About us

About Hold My Club

Hold My Club is an English-speaking social club in Paris. We started it because meeting people in a new city shouldn't feel like a job interview — so every event is built around actually doing something: painting a canvas that gets passed around the room, guessing what everyone lies about on a first date, wandering a corner of Paris with a camera.

When your hands are busy, talking to new people stops feeling like work. That's the whole idea.

The facts

WhatA social club running events built around hobbies — you come for the activity, the meeting-people part happens on its own.
LanguageEverything runs in English. No French needed.
WhereParis — cafés, bars, parks and coworking spaces across the city. The exact venue is on each event page.
How oftenOne or two events every week, across eight activity formats.
Community400+ members: internationals living in Paris, visitors, and locals who like an English-speaking evening.
Coming soloThe norm — around 60% of attendees arrive alone, and every format is built for it.
TicketsKept cheap; several formats are free. Prices are on each Luma event page.

What we run

Eight formats, one or two live every week:

Who's behind it

Hold My Club is run by Emmanuel Orozco and Sara Giovenzana, with a crew of hosts who make sure nobody stands in a corner holding a drink alone.

Press & partnerships

Writing about meeting people in Paris, things to do in English, or third places? We're happy to share numbers, photos and event invites — reach us on Instagram. You can also see everything first-hand on our event calendar or Meetup group.

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