Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, April 29, 2024)

Here’s the “official unofficial” list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for Monday, April 29 through Sunday, May 5, 2024.

This week’s events

• Monday, April 29
• Tuesday, April 30
• Wednesday, May 1
• Thursday, May 2
• Friday, May 3
• Saturday, May 4
• Sunday, May 5

Monday, April 29

Event name and location	Group	Time
Hijacking an organization in 30 minutes with nothing but PowerShell Online	ManageEngine’s Cybersecurity Meetups	11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Downtown St Pete Business Professionals Lunch Ford’s Garage St. Pete	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Arcade Monsters Arcade Monsters I-Drive	Orlando Night Shift Third Shift Workers	11:00 AM to 3:00 PM EDT
Start the Week with more connections MONDAYS at Romi’s Tacos All Welcome! Romi’s Tacos	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
In PERSON Networking Lunch East Brandon Reserve your seat Romi’s Tacos	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Networking at Romi’s Tacos Romi’s Tacos	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Business Networking Meeting Online	Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	11:30 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Monday Business Introductions at Romi’s Taco’s Romi’s Tacos	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Women In Blockchain Talks Networking Event Tampa Sterling Cigar Lounge & Bar	Women In Blockchain Talks	5:00 PM to 7:00 PM BST
Young Professional Network & Social @ Gatlin Hall Brewing Gatlin Hall Brewing	Young Professionals in Orlando #YPO	5:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
MTG: Commander Night Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Monday Feast & Game Night Village Inn	Tampa Bay Tabletoppers	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Rising Sun – with Daimyo Box! Anson on Palmer Ranch	Sarasota Strategy Board Game League	6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Monday Weekly Board Game Night! (Lazy Moon Colonial Location) Lazy Moon Pizza	Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar	6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
April Viewing Party 8925 77th Terrace E	Sarasota “Doctor Who” Fan Meetup	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Three Bridges Brewing Trivia Night with the Smartphone Trivia Game Show Three bridges brewing	Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice	6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Stirling Toastmasters Club #7461614 Online	Toastmasters District 48	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
World Tavern Poker at Cheshire’s Hilltop Tavern 503 N Dixie Ave	Southern Florida Bar Poker Fans!	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Board Game Night at Armada Games Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck! Online	Nerdbrew Events	7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Members as far back as 2008 can access their photos none	School is closed- Light Study PRO – A Photography Workshop	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Hitting the Road Part 1 Online	The Art Of Photography – Sarasota / Venice	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
ONLINE: The Road Less Travelled: Spinoza’s Philosophy, Part 2 Online	Orlando Stoics	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom) Online	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
DigiMondays Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Weekly Meetup Online	Beginning Web Development	8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Tuesday, April 30

Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Armature Works, Tampa: Tampa Devs is holding their “Meet and Greet” social gathering at Tampa’s big food hall, putting food and drink close by. They’ll be outside by the giant checker/chess boards. Find out more and register here.

