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Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, September 23 – Sunday, September 29, 2024)

Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, September 23 through Sunday, September 29, 2024! 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 23

Event name and location Group Time
InfoSec World
Disney Coronado Springs Resort
Tampa Bay InfraGard Meetup Group Monday, September 23, 2024 at 7:00 AM to Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 6:00 PM EDT
Business Networking Meeting
Online
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Downtown St. Pete Business Networking Connection Lunch~ All Welcome< JOIN In!
The Sourdough Co.
RGA Networking Professional Business Networking 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Intro to Mobile Videography (FREE for Hillsborough County residents)
TBCN Media Center
Tampa Bay Community Network 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM EDT
Radiant Ridge Toastmasters
Central Ridge Library
Toastmasters Division G 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Speakeasy Toastmasters #4698
Online
Toastmasters District 48 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Casual Pokemon League at Nerdy Needs
Nerdy Needs
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Root w/Advanced Setup
Anson on Palmer Ranch
Sarasota Strategy Board Game League 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Monday Weekly Board Game Night! (Lazy Moon Colonial Location)
Lazy Moon Pizza
Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
MTG: Commander Night
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Monday Feast & Game Night
Village Inn
Tampa Bay Tabletoppers 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
FREE Bar Poker at Gators Dockside Highland City
Gators Dockside -Highland City
Polk County Poker & Social Group 6:30 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Three Bridges Brewing Trivia Night with the Smartphone Trivia Game Show
Three bridges brewing
Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Entrepreneur Book Club Weekly Meetup – Live Reading & Elaboration
Online
Business Owners and Professionals 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Monday Chess! At Driftwood Kava and Roastery
Driftwood Kava & Roastery St. Pete
TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck!
Online
Nerdbrew Events 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Virtual Event: Hiawassee Book Club
Online
Library Book Clubs – OCLS 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
ONLINE: Stoicism and Ontology, Part 2
Online
Orlando Stoics 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
DigiMondays
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Day 14 – Express.js – Full Stack Web Dev Bootcamp
Online
Florida Software School 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Weekly General Meetup
Online
Beginning Web Development 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Where is Bitcoin Going?
Online
Bitcoiners of Southwest Florida 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
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Tuesday, September 24

Event name and location Group Time
v-Lean Coffee
Online
Tampa Bay Agile 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM EDT
NPI St. Pete Business Builders Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals
St Petersburg Yacht Club
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Venice Area Toastmasters Club #5486
Online
Toastmasters District 48 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
E-Commerce Growth Strategies: Interactive Store Reviews and Real-Time Feedback
Online
Orlando Shopify Meetup 8:00 AM to 8:45 AM EDT
Landing Job Opportunities Through Community
Online
Tampa Cybersecurity Training 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Immersive Worlds: The Intersection of Spatial Computing, Entertainment & Gaming
Embarc Collective
Tampa XR 5:15 PM to 7:15 PM EDT
Happy Hour: Sips Wine Bar – Safety Harbor
Sips Wine Bar
Bay Area Social Events (BASE) 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Coffee and ML
Buddy Brew Coffee
Tampa Machine Learning 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Weekly Open Make Night
4931 W Nassau St
Tampa Hackerspace 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Spanglish Toastmasters Club 7703731
Online
Toastmasters Division G 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Bartow Toastmasters HYBRID Meeting
2250 S Floral Ave
Toastmasters Division E 6:00 PM to 7:15 PM EDT
Disney Lorcana Night
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Pinellas Writers and Authors Weekly Meeting (Online/Zoom)
Online
Pinellas Writers Group 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Rotary Laser Engraving
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
COMPLIMENTARY WEBINAR: Virtual Networking | Create More Virtual Connections
Online
Beast Mode Networking Orlando 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa
Gaspars Patio Bar & Grille
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Central Florida Computer Society TechSIG (Please join us!!)
Online
Central Florida Computer Society 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Pythonic Monthly Meeting
Online
The Orlando Python User Group 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Dunedin Toastmasters – Guests Welcome
Unity Community Church
Dunedin Toastmasters 2166 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show
Moose Lodge
Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Trivia Night with Trivia Nation
Irish 31 Pub House & Eatery
Trivia Night at Irish 31 Seminole 7:00 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
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults
Pinellas Ale Works Brewery
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
D&D Adventurers League at Armada Games
Armada Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
AMA – Ask Me Anything Related to Photography, Computers and Software
O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant
Florida Center for Creative Photography 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Boards & Bones
SpookEasy Lounge
Nerd Night Out 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Nic At Nite – Weekly Movie Night
Online
Nerdbrew Events 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom
Online
Shut Up & Write!® Tampa 7:45 PM to 9:15 PM EDT
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Wednesday, September 25

Event name and location Group Time
World Toasters Hybrid Meeting
Disney University
Toastmasters Division E 7:05 AM to 8:00 AM EDT
NPI Profit Partners Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals
Panera Bread
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Grow Your Business with focused Referral Networking
Sons of Italy Lodge
BNI Tampa -Referral based networking 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Lunch Hour Meetup
Online
Sarasota Web Development Meetup Group 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Heart of Agile MONTHLY Coffee Corner
Online
Heart of Agile St. Pete – Tampa – Orlando 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
No Fear Speaking Webinar and Meetup
Online
Tampa Fear of Public Speaking Meetup Group 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Inspiring Authors & Book Immersion Meetup
Online
Lady Lake Memoir Writing Meetup Group 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Future Home Buyers Social @ COPA – Stop by for a couple of drinks on us
Copa
The Pinellas County Young “Professionals” 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Wednesday Night Gaming
Nerdy Needs
Brandon Boardgamers 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Bay pines toastmaster’s hybrid meeting
C. W. Bill Young VA Medical Center
Bay Pines Toastmasters 5:15 PM to 6:30 PM EDT
Securing AI and AI-Powered Security with Google Cloud
Entrepreneur Collaborative Center (ECC)
Tampa Bay Google Cloud User Group 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Wednesday Board Game Night
Bridge Center
Tampa Gaming Guild 5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Felicitous Game Night w/Heritage Dim Sum
Felicitous (on 42nd)
Tampa Game Nights 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Adult Dungeons & Dragons Wednesdays
Conworlds Emporium
Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Hobby Night – Minis Painting Tips & Tricks at Armada Games
Armada Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Board Game Night
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Great Big Trivia Wednesdays @ Terra Ceia Bay Country Club Palmetto 6-8PM
Terra Ceia Bay Country Club
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
CRITICAL THINKERS SUPPER AT AMOB LANDSIDE IN PRIVATE ROOM
Anna Maria Oyster Bar Landside
Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.tbic.us bi-monthly Meetup
Online
Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.TampaBayInventors.org 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Game Night!
Southern Lights Brewing Company
Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett – FINAL
Inner Compass Brewing Company
The Weirder Things Book Club 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Tampa Writers Alliance Critique Group
Online
Tampa Writers Alliance 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Castaways Euchre Club
The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge
Hosted By Castaways Euchre Club 6:50 PM to 8:50 PM EDT
Enhancing Active Directory governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) with ADManager
Online
Orlando Cybersecurity Meetup 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Improve Your Communication and Presentation Skills
Online
Communication Skills for Interviews and Presentations 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Apopka Foliage Toastmasters
Online
Apopka Foliage Toastmasters 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings meet In-Person and Online
Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library
Toastmasters District 48 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Story Games Night: Fedora Noir & Someone Has Died
Black Harbor Gaming
St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Games & Grog @ The Grove SoHo!
Grove Soho
Nerdbrew Events 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
New Beginnings & Old Rivalries
Online
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Games & Grog (Social Game Night in SoHo)
Grove Soho
Nerd Night Out 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
How to Express Yourself and Connect with People
Online
Professionals Meetup For Networking And Social Skillsets 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Trivia at Blind Goat
Online
Gen Geek 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
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Thursday, September 26

