It’s again this time of the year before VMworld is happening. So it’s time to plan your parties or gatherings accordingly. This time VMworld 2019 will take place in San Francisco. Attending VMworld is not only attending an IT conference. It is also a big networking event where you can talk to vendors, tweeps or bloggers. What will be better for socialising than parties and gatherings at VMworld. It’s my second year were I will create a small list of parties, gathering and events going on at VMworld 2019 US. Unfortunately I won’t attend the US conference this year because San Francisco is a more expensive city than Las Vegas was and for self-paying this is definitely to much. VMworld full conference or guest pass is required for some parties and for others you need to register because space is limited.

If you are a vendor or somebody arranging a party or gathering at VMworld US please contact me on Twitter (@Fred_vBrain) or by e-mail (fred (at) vbrain (dot) info) so I can add your party/gathering/event to the list.

Event	When	Time	Where	Registration
Welcome Reception	August 25th, Sunday	17:00 - 19:30	Solutions Exchange	Full Conference Pass or Guest Pass
VMworld Fest	August 28th, Wednesday	19:00 - 22:30	Bill Graham Civic Auditorium 99 Grove Street San Francisco, CA 94102 (Maps)	Full Conference Pass or Guest Pass
Hall Crawl	August 27th, Tuesday	16:30 - 18:00	Solutions Exchange	Full Conference Pass or Guest Pass
vSoccer powered by TechFieldDay & GestaltIT	August 27th, Tuesday	19:00 - 22:30	Beach Chalet Soccer Fields 1400-1598 John F Kennedy Dr San Francisco, CA 94121 (Maps)	Registration Bus Share Blog Post
VMunderground 2019	August 25th, Sunday	20:00 - 23:00	TableTop Tap House 175 4th Street San Francisco, CA 94103 (Maps)	Link
Opening Acts 2019	August 25th, Sunday	TBA	TableTop Tap House 175 4th Street San Francisco, CA 94103 (Maps)	Link
Carahsoft Government, Education and Healthcare Customer Reception	August 26th, Monday	19:00 - 21:00	Mezzanine 444 Jessie Street San Francisco, CA 94103 (Maps)	Link Only open to VMware U.S. government, education, and healthcare customers with VMworld passes.
Converged Meeting at VMworld	August 26th, Monday	18:00 - open	Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse 201 3rd St #100 San Francisco, CA 94103 (Maps)	Link
VMware {Code} Hackathon	August 26th, Monday	18:00 - midnight	Moscone West on the 3rd floor Room 314	TBA
Veeam's Legendary VMworld Party 2019	August 27th, Tuesday	20:00 - 23:00	The Masonic 1111 California Street San Francisco, CA 94108 (Maps)	Link Invite Only
IGEL Community Cocktail Reception	August 26th, Monday	18:00 - 20:00	Temple Nightclub San Francisco 540 Howard Street San Francisco, CA 94105 (Maps)	Link
IGEL ICE Packs: UMS Expert & Cloud Architect	August 25th, Sunday	12:00 - 15:00	IGEL Offices 540 Howard Street San Francisco, CA 94105 (Maps)	Link
IGEL Certified Engineer (ICE) Base Training	August 25th, Sunday	11:00 - 17:00	IGEL Offices 540 Howard Street San Francisco, CA 94105 (Maps)	Link
Cohesity HAMILTON Performance	August 27th, Tuesday	18:30 - ??:??	SHN Orpheum Theatre 1192 Market St San Francisco, CA 94102 (Maps)	Link
vExpert Party	August 27th, Tuesday	19:00 - ??:??	SPIN 690 Folsom St. San Francisco, CA 94107 (Maps)	Invitation by mail
8th annual #vBreakfast	August 25th, Sunday	07:45 - 10:00	Mel's Drive-In 801 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94103 (Maps)	Link
Forward Networks Happy Hour	August 26th, Monday	17:00 - 19:00	Coin-Op Game Room 508 4th St San Francisco, CA 94107 (Maps)	Link
Faction Happy Hour	August 26th, Monday	18:00 - 20:00	Tabletop Tap House 175 4th St San Francisco, CA 94103 (Maps)	TBD
Rubrik Party	August 26th, Monday	21:00 - ??:??	August Hall 420 Mason St San Francisco, CA 94102 (Maps)	Link Full Conference Pass is required
#Spousetivities VMworld 2019 US Day 1	August 26th, Monday	11:00 - 16:00	San Francisco Marriott Marquis 780 Mission St San Francisco, CA 94103 (Maps)	Link
#Spousetivities VMworld 2019 US Day 2	August 27th, Tuesday	08:00 - 17:30	San Francisco Marriott Marquis 780 Mission St San Francisco, CA 94103 (Maps)	Link
#Spousetivities VMworld 2019 US Day 3	August 28th, Wednesday	10:00 - 15:30	San Francisco Marriott Marquis 780 Mission St San Francisco, CA 94103 (Maps)	Link
#Spousetivities VMworld 2019 US Day 4	August 29th, Thursday	08:00 - 17:30	San Francisco Marriott Marquis 780 Mission St San Francisco, CA 94103 (Maps)	Link
VMUG Member Party	August 25th, Sunday	19:00 - 22:00	SPiN San Francisco 690 Folsom St. #100 San Francisco, CA 94107 (Maps)	Link
Datrium Happy Hour	August 26th, Monday	18:30 - 21:30	TableTop Tap House 175 4th Street San Francisco, CA 94103 (Maps)	Link