Event name and location	Group	Time
NPI St. Pete Business Builders Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals St Petersburg Yacht Club	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Venice Area Toastmasters Club #5486 Online	Toastmasters District 48	7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Career Accelerator – Rock the Interview Online	Tampa Cybersecurity Training	10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Jog & Calisthenics Park of the Americas	Orlando Night Shift Third Shift Workers	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
Tuesday Westchase Business Networking Lunch at Sea Glass Tavern SeaGlass Tavern	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Oldsamar/Westchase Professional Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome Beef ‘O’ Brady’s	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Networking at SeaGlass Tavern~ All Welcome, join us!!! SeaGlass Tavern	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Westchase Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome JOIN us and connect! SeaGlass Tavern	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
New Tampa Networking Lunch at Glory Day’s Grill New Tampa Glory Days Grill	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Oldsmar/Westchase Networking Lunch -Beef O Brady’s~ Meet your next referral Beef ‘O’ Brady’s	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Westchase Professionals Business Networking Lunch -Grand Hacienda 11955 Sheldon SeaGlass Tavern	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Professional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa Glory Days Grill	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
The Business Alliance Club 763 Cortaro Dr	The Business Alliance	11:45 AM to 1:15 PM EDT
InfraGard Food and Agriculture Sector Spring Virtual Meetup Online	Tampa Bay InfraGard Meetup Group	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Weekly Open Make Night 4931 W Nassau St	Tampa Hackerspace	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Cydra Biz Connect – Connect w/ High Level Orlando Biz Owners + Professionals RockPit Brewing	Cydra Biz Connect	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Magic: The Gathering Night at Felicitous Felicitous (on 42nd)	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Hobby Night Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Meet & Greet at Downtown Pizza Downtown Pizza Sports Bar and Grill	Florida Center for Creative Photography	6:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Authors Anonymous – Writing Group Maya Cafe Lounge & Gallery	Authors Anonymous – Writing Group	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Weekly Tuesday Evening Online Zoom Meeting Online	Pinellas Writers Group	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
TDevs – Meet & Greet @ Armature Works Armature Works	Tampa Devs	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Women in Blockchain Talks x Bitcoin Bay Real Freedom CoLab	Tampa Bay Bitcoin	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa Gaspars Patio Bar & Grille	Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa	6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
The Sarasota Creative Writers Sarasota Alliance Church	The Sarasota Creative Writers Meetup Group	6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Toast of Celebration Toastmasters 305 Campus St	Toastmasters Division E	6:45 PM to 8:15 PM EDT
An introduction to SQL relational databases for complete beginners Online	Florida Software School	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Dunedin Toastmasters – Guests Welcome 👍🐛 Unity Community Church	Dunedin Toastmasters 2166	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults Pinellas Ale Works Brewery	St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Boards & Bones SpookEasy Lounge	Nerdbrew Events	7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show Moose Lodge	Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Trivia Night with Trivia Nation Irish 31 Pub House & Eatery	Trivia Night at Irish 31 Seminole	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Let’s play chess at 54th Ave Kava House! 2705 54th Ave N	TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	7:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom Online	Shut Up & Write!® Tampa	7:45 PM to 9:15 PM EDT
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Wednesday, May 1

