Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, June 10, 2024)

Here’s the “official unofficial” list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for Monday, June 3 through Sunday, June 9, 2024.

This week’s events

• Monday, June 10
• Tuesday, June 11
• Wednesday, June 12
• Thursday, June 13
• Friday, June 14
• Saturday, June 15
• Sunday, June 16

Monday, June 10

Event name and location	Group	Time
Safety Harbor Waterfront Park Safety Harbor Waterfront Park	Suncoast Drone Club	9:30 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
In person at Fords Garage St Pete Ford’s Garage St. Pete	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00 AM to 1:00 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
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
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
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
Cliff Ullmann: Monumental Markets Station 2 Innovation Center	Entrepreneurs & Startups – Bradenton Networking & Education	5:30 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Radiant Ridge Toastmasters Central Ridge Library	Toastmasters Division G	5:30 PM to 7:00 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
Root w/Advanced Setup Anson on Palmer Ranch	Sarasota Strategy Board Game League	6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Monday Feast & Game Night Village Inn	Tampa Bay Tabletoppers	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
MTG: Commander Night Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Happily Ever After Lesbian Book Club Rubyfruit Jungle Discussion 2519 Aloma Ave	Happy Ever After Lesbian Romance Book Club	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
CFRI Osceola County Chapter Meeting IHOP	Central Florida Realty Investors	6:30 PM to 8:30 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
Hitting the Road Part III Panera Bread	The Art Of Photography – Tampa/St. Pete Chapter	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Entrepreneur Book Club Weekly Meetup – Live Reading & Elaboration Online	Business Owners and Professionals	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Stirling Toastmasters Club #7461614 | Public Speaking & Leadership Development Online	Toastmasters District 48	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck! Online	Nerdbrew Events	7:00 PM to 11:00 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
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
ONLINE: Born of Human Nature Online	Orlando Stoics	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, June 11

On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. each of those nights, Computer Coach will have an FREE and ONLINE Intro to AI Course!

And better yet, the course will be taught by an instructor I know and implicitly trust — me!

Here’s what the course will cover over its three days:

• Day 1 (Tuesday): Intro to AI and ML
• Day 2 (Wednesday): Python for AI and ML
• Day 3 (Thursday): Building AI / ML applications

Find out more and register here!

Event name and location	Group	Time
Career Q&A: Ask a Coach with Suzanne Ricci Online	Front End Creatives	10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
SWAT Networking Lakewood Ranch Luncheon Seasons 52	SWAT Networking – Successful Women Aligning Together	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
InfraGard Healthcare Sector Summer Virtual Meetup Online	Tampa Bay InfraGard Meetup Group	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
The Business Networking Midday Power Hour by Simply Referrals on Zoom!! Online	Simply Referrals Tampa Business Networking	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Sarasota Software Devs June Lunch Online	Hosted By Sarasota Software Developers	12:30 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Virtual Event: Make a LEGO Movie (3-Day) – Day 1 Online	Orlando Video & Post Production Meetup	2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Intro to AI Online Bootcamp Online	Career Success Academy	6:00 PM to 8:00 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
Disney Lorcana Night Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 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
Board Game Night at Ivanhoe Park Brewing 1300 Alden Rd	Brews N Board Games	6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Pinellas Writers and Authors Weekly Meeting (Online/Zoom) Online	Pinellas Writers Group	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Authors Anonymous – Writing Group Maya Cafe Lounge & Gallery	Authors Anonymous – Writing Group	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Innovation – Bringing Your Idea to Life by Robyn Mussler – TBPG Thrive DTSP	Tampa Bay Product Group	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Guest Speaker Seminar for Young Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders Cres Community	Young Entrepreneurs of America YEA Meetup Group	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Florida Podcasters Association General Meeting!!! IHOP	Florida Podcasters Association	6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa Gaspars Patio Bar & Grille	Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa	6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
June 2024 Book Club Meeting 250 Shore Dr E	Oldsmar Reads Between The Lines	6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
June Gathering of “Their Eyes Were Watching Books” – Our Namesake Novel! Stottlemyer’s Smokehouse	Their Eyes Were Watching Books – Classic Book Meetup	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
The Sarasota Creative Writers Sarasota Alliance Church	The Sarasota Creative Writers Meetup Group	6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Weekday Writing Get Down Kress Building	We Write Here Black and Women of Color Writing Group	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Python Dinner Orlando	The Orlando Python User Group	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Woodshop Safety (Members Only) Tampa Hackerspace West	Tampa Hackerspace	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Dunedin Toastmasters – Guests Welcome 👍🐛 Unity Community Church	Dunedin Toastmasters 2166	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Creative Speaking Roots To Crown	Creative Speaking St Pete	7:00 PM to 9:00 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
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
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
AMA – Ask Me Anything Related to Photography, Computers and Software O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant	Florida Center for Creative Photography	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Boards & Bones SpookEasy Lounge	Nerd Night Out	7:00 PM to 10:00 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
Nic At Nite – Weekly Movie Night Online	Nerdbrew Events	7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom Online	Shut Up & Write!® Tampa	7:45 PM to 9:15 PM EDT
Opportunity Night Online	Online Opportunity Meeting	8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Wednesday, June 12