Liquidware Inside Track 1)This is an invitation only event for EUC VIPs and Influencers. Being held at the Anchor Steam on August 27 at 6pm, The Anchor Steam Brewery and Tasting is a Private Tour for the Inside Track group only so you don't want to miss this event if you'll be in San Francisco! There will be an ample tasting, hors d’oeuvres, and a special gift from the sponsors. CTOs, Management, and Senior SEs from key EUC companies including Liquidware, IGEL, NVIDIA, and Stratodesk will be present. If you are an EUC influencer and would like to attend, please email [email protected]	August 27th, Tuesday	18:00 - ??:??	Anchor Brewing Company 1705 Mariposa St San Francisco, CA 94107 (Maps)	Invitation only event for EUC VIPs and Influencers send an e-Mail to [email protected] if you like to attend
NetApp VIP Reception	August 26th, Monday	18:00 - 20:00	Natoma Cabana 90 Natoma St. San Francisco, CA 94105 (Maps)	Link
Unstoppable Tour: Cohesity SF Giants Tailgate Party	August 26th, Monday	18:30 - ??:??	SF Giants Parking Lot A 3rd St San Francisco, CA 94158 (Maps)	Link
Rubrik VMworld Customer Game Night	August 25th, Sunday	19:00 - ??:??	Emporium SF - Arcade Bar Venue 616 Divisadero St San Francisco, CA 94117 (Maps)	Link Rubrik customer only
VMworld Panel & Reception | Architecting IT Operations	August 26th, Monday	17:00 - 19:00	The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd Street Collection Room 2 San Francisco, CA 94103 (Maps)	Link
Level Up - Career Cafe at VMworld	August 26th, Monday	19:00 - 20:00	The Grove - Yerba Buena 690 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94105 (Maps)	Link
VMware Odyssey™ by Hands-on Labs	August 27th, Tuesday	15:00 - 16:30	Moscone West, 3rd floor 747 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103 (Maps)	Link
VMware Odyssey™ by Hands-on Labs	August 28th, Wednesday	15:00 - 16:30	Moscone West, 3rd floor 747 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103 (Maps)	Link
VMware Odyssey™ by Hands-on Labs	August 29th, Thursday	10:30 - 12:00	Moscone West, 3rd floor 747 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103 (Maps)	Link
#VCDX Workshop	August 25th, Sunday	13:00 - 17:00	San Francisco Marriott Marquis 780 Mission Street Level B2, Golden Gate C1-C3 San Francisco, CA 94103 (Maps)	Link
Sirius - Let’s party like it’s 1999 at VMworld 2019!	August 26th, Monday	17:00 - ??:??	B Restaurant and Bar 720 Howard St San Francisco, CA 94103 (Maps)	Link
Technologent, Druva & Morpheus - Happy Hour	August 26th, Monday	17:30 - ??:??	Novela SF 662 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94105 (Maps)	Link
CloudBolt Happy Hour	August 26th, Monday	18:30 - 20:30	Pine Tar Grill 917 Folsom Street San Francisco, CA 94107 (Maps)	Link VMware badge is required.
HyTrust + IBM and Intel, VMworld 2019 Party	August 27th, Tuesday	17:00 - 20:00	Press Club San Francisco 20 Yerba Buena Lane San Francisco, CA 94103 (Maps)	Link
#vBeards Picture	August 27th, Tuesday	12:00	In front of the VMware sign
#vFit runs by @discoposse	August 26th, Monday	6:45	Moscone Center South 747 Howard St San Francisco, CA 94103 (Maps)	Link
#vFit runs by @discoposse	August 27th, Tuesday	6:45	Moscone Center South 747 Howard St San Francisco, CA 94103 (Maps)	Link
#vFit runs by @discoposse	August 28th, Wednesday	6:45	Moscone Center South 747 Howard St San Francisco, CA 94103 (Maps)	Link
#vFit runs by @discoposse	August 25th, Sunday	6:45	Moscone Center South 747 Howard St San Francisco, CA 94103 (Maps)	Link
vCoffee Community Bean Exchange - Bean drop off	August 26th, Monday	11:00 - 18:00	Turbonomic booth #1839 Solutions Exchange	Link
vCoffee Community Bean Exchange - Bean drop off	August 27th, Tuesday	11:00 - 12:00	Turbonomic booth #1839 Solutions Exchange	Link
vCoffee Community Bean Exchange - Bean drop off	August 25th, Sunday	17:00 - 19:30	Turbonomic booth #1839 Solutions Exchange	Link
vCoffee Community Bean Exchange - Bean pickup	August 28th, Wednesday	10:00 - 17:00	Turbonomic booth #1839 Solutions Exchange	Link
EUC Community Tech Talks with Brian Madden	August 28th, Wednesday	17:00 - 19:00	Marriott Marquis, Level 2, Room: Foothill C 780 Mission St San Francisco, CA 94103 (Maps)	Link
Bridge the Divide: F5 & NGINX Happy Hour	August 27th, Tuesday	17:30 - 19:30	NGINX 795 Folsom Street San Francisco, CA 94107 (Maps)	Link
Cloud Native Happy Hour	August 26th, Monday	18:30 - 20:30	Dirty Habit in Hotel Zelos 12 4th Street San Francisco, CA 94103 (Maps)	Link VMware badge is required.
Empower Digital Workspace Customer Reception with Apple	August 26th, Monday	17:30 - 19:30	MaSo Restaurant & Bar at Park Central 50 Third Street San Francisco, CA 94103 (Maps)	Link
Design a custom Timbuk2 bag with CenturyLink	August 26th, Monday	18:00 - 20:00	587 Shotwell St San Francisco, CA 94110 (Maps)	Link

Andreas Lesslhumer over www.running-system.com will maintain a similar list of parties and events for VMworld 2019 in San Francisco too. So check it out! Maybe he knows from a party that is missing here.