Here’s the list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, October 17 through Sunday, October 23, 2022.
Every week, with the assistance of a couple of Jupyter Notebooks that I put together, I compile this list for the Tampa Bay tech community.
As far as event types go, this list casts a rather wide net. It includes events that would be of interest to techies, nerds, and entrepreneurs. It includes (but isn’t limited to) events that fall under the category of:
- Programming, DevOps, systems administration, and testing
- Tech project management / agile processes
- Video, board, and role-playing games
- Book, philosophy, and discussion clubs
- Tech, business, and entrepreneur networking events
- Toastmasters (because nerds really need to up their presentation game)
- Sci-fi, fantasy, and other genre fandoms
- Anything I deem geeky
By “Tampa Bay and surrounding areas”, this list covers events that originate or are aimed at the area within 100 miles of the Port of Tampa. At the very least, that includes the cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater, but as far north as Ocala, as far south as Fort Myers, and includes Orlando and its surrounding cities.
Monday, October 17
Tuesday, October 18
| Group | Event Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Business Strategy Meetup Group | Business Networking | 7:15 AM |
| Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) | NPI St. Pete Business Builders Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals | 7:30 AM |
| Bootstrappers Breakfast® – Tampa Bay Area | East Coast Bootstrappers Breakfast® | 8:30 AM |
| Orlando Melrose Makers | In-Person: Makerspace Open Lab | 10:30 AM |
| Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | Oldsmar/Westchase Networking Lunch – Wild Rover Brewing Company | 11:00 AM |
| Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers | Upper Pinellas,Oldsmar,Westchase Networking Lunch -Wild Rover Brewing Company | 11:00 AM |
| Tampa / St Pete Business Connections | Westchase/Oldsmar Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome | 11:00 AM |
| Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! | Westchase/Oldsmar Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome | 11:00 AM |
| Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | New Tampa RGA Chapter ~ Glory Days Meet your next referral partner! | 11:30 AM |
| Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome | Professional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa | 11:30 AM |
| Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals | New Tampa Networking Lunch at Glory Day’s Grill New Tampa | 11:30 AM |
| Global Networking Summit | Networking Brunch | 12:00 PM |
| Block Co-op – Bitcoin Crypto Blockchain Orlando | Bitcoin/Crypto. Buying, Selling and sharing ideas. Small group atmosphere. | 1:00 PM |
| Orlando Unity Developers Group | Virtual Event: Blender-Painting Weights | 4:00 PM |
| Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet | Social Video Marketing Tips(ONLINE CLASS)-FREE for Hillsborough County Residents | 4:15 PM |
| Orlando Adventurer’s Guild | [IN PERSON] DDAL05-15 Reclamation (Tier 3, FR, historic) | 6:00 PM |
| Florida Center for Creative Photography | Meet & Greet at O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | Weekly Open Make Night | 6:00 PM |
| Critical Hit Games | Marvel Crisis Protocol Night | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Wargaming Society | Gaslands Refuelled at Nerdy Needs | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay SQL Server User Group (TBSSUG) | TBSSUG Monthly Meeting | 6:00 PM |
| Adventures On Tap DnD and Board Games | Nerd Night at Deadwords Brewing | 6:00 PM |
| Saint Petersburg Book Club Meetup Group | Oct Book Club | 6:30 PM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | West Pasco Toastmasters #2824 | 6:30 PM |
| Shut Up & Write!® Orlando | Shut Up and Write near Howell Branch | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa Investor/Training Meetup | Tampa Bay Investor Training | 6:30 PM |
| The Sarasota Creative Writers Meetup Group | The Sarasota Creative Writers | 6:30 PM |
| Cryptocurrency/Blockchain Education – Palm Harbor | Blockchain Dinner Party at Bogota’s | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa Investor/Training Meetup | Tampa Bay Investor Training | 6:30 PM |
| Pinellas Writers | Weekly Group Meetings – All Writers Welcome! | 6:30 PM |
| West Pasco Toastmasters Club #2824 | Weekly Meeting | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup | Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show | 6:30 PM |
| GDG SunCoast | Compose Camp Session 2 | 6:30 PM |
| The Fervent Book Club Sarasota | The FERVENT Book Club, Sarasota | 6:30 PM |
| Ironhack Orlando – Tech Careers, Learning and Networking | The basics of Data Analytics 📈 | 7:00 PM |
| Orlando Crypto Meetup | Crypto/Trading/Online Business/Entrepreneurship Nights | 7:00 PM |
| TampaBay Timebanks | Monthly Meeting in Tampa | 7:00 PM |
| St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults | St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Coalition of Reason | Online: Tampa Bay Technology Center (TBTC) Monthly Meeting | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | D&D Adventurers League at Armada Games | 7:00 PM |
| TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group | Let’s play chess at 54th Ave Kava House! | 7:30 PM |
| Shut Up & Write!® Tampa | Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom | 7:45 PM |
| Tampa Bay Card Room | $200 Texas Holdem Freeroll Onlike | 8:00 PM |
| Tampa Options Trading Group for Monthly Income | Understanding the Basics of Technical Analysis – Part I (Reading Charts) | 8:30 PM |
| Orlando Poker Tournaments Meetup Group | .25/.50 Online Texas Holdem Cash Game | 9:00 PM |
Wednesday, October 19
Thursday, October 20
Friday, October 21
Saturday, October 22
Sunday, October 23
| Group | Event Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Florida Center for Creative Photography | Visit ZooTampa while the Weather is Cooler | 9:00 AM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | Clearwater Sunday Speakers Toastmasters Club | 9:30 AM |
| Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group | CRITICAL THINKERS SUNDAY BRUNCH AT ROSEMARY & THYME | 10:00 AM |
| Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton | Games at Descent Into Gaming | 12:00 PM |
| Beginners Guide to D and D | D&D Adventurers League | 1:00 PM |
| Geekocracy! | Game Day at Southern Brewing | 2:00 PM |
| Critical Hit Games | D&D Adventurers League | 2:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games | 2:00 PM |
| Drunk’n Meeples West Pasco (Boardgames) | Weekend Game Day | 2:00 PM |
| Orlando Business Leadership and Development Meetup Group | Get to Know You Session | 3:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Beach and Sunset Photography and Modeling Classes | Spook-tac-ular Halloween “Boo-doir” Group Shoot (Photographer Signup) | 4:30 PM |
| Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and Rifts (Palladium) Group | Rifts | 5:00 PM |
| Orlando Adventurer’s Guild | October Session Zero: Creating a Character | 5:00 PM |
| Thinking While Drinking Tampa | A Lesson From Socrates [ONLINE] | 6:00 PM |
| Orlando Poker Tournaments Meetup Group | .25/.50 Texas Holdem Cashgame Online | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | Let’s Learn to Turn Pens! | 6:00 PM |
| Toastmasters Division E | Find Your Funny Toastmaster | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa Bay Card Room | .25/.50 Texas Holdem Cashgame Online | 7:00 PM |
| Sarasota “Doctor Who” Fan Meetup | Special Event: Goodbye to the 13th Doctor | 7:00 PM |
| Nerd Night Out | A Duck Presents NB Movie Night | 7:00 PM |
| Low Light Photography Group | Under the Milky Way – A Photo Field Trip | 7:30 PM |
| Gen Geek | House of the Dragon Watch Party | 8:00 PM |
| Solana – Tampa | Office Hours | 8:00 PM |
| Nerdbrew Events | NerdBrew Karaoke @ MacDinton’s! | 8:00 PM |
Do you have any events or announcements that you’d like to see on this list?
Let me know at joey@joeydevilla.com!
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