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
DOWNTOWN ST PETE YOUNG NETWORKING PROFESSIONALS BREAKFAST AT THE HANGAR! The Hangar Restaurant & Flight Lounge	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
KBN Virtual Coffee Meet & Network Online	Kingdom Builders Network	8:00 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
Coffee & WordPress at Foxtail Coffee – Howell Branch Foxtail Coffee – Howell Branch	WordPress Orlando	9:30 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
In Person Networking BRANDON! Just Love Coffee Cafe – Brandon FL Just Love Coffee Cafe – Brandon FL	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:15 AM to 12:45 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
Business Networking Lunch Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern	Bradenton/Sarasota Networking Meetings and 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
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
Local SEO Mastery: Creating Location Pages that Convert – Free Webinar Online	Tampa SEO & Internet Marketing Meetup with Steve Scott	12:00 PM to 12:45 PM EDT
InfraGard Defense Industrial Base Sector Summer Virtual Meetup Online	Tampa Bay InfraGard Meetup Group	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
(CS)²AI Online™ Replay: Managing OT Cyber Risk Online	Hosted By Orlando Cyber Security for Control Systems	1:00 PM to 2:30 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
Master the Stock Market: Your Guide to Successful Investing Online	Digital Success Mentors – Tampa	2:00 PM to 3:30 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
Building A Multi-Six Figure Business Through Social Media Marketing Online	Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events	3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
SwanCitySec Meetup Craft + Kitchen	Central Florida CitySec	5:00 PM to 9:00 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
Three Crucial Team KPIs for Sustained Product Delivery with Chris Leonard Online	Agile Orlando	6:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Backgammon Casual Games The Basin Sanford	Sanford Backgammon Group	6:00 PM to 8:00 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
Board Game Night Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Hobby Night – Minis Painting Tips & Tricks at Armada Games Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Dungeons & Dragons One Shot Wednesdays Happy Troll Games	Clermont Nerd Games	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
June 12 Game Online	Learn Mah Jongg	6:15 PM to 8:15 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.tbic.us bi-monthly Meetup Online	Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.TampaBayInventors.org	6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Game Night! Southern Lights Brewing Company	Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers	6:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Tampa Writers Alliance Critique Group Online	Tampa Writers Alliance	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Castaways Euchre Club The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge	Castaways Euchre Club	6:50 PM to 8:50 PM EDT
Call for presenters 100% Remote	Broward Drupal Users Group	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
[Virtual] Tampa Bay Bitcoin Meetup: News, Markets, & Community Online	Tampa Bay Bitcoin	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Lean DevOps & Barley Gnarly Barley	Orlando DevOps	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
MakerFX Embrilliance Study Group MakerFX Makerspace	MakerFX Makerspace	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Games & Grog @ The Grove SoHo! Grove Soho	Nerdbrew Events	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Magic Pioneer Event Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	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
The Short Attention Span Storytelling Hour Stardust Video & Coffee	Writers of Central Florida or Thereabouts	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
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Thursday, June 13