Event name and location Group Time
Tackle it in Ten – Entrepreneur Roundtables
Dunedin Chamber of Commerce
Entrepreneur Round Table
Public group
8:30 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Entrepreneur Roundtable to SPARK Ideas & Build Growth
Dunedin Chamber of Commerce
Clearwater Entrepreneurs’ Round Table
Public group
8:30 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Dunedin Youth Guild Park
The Dunedin Youth Guild Park
Suncoast Drone Club
Public group
9:30 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
Book Club Meet at Cattle Dog’s Coffee
Cattle Dog Coffee Roasters
Inverness Cozy Crafty Sleuths
Public group
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals
Carrabas Italian Grill
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)
Public group
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
RGA’s Founders & Amplify Clearwater Partnership meeting ~ All Welcome, JOIN in.
Chili’s Grill & Bar
RGA Networking Professional Business Networking
Public group
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
How to Get on a Favorites List with Recruiters
Online
Tech Success Network
Public group
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Downtown Tampa Toastmasters MeetUp
509 E Twiggs St 3rd floor
Downtown Tampa Toastmasters MeetUp
Public group
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters
Online
Toastmasters District 48
Public group
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
How to Get on a Recruiter’s Favorite’s List
Online
Career Success Academy
Public group
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Thursday Afternoon & Evening Gaming
Dunedin Palms
Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers
Public group
1:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Commander Open Play Night at Armada Games
Armada Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!
Public group
1:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom)
Online
Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg
Public group
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
Thursday Night Gaming
3407 Lithia Pinecrest Rd
Brandon Boardgamers
Public group
5:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Gulfport Scrabble and Social
The Drunken Taco
Gulfport Scrabblers and Social
Public group
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
September Happy Hour – New Location!!
Online
Business and Social Networking
Public group
5:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
It’s Electric! PTN Cybersecurity Lighting Talks
2570 Coral Landings Blvd
Pinellas Tech Network
Public group
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Tampa Power Platform – Social @ Magnanimous
Magnanimous Brewing
Tampa Power Platform
Public group
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Technical SEO Fundamentals – Part 3
Online
Tampa SEO and Digital Marketing Meetup with Steve Scott
Public group
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
GenAI on AWS: Use Cases, Challenges, and Solutions
501 E Kennedy Blvd
Tampa Bay AWS User Group
Public group
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Tampa M365 – Social @ Magnanimous
Magnanimous Brewing
Tampa M365
Public group
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
The Fallen Lands
2103 Laceflower Dr
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group
Public group
6:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Game Night at Conworlds Emporium
Conworlds Emporium
Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup
Public group
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Warhammer Night
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games
Public group
6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
The Spy Coast – by Tess Gerritsen
Barbara S. Ponce Public Library
Mystery and Thriller St Pete Book Club
Public group
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Relaxed Social for Young Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders
Cres Community
Young Entrepreneurs of America YEA Meetup Group
Public group
6:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Writing Meetup
HotWax Coffee Shop, Kava Bar & Tap House
Tampa Free Writing Group
Public group
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Tampa Writers Alliance Poetry Group
Barnes & Noble Carrollwood
Tampa Writers Alliance
Public group
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
The Simply Referrals Tampa/Clearwater Business Networking Event on ZOOM!
Online
Clearwater Business Networking
Public group
6:45 PM to 7:45 PM EDT
WordPress
Online
Tampa Bay Technology Center
Public group
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
3D Printing Guild
Tampa Hackerspace West
Tampa Hackerspace
Public group
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Palm Harbor Toastmasters Club #8248
1500 16th St
Toastmasters District 48
Public group
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Understanding People – Knowing Whom You Can Trust
Online
Communication Skills for Career Advancement Group
Public group
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
WordPress Monthly Meetup
Online
WordPress Clearwater FL
Public group
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
One Piece Thursdays
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games
Public group
7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Smartphone Trivia Game Show at Wilders Pizza
Wilder’s Pizza
Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice
Public group
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Dungeons and Dragons with Donavan
Unlucky Roll Cafe
Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup
Public group
7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Live streaming production and talent
124 S Ring Ave
Live streaming production and talent
Public group
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Friday, September 27

Event name and location Group Time
Caffeine & Connections: Friday Fuel for Black Professionals
Online
Pinellas County Black Business Meetup Group
Public group
8:00 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Friday Morning All WElCOME
Online
St. Petersburg Business Networking
Public group
8:45 AM to 10:15 AM EDT
Online Networking with Brandon Biz Pros
Online
Brandon Biz Pros
Public group
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Toastmasters – Improve Speaking Skills & Build Confidence
Online
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay
Public group
9:30 AM to 10:30 AM EDT
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorm together
Online
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorming together
Public group
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Business Networking Tampa at McAlisters across from International Plaza JOIN IN!
McAlister’s Deli
RGA Networking Professional Business Networking
Public group
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
TBUX Virtual: Lunch Break Book Club
Online
Tampa Bay UX Group
Public group
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Friday Board Game Night
Bridge Club
Tampa Gaming Guild
Public group
5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Singles Mixer for Dog Lovers ♥️
Mutts and Martinis
The Pinellas County Young “Professionals”
Public group
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Euchre Tourney
Clubhouse
Suncoast Euchre club
Public group
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
MTG: Commander FNM
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games
Public group
6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Taps & Drafts | Casual EDH/MtG Social Night
Industrious
Nerd Night Out
Public group
6:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT
Taps & Drafts | EDH/MtG Night | Look Cinemas USF
Studio Movie Grill Tampa
Nerdbrew Events
Public group
7:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT
Friday Pokemon Tournament
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games
Public group
7:30 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
Friday night game night
Indica Cafe Tampa Bay’s First & Greatest CBD Lounge
Indica Cafe Events
Public group
Friday, September 27, 2024 at 9:00 PM to Saturday, September 28, 2024 at 12:00 AM EDT
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Saturday, September 28

Event name and location Group Time
Coffee and Crypto
Chill Cawfee
Cawfee (Coffee) and conversations
Public group
8:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Play VINCI: The only known cure for TDS
Online
Central Florida Philosophy Meetup
Public group
8:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Machine Shop Milling 101 (Members Only)
Tampa Hackerspace
Tampa Hackerspace
Public group
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
September Study Group – Software Development
Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company
Tampa Bay Techies
Public group
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Saturday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa
Whole Foods Market
Chess Republic
Public group
9:30 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Winning The Week – 1st Meet
Sage Biscuit Cafe
Winning The Week
Public group
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
The Smartest Path to Your First 10K, with Print On Demand
Online
Orlando Amazon Sellers Meetup Group
Public group
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
FREE Fab Lab Orientation
Faulhaber Fab Lab
Suncoast Makers
Public group
1:30 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
PC Board Schematic and Layout
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group
Public group
1:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
D&D (5e) @ Black Harbor Gaming (FULL)
Black Harbor Gaming
St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group
Public group
1:30 PM to 5:30 PM EDT
Writers Meet-Up: Hang Out and Write
The Study Wine & Beer Lounge St. Pete
Prose Society Writers Group
Public group
2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
How is Religion Being Used in Elections? How Does it Influence/Impact Elections?
Online
Tampa Bay Thinkers
Public group
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Golf Group – Star Wars: Force & Destiny & One-Shots
Online
Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)
Public group
5:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Community Hang-out Night
Online
Nerdbrew Events
Public group
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Attend SAT 9/28 at 6:30PM – Light Painting Photography Workshop – St.Petesburg
10th Ave NE Parking
The Art Of Photography – Tampa/St. Pete Chapter
Public group
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games
Public group
7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Learn to Paint – Power Weapon effects!
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games
Public group
7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Tampa Nerd Online Hang-out & Game Night!
Online
Nerd Night Out
Public group
7:00 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
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Sunday, September 29

Event name and location Group Time
CRITICAL THINKERS SUNDAY Meetup AT Sarasota Art Museum. Same day as Libby only 1
1001 S Tamiami Trail
Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group
Public group
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Build a computer
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group
Public group
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Call of Cthulhu – Mystery Horror RPG (One Shot – Dead Man Stomp, re-run)
Black Harbor Gaming
St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group
Public group
1:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Fall of Huntress Narrative Event
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games
Public group
1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Sunday Afternoon Trivia at Conworlds with Kim
Conworlds Emporium
Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup
Public group
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Sunday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa
Whole Foods Market
Chess Republic
Public group
2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!
Public group
2:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Pokémon TCG League Challenge – September 2024
Balance Martial Arts & Gaming
Balance Martial Arts and Gaming
Public group
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
September meet for Rebecca Yarrows Iron Flame
Online
Alice’s Fantasy Book Club ONLINE ONLY
Public group
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Sunday Pokemon League
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games
Public group
4:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Lankhmar: City of Adventure
Nerdy Needs
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group
Public group
5:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Sew Awesome! (Textile Arts & Crafts)
Tampa Hackerspace West
Tampa Hackerspace
Public group
5:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
A Duck Presents NB Movie Night
Discord.io/Nerdbrew
Nerd Night Out
Public group
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:

  • 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
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Conferences Current Events Tampa Bay

How to work the room at DevOpsDays Tampa Bay 2024

It’s been my experience that some of the most important things I’ve learned and all the connections I’ve made at conferences didn’t happen at the presentations. Instead, they happened between presentations, when I worked the room in the hallways, lounges, lunches, and social gatherings, chatting with the speakers, organizers, and the other attendees.

