shindig (n.)
- affair
- assembly
- assignation
- bal
- ball
- bash
- blowout
- brawl
- caucus
- coil
- colloquium
- commission
- committee
- conclave
- concourse
- congregation
- congress
- conventicle
- convention
- convocation
- council
- dance
- date
- diet
- dinner
- eisteddfod
- entertainment
- festivity
- fete
- forum
- furore
- gala
- gathering
- hop
- house-raising
- housewarming
- levee
- mask
- masque
- masquerade
- meet
- meeting
- mixer
- panel
- party
- plenum
- prom
- promenade
- quorum
- rally
- reception
- rendezvous
- ruckus
- rumpus
- seance
- session
- shebang
- shindy
- shower
- sit-in
- sitting
- smoker
- soiree
- stag
- symposium
- synod
- to-do
- turnout
- uproar