Tampa is the best small tech market in North America, and if you look at what techies are doing here every week, you’ll see why. Here’s this week’s list of events for developers, technologists, tech entrepreneurs, and creative nerds in and around the Tampa Bay area.
This weekly list is posted as a voluntary service to the Tampa tech community. With the notable exceptions of Tampa iOS Meetup and Coders, Creatives and Craft Beer — both of which I run — most of this information comes from Meetup.com, EventBrite, and other local event announcement sites. I can’t guarantee the accuracy of the dates and times listed here; if you want to be absolutely sure that the event you’re interested in is actually taking place, please contact the organizers!
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New Meetup groups!
Here are some recently-announced Meetup groups for techies in the Tampa Bay area:
- Hungry Coders: “Hang out, eat some food, and talk about coding. This group chats about a wide range of technologies: .NET, C#, ASP.NET, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, Unity, UWP, SQL, Azure, or whatever else you want to talk about…”
- Tampa Bay Kanban: “Purpose: Bringing together people who are interested in learning more about pragmatic and actionable ways of improving work using Kanban and flow thinking. Who should join: Anyone who wants to learn how to improve their life at work (or home) using the practices of Kanban. All skill levels welcome — novice to experts.”
- Tampa Microsoft SharePoint Meetup Group: “This group is dedicated to all things SharePoint. Anyone is invited to join. You can be a SharePoint professional, Microsoft developer, Architect, or just curious about the world of SharePoint. All are welcome. As a SharePoint developer, I started this group to meet other developers in the Tampa area who has a common interest in SharePoint.”
- Tampa NoSQL: “We are IT Professionals that design, develop and deploy real-time applications. If you have an interest in creating innovative, elegant solutions for your Enterprise that depend upon NoSQL technology for scale and velocity, this is the group for you.”
- TampaBay PyLadies: “We are a mentorship group for anyone who identifies as a woman, focusing on helping our members become active participants and leaders in the Python open-source community. Our mission is to promote, educate, and advance a diverse Python community through outreach, education, conferences, events and social gatherings.”
- Under Cover Billionaire Work Group: I’ve included this not because it’s tech Meetup, but because a Meetup started by a fan of the TV series Undercover Billionaire is both crazy and entrepreneurial enough to pique my interest.
Monday, September 9
- Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — Daily Campus Tours – SecureSet Tampa @ SecureSet, 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM
- Lean Beer for Software Craftsmanship – Crooked Thumb Brewery, Safety Harbor @ Crooked Thumb Brewery, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
- America’s TriviAddiction — ROOKIES SPORTS BAR – SPRING HILL – LIVE TEAM TRIVIA !!! @ 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- SpeakEasy Toastmasters Club — Welcome to SpeakEasy Toastmasters Club Meetup Group! @ Hibachi Buffet, 6:15 PM to 8:00 PM
- America’s TriviAddiction — 3 DAUGHTERS BREWING – ST. PETERSBURG – LIVE TEAM TRIVIA @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Under Cover Billionaire Master Mind @ 8130 Lakewood Main St, Bradenton, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Cool ‘n Confident Toastmasters @ SPC – St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Amazon Sellers in the Tampa Area — September Meetup @ O’Brien’s Irish Pub & Grill, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Brandon WordPress Meetup — Improve the Handling of Website’s Touch Point to Capture Sales Leads @ Bloomingdale Regional Public Library, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Thinkers — What Role Does Religion Play in Our Culture? @ Carrollwood Cultural Center, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- South Tampa Toastmasters @ Unity of Tampa, 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM
- CreatorsBurg! – St. Pete Videography & Photography Community — St. Pete Creatives Meetup! @ Flying Boat Brewing Company, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Tuesday, September 10
- TECH Talk SEPTEMBER 2019 @ Microsoft, 8:30 AM
- Westshore Toastmasters @ FIVE Labs, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
- Game Club Tampa Meetup — Board Game Tuesdays (Always looking for more players) @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM
- Weekly Open Make Night @ Tampa Hackerspace, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Florida Podcasters Association — General Meeting!!! @ IHop, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Tampa Bay Young Professionals Group — Opera Tampa, pop-up performance at Armature Works! @ Armature Works, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- West Pasco Toastmasters Club — Weekly Meeting @ West Pasco Board of Realtors, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- America’s TriviAddiction — WESTSHORE PIZZA – BELLEAIR BLUFFS – LIVE TEAM TRIVIA !!! @ 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Game Club Tampa Meetup — Tuesday Nite Roleplayers (RPGs) [Full] @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 6:30 PM to 10:30 PM
- Code Katas — Let’s Do Some Fun Code Challenges! @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Blockchain Group — Trading Tuesday! @ Tampa Bay Wave, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Woodshop Safety (Members Only) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:15 PM to 9:15 PM
- America’s TriviAddiction — DAIQUIRI SHAK RAW BAR & GRILL – MADEIRA BEACH – LIVE TEAM TRIVIA @ 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Wednesday, September 11
- Digital Summit Tampa: The Definitive Digital Marketing Gathering @ Tampa Convention Center
- Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group — Downtown St Pete Networking at the Hanger~ Wednesday Mornings @ The Hangar Restaurant & Flight Lounge, 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM
- Tampa Bay WaVE — Open/FREE Coworking for Women Tech Entrepreneurs @ FirstWaVE Venture Center, 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM
- 1 Million Cups St. Petersburg — JUSTMOVE Outreach Program / Spine Aligner @ St. Petersburg Greenhouse, 9:00 AM
- 1 Million Cups Tampa — Broke Is No Joke Enterprises / Superhero: You (McComas CG Consulting Group) @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 9:00 AM
- Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group — Bernini of Ybor Lunch Networking @ Bernini (innovative italian cuisine), 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
- Tampa Bay DevOps — DevOps Self Service Across the Enterprise @ Accenture, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
- Talking Mocs (Florida Southern College) Toastmasters – 4615 @ Florida Southern College, 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
- Angular Meetup @ ClearlyAgile, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
- WordPress Lakeland Meetup – Topic TBA @ Catapult Lakeland, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Ethical Hacking, Cyber Defense, and Forensics — CEHv10, Module 1: Introduction to Ethical Hacking Study Group @ 8543 Grand Alberato Rd, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
- Nerd Night Out — Beer and Board Game Night St. Pete @ Avid Brew Co., 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.tbic.us Weekly Meetup @ 2149 University Square Mall, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Tampa Writers Alliance — Tampa Writers Alliance Critique Group @ Barnes & Noble Carrollwood, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- America’s TriviAddiction — 3 DAUGHTERS BREWING – ST. PETE – SPECIAL EPICURIOUS (FOOD) THEMED TRIVIA !!! @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Ethical Hacking, Cyber Defense, and Forensics — CEHv10, Module 2: Footprinting and Reconnaissance Study Group @ 8543 Grand Alberato Rd, 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Suncoast Developers Guild — Open Code @ Marble Side Building, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Suncoast Skeptics — Think + Drink at South Florida Museum @ South Florida Museum, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Introduction to Fusion 360 @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Suncoast Linux Users Group — SLUG Tampa @ New HDR Location, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Bitcoin — Bitcoin/Blockchain Meetup: Networking, News, Q&A @ Coastal Cantina and Grill, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Nerdbrew Events — Games & Grog @ Peabody’s!, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
- Carrollwood Toastmasters @ Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
- Ethical Hacking, Cyber Defense, and Forensics — CEHv10, Module 3: Scanning Networks Study Group @ 8543 Grand Alberato Rd, 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Thursday, September 12
- Hackers/Founders, Tampa/ St. Pete MeetUp Group — Microsoft & Hackers/Founders – Tampa Meetup @ Microsoft Store – International Plaza, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
- Tampa Bay RPA — NO COST RPA TRAINING @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
- Entrepreneur Social Club @ NOVA 535, 6:00 PM
- Lean Beer for All Things Agile (St Petersburg) @ Pour Tap Room, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
- Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — SecureSet Info Night Tampa @ SecureSet, 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Azure User Group — Azure AI: Cognitive Services – A Case Study @ Nigel Frank International, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Tech on Tap @ The Canopy – Downtown St. Pete, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play — Let’s play some games @ 6:00 PM to 11:30 PM
- Brandon and Seffner area D&D Meetup — 1st ed AD&D Dwimmermount Campaign @ 405 Mahogany Dr, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- America’s TriviAddiction — CAPTAIN’S CORNER – BROOKSVILLE – LIVE TEAM TRIVIA !!! @ 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- America’s TriviAddiction — CRESCENT OAKS COUNTRY CLUB – TARPON SPRINGS – LIVE TEAM TRIVIA !!! @ 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- America’s TriviAddiction — BAYSCAPE BISTRO AT HERITAGE ISLES – NEW TAMPA – LIVE TEAM TRIVIA !!! @ 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Tampa Bay Microservices Architecture Meetup — Building Stateful Clustered Microservices with Actors and Kubernetes @ Vigo and Alessi Cucina, 6:15 PM to 8:30 PM
- Front-End Design Meetup — Functional Prototypes & the Design Cycle @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- America’s TriviAddiction — JACK WILLIE’S BAR GRILL & TIKI – OLDSMAR – LIVE TEAM TRIVIA @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Friday, September 13
- Lean Coffee for All Things Agile (Waters Location) @ Panera Bread, 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
- Lean Coffee for All Things Agile (St Petersburg / Tyrone) @ Panera, 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
- Trinity Odessa Toastmasters @ Holiday Inn Express Trinity, 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
- The Woman Entrepreneur Network — Come Meet The Sweet 16 . . . @ RTI Insurance Services, 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
- Tampa Professional Networking Meetup — Let’s Do Lunch and Network – St. Pete @ The Hangar, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
- Intellectual Connection for Myers-Briggs N’s (Intuitives) — Trusting your Intuition @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Saturday, September 14
- The Mainframe Presents: Personal Branding For Black Tech Professionals @ Factory 114, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
- Suncoast Developers Guild — Web Dev Day Prep @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
- Nerd Night Out — NNO Book Club: The Obelisk Gate @ Ohana Cafe, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Young Professionals Group — Clothes Drive (Job Interview Type) @ 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Young Professionals Group — Bowling for a Cause @ 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM
- AlligatorZone®, where kids meet cool startups @ Seminole Heights Branch Library, 4:00 PM to 5:15 PM
- Tampa Bay Young Professionals Group — Ice Skate together… at Amalie Arena! (space limited) @ 4:40 PM to 6:10 PM
- Tampa Bay Young Professionals Group — Hammerstein Brewing Co Party @ 7:15 PM to 11:15 PM
- Tampa Bay Young Professionals Group — Poetry Slam @ The Drip, 7:45 PM to 9:45 PM
Sunday, September 15