Event name and location	Group	Time
Grow Your Business with focused Referral Networking Sons of Italy Lodge	BNI Tampa -Referral based networking	7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
NPI Profit Partners Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals Panera Bread	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup UCF Business Incubation Program – Orlando	1 Million Cups – Orlando	8:30 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
PhotoWalk to Safety Harbor Marina (Veterans Park) Veterans Memorial Marina Park	Florida Center for Creative Photography	9:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Off Week Get Together Online	Carrollwood/Northdale Weekday Games and More	11:00 AM to 2:00 PM EDT
CIO Leadership Forum in Sarasota, FL The Capital Grille	Florida CIO Forums with vTECH io	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Brandon Business Professionals IN Person!!!! Just Love Coffee Cafe – Brandon FL	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Brandon Business Professionals Just Love Coffee Just Love Coffee Cafe – Brandon FL	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Sarasota Business Networking Lunch All Welcome, Just purchase Lunch! Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern	Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Brandon Networking Professionals Networking Lunch Just Love Coffee Cafe – Brandon FL	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Sun City Center Professional Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome Keke’s Breakfast Café	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Networking at Just Love Coffee! Just Love Coffee Cafe – Brandon FL	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30 AM to 1:30 PM EDT
Carrollwood Professional Networking Lunch Wednesday All Welcome JOIN us Glory Days Grill	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom) Online	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	1:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
No Fear Speaking Webinar and Meetup Online	Tampa Fear of Public Speaking Meetup Group	2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Inspiring Authors & Book Immersion Meetup Online	Lady Lake Memoir Writing Meetup Group	2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
New Port Richey Writers Group New Port Richey Public Library	New Port Richey Writing Meetup Group	4:30 PM to 6:30 PM EDT
Playing Games in the Alley The Alley at Southshore	The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play	5:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT
Wednesday Night Gaming Nerdy Needs	Brandon Boardgamers	5:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Bay pines toastmaster’s hybrid meeting C. W. Bill Young VA Medical Center	Bay Pines Toastmasters	5:15 PM to 6:30 PM EDT
Wednesday Board Game Night Bridge Center	Tampa Gaming Guild	5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Felicitous Game Night w/Heritage Dim Sum Felicitous (on 42nd)	Tampa Game Nights	5:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Authors Anonymous presents Writing Workshop Winter Park Library	Authors Anonymous – Writing Group	5:45 PM to 8:15 PM EDT
Trivia Night at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe 3101 SW 34th Ave #803	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Casual Commander Wednesdays Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Great Big Trivia Wednesdays @ Terra Ceia Bay Country Club Palmetto 6-8PM Terra Ceia Bay Country Club	South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Dungeons & Dragons One Shot Wednesdays Happy Troll Games	Clermont Nerd Games	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
1st & 3rd Wednesdays – Backgammon Casual Games The Basin Sanford	Sanford Backgammon Group	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
May 1 Intro Andover Village Clubhouse	Learn Mah Jongg	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Monthly Lecture: Build Your Fantastical World – Elements of Fantasy Writing Station House	Prose Society Writers Group	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Advance Resin 3D Printing MakerSpace Pinellas	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Blockchain Investors and Crypto Enthusiasts – St Pete Blockchain Meetup St. Petersburg Distillery	Blockchain and Crypto Investors and Enthusiasts	6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Game Night! Southern Lights Brewing Company	Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers	6:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Castaways Euchre Club The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge	Castaways Euchre Club	6:50 PM to 8:50 PM EDT
MtG Modern Constructed at Armada Games Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
New Beginnings & Old Rivalries Online	Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Mastering Communication: A Key to Professional Success Online	Professionals Meetup For Networking And Social Skillsets	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Strategies to Have Fun Communication Online	Group for Improving Your Social Life	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
May Writer’s Meetup 8420 Ulmerton Rd	Largo Writing Meetup Group	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
2nd Annual AWS Security Specialty Certification Bootcamp – Domain 1 – Part 1 Online	Florida AWS Security Users Meetup Group	8:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
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Thursday, May 2

Thursday at 6:00 p.m. at the Vaco Office in Skycenter, Tampa: The Tampa Java User Group presents Next-Gen Testing Tools for Java with Daniel Hinojosa who will present:

• Property-Based Testing with JQwik
• Mutation Testing with PITest
• Databases Testing with Test Containers
• Performing RestFUL-based testing with Rest-Assured
• Perform Asynchronous Testing and Verification using Awaitility

Find out more and register here.