If the phrase “work the room” sounds like sleazy marketing-speak and fills your head with images of popped collars and wearing too much body spray, relax. Working the room means being an active participant in a social event and contributing to it so that it’s better for both you and everyone else. Think of it as good social citizenship.

It’s especially important to talk to people you don’t know or who are outside your usual circle. Books like The Tipping Point classify acquaintances with such people as “weak ties”. Don’t let the word “weak” make you think they’re unimportant. As people outside your usual circle, they have access to a lot of information, people, and opportunities that you don’t. That’s why most people get jobs through someone they know, and of those cases, most of the references came from a weak tie. The sorts of opportunities that come about because of this sort of relationship led sociologist Mark Granovetter to coin the phrase “the strength of weak ties”.

This observation is so common that it’s given rise to “unconferences” like BarCamp, whose purpose is to invert the order of things so that the conference is more “hallway” than “lecture theatre”.

The best way to make weak ties at a conference is to work the room. If you’re unsure of how to work the room, I’ve got some tips that you might find handy…

Have a one-line self-introduction

A one-line self-introduction is simply a single-sentence way of introducing yourself to people you meet at a conference. It’s more than likely that you won’t know more than a handful of attendees and introducing yourself over and over again, during the conference, as well as its post-session party events. It’s a trick that Susan RoAne, room-working expert and author of How to Work a Room: The Ultimate Guide to Making Lasting Connections In-Person and Online teaches, and it works. It’s pretty simple:

  • Keep it short — no longer than 10 seconds, and shorter if possible. It’s not your life story, but a pleasantry that also gives people just a little bit about who you are.
  • Make it fit. It should give people a hint of the cool stuff that you do (or, if you’re slogging it out in the hopes of doing cool stuff someday, the cool stuff that you intend to do.)
  • Show your benefits. Rather than simply give them your job title, tell them about a benefit that your work provides in a way that invites people to find out more. Susan RoAne likes to tell a story about someone she met whose one-liner was “I help rich people sleep at night”. That’s more interesting than “I’m a financial analyst”.

My intro these days is something along the lines of “I’m a rock and roll accordion player, but in my main side gig, I’m Tampa Bay’s Python/AI/tech advocacy guy, and in my side side gig, I put together the Tampa Bay tech events list and run a couple of coder meetups in town.”

How to join a conversation

You’ll probably see a group of people already engaged in a conversation. If this is your nightmare…

Click the screenshot to read the Onion article.

…here’s how you handle it:

  1. Pick a lively group of people you’d like to join in conversation. As people who are already in a conversation, they’ve already done some of the work for you. They’re lively, which makes it more likely that they’re open to people joining in. They’ve also picked a topic, which saves you the effort of having to come up with one. It also lets you decide whether or not it interests you. If they’re lively and their topic of conversation interests you, proceed to step 2. If not, go find another group!
  2. Stand on the periphery and look interested. Just do it. This is a conference, and one of the attendees’ goals is to meet people. Smile. Pipe in if you have something to contribute; people here are pretty cool about that.
  3. When acknowledged, step into the group. You’re in like Flynn! Step in confidently and introduce yourself. If you’ve got that one-line summary of who you are that I talked about earlier, now’s the time to use it.
  4. Don’t force a change of subject. You’ve just joined the convo, and you’re not campaigning. Contribute, and let the subject changes come naturally.

Feel free to join me in at any conversational circle I’m in! I always keep an eye on the periphery for people who want to join in, and I’ll invite them.

More tips

Here’s more advice on how to work the room:

  1. Come with goals. Decide what you want to achieve at DevOpsDays Tampa Bay. Is it making new contacts? Landing a job interview? Learning something new?
  2. Arrive early. This allows you to meet people in a less crowded, more relaxed setting.
  3. Take advantage of the Open Spaces in the afternoon. It’s your chance to be an active participant at DevOpsDays, and its smaller groups provide better opportunities for meaningful conversations.
  4. Listen! Yes, you’re there to talk, but so is everyone else. Make sure you listen to other people in the circle as they speak, and ask questions, too! One of the reasons you go to DevOpsDays is to get exposed to new ideas. As I said earlier, learning goes beyond the talks. Try to learn three new things at every event.
  5. Use social media. Follow the conference hashtag and connect with attendees online.
  6. Be more of a host and less of a guest. No, you don’t have to worry about scheduling or if the coffee urns are full. By “being a host”, I mean doing some of things that hosts do, such as introducing people, saying “hello” to wallflowers and generally making people feel more comfortable. Being graceful to everyone is not only good karma, but it’s a good way to promote yourself. It worked out really well for me; for example, I came to the first DemoCamp (a regular Toronto tech event back in the 2000s) as a guest, but by the third one, I was one of the people officially hosting the event.
  7. Move around. Don’t stay in one spot; circulate to meet people you might not otherwise meet.
  8. Beware of “rock piles”. Rock piles are groups of people huddled together in a closed formation. It sends the signal “go away”. If you find yourself in one, try to position yourself to open up the formation.
  9. Beware of “hotboxing”. I’ve heard this term used in counter-culture settings, but in this case “hotboxing” means to square your shoulders front-and-center to the person you’re talking to. It’s a one-on-one version of the rock pile, and it excludes others from joining in. Once again, the cure for hotboxing is to change where you’re standing to allow more people to join in.
  10. Put your stuff down. Carrying your bag or other stuff is a non-verbal cue that you’re about to leave. If you’re going to stay and chat, put them down. When you’re about to leave, take your stuff and start saying your goodbyes.
  11. Show and tell. Nothing attracts our eyes like shiny, whether it’s an interesting pieces of tech, a new book, a new t-shirt you’re fond of, or even some local knowledge, such a new restaurant, cafe, or bar that just opened. It’s why I carry my accordion around; I think of it as a device that converts curiosity into opportunity (and music as well). Got an interesting thing or idea? Got a neat project that you’ve been working on? Whatever it is, park yourself someplace comfortable in the hallway, show it off and start a conversation!
  12. Save the email, tweets and texts for later, unless they’re important.They’ll draw your attention away from the room and also send the message “go away”.
  13. Mentor. If you’ve got skills in a specific area, share your knowledge. Larry Chiang from GigaOm says that “It transitions nicely from the what-do-you-do-for-work question. It also adds some substance to party conversations and clearly brands you as a person.”
  14. Play “conversation bingo”. If there are certain topics that you’d like to learn about or people you’d like to have a conversation with, put them in a list (mental, electronic or paper) of “bingo” words. As you converse at the conference, cross off any of those topics that you cover off the list. This trick forces you to become a more active listener and will help you towards your learning goals. Yelling “BINGO!” when you’ve crossed the last item on the list can be done at your discretion.
  15. Follow up. Connect on LinkedIn or via email with people you meet.
  16. Be yourself. Authenticity helps form genuine connections.
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Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, September 16 – Sunday, September 22, 2024)

Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, September 16 through Sunday, September 22, 2024! 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

But first, a quick promo:

Monday, September 16

Event name and location Group Time
Gen Geek goes on a mediterranean cruise
Online
Gen Geek Monday, September 16, 2024 at 8:00 AM to Thursday, September 26, 2024 at 8:00 AM EDT
Downtown St. Pete Business Networking Connection Lunch~ All Welcome< JOIN In!
The Sourdough Co.
RGA Networking Professional Business Networking 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Intro to Mobile Videography (FREE for Hillsborough County residents)
TBCN Media Center
Tampa Bay Community Network 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM EDT
ACE Advanced Toastmasters 3274480
Online
Toastmasters Divisions C & D 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Speakeasy Toastmasters #4698
Online
Toastmasters District 48 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
MTG: Commander Night
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Arcs – with Leaders and Lore
Anson on Palmer Ranch
Sarasota Strategy Board Game League 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Monday Feast & Game Night
Village Inn
Tampa Bay Tabletoppers 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Toast of Lakewood Ranch Toastmasters Club
Lakewood Ranch Town Hall
Toastmasters District 48 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
FREE Bar Poker at Gators Dockside Highland City
Gators Dockside -Highland City
Polk County Poker & Social Group 6:30 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Lakeland (FL) Toastmasters Club #2262
MIDFlorida FCU Training Center
Hosted By Toastmasters Division E 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Board Game Night at Armada Games
Armada Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck!
Online
Nerdbrew Events 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Monday Chess! At Driftwood Kava and Roastery
Driftwood Kava & Roastery St. Pete
TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
DigiMondays
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Weekly General Meetup
Online
Beginning Web Development 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Tuesday, September 17

