Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, September 7 through Sunday, September 13!
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 7
- Tuesday, September 8
- Wednesday, September 9
- Thursday, September 10
- Friday, September 11
- Saturday, September 12
- Sunday, September 13
Monday, September 7
Tuesday, September 8
Wednesday, September 9
Thursday, September 10
Friday, September 11
| Event name and location | Group | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Osceola Toastmasters Club Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA) |
Toastmasters Division E | 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT |
| SCAG at Questcon Orlando! Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace – Disney Springs Area |
Space Coast Adventurer’s Guild | [ UNKNOWN DISPLAY TIME ] |
| Age of Sigmar: Escalation League Battlebrush Games |
Battlebrush Games: Paint Minis & Play Warhammer/Warmachine | 5:00 PM to 9:00 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 |
| Modern FNM Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! |
Sunshine Games | 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT |
| Don’t Move |
Tampa Horror | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
| Stoicism and the Art of Happiness, DJ Robertson Online event |
Orlando Stoics | 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
| Friday Pokemon Tournament Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! |
Sunshine Games | 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM EDT |
| Back Patio Meet & Greet Lounge Night Fountainhead Wine And Beer Bar |
Tampa Bay Meetup (20’s & 30’s) | 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
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Saturday, September 12
Sunday, September 13
| Event name and location | Group | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Adventures of the Tomb of Annihilation (5e 2024 D&D Campaign) Sunday, Sep 13 · 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT |
Adventurers of Central Florida | 4:00 PM |
| Sunday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa Whole Foods Market |
Chess Republic | 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT |
| D&D Adventurers League Critical Hit Games |
Critical Hit Games | 2:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT |
| Book Discussion: Isola |
St Pete Women’s Book Club | 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT |
| Sunday Pokemon League Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! |
Sunshine Games | 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
| Sew Awesome! (Textile Arts & Crafts) 4933 W Nassau St |
Tampa Hackerspace | 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
| Community Hang-out Night Online event |
Nerdbrew Events | 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
| A Duck Presents NB Movie Night Discord.io/Nerdbrew |
Nerd Night Out | 7:00 PM to 11:30 PM EDT |
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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