Event name and location	Group	Time
Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking The Happy Hangar Café	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
LUTZ, FL – HAPPY HANGER CAFE THURSDAY NETWORKING The Happy Hangar Café	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	8:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Entrepreneur Roundtable to SPARK Ideas & Build Growth Dunedin Chamber of Commerce	Clearwater Entrepreneurs’ Round Table	8:30 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Subsurface – Data Lakehouse Conference Online	The Open Data Lakehouse Virtual Meetup Group	9:00 AM to 11:00 PM EDT
Clearwater Professional Networking Lunch The Breakroom Bar & Grill	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited! The Breakroom Bar & Grill	Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch Bahama Breeze	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Breakroom Bar & Grill 11:28 Doors open at 11:00am IN Person The Breakroom Bar & Grill	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals Carrabas Italian Grill	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Artistry in Pixels: Exploring the Transition from Fine Art to XR Design Online	Front End Creatives	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters Online	Toastmasters District 48	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Let’s improve the tabular model by combining queries | Ana María Bisbé York Online	Orlando Power BI User Group	1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Commander Open Play Night at Armada Games Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	1:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Grand Bay Canasta Online	Grand Bay Canasta Meetup Group	1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
RPG: Pathfinder Society at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe Meeple Movers	Meeple Movers Role-Playing Games (RPG) Group	2:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
✨🥽 How to Fast Track Your Career in the Game Industry ⏰ May 2nd, 3 PM EST Online	Orlando Unity Developers Group	3:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
USA Wide Online Networking Online	Profitable Networking Group – Orlando FL	4:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Open Hearted: A City District Open House Event Serendipity Labs Private Offices & Coworking	TNT – Orlando Entrepreneurs Trying New Things	5:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Thursday Night Gaming 3407 Lithia Pinecrest Rd	Brandon Boardgamers	5:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Gulfport Scrabble and Social The Drunken Taco	Gulfport Scrabblers and Social	5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
FCCP Weekly Photo Assignment 18: Black Online – Not an in person Meetup	Florida Center for Creative Photography	Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 5:00 PM to Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT
Tomb of Annihilation (T2-APL9) Coliseum of Comics Kissimmee	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	5:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Next-Gen Testing Tools for Java 5411 Skycenter Dr suite 675	Tampa Java User Group	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
1st Thursday Networking Mixer, Romi’s Tacos & RGANetwork.net $10 cash at door Romi’s Tacos	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Business Happy Hour ~ Cafe Delanie 1st Thursday Every Month 6pm to 8pm Cafe Delanie	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective The Collective: A Comic & Game Community	Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup	6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Pathfinder Society Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Chess night! Intergalactic Plastic – Toys, Comics, Games	Lakeland Chess Meetup Group	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Operations Automation Office Hours Armature Works	Tampa Robotic Process Automation Group	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Drupal & Web Technologies Q&A. Everyone welcome! Panera Bread	Tampa Bay Drupal User Group	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Shopbot Safety and Usage (Members Only) Tampa Hackerspace West	Tampa Hackerspace	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Thursday chess at 54th Ave Kava House! 54th Ave Kava House	TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament Balance Martial Arts & Gaming	Balance Martial Arts and Gaming	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
One Piece Thursdays Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Smartphone Trivia Game Show at Wilders Pizza Wilder’s Pizza	Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Dungeons and Dragons with Donavan Unlucky Roll Cafe	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Live streaming production and talent 124 S Ring Ave	Live streaming production and talent	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
May – Poison Study Rapp Brewing Company	Books & Brews!	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Fingerboard Meetup 🌱Indica Cafe 💨 Tampa Bay’s First & Greatest CBD Lounge	Indica Cafe Events	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeny bin and board	Chan’s Book Club of Tampa Bay	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Weekly Hacks Online	Hacktivate – Hackathon Meetup Group	8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Friday, May 3

Event name and location	Group	Time
Improve your communication, listening, and leadership skills Winter Park Community Center	Winter Park Toastmasters – Learn while having FUN!	7:15 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Caffeine & Connections: Friday Fuel for Black Professionals Online	Pinellas County Black Business Meetup Group	8:00 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Focused conversation for documentarians Online	Write the Docs Florida	8:30 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Business Networking All Welcome! Online	Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton	8:45 AM to 10:15 AM EDT
Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Friday Morning All WElCOME Online	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	8:45 AM to 10:15 AM EDT
A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Virtual Business Networking Online	Network & Social – Orlando Networking Events	8:45 AM to 10:15 AM EDT
Online Networking with Brandon Biz Pros Online	Brandon Biz Pros	9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Toastmasters – Improve Speaking Skills & Build Confidence Online	Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	9:30 AM to 10:30 AM EDT
D Ranch Preserve Trail Building Day D Ranch Preserve	Volunteers for Conservation Florida	9:30 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
First Friday WordPress Collaboration Meetup – May 2024 Online	West Orlando WordPress Meetup	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorm together Online	Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorming together	10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
International Professionals Networking Meeting McAlister’s Deli	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Friday International Business Introductions at McAlisters Westshore McAlister’s Deli	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Westshore Business Networking Lunch at McAlisters Deli Every Friday All Welcome McAlister’s Deli	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday McAlister’s Deli	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
International Networking Westshore McAlisters Deli McAlister’s Deli	Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Board Game Night! Happy Troll Games	Clermont Nerd Games	5:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Friday Board Game Night Bridge Club	Tampa Gaming Guild	5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
MTG: Commander FNM Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Star Trek Ascendancy Anson on Palmer Ranch	Sarasota Strategy Board Game League	6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Taps & Drafts | Casual EDH/MtG Social Night Industrious	Nerd Night Out	6:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT
Ladies Explore – Dinner & Drinks at Dubsdread The Tap Room at Dubsdread	Ladies Book & Explorer Club	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
MakerFX Makerspace Soft Arts Guild MakerFX Makerspace	MakerFX Makerspace	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Taps & Drafts | EDH/MtG Night | Centro Ybor Big Storm Brewing Tap Room – Tampa	Nerdbrew Events	7:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT
Friday Night Smash Bros at Unlucky Roll Unlucky Roll Cafe	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Modern FNM Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Tsudoi Grain and Berry – USF	Tampa Japanese Meetup	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Book Discussion: I Must Betray You Vino Bistro of Sarasota	Pages and Plates Book Club	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Let’s Go Bowling! Bowlero bowling lane	Adventure Group of Central Florida	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Crane’s Roost Cranes Roost Park	Young Adults Orlando Singles Group	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Horror Friends Movie Night – Tarot!!! AMC Veterans 24	Horror Fan Fun Time Gang	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Solana Hackathon WorkGroup 1205 N Franklin St	Solana Tampa	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Friday night game night 🌱Indica Cafe 💨 Tampa Bay’s First & Greatest CBD Lounge	Indica Cafe Events	Friday, May 3, 2024 at 9:00 PM to Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 12:00 AM EDT
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Saturday, May 4

