Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, August 25 through Sunday, August 31!
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, August 25
Tuesday, August 26
Wednesday, August 27
Thursday, August 28
Thursday at 6 p.m. at Magnanimous Brewing in Tampa Heights (Tampa): It’s a join social meetup for Coders, Creatives, and Craft Beer and Tampa Bay Python!
This is an “all conversations, no presentations” event — there’s no lecture nor slides, but just coders, creatives, and Pythonistas getting together to enjoy:
- Drinks: Alcoholic or non-alcoholic drinks are available, it’s your choice
- Food: LeckerSchmecker, who make bratwurst and also have vegetarian and vegan options
- Good people: It’s Tampa Bay’s technology and creative scene, getting together!
Find out more and register here.
| 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 |
NPI Referral Pros Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals
Carrabas Italian Grill |
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) |
11:30 AM to 1:30 PM EDT |
Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters
Online |
Toastmasters District 48 |
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT |
GB Canasta
Grand Bay Building 3 Cardroom |
Grand Bay Canasta Meetup Group |
1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT |
Create a 3D Video Game Character (10 parts class series)
Online |
Orlando Game Developers Meetup |
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM EDT |
Vecna – Eye of Ruin (T4-APL17)
Coliseum of Comics Kissimmee |
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild |
5:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT |
Coders, Creatives, and Craft Beer / Tampa Bay Python social!
Magnanimous Brewing (Tampa Heights) |
Coders, Creatives, and Craft Beer |
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Tampa Bay Python / Coders, Creatives, and Craft Beer social!
Magnanimous Brewing (Tampa Heights) |
Tampa Bay Python |
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Tampa M365 – Social @ Magnanimous
Magnanimous Brewing |
Tampa M365 |
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Warhammer Night
Critical Hit Games |
Critical Hit Games |
6:00 PM to 11:00 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 |
START YOUR OWN SIDE GIG! Week 4 – Advanced Projects, Placement and Manufacturing
MakerSpace Clearwater |
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group |
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
[HYBRID] How I Hacked My Way Through AWS
Dr. Phillips Academic Commons |
Orlando AWS User Group |
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
Writing Meetup
HotWax Coffee Shop, Kava Bar & Tap House |
Tampa Free Writing Group |
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
Tampa Writers Alliance Poetry Group
Barnes & Noble Carrollwood |
Tampa Writers Alliance |
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
WordPress
Online |
Tampa Bay Technology Center |
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
POT-SWUG is moving. https://community.swugn.org/pirates-of-tampa-bay-solidworks-
Online |
Pirates of Tampa Bay SOLIDWORKS User Group (POT-SWUG) |
7:00 PM to 7:05 PM EDT |
Palm Harbor Toastmasters Club #8248
1500 16th St |
Toastmasters District 48 |
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
WordPress Monthly Meetup
Online |
WordPress Clearwater FL |
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
FABulous Thursdays
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! |
Sunshine Games |
7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
One Piece Thursdays
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! |
Sunshine Games |
7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT |
Pathfinder Society
Critical Hit Games |
Critical Hit Games |
7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT |
How To Instantly Improve Your Photos! An Introduction To Lenses & Focal Length
Online |
Tampa St Pete Photography Community |
7:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT |
Live streaming production and talent
124 S Ring Ave |
Live streaming production and talent |
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Thursday Tacos & Tax Write Offs
Online |
Nerdbrew Events |
7:30 PM to 10:30 PM EDT |
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Friday, August 29
Saturday, August 30
Sunday, August 31
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:
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- 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