There Enter via Little Lonsdale St only. No entry from inside Melbourne Central. Our Lounge Asia organisers will be there to welcome you 😊 ━━━━━━━━━━ 🍺 Please Support the Venue This event is free or low-cost because the venue supports our community. Please purchase at least one drink during the event. Your support helps us keep organising events at great venues. ━━━━━━━━━━ 💚 Please Be Respectful Lounge Asia is a friendly social event where everyone should feel comfortable and welcome. 🚫 This is NOT a pickup or dating event. Anyone who makes others uncomfortable may be removed immediately. Not allowed: harassment, unwanted attention, MLM / crypto / religious recruitment, or anything that makes others uncomfortable. Organisers reserve the right to refuse entry or ask anyone to leave. 🪪 A valid government-issued photo ID is strictly required for entry. No photo ID, no entry. Driver's licences must be issued by the government of the country where the event is held. 📸 Photos and short videos may be taken for community and promotional purposes. If you prefer not to appear, please let an organiser know when you arrive. ━━━━━━━━━━ Lounge Asia is already growing in Australia and is now expanding across Asia — Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Singapore. Our goal is simple: More friendship, more understanding, and more genuine connections across cultures. 📱 Instagram: @_lounge_asia 🎥 Watch Event Video: [\[WATCH EVENT VIDEO\]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNak_cu9CXw) 🎁 VIP ACCESS (Founding Members) Join the VIP list for early access to our official app & special party invites. [👉GET VIP ACCESS](https://forms.gle/t6GXAjTNFECetVuZ8) ━━━━━━━━━━ 🌏 Come say hi! Hey, come hang out! 来一起玩吧! 一起來聊天吧! 気軽に遊びに来てね! 편하게 놀러 와요! มาเจอกันนะ! Tới chơi nha! Tara, sali ka na! Yuk, gabung! Хамтдаа цуглацгаая! Komm einfach vorbei! Jom join kita! See you at Lounge Asia!

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Japanese Social: Thursday Japan Night @ Asian Beer Cafe

Japanese Social: Thursday Japan Night @ Asian Beer Cafe

Thu, Jun 25, 7:45 AM
From Hikari Social Melbourne – Japanese, Korean & Chinese Meetup
4.5

**木曜日・ジャパンナイト 🇯🇵(Hikari Social Melbourne)** 日本文化や日本語に興味のある方のための、カジュアルで楽しい交流イベントです。 新しい友達を作ったり、リラックスしながら会話を楽しみましょう。 お一人での参加も大歓迎です。スタッフがサポートしますので、初めての方でも安心してご参加いただけます。 📍 **Asian Beer Cafe, Melbourne Central** 🕕 **17:45〜22:00** *** ## 🇬🇧 English (for reference / below it) **Thursday Japan Night 🇯🇵 (Hikari Social Melbourne)** A casual and fun social event for anyone interested in Japanese culture and language. Meet new people, make friends, and enjoy relaxed conversations in a friendly environment. Most people come alone, and our hosts will help introduce you so you feel comfortable right away. 📍 **Asian Beer Cafe, Melbourne Central** 🕕 **5:45PM – 10:00PM**

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Free Soccer ⚽️ Watch Party Turkey 🇹🇷 vs USA 🇺🇸

Free Soccer ⚽️ Watch Party Turkey 🇹🇷 vs USA 🇺🇸

Fri, Jun 26, 1:30 AM
From 2026 Melbourne New Friends & Language Exchange Meetup
4.5