Event name and location Group Time
NPI St. Pete Business Builders Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals
St Petersburg Yacht Club
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
10 Tips To Rock The Interview
Online
Career Success Academy 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Networking at Glory Days Grill
Glory Days Grill
Hosted By Tampa Bay Singles Activities Group 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM EDT
SWAT Networking Bradenton Luncheon
Anna Maria Oyster Bar Landside
SWAT Networking – Successful Women Aligning Together 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Weekly Open Make Night
4931 W Nassau St
Tampa Hackerspace 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
TBSSUG Monthly Meeting
1150 Assembly Dr suite 500
Tampa Bay Microsoft Fabric Analytics User Group (TFAB) 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Disney Lorcana Night
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Pinellas Writers and Authors Weekly Meeting (Online/Zoom)
Online
Pinellas Writers Group 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Ask Us Anything: WordPress Support Crowdsourcing Meetup
Online
WordPress Tampa Bay 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Open Night Tuesdays
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa
Gaspars Patio Bar & Grille
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
September Book Club: Exploring Self-Discovery with Henry Miller
Online
Their Eyes Were Watching Books – Classic Book Meetup 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
September Saint Petersburg Meetup Book Club
Grand Hacienda
Saint Petersburg Book Club Meetup Group 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Full Moon Earth Listening Circle
Belleair House, RSVP for Directions
Tampa Bay Area Next Culture Network Meetup Group 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
The Sarasota Creative Writers
Sarasota Alliance Church
The Sarasota Creative Writers Meetup Group 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Toast of Celebration Toastmasters Open House!
305 Campus St
Toastmasters Division E 6:45 PM to 8:15 PM EDT
Dunedin Toastmasters – Guests Welcome
Unity Community Church
Dunedin Toastmasters 2166 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
D&D Adventurers League at Armada Games
Armada Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 7:00 PM to 10:30 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
Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show
Moose Lodge
Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults
Pinellas Ale Works Brewery
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Trivia Night with Trivia Nation
Irish 31 Pub House & Eatery
Trivia Night at Irish 31 Seminole 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
AMA – Ask Me Anything Related to Photography, Computers and Software
O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant
Florida Center for Creative Photography 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Technology Center (TBTC) Monthly Meeting
2079 Range Rd
Tampa Bay Coalition of Reason is disbanded 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Boards & Bones
SpookEasy Lounge
Nerd Night Out 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Nic At Nite – Weekly Movie Night
Online
Nerdbrew Events 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom
Online
Shut Up & Write!® Tampa 7:45 PM to 9:15 PM EDT
Day 12 – PostgreSQL – Full Stack Web Dev Bootcamp
Online
Florida Software School 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Wednesday, September 18

Event name and location Group Time
World Toasters Hybrid Meeting
Disney University
Toastmasters Division E 7:05 AM to 8:00 AM EDT
NPI Profit Partners Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals
Panera Bread
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Grow Your Business with focused Referral Networking
Sons of Italy Lodge
BNI Tampa -Referral based networking 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Effortless Microsoft 365 management with ZERO PowerShell scripts
Online
ManageEngine’s Cybersecurity Meetups 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
No Fear Speaking Webinar and Meetup
Online
Tampa Fear of Public Speaking Meetup Group 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Inspiring Authors & Book Immersion Meetup
Online
Lady Lake Memoir Writing Meetup Group 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Social “Hump Day” Wednesdays
Online
Social Entrepreneurs Networking Group 2:15 PM to 4:15 PM EDT
Resume Reviews & Career Transition/Job Seeker Networking & Support Meeting
Kforce Corporate Headquarters
Career Rebound – New Job or Career Search for Professionals 4:30 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Wednesday Night Gaming
Nerdy Needs
Brandon Boardgamers 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Bay pines toastmaster’s hybrid meeting
C. W. Bill Young VA Medical Center
Bay Pines Toastmasters 5:15 PM to 6:30 PM EDT
Felicitous Game Night w/Heritage Dim Sum
Felicitous (on 42nd)
Tampa Game Nights 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Wednesday Board Game Night
Bridge Center
Tampa Gaming Guild 5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
A Real-World tour of Generative Agent AI and LLMs
Rosedale Golf & Country Club
AI Sarasota 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Board Game Night
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Adult Dungeons & Dragons Wednesdays
Conworlds Emporium
Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Great Big Trivia Wednesdays @ Terra Ceia Bay Country Club Palmetto 6-8PM
Terra Ceia Bay Country Club
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Hobby Night – Minis Painting Tips & Tricks at Armada Games
Armada Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Critique Night (Get Feedback On Your Work!)
Station House
Prose Society Writers Group 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
TDevs – Meet & Greet @ Sorry Not Public
Sorry Not Public
Tampa Devs 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Happy Hour for Young Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders
Bar Louie – Tampa
Young Entrepreneurs of America YEA Meetup Group 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Game Night!
Southern Lights Brewing Company
Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Geek Out to Daredevil
Perkins Restaurant & Bakery
Geek Out Gathering on MeetUp 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Castaways Euchre Club
The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge
Hosted By Castaways Euchre Club 6:50 PM to 8:50 PM EDT
CigarCitySec Meetup
Cigar City Brewing
Central Florida CitySec 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
[Virtual] Tampa Bay Bitcoin Meetup: News, Markets, & Community
Online
Tampa Bay Bitcoin 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
3D Printing Orientation: Models and Slicers
Online
Tampa Hackerspace 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Career Advancement Workshop: Navigating IT Salaries
Online
Wesley Chapel PM and IT Connection 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Apopka Foliage Toastmasters
Online
Apopka Foliage Toastmasters 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Communication Practice and Improvement
Online
Communication Skills for Interviews and Presentations 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings meet In-Person and Online
Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library
Toastmasters District 48 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
The 5 Easiest Ways to Start Selling On Amazon
1207 N Himes Ave suite 1
Tampa Amazon Seller Meetup Group 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Magic Pioneer Event
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Games & Grog @ The Grove SoHo!
Grove Soho
Nerdbrew Events 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
New Beginnings & Old Rivalries
Online
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Mastering Communication: A Key to Professional Success
Online
Professionals Meetup For Networking And Social Skillsets 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Games & Grog (Social Game Night in SoHo)
Grove Soho
Nerd Night Out 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Social: Cards Against Humanity – Game Night
Botanical Brewing Taproom
Swan City Social 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
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Thursday, September 19

Event name and location Group Time
DevOpsDays Tampa Bay 2024
Armature Works
Tampa Bay DevOps Meetup 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT
NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals
Carrabas Italian Grill
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Crafting an Impressive Data Visualization Portfolio
Online
Career Success Academy 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters
Online
Toastmasters District 48 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Downtown Tampa Toastmasters MeetUp
509 E Twiggs St 3rd floor
Downtown Tampa Toastmasters MeetUp 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Commander Open Play Night at Armada Games
Armada Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 1:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom)
Online
Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
Thursday Night Gaming
3407 Lithia Pinecrest Rd
Brandon Boardgamers 5:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Gulfport Scrabble and Social
The Drunken Taco
Gulfport Scrabblers and Social 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Olamide Egbayelo – Tools for Small Business
Online
West Orlando WordPress Meetup 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Adult Game Night at Conworlds Emporium
Conworlds Emporium
Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
The Fallen Lands
405 Mahogany Dr
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Warhammer Night
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
TBDSG: Your Presentation Title HERE!
To Be Determined
Tampa Bay Data Science Group 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Board Games
MakerSpace Clearwater
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
BEAQ at FaithTech Tampa: Exploring the Integration of AI and Blockchain
Embarc Collective
Meet Me In The Metaverse 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
BEAQ at FaithTech Tampa: Exploring the Integration of AI a
Embarc Collective
BEAQ Blockchain Extended Reality AI and Quantum Apps Meetup 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Chess night!
Online
Lakeland Chess Meetup Group 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
3D Printer Orientation: Printing at Tampa Hackerspace (THS Members only)
4935 W Nassau St
Tampa Hackerspace 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Charity Poker Night – win 1 million Sats!
Bitcoin Bay Foundation
Tampa Bay Bitcoin 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Lean Beer for All Things Agile (Tampa)
Wild Rover Brewing Company
Tampa Bay Agile 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
How to Get Rid of Unwanted Thoughts and Emotions
Online
Communication Skills for Career Advancement Group 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Palm Harbor Toastmasters Club #8248
1500 16th St
Toastmasters District 48 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
[LIVE] Monster Learn-To-Trade: Daily Training
Online
[LIVE] Monster Learn-To-Trade Crypto 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Smartphone Trivia Game Show at Wilders Pizza
Wilder’s Pizza
Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Book Club: “Neverwhere” by Neil Gaiman
Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Geekocracy! 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
FABulous Thursdays
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Dungeons and Dragons with Donavan
Unlucky Roll Cafe
Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Live streaming production and talent
124 S Ring Ave
Live streaming production and talent 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Weekly Hacks
Online
Hacktivate – Hackathon Meetup Group 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Friday, September 20