Thursday evening at 5:30 p.m. at Kforce in Tampa: Tampa Devs and Tampa Java User Group jointly present Orchestrate the chaos: Process automation in modern architectures.

Their description of the event:

Complex business processes can be difficult to manage and automate. How do you quickly implement changes while maintaining uptime? How do you introduce a new service to an existing process? In this talk, we will discuss how to use Business Process Modeling (BPM) to orchestrate and execute complex business processes in your application. Don’t let the name fool you: this not your father’s Visio diagram. Everyone should leave this talk with a new approach to solving their orchestration complexities!

Find out more and register here.

Event name and location	Group	Time
Wesley Chapel/Lutz networking breakfast The Happy Hangar Café	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Second Thursday WordPress Collaboration Meetup – June 2024 4100 Wekiva Club Ct	West Orlando WordPress Meetup	9:30 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Clearwater/Central Pinellas Networking Lunch JOIN us and connect your business! The Breakroom Bar & Grill	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
The Founders Meeting where it all Began! JOIN us! Bring a guest and get a gift The Breakroom Bar & Grill	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	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
Clearwater Professional Networking Lunch The Breakroom Bar & Grill	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Lutz / Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch at Bahama Breeze! Bahama Breeze	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch Bahama Breeze	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	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
Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters Online	Toastmasters District 48	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Downtown Tampa Toastmasters MeetUp 509 E Twiggs St 3rd floor	Downtown Tampa Toastmasters MeetUp	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
A CMO’s Guide to Harnessing AI for Digital Transformation in B2B Marketing Online	Gen AI Tampa	1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
How to be confident Online	Wesley Chapel PM and IT Connection	1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Apex – Navigating Third-Party Phishing with Cybersecurity Strategies Online	Hosted By IIBA Tampa Bay	1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Grand Bay Canasta Online	Grand Bay Canasta Meetup Group	1:00 PM to 3:00 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
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
Family Game Night at Conworlds Emporium Conworlds Emporium	Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup	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
Turn Your Images Into Income – An Introduction To The Event Photography Business Online	Orlando Photography Community	5:00 PM to 5:40 PM EDT
Learn Business Process Automation (BPM): Tools like JBPM/ Camunda Kforce	Tampa DevSecOps	5:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Orchestrate the chaos: Process automation in modern architectures w/ Tampa Devs Kforce	Tampa Devs	5:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Orchestrate the chaos: Process automation in modern architectures w/ Tampa Devs Kforce	Tampa Java User Group	5:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Tomb of Annihilation (T2-APL10) Coliseum of Comics Kissimmee	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	5:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Introduction to Nuxt Bank OZK Innovations Lab	Vue.js Tampa Bay	6:00 PM to 7:30 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
Mystara Campaign 405 Mahogany Dr	Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group	6:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Daily Coordination AGILEST®	Florida Agile Innovators	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Leading with Moral Authority: Doing the Right Thing for Your Team and Product Online	Tampa Bay Women in Agile	6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Polk County BiggerPockets Networking Meetup 4208 Florida Ave S	Polk County BiggerPockets Members Networking Group	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Harnessing Wellness Strategies for Professional Success: A 3-Part Evening Series Online	Career Success Academy	6:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Chess night! Intergalactic Plastic – Toys, Comics, Games	Lakeland Chess Meetup Group	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Bitdevs Bitcoin Bay Foundation	Tampa Bay Bitcoin	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Woodshop Tool Sign Off-Jointer, Planer, & Bandsaw (Members Only) Tampa Hackerspace West	Tampa Hackerspace	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
BABOK IIBA Tampa Bay Study Group Online	Hosted By IIBA Tampa Bay	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
How to Get Rid of Unwanted Thoughts and Emotions Online	Communication Skills for Career Advancement Group	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament Balance Martial Arts & Gaming	Balance Martial Arts and Gaming	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Dungeons and Dragons with Donavan Unlucky Roll Cafe	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Pathfinder Society Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
FABulous Thursdays Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:00 PM to 11:00 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
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
Last Girl Ghosted by Lisa Unger – Book Club Panera Bread	Something Punny Ladies Book Club	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Live streaming production and talent 124 S Ring Ave	Live streaming production and talent	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Prose Open Mic Night (Our First Open Mic!) The Study Wine & Beer Lounge St. Pete	Prose Society Writers Group	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, June 14

