Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, November 3 through Sunday, November 9!
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, November 3
Tuesday, November 4
Wednesday, November 5
Thursday, November 6
Friday, November 7
Saturday, November 8
| Event name and location |
Group |
Time |
Philosopher’s Club [General]
Saturday, Nov 8, 2:00 PM · 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EST |
Clearwater Philosopher’s Club |
3:30 PM |
Let’s Build a Copilot Agent Together | Rafsan Huseynov
Saturday, Nov 8, 8:00 PM · 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EST |
Orlando Power BI User Group |
10:18 AM |
EZ Stock (Stock, Options, Market)
2079 Range Rd |
Tampa Bay Technology Center |
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST |
Sarasota Medieval Fair
Woods of Mallaranny |
SWFL 20s/30s/40s Social Group |
10:00 AM to 5:30 PM EST |
Beginner Watercolor
Creative Junk Therapy |
Creative Junk Therapy |
10:30 AM to 1:00 PM EST |
BRUNCH at BORN & BREAD BAKERY
Born & Bread Bakehouse |
Adventure Group of Lakeland |
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM EST |
TechX Florida – AI Conference
USF – Engineering Building II |
IEEE Computer Society at USF |
11:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST |
Join our Facebook Group and Invite your Friends
Online event |
Mobile Vision Photography |
11:59 AM to 12:15 PM EST |
Geeky Potluck Picnic & Jeopardy!
John Chesnut Sr. Park |
Geekocracy! |
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EST |
Gen Geek Hunger Games
Carrollwood Village Park |
Gen Geek |
12:00 PM to 5:00 PM EST |
Saturday Gaming
Nerdy Needs |
Brandon Boardgamers |
1:00 PM to 7:01 PM EST |
Mahjong at Beverly’s House
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SRQ Mahjong Gathering |
1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST |
NNO Book Club: The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet
Thai Ruby |
Nerd Night Out |
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EST |
FREE Fab Lab Orientation
Faulhaber Fab Lab |
Suncoast Makers |
1:30 PM to 2:30 PM EST |
D&D (5e) @ Black Harbor Gaming (FULL)
Black Harbor Gaming |
St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group |
1:30 PM to 5:30 PM EST |
Laser Cutter Orientation (Members Only)
Tampa Hackerspace |
Tampa Hackerspace |
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST |
Bitcoin Social in St. Petersburg
Outcast Brewing |
Tampa Bay Bitcoin |
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST |
Parrish (Bradenton) Game Night (2nd Saturday of each Month 4 – 10 PM)
Hawk’s House |
It’s All Fun & Games Bradenton, Parrish, Sarasota, & St Pete |
4:00 PM to 10:00 PM EST |
November 8th – Fun for All! – It’s Game Night!
IHOP |
New Port Richey Game Night |
5:30 PM to 9:30 PM EST |
Community Hang-out Night
Online event |
Nerdbrew Events |
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EST |
Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! |
Sunshine Games |
7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EST |
Tampa Nerd Online Hang-out & Game Night!
Online event |
Nerd Night Out |
7:00 PM to 11:30 PM EST |
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Sunday, November 9
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
