Fun and Laughter

I suppose it depends on where you live. I’m spoilt for choice, really as I live in Southend.
Btw, I volunteer and I’m not lonely

Our local pub, they have live music, there are new people joining in all the time, lots of dancing!

Our local pub too. Quiz night, live acts, fund raising events. Great fun.

Depends on your idea of fun I suppose. I've had great fun and lots of laughs in a volunteer job.

Have you done any Googling for social clubs in your area?
There are lots in mine.
One is a community pub.

I have to add I've only ever been to one of them.

I suggest volunteering- I have lots of fun.

Your community library might have notices of things that are on locally. Or, you could try your local fb page or Spotted page.

We have nothing where I live I keep looking but to no avail.

Do you have a U3A group near you? I joined when I moved 18 months ago as I didn’t know anybody and it’s the best thing I could have done. There are lots of different activities to suit all interests.

Do you mean sort of clubbing for oldies?

I ask because to me volunteer and things like knit and natter provide plenty of opportunities for fun and a laugh.

I just put "social clubs" into Google and got loads of them. Way more than I expected!
I am on the edge of a small town.

- 22 within 5 miles. Admittedly some !(maybe 7 or 8) are sports clubs but I have been a member of sports clubs in the past and they are used by regulars so wouldn't rule them out unless I was totally disinterested.

My mother-in-law joined a boules club and a country dancing one via U3A (much older than 73).
As others have said, take a look at U3A

I like a coffee and a chat, don't knit but definitely like a natter. If you like dancing try a Zumba gold class, silver swans or line dancing. Yes volunteering is also a great way of meeting people. I do a Tai Chi class every week which is very beneficial and gives an opportunity to socialise too.

I volunteer 3 times a week and we all have a real hoot
There’s all ages, types, male, female and anything else and it’s great fun

Music venues are good. I go to gigs at two local blues clubs and everyone seems to have a great time. Dance if you want to - and you'll never know who you'll meet.

I volunteer too and it is great fun. So are the coffee mornings depending on the mix of people. I also have children and grandchildren near who keep me busy. But it can get quite lonely in the evenings and I would love to find the kind of enjoyment I used to have when younger. The, mostly ladies, I meet at these events are lovely but many have husbands to go home to or are perhaps more content with the quiet life! An evening out a week would be great! Perhaps a ‘youth’ club type thing for us older ones! Sadly there’s nothing much where I live. I did try the local Conservative club a few years back but they weren’t very welcoming to single people like me, as all ‘coupled up’, so I gave it up as a bad job! No other clubs near. So I’ll just keep my ears/eyes open (perhaps Google the Meet-up organisation pages again) and cross my fingers. I refuse to written off fun wise at 66!

It depends where you live and what you like to do. If you're in W Yorks and like Rock and Roll music/dancing then there are lots of dances held in different parts of the county. People who go to Rock and Roll dances are very friendly. The same goes for anyone who goes to a Forties dance.

If you like walking why not join a ramblers group or, if that's a bit strenuous to start with, a walking for health group.

It's a bit difficult to give ideas without knowing roughly where you are. Can you give us a clue?

I have lots fun on all the singles holidays I go on. I’m also trying London clubs Boisdale and other Jazz clubs, festivals etc. It depends what you like and where you live. We all have to hunt for what makes us happy, good luck …..

WI, TWG, not all Jam and Jerusalem
U3A dancing groups as well as languages, craft, walking, etc etc
Pubs with live music
Volunteer; there are lots of groups, it's not only working in a charity shop

I love music so I go to acoustic clubs, country music clubs etc. with DH. I’ve made so many like minded friends over the years. It’s a wonderful way to make new friends. Walking clubs are another way to meet new people too. Good luck.

Depends where you live. I meet up with two separate lots of GNs for coffee and a natter and we have an enjoyable time.

I meet up monthly with another group of friends, mainly for coffee but a couple of times a year we go out for lunch.

Not where I live Beauty Bumble. There's one monthly coffee morning that has been known to be called "The Coffin Dodgers". Our village publican has banned nearly everyone in the village his reason being " For not using the pub". He even sent solicitors letters to some people one I know is teetotal. We never go near the place.
Entertainment has to be found elsewhere.

Somebody in our area put up a post asking if any ladies in their later years would fancy going to places with other ladies of a similar age, especially during the day. Within hours loads of people responded and now we have a really full social calendar which includes cinema trips, theatre trips, gigs, eating out, walking, painting classes, pool parties, etc. It was eye opening how much there was a need for it.
Basically, people volunteer to 'host' an event and it goes out in the newsletter. I run dog walks and have done a theatre trip. Somebody else arranges to go to a quiz night, some do coffee mornings, etc. Two people send a monthly newsletter and we pick and choose what we want to do.
Maybe you could start something like this for say, people aged in their Sassy Sixties and Sprightly Seventies. Our group is for women only which means you all feel safe.

Find your local U3A group - their motto is Learn, Laugh, Live.

What more?

My Probus group gives me lots of laughs and social connections. Loads of sub groups, dining out, music, walking, camping, holidays, wine tasting, theatre etc. I don’t go to the cinema group because sitting in front of a big screen doesn’t float my boat- I can do that at home in front of the telly.