⚽🔥 FIFA WORLD CUP 2026 WATCH PARTY – Turkey 🇹🇷 vs USA 🇺🇸 🔥⚽ Get ready for one of the BIGGEST international football watch events in Melbourne! 🌍🏆 Join hundreds of football fans, international students, travelers, locals, and cultural exchange lovers for an unforgettable World Cup experience full of energy, entertainment, prizes, music, and global vibes! 🎉 🦉 Hosted by Lingo the Owl & LINGUAS Australia 📅 Thursday 12 June ⏰ Kick-off: 11:30AM (Melbourne Time) 📍 OwLingo Nest Arena 202 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚽ MATCH: 🇰🇷 South Korea vs 🇨🇿 Czechia 🏆 FIFA World Cup 2026™ – Group A ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎊 WHAT TO EXPECT: 🔥 Massive World Cup atmosphere 📺 LIVE match on the BIG SCREEN 🎶 Music & entertainment before and after the game 🎁 Prizes, giveaways & surprise rewards 📸 Fan cam & selfie moments 🌍 Meet people from all around the world 🗣️ International social vibes & language exchange 🎭 Fun games & crowd activities 🦉 Hosted by Lingo the Owl ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎁 WIN BIG! We’ll be giving away exciting prizes during the event including: 🏆 World Cup goodies 🎟️ Surprise gifts 🍹 Venue rewards 📸 Social media giveaways 🎉 And more! ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 👕 Wear your team colours, bring your flags, bring your friends and get ready to sing, cheer and celebrate together! Whether you support Korea, Czechia, or simply love football and international culture — this is the place to be. 🌟 COME EARLY. STAY LATE. EXPERIENCE THE WORLD CUP TOGETHER! ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📸 Follow & tag: @LinguasAustralia

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Japanese Social: Thursday Japan Night @ Asian Beer Cafe

Japanese Social: Thursday Japan Night @ Asian Beer Cafe

Thu, Jul 2, 7:45 AM
From Hikari Social Melbourne – Japanese, Korean & Chinese Meetup
4.5

**木曜日・ジャパンナイト 🇯🇵(Hikari Social Melbourne)** 日本文化や日本語に興味のある方のための、カジュアルで楽しい交流イベントです。 新しい友達を作ったり、リラックスしながら会話を楽しみましょう。 お一人での参加も大歓迎です。スタッフがサポートしますので、初めての方でも安心してご参加いただけます。 📍 **Asian Beer Cafe, Melbourne Central** 🕕 **17:45〜22:00** *** ## 🇬🇧 English (for reference / below it) **Thursday Japan Night 🇯🇵 (Hikari Social Melbourne)** A casual and fun social event for anyone interested in Japanese culture and language. Meet new people, make friends, and enjoy relaxed conversations in a friendly environment. Most people come alone, and our hosts will help introduce you so you feel comfortable right away. 📍 **Asian Beer Cafe, Melbourne Central** 🕕 **5:45PM – 10:00PM**

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Cosplay cafe popup visit! MUST RSVP - places limited!

Cosplay cafe popup visit! MUST RSVP - places limited!

Sun, Jun 28, 6:00 AM
From Make New Friends in Melbourne
3.6

MUST RSVP! Limited places! Visit the first cosplay concept cafe in Australia with us! Play games and be served by a variety of Anime characters such as maids! A great way to socialise and meet new people!

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Japanese Social: Thursday Japan Night @ Asian Beer Cafe

Japanese Social: Thursday Japan Night @ Asian Beer Cafe

Thu, Jul 9, 7:45 AM
From Hikari Social Melbourne – Japanese, Korean & Chinese Meetup
4.5

**木曜日・ジャパンナイト 🇯🇵(Hikari Social Melbourne)** 日本文化や日本語に興味のある方のための、カジュアルで楽しい交流イベントです。 新しい友達を作ったり、リラックスしながら会話を楽しみましょう。 お一人での参加も大歓迎です。スタッフがサポートしますので、初めての方でも安心してご参加いただけます。 📍 **Asian Beer Cafe, Melbourne Central** 🕕 **17:45〜22:00** *** ## 🇬🇧 English (for reference / below it) **Thursday Japan Night 🇯🇵 (Hikari Social Melbourne)** A casual and fun social event for anyone interested in Japanese culture and language. Meet new people, make friends, and enjoy relaxed conversations in a friendly environment. Most people come alone, and our hosts will help introduce you so you feel comfortable right away. 📍 **Asian Beer Cafe, Melbourne Central** 🕕 **5:45PM – 10:00PM**

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