Event name and location	Group	Time
Creative business minds & coffee Foxtail Coffee & Kelly’s Ice Cream – Hunters Creek	Orlando Innovative Business Minds: Creative Strategy Meetup	8:00 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Early Bird Ocala Marion County Literacy Council	Toastmasters Division G	8:00 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Play VINCI: The only known cure for TDS Online	Central Florida Philosophy Meetup	8:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Learn to Photograph Animals in Zoos Okeefe’s Tavern	Florida Center for Creative Photography	9:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Creative Writing In-Person Monthly Gathering for Aspiring Authors 16120 US Hwy 19 N	Pinellas Writers Group	9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
The Ultimate FB Ads Mastery Program: Fuel Your Business Growth Online	Business Owners Focused on AI Lead Generation and Networking	9:30 AM to 10:30 AM EDT
Saturday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa Whole Foods Market	Chess Republic	9:30 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
The Process of Writing Online	Florida Gulf Coast Chapter of Sisters in Crime	10:30 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Navigating Success: Customer Journey tools & techniques Workshop Online	Entrepreneur’s Guild: Growing Your Business	11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Bravo Group Campaign Continues Online	Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)	11:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT
In-Person Event: Free Robotics Workshop, Wesley Chapel (7-14 Yrs) RAW Space Collaborative	In person Robotics Meetup Group For Kids	11:00 AM to 12:30 PM PDT
Winning The Week – 1st Meet Sage Biscuit Cafe	Winning The Week	12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Saturday DND Warforged Tabletop Games	St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group	12:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Blood on the Clocktower – Star Wars Day Edition John Chesnut Sr. Park	Beyond Catan, A Group of Board Game Geeks	12:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
ICCF Monthly Meeting w/Neil N: How to Invent: Expectations from idea to market. Orlando Science Center	Inventors Council of Central Florida	1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Deltona Library’s Board Game Day **New Event** 2150 Eustace Ave	Board Gamers of West Volusia	1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
NNO Book Club: The One Seasons 52	Nerd Night Out	1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
FREE Fab Lab Orientation Faulhaber Fab Lab	Suncoast Makers	1:30 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
Y Read: Book Read Aloud Dr. P. Phillips YMCA Family Center	Library Book Clubs – OCLS	1:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Game Day: First Saturday of Every Month Melrose Center	Hosted By Indienomicon	2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
May the 4th be with you. Star Wars Day Celebration Unlucky Roll Cafe	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	2:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek New World Tampa	Tampa Bookworms	2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Over the Board Chess Meetup in Tampa! Blind Tiger Cafe	Climbers of Mount Chesseverest	2:10 PM to 5:30 PM EDT
Outside the Binary Boardgame Meetup Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	3:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Outside the Binary Boardgame Meetup at Critical Hit Games Critical Hit Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	3:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
May the Fourth B – IFPA Pinball Tournament Chill Cawfee	Cawfee (Coffee) and conversations	4:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Board Game Saturday Night at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe 3101 SW 34th Ave #803	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	5:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Group Outing- The Mall Oviedo Mall	Gaming.net	5:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Happy Star Wars Game Night IHOP	New Port Richey Casual Games and Fun Socializing Group!	5:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Community Hang-out Night Online	Nerdbrew Events	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Murder Mystery Walking Adventure – May the Fourth Conworlds Emporium	Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup	6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament Balance Martial Arts & Gaming	Balance Martial Arts and Gaming	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
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Sunday, May 5

