Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, May 25 through Sunday, May 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, May 25
- Tuesday, May 26
- Wednesday, May 27
- Thursday, May 28
- Friday, May 29
- Saturday, May 30
- Sunday, May 31
Monday, May 25
Tuesday, May 26
Tuesday at 5:30 at Hidden Springs Ale Works (Tampa): It’s the last Tuesday of the month, which means it’s time for TampaTech Taps & Taco Tuesday!
As always, it will feature:
Tech – Connect & network with tech industry peers
Taps – Enjoy 15% off your tab as a tech attendee
Tacos – A full taco bar… who doesn’t love tacos?!
No speakers, no presentations – just great conversations and a Raffle (because that’s way more fun! )
Find out more and register here.
Wednesday, May 27
Thursday, May 28
Thursday from 4:00 – 6:30 p.m. at American Legion Post 138 (Tampa): It’s the May 2026 edition of the Tampa/ MacDill AFB Orange Call, Networking Event & Tech Round Table!
In a military context, an “orange call” refers to an alert signaling a heightened cybersecurity state of readiness.
This orange call’s purpose is to gather and network amongst fellow communicators, guardians, and enablers of all ranks, titles, and experience levels, share resources and seek professional development. They will conduct an informal meet & greet and discuss MacDill communicators and missions, including the increasing role of cyber and the importance of defending our nation’s networks.
Find out more and register here.
Friday, May 29
Saturday, May 30
Sunday, May 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