Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, July 13 through Sunday, July 19!
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, July 13
Tuesday, July 14
Wednesday, July 15
Thursday, July 16
Friday, July 17
Saturday, July 18
| Event name and location |
Group |
Time |
The Odyssey
Riverview 14 GDX |
The Book Was Better |
8:00 AM to 10:00 AM 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 |
Plato’s Republic book 10: Deporting Hollywood from the ideal State.
North Sarasota Public Library |
Plato’s Republicans |
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Kahwa- Coffee Chat
|
Palm Harbor late 20s early 30s Coffee Chatters |
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT |
Youth Dungeons & Dragons Saturdays (Ages7-12) At Conworlds Emporium
Saturday, Jul 18 · 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT |
Tarpon Springs Community Fun & Games |
1:00 PM |
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 |
Saturday Chess @ Driftwood Kava & Roastery St. Pete
Driftwood Kava & Roastery St. Pete |
Chess Republic |
2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT |
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (Stories) by Carson McCullers
New World Tampa |
Tampa Book Club – Award-Winning Books |
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT |
Game Project Therapy (Virtual)
Online event |
Tampa Games Developer Guild |
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT |
NATIONAL SOUR CANDY DAY — Saturday, July 18, 2026
Winners Sports Grill |
Tampa (Citrus Park Area) Games Meetup Group |
4:45 PM to 9:30 PM EDT |
Parrish (Bradenton) Game Night (3rd Saturday of each Month 5 – 9 PM)
Hawk’s House |
It’s All Fun & Games Bradenton, Parrish, Sarasota, & St Pete |
5:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Board Brews
Zephyrhills Brewing Company |
Nerdbrew Events |
5:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT |
Warmachine Journeyman League
Battlebrush Games |
Battlebrush Games: Paint Minis & Play Warhammer/Warmachine |
5:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
July 18th – Let’s have fun!
IHOP |
New Port Richey Game Night |
5:30 PM to 9:30 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 |
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Sunday, July 19
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