Event name and location Group Time
Caffeine & Connections: Friday Fuel for Black Professionals
Online
Pinellas County Black Business Meetup Group 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Friday Morning All WElCOME
Online
St. Petersburg Business Networking 8:45 AM to 10:15 AM EDT
Online Networking with Brandon Biz Pros
Online
Brandon Biz Pros 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Toastmasters – Improve Speaking Skills & Build Confidence
Online
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM EDT
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorm together
Online
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorming together 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Friday Board Game Night
Bridge Club
Tampa Gaming Guild 5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
KRATES and Cowboy Boots
The Grove Shopping Center
SR54 Singles Mingle: Social Club for 40s, 50s, 60s + 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Taps & Drafts | Casual EDH/MtG Social Night
Industrious
Nerd Night Out 6:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT
DIY Perfume Class
Online
Creative DIY Meet Up 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Taps & Drafts | EDH/MtG Night | Look Cinemas USF
Studio Movie Grill Tampa
Nerdbrew Events 7:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT
Modern FNM
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Nihongo De Okay
Naga Tea
Tampa Japanese Meetup 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
IN-PERSON: “Musonius Rufus” Sayings Part 2 (38-53)
Raining Berries USF – Açaí • Smoothie • Coffee
Tampa Stoics 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Friday night game night
Indica Cafe Tampa Bay’s First & Greatest CBD Lounge
Indica Cafe Events Friday, September 20, 2024 at 9:00 PM to Saturday, September 21, 2024 at 12:00 AM EDT
Monthly Cell Phone Photo Showcase
Online
Florida Center for Creative Photography Friday, September 20, 2024 at 11:59 PM to Saturday, September 21, 2024 at 12:01 AM EDT
Duskmourn Midnight Prerelease
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 12:30 AM to 3:30 AM EDT
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Saturday, September 21

Event name and location Group Time
Coffee and Crypto
Chill Cawfee
Cawfee (Coffee) and conversations 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Play VINCI: The only known cure for TDS
Online
Central Florida Philosophy Meetup 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Hunters Creek Toastmasters
Online
Toastmasters Division E 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Saturday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa
Whole Foods Market
Chess Republic 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Metro Geeks Invade EPCOT Day!
EPCOT
The Metro Orlando Geeks Social Club 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM EDT
Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader Tournament (RTT/ITC)
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Socrates’ Apology
North Sarasota Public Library
Sarasota Socratic Society 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Bravo Group Campaign Continues
Online
Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG) 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT
Winning The Week – 1st Meet
Sage Biscuit Cafe
Winning The Week 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Intro to Sewing
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Twilight Imperium – with POK & Codex
Anson on Palmer Ranch
Sarasota Strategy Board Game League 12:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
JOIN our Facebook Group, LIKE our Fan Page and Invite your Friends
Online
Florida Center for Creative Photography 12:00 PM to 12:15 PM EDT
September Book Club Online Book Discusion
Online
Tampa Bay Women’s Book Club Meetup Group 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Table read screenplays
Town ‘N Country Regional Public Library
Screenwriters of Tomorrow (SOT) Critique Meetup 1:00 PM to 5:00 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
Socrates Café (Philosophy)
Clearwater Countryside Library
Clearwater Socrates Café 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
September Book Club
Renzo’s Steakhouse & Wine Bar, South Tampa
Tampa Bay Women’s Book Club Meetup Group 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
New World Tampa
Tampa Book Club – Award-Winning Books 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Game Project Therapy (Virtual)
Online
Tampa Games Developer Guild 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Saturday Afternoon Catan
Whole Foods Market
Tampa Bay Settlers of Catan 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
More than halfway through September Game Night
IHOP
New Port Richey Casual Games and Fun Socializing Group! 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Community Hang-out Night
Online
Nerdbrew Events 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Unit Testing JavaScript & Node.js Code with Jest
Online
Florida Software School 7:00 PM to 8:00 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 22

Event name and location Group Time
If you are interested.
Online
The Lakeland Shooters, Polk County Photography & Modeling 1:00 AM to 3:00 AM EDT
CRITICAL THINKERS SUNDAY Meetup AT Sarasota Art Museum
1001 S Tamiami Trail
Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Regional Championship Qualifier US (3) Round 8 Modern
Balance Martial Arts & Gaming
Balance Martial Arts and Gaming 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
4th Sunday Board Games at Liquid Garage
The Liquid Garage Co.
Beyond Catan, A Group of Board Game Geeks 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
4TH SUNDAY OF THE MONTH BOARDGAMING AT NERDY NEEDS
Nerdy Needs
Brandon Boardgamers 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Marvel Multiverse RPG One-Shot “Enter Hydra”
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Game Day followed by Karaoke at Potion Portal
The Potion Portal
Geekocracy! 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Sunday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa
Whole Foods Market
Chess Republic 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Laser certification
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 2:05 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Traveller – Science Fiction Adventure RPG
Black Harbor Gaming
St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Sunday Pokemon League
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Lankhmar: City of Adventure
Nerdy Needs
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Alphabet Soup 2024 | Finding Letters in the World Around Us
Online
Florida Center for Creative Photography Sunday, September 22, 2024 at 5:00 PM to Sunday, October 6, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT
Let’s Learn to Turn Pens!
Tampa Hackerspace West
Tampa Hackerspace 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Find Your Funny Toastmasters
Online
Toastmasters Division E 6:30 PM to 8:00 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:

  • 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
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Current Events Meetups Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, September 9 – Sunday, September 15, 2024)

Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, September 9 through Sunday, September 15, 2024! 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

But first, a quick promo:

This week’s events

  • Monday, September 9
  • Tuesday, September 10
  • Wednesday, September 11
  • Thursday, September 12
  • Friday, September 13
  • Saturday, September 14
  • Sunday, September 15

Monday, September 9

Event name and location Group Time
Women’s Networking And Business Summit (Guys Pass This On)
Online
St. Petersburg Business Networking 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT
Women’s Networking And Business Summit (Guys Pass This On)
Online
Hosted By Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT
Business Networking Meeting
Online
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
How to Get a Job in Web3
Online
Hyperledger Tampa 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Intro to Mobile Videography (FREE for Hillsborough County residents)
TBCN Media Center
Tampa Bay Community Network 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM EDT
Ricardo Foster: Soaring Beyond Limits
Station 2 Innovation Center
Entrepreneurs & Startups – Bradenton Networking & Education 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Radiant Ridge Toastmasters
Central Ridge Library
Toastmasters Division G 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Speakeasy Toastmasters #4698
Online
Toastmasters District 48 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Monday Feast & Game Night
Village Inn
Tampa Bay Tabletoppers 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
MTG: Commander Night
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Toast of Lakewood Ranch Toastmasters Club
Lakewood Ranch Town Hall
Toastmasters District 48 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
FREE Bar Poker at Gators Dockside Highland City
Gators Dockside -Highland City
Polk County Poker & Social Group 6:30 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Lakeland (FL) Toastmasters Club #2262
MIDFlorida FCU Training Center
Toastmasters Division E 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Entrepreneur Book Club Weekly Meetup – Live Reading & Elaboration
Online
Business Owners and Professionals 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Monday Chess! At Driftwood Kava and Roastery
Driftwood Kava & Roastery St. Pete
TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck!
Online
Nerdbrew Events 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Board Game Night at Armada Games
Armada Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
ONLINE: Stoics v. Skeptics: What is Knowledge? Part 3
Online
Orlando Stoics 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
DigiMondays
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Day 08 – JavaScript – Full Stack Web Dev Bootcamp
Online
Florida Software School 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Weekly Meetup
Online
Beginning Web Development 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Game Night!
Online
Tampa Game Nights – Meet new people over video chat! 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
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Tuesday, September 10

Tuesday at 12 noon at Computer Coach (Tampa): Computer Coach will be holding an in-person resume review at their office. 75% of resumes are never seen by human eyes due to applicant tracking systems (ATS);
the folks at Computer Coach can help you bring your resume up-to-date and help you craft it to significantly increase your chances of landing an interview. Find out more and register here.