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
Virtual “2nd Fridays” Lean Coffee Orlando Online	Agile Orlando	7:30 AM to 8:30 AM EDT
Caffeine & Connections: Friday Fuel for Black Professionals Online	Pinellas County Black Business Meetup Group	8:00 AM to 9:00 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
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
Online Networking with Brandon Biz Pros Online	Brandon Biz Pros	9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Local Stories Live! Hillsborough County 2101 E Palm Ave	Suncoast Credit Union Micro Enterprise Development Meetup	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
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorm together Online	Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorming together	10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
OWASP Tampa Chapter 2024Q2 Lunch and Learn GuidePoint Security	OWASP Tampa	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday McAlister’s Deli	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	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 Professionals Networking Meeting McAlister’s Deli	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday McAlister’s Deli	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
WINTER PARK: Join us for outrageous connection, growth and networking too! Bar Louie	Powerful Women Networking	11:30 AM to 1:30 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
Friday International Business Introductions at McAlisters Westshore McAlister’s Deli	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	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
Learn to Play Coral at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe 3101 SW 34th Ave #803	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Eclipse – 2nd Dawn for the Galaxy Anson on Palmer Ranch	Sarasota Strategy Board Game League	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Taps & Drafts | Casual EDH/MtG Social Night Industrious	Nerd Night Out	6:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT
MakerFX Maskerspace Laser Guild MakerFX Makerspace	MakerFX Makerspace	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Join our Facebook group! Online	The Pinellas County Young “Professionals”	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 Pokemon Tournament Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:30 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
Friday night game night 🌱Indica Cafe 💨 Tampa Bay’s First & Greatest CBD Lounge	Indica Cafe Events	Friday, June 14, 2024 at 9:00 PM to Saturday, June 15, 2024 at 12:00 AM EDT
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Saturday, June 15

