This one is from the United States of America, and it helps to prove how so much of the English language can have multiple meanings. Although an "affair" can be any kind of event or gathering, the phrase "having an affair" usually refers to marital infidelity, in which a married person is romantically unfaithful to his or her spouse.
A better way of advertising this service would be to use any synonym of the word "affair," or any better description of the event. For example, "are you having a party?"
Because the writer of this advertisement was most likely a native English speaker, the wording was probably intentional. If you are a fellow native English speaker, then this is certainly going to attract your attention. And that, after all, is the purpose of advertising. However, if English is a second language to you, then always remember that whatever you write or speak may have more than one meaning.
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