What is "social event"

Usage examples of "social event".

I realize that the last thing you want to think about at the moment is the possibility of catering another major social event.

That had happened the first time they met, within an hour of being introduced at a social event put on by the Anti-Slavery League on Terra.

Due to the huge mob of witnesses -- the betrothal was the foremost, as well as the first, social event of Winterfair -- the ceremony took place in the largest ballroom.

Due to the huge mob of witnessesthe betrothal was the foremost, as well as the first, social event of Winterfairthe ceremony took place in the largest ballroom.