Event name and location	Group	Time
FCCP Photowalk at the Florida Botanical Gardens Florida Botanical Gardens	Florida Center for Creative Photography	9:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
CRITICAL THINKERS SUNDAY Meetup AT Sarasota Art Museum 1001 S Tamiami Trail	Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group	10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Thaliondor Practice Day! Brick City Adventure Park	Thaliondor: Fantasy and Medieval Combat	11:00 AM to 4:00 PM EDT
Warhammer 40K Happy Troll Games	Clermont Nerd Games	11:00 AM to 7:00 PM EDT
You Got The Look …Lets Accessorise Hollis Garden	The Lakeland Shooters, Polk County Photography & Modeling	11:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Plotter CriCut vinyl cutting MakerSpace Pinellas	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Blood on the Clocktower at The Collective The Collective: A Comic & Game Community	Sunshine Social Deduction Gaming	12:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Venice Strategy Board Gamers Venice	Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton	12:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Euchre Tournament!!!!! Online	Summerfield Board and Card Games and Euchre	12:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Monthly Gaming at the Deltona Library Deltona Regional Branch Library	Board Gamers of West Volusia	12:30 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
Sunday Gaming Tampa Bay Bridge Center	Tampa Gaming Guild	1:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
D&D Adventurers League Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	2:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Beyond the Golden Vault (tier 3, lvl 12 preferred) Campus Cards and Games	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games Critical Hit Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	2:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Sunday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa Whole Foods Market	Chess Republic	2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Spill the Tea Journaling & Book Club Brach Bum Brewing	Beach Bums, Brews, Events and News	2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Traveller – Science Fiction Adventure RPG Black Harbor Gaming	St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group	3:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Sunday Game Day Dented Keg Ale Works	Drunk’n Meeples West Pasco (Boardgames)	3:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Adult Game Night at Conworlds Emporium Conworlds Emporium	Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup	4:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Sunday Pokemon League Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	4:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Lankhmar: City of Adventure 1103 Fredrick Ln	Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group	5:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Open Game Night Unlucky Roll Cafe	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Business Seminar 50 SE 1st Ave	Ocala Business Development Meetup Group	6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck! Online	Nerdbrew Events	7:00 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
A Duck Presents NB Movie Night Discord.io/Nerdbrew	Nerd Night Out	7:00 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
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About this list

How do I put this list together? It’s largely automated. I have a collection of Python scripts in a Jupyter Notebook that scrapes Meetup and Eventbrite for events in categories that I consider to be “tech,” “entrepreneur,” and “nerd.” The result is a checklist that I review. I make judgment calls and uncheck any items that I don’t think fit on this list.

In addition to events that my scripts find, I also manually add events when their organizers contact me with their details.

What goes into this list? I prefer to cast a wide net, so the list includes events that would be of interest to techies, nerds, and entrepreneurs. It includes (but isn’t limited to) events that fall under any of these categories:

• 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 and other events related to improving your presentation and public speaking skills, because nerds really need to up their presentation game
• Sci-fi, fantasy, and other genre fandoms
• Self-improvement, especially of the sort that appeals to techies
• Anything I deem geeky