Event name and location Group Time
v-Lean Coffee
Online
Tampa Bay Agile 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM EDT
Venice Area Toastmasters Club #5486
Online
Toastmasters District 48 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
RE Olds Park
R.E. Olds Park
Suncoast Drone Club 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
Free Resume Review
Computer Coach Training Center
Front End Creatives 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
The Business Networking Midday POWER HOUR by Simply Referrals on ZOOM!
Online
Hosted By Simply Referrals Tampa Business Networking 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Central Florida Microsoft 365 User Group Monthly Online Meeting: Microsoft Viva
Online
Central Florida Microsoft 365 User Group 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Identities are the new passwords
Online
Orlando Cybersecurity Meetup 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Drive Business Growth – Tampa Bay Product Group
Kforce
Tampa Bay Product Group 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Drive Business Growth via An Outcome-Focused Approach to Prioritization
Kforce
Tampa Bay QA and Testing Meetup 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Bartow Toastmasters HYBRID Meeting
2250 S Floral Ave
Toastmasters Division E 6:00 PM to 7:15 PM EDT
Disney Lorcana Night
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Meet & Greet at O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant
O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant
Florida Center for Creative Photography 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Pinellas Writers and Authors Weekly Meeting (Online/Zoom)
Online
Pinellas Writers Group 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Advance Resin 3D Printing
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Guest Speaker Seminar for Young Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders
Cres Community
Young Entrepreneurs of America YEA Meetup Group 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Learn About Podcasting and How to Monetize Your Interest!
McAlisters Deli
Tampa eMarketing Groups 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Florida Podcasters Association General Meeting!!!
McAlisters
Florida Podcasters Association 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
September Book Club Meeting
250 Shore Dr E
Oldsmar Reads Between The Lines 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Woodshop Safety (Members Only)
Tampa Hackerspace West
Tampa Hackerspace 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Dunedin Toastmasters – Guests Welcome
Unity Community Church
Dunedin Toastmasters 2166 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Euchre
Bar 23fifty
Suncoast Euchre club 7:00 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
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults
Pinellas Ale Works Brewery
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
D&D Adventurers League at Armada Games
Armada Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show
Moose Lodge
Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Trivia Night with Trivia Nation
Irish 31 Pub House & Eatery
Trivia Night at Irish 31 Seminole 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Boards & Bones
SpookEasy Lounge
Nerd Night Out 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Nic At Nite – Weekly Movie Night
Online
Nerdbrew Events 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom
Online
Shut Up & Write!® Tampa 7:45 PM to 9:15 PM EDT
Day 09 – React.js – Full Stack Web Dev Bootcamp
Online
Florida Software School 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Wednesday, September 11

Event name and location Group Time
World Toasters Hybrid Meeting
Disney University
Toastmasters Division E 7:05 AM to 8:00 AM EDT
Grow Your Business with focused Referral Networking
Sons of Italy Lodge
BNI Tampa -Referral based networking 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
NPI Profit Partners Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals
Panera Bread
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
OWASP Tampa Chapter 2024Q3 Lunch and Learn
The Neon Temple
OWASP Tampa 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Free Webinar: To Be Announced
Online
Tampa SEO and Digital Marketing Meetup with Steve Scott 12:00 PM to 12:45 PM EDT
6 smart ways to spot login attacks
Online
ManageEngine’s Cybersecurity Meetups 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
The Evolution of Automated Machine Learning with Generative AI
Online
Gen AI Tampa 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
No Fear Speaking Webinar and Meetup
Online
Tampa Fear of Public Speaking Meetup Group 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Increase Leads & Sales by Outsourcing Reputation Marketing & SEO
Online
Productivity, Profit, AI, Delegation Group – San Antonio 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Inspiring Authors & Book Immersion Meetup
Online
Lady Lake Memoir Writing Meetup Group 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
How to Build a Multi-Six Figure Business Through Social Media
Online
Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
SwanCitySec Meetup
Craft + Kitchen
Central Florida CitySec 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Wednesday Night Gaming
Nerdy Needs
Brandon Boardgamers 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Bay pines toastmaster’s hybrid meeting
C. W. Bill Young VA Medical Center
Bay Pines Toastmasters 5:15 PM to 6:30 PM EDT
Felicitous Game Night w/Heritage Dim Sum
Felicitous (on 42nd)
Tampa Game Nights 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Wednesday Board Game Night
Bridge Center
Tampa Gaming Guild 5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Extra Event Hosted By Colin – SUPPER @ AMOB LANDSIDE IN CAPTAIN’S ROOM
Anna Maria Oyster Bar Landside
Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group 5:45 PM to 7:45 PM EDT
Data Analytics & AI – Tampa Bay – SEPTEMBER MEETUP
Entrepreneur Collaborative Center
Data Analytics – Tampa Bay 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Whiskey Tech Wednesdays
Mandarin Heights | Seminole Hights
Defcon813 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Board Game Night
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Great Big Trivia Wednesdays @ Terra Ceia Bay Country Club Palmetto 6-8PM
Terra Ceia Bay Country Club
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Hobby Night – Minis Painting Tips & Tricks at Armada Games
Armada Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Adult Dungeons & Dragons Wednesdays
Conworlds Emporium
Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
UX Fundamentals: Object Oriented UX
Radius Church
Tampa Bay UX Group 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.tbic.us bi-monthly Meetup
Online
Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.TampaBayInventors.org 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Game Night!
Southern Lights Brewing Company
Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett – MIDWAY
Inner Compass Brewing Company
The Weirder Things Book Club 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Tampa Writers Alliance Critique Group
Online
Tampa Writers Alliance 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Shut Up & Write!® Gulfport Tales and Cocktails
Gulfport Brewery + Eatery
Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Castaways Euchre Club
The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge
Hosted By Castaways Euchre Club 6:50 PM to 8:50 PM EDT
[Virtual] Tampa Bay Bitcoin Meetup: News, Markets, & Community
Online
Tampa Bay Bitcoin 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Apopka Foliage Toastmasters
Online
Apopka Foliage Toastmasters 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Hispanic Professional Business Networking en Español (in Spanish)
Online
Exito Empresarial Hispano Hispanic Networking Meetup Group 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings meet In-Person and Online
Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library
Toastmasters District 48 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Improve Your Communication and Presentation Skills
Online
Communication Skills for Interviews and Presentations 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Games & Grog @ The Grove SoHo!
Grove Soho
Nerdbrew Events 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Magic Pioneer Event
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
New Beginnings & Old Rivalries
Online
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Games & Grog (Social Game Night in SoHo)
Grove Soho
Nerd Night Out 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
How to Express Yourself and Connect with People
Online
Professionals Meetup For Networking And Social Skillsets 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Trivia at Blind Goat
Online
Gen Geek 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
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Thursday, September 12

Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Beachwood Seafood Kitchen & Bar (Oldsmar): The Tipsy Techies Happy Hour is an exclusive evening of pure networking! This event is all about meaningful conversations and building valuable connections with fellow tech professionals and industry leaders. Find out more and register here.
https://www.meetup.com/tipsy-techies-happy-hour/events/303101533/

Thursday at 6:00 p.m. at Hays (Tampa): Tampa Java User Group presents Deliver 15-Factor Applications on Kubernetes with Spring Boot, an interactive session where we dive into the realm of 15-factor, cloud-native applications using Spring Boot and Kubernetes. Find out more and register here.