Event name and location	Group	Time
Coffee and Crypto Chill Cawfee	Cawfee (Coffee) and conversations	8:00 AM to 10:00 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
June Study Group & Networking – Cloud Certifications Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company	Tampa Bay Techies	9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
FCCP – Key Elements For Taking Powerful Black and White Photos O’Keefe’s Clearwater Restaurant	Florida Center for Creative Photography	9:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Saturday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa Whole Foods Market	Chess Republic	9:30 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
The Possible Future POWER HOUR! Online	Entrepreneur’s Guild: Growing Your Business	10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Bravo Group Campaign Continues Online	Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)	11:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT
Happily Ever After Trivia Brunch World of Beer	Geekocracy!	11:00 AM to 2:00 PM EDT
Dungeons & Dragons for Teens Saturdays Conworlds Emporium	Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup	11:00 AM to 2:00 PM EDT
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
Introduction to Welding MakerSpace Pinellas	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Spiritual Archery Smithfield Avenue & Irving Street	Citrus Archery	1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Over the Board Chess Meetup in Tampa! Blind Tiger Cafe	Climbers of Mount Chesseverest	1:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
June Book Club Pia’s Trattoria	Tampa Bay Women’s Book Club Meetup Group	1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
FREE Film Festival in Apopka Holiday Inn Express	Movie Fans, Actors, and Filmmakers FREE Group	1:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Table read screenplays Safety Harbor Public Library	Screenwriters of Tomorrow (SOT) Critique Meetup	1:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Mid Intro Meet & Greet Online	Alice’s Fantasy Book Club ONLINE ONLY	1:00 PM to 1:40 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
Downtime Day Coliseum of Comics Clermont	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	2:00 PM to 6:30 PM EDT
Warhammer 40K Boarding Actions Casual Event Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	2:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
The Socrates Café (Philosophy) Perkins Restaurant & Bakery	Clearwater Socrates Café	2:00 PM to 3:15 PM EDT
St. Pete Arthouse Cinema Club-“Tuesday” Green Light Cinema	St. Pete Arthouse Cinema Club	2:15 PM to 5:15 PM EDT
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers New World Tampa	Tampa Book Club – Award-Winning Books	3:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Game Project Therapy (Virtual) Online	Tampa Games Developer Guild	4:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
How is AI impacting and changing our lives now? Online	Tampa Bay Thinkers	4:00 PM to 6:00 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
Summer Officially Starts Soon 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
Session 3: Spectator Sport Online	One Shot Online DnD Sessions	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Tampa Hackerspace Board Game Night and Potluck Tampa Hackerspace West	Tampa Hackerspace	6:30 PM to 11:59 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament Balance Martial Arts & Gaming	Balance Martial Arts and Gaming	7:00 PM to 10:00 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
Philosophical Inquiry Spring Hill	Spring Hill Philosophical Inquiry	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Tampa Nerd Online Hang-out & Game Night! Online	Nerd Night Out	7:00 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
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Sunday, June 16

Event name and location	Group	Time
CRITICAL THINKERS SUNDAY Meetup AT Sarasota Art Museum 1001 S Tamiami Trail	Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group	9:30 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
Warhammer 40K Happy Troll Games	Clermont Nerd Games	11:00 AM to 7:00 PM EDT
Thaliondor Practice Day! Brick City Adventure Park	Thaliondor: Fantasy and Medieval Combat	11:00 AM to 4:00 PM EDT
Large format printing MakerSpace Pinellas	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Family Fun Day – Dads play for free at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe 3101 SW 34th Ave #803	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	12:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Venice Strategy Board Gamers Venice	Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton	12:00 PM to 9:00 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
Starting Equipment (A DM’s guide to Organized Play) Coliseum of Comics – East Colonial	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	1:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Sunday Gaming Tampa Bay Bridge Center	Tampa Gaming Guild	1:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Iron SWUG Online	Polkflswug	Sunday, June 16, 2024 at 1:00 PM to Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 3:00 PM EDT
Laser class 3 – Fiber Laser & practice MakerSpace Pinellas	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
ROS 2 Jazzy Jalisco w/turtlebot Online	Orlando Bot Squad (Robotics)	2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Majong on Sunday Afternoon Online	SRQ Newbie Mahjong Gathering	2:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
D&D Adventurers League Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	2:00 PM to 7:30 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
Direct to Film Digital Printing MakerSpace Pinellas	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	2:30 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
D&D Monster Hunter: New Frontier – at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe Meeple Movers	Meeple Movers Role-Playing Games (RPG) Group	3:30 PM to 6:30 PM EDT
Sunday Game Day Dented Keg Ale Works	Drunk’n Meeples West Pasco (Boardgames)	3:30 PM to 8:00 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
Alphabet Soup 2024 | Finding Letters in the World Around Us Online	Florida Center for Creative Photography	Sunday, June 16, 2024 at 5:00 PM to Sunday, June 30, 2024 at 5:00 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
Games & Grog @ The Grove SoHo! Grove Soho	Nerdbrew Events	7:00 PM to 10:00 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