Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, September 8 through Sunday, September 14!
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, September 8
Tuesday, September 9
Wednesday, September 10
Thursday, September 11
Friday, September 12
| Event name and location |
Group |
Time |
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 |
Computer Repair Clinic
2079 Range Rd |
Tampa Bay Technology Center |
8:30 AM to 12:30 PM EDT |
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorm together
Online |
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorming together |
10:00 AM to 11:00 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 |
Interviewing with AI Bots
Online |
Tech Success Network |
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT |
TeslaCon Florida 2025
Margaritaville Resort Orlando |
Tesla Owners Florida |
Friday, September 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM to Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 12:00 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 |
Business after hours, Big Top Brewers Collective, Sponsored by Govbidpro.com
Big Top Brewers Collective |
Business After Hours |
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
Modern FNM
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! |
Sunshine Games |
7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT |
Taps & Drafts | EDH/MtG Night
1Up Entertainment, Tampa |
Nerdbrew Events |
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin Discussion at BellaBrava Tampa
BellaBrava Tampa |
Classic Book Club – Dinner Edition |
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Friday Pokemon Tournament
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! |
Sunshine Games |
7:30 PM to 11:30 PM EDT |
Evening fishing on the skyway pier
South Skyway Fishing Pier |
Gen Geek |
7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT |
Rooftop Hopping Game Night Beach Walk
Hogan’s Hangout |
Tampa Bay Meetup (20’s & 30’s) |
Friday, September 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM to Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM EDT |
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Saturday, September 13
| Event name and location |
Group |
Time |
Beginning Faceting – You, too, can learn to facet a beautiful gemstone!
Tampa Bay Mineral & Science Club |
Tampa Bay Mineral & Science Club classes offered |
8:00 AM to 3:00 PM EDT |
Beginning Cabochon Class (2 Day class)
Tampa Bay Mineral & Science Club |
Tampa Bay Mineral & Science Club classes offered |
Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM to Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM EDT |
Saturday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa
Whole Foods Market |
Chess Republic |
9:30 AM to 12:00 PM EDT |
EZ Stock (Stock, Options, Market)
2079 Range Rd |
Tampa Bay Technology Center |
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT |
Join our Facebook Group and Invite your Friends
Online |
Mobile Vision Photography |
11:59 AM to 12:15 PM EDT |
Geeks Go To I Like it Hot! Fest 2025/ Food After / &/or Arcade
Largo Event Center |
Geekocracy! |
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT |
FREE Fab Lab Orientation
Faulhaber Fab Lab |
Suncoast Makers |
1:30 PM to 2:30 PM EDT |
D&D (5e) @ Black Harbor Gaming (FULL)
Black Harbor Gaming |
St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group |
1:30 PM to 5:30 PM EDT |
Laser Cutter Orientation (Members Only)
Tampa Hackerspace |
Tampa Hackerspace |
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT |
Bitcoin Social in St. Petersburg
Outcast Brewing |
Tampa Bay Bitcoin |
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT |
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
Book + Bottle |
Cocktails and convos |
4:30 PM to 6:30 PM EDT |
Community Hang-out Night
Online |
Nerdbrew Events |
6:00 PM to 9:00 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 |
Tampa Nerd Online Hang-out & Game Night!
Online |
Nerd Night Out |
7:00 PM to 11:30 PM EDT |
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Sunday, September 14
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