Event name and location Group Time
Business Over Breakfast ~ Happy Hangar IN PERSON JOIN US!
The Happy Hangar Café
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Tackle it in Ten – Entrepreneur Roundtables
Dunedin Chamber of Commerce
Entrepreneur Round Table 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Entrepreneur Roundtable to SPARK Ideas & Build Growth
Dunedin Chamber of Commerce
Clearwater Entrepreneurs’ Round Table 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
[EXTERNAL] IBM TechXchange Pre-Conference watsonx Hackathon
Online
Data, Cloud and AI in Tampa 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Strengthen your security posture with SIEM
Online
ManageEngine’s Cybersecurity Meetups 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Lakewood Ranch RGANetwork Business Networking Lunch
Station 400
Bradenton/Sarasota Networking Meetings and Mixers 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals
Carrabas Italian Grill
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
RGA’s Founders & Amplify Clearwater Partnership meeting ~ All Welcome, JOIN in.
Chili’s Grill & Bar
RGA Networking Professional Business Networking 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Leveraging Marketing & Data Analytics to Drive Engagement
Online
Tech Success Network 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Downtown Tampa Toastmasters MeetUp
509 E Twiggs St 3rd floor
Downtown Tampa Toastmasters MeetUp 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters
Online
Toastmasters District 48 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Commander Open Play Night at Armada Games
Armada Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 1:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Thursday Afternoon & Evening Gaming
Dunedin Palms
Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers 1:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Thursday Night Gaming
3407 Lithia Pinecrest Rd
Brandon Boardgamers 5:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Gulfport Scrabble and Social
The Drunken Taco
Gulfport Scrabblers and Social 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Tipsy Techies Happy Hour
Beachwood Seafood Kitchen & Bar
Tipsy Techies Happy Hour 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Deliver 15-Factor Applications on Kubernetes with Spring Boot
Hays
Tampa Java User Group 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Women in Agile – In-person networking event
Graze 1910 (South Tampa)
Tampa Bay Women in Agile 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Tampa M365 – Social @ Magnanimous
Magnanimous Brewing
Tampa M365 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Tampa Power Platform – Social @ Magnanimous
Magnanimous Brewing
Tampa Power Platform 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Warhammer Night
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Game Night at Conworlds Emporium
Conworlds Emporium
Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
The Fallen Lands
405 Mahogany Dr
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Writing Meet-Up: Let’s Get to Work!
The Study Wine & Beer Lounge St. Pete
Prose Society Writers Group 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Networking Mixer for people interested in science and Technology
The Westin Sarasota
Science & Technology Society – Suncoast Region 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Writing Meetup
HotWax Coffee Shop, Kava Bar & Tap House
Tampa Free Writing Group 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Woodshop Tool Sign Off-Jointer, Planer, & Bandsaw (Members Only)
Tampa Hackerspace West
Tampa Hackerspace 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Practical Prepping Workshop
Bitcoin Bay Foundation
Tampa Bay Bitcoin 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Palm Harbor Toastmasters Club #8248
1500 16th St
Toastmasters District 48 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
One Piece Thursdays
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Dungeons and Dragons with Donavan
Unlucky Roll Cafe
Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Smartphone Trivia Game Show at Wilders Pizza
Wilder’s Pizza
Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Live streaming production and talent
124 S Ring Ave
Live streaming production and talent 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern – Book Club
Panera Bread
Something Punny Ladies Book Club 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
The Money Fix
Online
Orlando Thinkers’ Discussion 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Day 10 – React.js – Full Stack Web Dev Bootcamp
Online
Florida Software School 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Friday, September 13

Friday, September 13th is the first of two days of the BSides St. Pete 2024 cybersecurity conference! Day One is all about the training sessions. Find out more and register here.

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
Live Life Happy Writing Club
Online
Live Life Happy 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Sept 2024 Homebrew Hillsborough: Convergint
Convergint
Homebrew Hillsborough 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM EDT
Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Friday Morning All WElCOME
Online
St. Petersburg Business Networking 8:45 AM to 10:15 AM EDT
TBUX Virtual: Coffee Talk
Online
Tampa Bay UX Group 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Online Networking with Brandon Biz Pros
Online
Brandon Biz Pros 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Local Stories Live! Hillsborough County
2101 E Palm Ave
Suncoast Credit Union Micro Enterprise Development Meetup 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Toastmasters – Improve Speaking Skills & Build Confidence
Online
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM EDT
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorm together
Online
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorming together 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Game Morning!
Online
Tampa Game Nights – Meet new people over video chat! 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Friday Board Game Night
Bridge Club
Tampa Gaming Guild 5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
✨ Armed Forces Jam 2024 – Orlando | Sep/13th – Sun/15th , 2024 (EST)
Central Florida Tech Grove
Orlando Unity Developers Group Friday, September 13, 2024 at 6:00 PM to Sunday, September 15, 2024 at 9:00 PM EDT
MTG: Commander FNM
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Taps & Drafts | Casual EDH/MtG Social Night
Industrious
Nerd Night Out 6:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT
Join our Facebook group!
Online
The Pinellas County Young “Professionals” 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Taps & Drafts | EDH/MtG Night | Look Cinemas USF
Studio Movie Grill Tampa
Nerdbrew Events 7:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT
Friday Pokemon Tournament
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
Friday night game night
Indica Cafe Tampa Bay’s First & Greatest CBD Lounge
Indica Cafe Events Friday, September 13, 2024 at 9:00 PM to Saturday, September 14, 2024 at 12:00 AM EDT
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Saturday, September 14

Saturday, September 14th is the second of two days of the BSides St. Pete 2024 cybersecurity conference! Day Two is the main conference and about the presentations. Find out more and register here.

Event name and location Group Time
Coffee and Crypto
Chill Cawfee
Cawfee (Coffee) and conversations 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Play VINCI: The only known cure for TDS
Online
Central Florida Philosophy Meetup 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
Geeks Like It Hot! 2024
Largo Event Center
Geekocracy! 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM EDT
Question and Answers for Patent Registration
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Winning The Week – 1st Meet
Sage Biscuit Cafe
Winning The Week 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Saturday Open House Wine Tasting
Michael’s Wine Cellar
Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
NNO Book Club: The Book Eaters
Cali – South Tampa
Nerd Night Out 1:00 PM to 3:00 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
Game Night 2nd Saturday of each Month 4 – 10 PM
7343 Conch Blvd
Seminole Isle Board Games & Fun Group 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Monthly Bitcoin: Q and A
Online
Bitcoin Orlando 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM EDT
Trivia Night
Chill Cawfee
Cawfee (Coffee) and conversations 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Golf Group – Star Wars: Force & Destiny & One-Shots
Online
Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG) 5:00 PM to 10:00 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 15

Event name and location Group Time
Mobbly Bayou Preserve (Start Time 9:30)
Mobbly Bayou Wilderness Preserve
Suncoast Drone Club 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
CRITICAL THINKERS SUNDAY Meetup AT Sarasota Art Museum
1001 S Tamiami Trail
Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Laser class 3 – Fiber Laser & practice
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
September SRQ Dev Sunday Lunch
Online
Hosted By Sarasota Software Developers 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
Sunday Gaming
Tampa Bay Bridge Center
Tampa Gaming Guild 1:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Call of Cthulhu – Mystery Horror RPG (One Shot – Dead Man Stomp)
Black Harbor Gaming
St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Large format printing
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
D&D Adventurers League
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 2:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Sunday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa
Whole Foods Market
Chess Republic 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Direct to Film Digital Printing
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Sunday Pokemon League
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Lankhmar: City of Adventure
Nerdy Needs
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Sew Awesome! (Textile Arts & Crafts)
Tampa Hackerspace West
Tampa Hackerspace 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
A Duck Presents NB Movie Night
Discord.io/Nerdbrew
Nerd Night Out 7:00 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
Game Night!
Online
Tampa Game Nights – Meet new people over video chat! 8:00 PM to 10:00 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:

  • 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
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Meetups Tampa Bay What I’m Up To

Scenes from Tampa Bay Techies’ Social Networking Happy Hour

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Last night, Anitra and I had the pleasure of attending Tampa Bay Techies’ Social Networking Happy Hour, which took place at the coworking space Sorry Not Public in downtown Tampa.

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Tampa Bay Techies is a group whose goal is to bring the Tampa Bay tech community together through social and educational events, and promote personal and career growth through training, mentoring, and volunteer work.

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They picked an interesting venue for last night’s networking event: Sorry Not Public, a relatively new coworking space with a lo-fi startup vibe that had me convinced for a moment that I was in San Francisco or Toronto.

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(They also had a lovely bar, and kudos to the bartender for making a great Bulleit-based whiskey sour.)

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We had a great time chatting with old friends and meeting new ones. It’s great that Tampa Bay Techies events consistently attract new people and keep the scene lively!

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We also had a chance to talk to the people who run Sorry Not Public. They’re expanding to incorporate different kinds of spaces to accommodate all kinds of working styles, and the amenities they provide are aimed squarely at creatives and techies, with meeting areas, a photo/video studio, and even a gym and sauna.

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Tampa Bay Techies’ next event is on Saturday, September 28th — it’s another study group session at Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea in Midtown from 9:00 a.m. until noon. If you want to share ideas, show off a project, get help with a topic, or just hang out, you’ll want to attend this monthly event.

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Congrats to Tampa Bay Techies on another successful social event, and thanks to Sorry Not Public for providing a lovely venue!

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Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, September 2 – Sunday, September 8, 2024)

Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, September 2 through Sunday, September 8, 2024, the first full week of September! 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

But first, a quick promo:

My YouTube channel on technology, Global Nerdy (same name as my blog) is just getting started! If you’re looking for interesting takes on technology, tech news, and software development, check out the channel and subscribe!

This week’s featured video is also the most-viewed one: How to survive and what to do at your layoff meeting, which also tells the story of the Worst Fifteen Minutes of 2024.

