Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, May 26 through Sunday, June 1, 2025!
This list includes both in-person and online events. Note that each item in the list includes:
✅ When the event will take place
✅ What the event is
✅ Where the event will take place
✅ Who is holding the event
This week’s events
- Monday, May 26
- Tuesday, May 27
- Wednesday, May 28
- Thursday, May 29
- Friday, May 30
- Saturday, May 31
- Sunday, June 1
Monday, May 26
Remember: Monday is Memorial Day! Some meetup organizers simply schedule their events “on autopilot” (e.g. “last Monday of the month”) and forget to account for holidays.
Before you attend a meetup on Monday, May 26, check with the organizers to make sure it’s actually happening!
| Event name and location | Group | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Downtown St. Pete Business Networking Connection Lunch~ All Welcome< JOIN In! Carrabbas |
RGA Networking Professional Business Networking | 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
| Speakeasy Toastmasters #4698 Online |
Toastmasters District 48 | 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
| Game Night at the Brewery! Anecdote Brewing Company |
Game Night at the Brewery! | 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
| Mothership Monday: The Haunting of Ypsilon 14 Kitchen Table Games |
St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group | 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT |
| Let’s Talk Toastmasters Online |
Toastmasters Divisions C & D | 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
| Weekly General Meetup Online |
Beginning Web Development | 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
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Tuesday, May 27
Wednesday, May 28
Thursday, May 29
| Event name and location | Group | Time |
|---|---|---|
| RGA’s Founders & Amplify Clearwater Partnership meeting ~ All Welcome, JOIN in. Chili’s Grill & Bar |
RGA Networking Professional Business Networking | 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
| Your Unique Value Proposition Online |
Tech Success Network | 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT |
| May Networking Happy Hour! Fat Rabbit Pub |
Business and Social Networking | 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT |
| Vecna – Eye of Ruin (T3-APL15) Coliseum of Comics Kissimmee |
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild | 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT |
| Beginning Crochet 4931 W Nassau St |
Tampa Hackerspace | 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
| Game Night at Conworlds Emporium (Tarpon Springs) Conworlds Emporium |
Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers | 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
| Social event @ PopStroke Tampa Bay ⛳ PopStroke |
Tampa Bay New-In-Tech | 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
| Build an SAO Workshop Q2 2025 Neon Temple |
The Neon Temple | 7:00 PM |
| Weekly Hacks Online |
Hacktivate – Hackathon Meetup Group | 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
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Friday, May 30
| Event name and location | Group | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Caffeine & Connections: Friday Fuel for Black Professionals Online |
Pinellas County Black Business Meetup Group | 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM EDT |
| Business Networking Tampa at Riveters Tampa ***NEW LOCATION*** riveters tampa |
RGA Networking Professional Business Networking | 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
| Power BI What-If Magic: Top N & Loan Tools | Ilgar Zarbaliyev Online |
Orlando Power BI User Group | 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT |
| Friday Board Game Night Bridge Club |
Tampa Gaming Guild | 5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
| Learn to Solder a Memory Game Tampa Hackerspace |
Tampa Hackerspace | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
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Saturday, May 31
Sunday, June 1
| Event name and location | Group | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Gen Geeks 1st Get Fit Meeting Walsingham Park |
Gen Geek | 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT |
| Paddle to John’s Pass sandbar War Veterans Memorial Park |
Gen Geek | 11:30 AM to 4:30 PM EDT |
| Sunday Gaming Tampa Bay Bridge Center |
Tampa Gaming Guild | 1:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
| Sunday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa Whole Foods Market |
Chess Republic | 2:00 PM to 5:00 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 |
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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