This week’s events

Monday, September 2

Event name and location Group Time
Introduction to Fusion 360
Tampa Hackerspace
Tampa Hackerspace 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Intro to Mobile Videography (FREE for Hillsborough County residents)
TBCN Media Center
Tampa Bay Community Network 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM EDT
Speakeasy Toastmasters #4698
Online
Toastmasters District 48 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
MTG: Commander Night
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Arcs – with Leaders and Lore
Anson on Palmer Ranch
Sarasota Strategy Board Game League 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Monday Feast & Game Night
Village Inn
Tampa Bay Tabletoppers 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Monday Weekly Board Game Night! (Lazy Moon Colonial Location)
Lazy Moon Pizza
Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
FREE Bar Poker at Gators Dockside Highland City
Gators Dockside -Highland City
Polk County Poker & Social Group 6:30 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Three Bridges Brewing Trivia Night with the Smartphone Trivia Game Show
Three bridges brewing
Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Entrepreneur Book Club Weekly Meetup – Live Reading & Elaboration
Online
Business Owners and Professionals 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Board Game Night at Armada Games
Armada Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck!
Online
Nerdbrew Events 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Monday Chess! At Driftwood Kava and Roastery
Driftwood Kava & Roastery St. Pete
TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
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School is closed- Light Study PRO – A Photography Workshop 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
ONLINE: Stoics v. Skeptics: What is Knowledge? Part 2
Online
Orlando Stoics 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
MONDAY NIGHT GAME NIGHT
Executive Sanford
Craft Cocktail Lounge Events and Activities 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
DigiMondays
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Weekly Meetup
Online
Beginning Web Development 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Tuesday, September 3

Tuesday morning at 10 a.m., online: Computer Coach presents LinkedIn for Job Seekers, a webinar that will show you how to leverage LinkedIn to enhance your job search strategy, make meaningful connections, and increase your chances of landing interviews. Find out more and register here.

Tuesday evening at 6:00 p.m. at Sorry Not Public (Tampa): Tampa Bay Techies presents the Tech Networking Happy Hour at Sorry Not Public — an exclusive membership workspace offers the perfect blend of co-working amenities and social club ambiance, providing an inspiring backdrop to connect with fellow tech professionals and enthusiasts. Find out more and register here.

Event name and location Group Time
Venice Area Toastmasters Club #5486
Online
Toastmasters District 48 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
NPI St. Pete Business Builders Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals
St Petersburg Yacht Club
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Alligator Lake Park. (New start time)
Alligator Lake Boat Ramp
Suncoast Drone Club 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
LinkedIn for Job Seekers
Online
Career Success Academy 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
SWAT Networking Sarasota Luncheon
El Melvin Cocina Mexicana
SWAT Networking – Successful Women Aligning Together 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Networking at Glory Days Grill
Glory Days Grill
Hosted By Tampa Bay Singles Activities Group 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM EDT
Great group for referrals – Several new members – WE are growing!!!
Popi’s place IV restaurant
Hosted By Manatee River Business Exchange Club 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Navigating Success: Customer Journey tools & techniques Workshop
Online
Entrepreneur’s Guild: Growing Your Business 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
September SRQ Devs Tuesday Lunch
Online
Hosted By Sarasota Software Developers 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Tech Networking Happy Hour @ Sorry Not Public
Sorry Not Public
Tampa Bay Techies 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Weekly Open Make Night
4931 W Nassau St
Tampa Hackerspace 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Pinellas Writers and Authors Weekly Meeting (Online/Zoom)
Online
Pinellas Writers Group 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Authors Anonymous – Writing Group
Black Bean Deli
Authors Anonymous – Writing Group 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa
Gaspars Patio Bar & Grille
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Introduction Event
Panera Bread
Book Club – Clermont and Winter Garden 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
The Sarasota Creative Writers
Sarasota Alliance Church
The Sarasota Creative Writers Meetup Group 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Toast of Celebration Toastmasters
305 Campus St
Toastmasters Division E 6:45 PM to 8:15 PM EDT
Dunedin Toastmasters – Guests Welcome
Unity Community Church
Dunedin Toastmasters 2166 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
D&D Adventurers League at Armada Games
Armada Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show
Moose Lodge
Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults
Pinellas Ale Works Brewery
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults 7:00 PM to 10:00 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
Trivia Night with Trivia Nation
Irish 31 Pub House & Eatery
Trivia Night at Irish 31 Seminole 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Necromunda Night
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
AMA – Ask Me Anything Related to Photography, Computers and Software
O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant
Florida Center for Creative Photography 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Boards & Bones
SpookEasy Lounge
Nerd Night Out 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Nic At Nite – Weekly Movie Night
Online
Nerdbrew Events 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom
Online
Shut Up & Write!® Tampa 7:45 PM to 9:15 PM EDT
Day 05 – Git & GitHub – Full Stack Web Dev Bootcamp
Online
Florida Software School 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Game Night!
Online
Tampa Game Nights – Meet new people over video chat! 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
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Wednesday, September 4

Wednesday evening at 6:30 p.m. at Kforce (Tampa): Tampa Devs presents So You Want to Build an App… (In ~9ish Steps), a fun, practical, and insightful discussion on building an app in “9ish” steps that will guide you through a clear, actionable path from ideation to launch, providing alternative approaches along the way. Find out more and register here.

Event name and location Group Time
Grow Your Business with focused Referral Networking
Sons of Italy Lodge
BNI Tampa -Referral based networking 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
NPI Profit Partners Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals
Panera Bread
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
FREE Tele-Class with Nancy Matthews – *WOW* Wednesday
Anywhere You Want!
Women’s Prosperity Network | Baton Rouge Chapter 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM CDT
1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup
UCF Executive Development Center Downtown
1 Million Cups – Orlando 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
✨Free Workshop | MasterClass: Game Economy Design Webinar Wed, 4th Sep 2024
Online
Orlando Unity Developers Group 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Networking at Just Love Coffee!
Just Love Coffee Cafe – Brandon FL
Hosted By Tampa Bay Singles Activities Group 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM EDT
Carrollwood Networking Lunch! Join us and win!
Online
Hosted By Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
The Possible Future POWER HOUR!
Online
Entrepreneur’s Guild: Growing Your Business 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Safeguarding Data Privacy and Strengthening Governance
Online
Gen AI Tampa 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
No Fear Speaking Webinar and Meetup
Online
Tampa Fear of Public Speaking Meetup Group 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Inspiring Authors & Book Immersion Meetup
Online
Lady Lake Memoir Writing Meetup Group 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Wednesday Night Gaming
Nerdy Needs
Brandon Boardgamers 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Bay pines toastmaster’s hybrid meeting
C. W. Bill Young VA Medical Center
Bay Pines Toastmasters 5:15 PM to 6:30 PM EDT
Wednesday Board Game Night
Bridge Center
Tampa Gaming Guild 5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Felicitous Game Night w/Heritage Dim Sum
Felicitous (on 42nd)
Tampa Game Nights 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Authors Anonymous presents Writing Workshop
Winter Park Library
Authors Anonymous – Writing Group 5:45 PM to 8:15 PM EDT
Agile Lean Beer (St. Petersburg)
OCC Road House & Museum
Tampa Bay Agile 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Orlando ChatGPT Meetup
Emerson Plaza
Orlando ChatGPT Meetup 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Hobby Night – Minis Painting Tips & Tricks at Armada Games
Armada Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Adult Dungeons & Dragons Wednesdays
Conworlds Emporium
Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Great Big Trivia Wednesdays @ Terra Ceia Bay Country Club Palmetto 6-8PM
Terra Ceia Bay Country Club
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Backgammon Casual Games
Hollerbach’s Willow Tree Cafe
Sanford Backgammon Group 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Board Game Night
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Geek-Out to the Holy Grail
Perkins Restaurant & Bakery
Geek Out Gathering on MeetUp 6:00 PM to 8:45 PM EDT
Monthly Meeting: Moments That Change Everything – Memoir Writing 101
Station House
Prose Society Writers Group 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Blockchain & Crypto Investors & Enthusiasts – International Blockchain Group
St. Petersburg Distillery
Blockchain and Crypto Investors and Enthusiasts 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Advance Resin 3D Printing
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
So You Want to Build an App… (In ~9ish Steps)
Kforce
Tampa Devs 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
VIRTUAL Jackbox Party Games Night!
Online
The Orlando Metro Geeks Social Club 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Game Night!
Southern Lights Brewing Company
Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Castaways Euchre Club
The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge
Hosted By Castaways Euchre Club 6:50 PM to 8:50 PM EDT
Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings meet In-Person and Online
Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library
Toastmasters District 48 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Hypertellurians: a one-shot of a wild fantasy/sci-fi RPG
Black Harbor Gaming
St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Games & Grog @ The Grove SoHo!
Grove Soho
Nerdbrew Events 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Skill-Sharing Session
Tampa Heights Bungalow
DIY Women’s Workshop 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
New Beginnings & Old Rivalries
Online
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
ONLINE / SPANISH: Marcus Aurelius & The Meditations
Online
Orlando Stoics 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Games & Grog (Social Game Night in SoHo)
Grove Soho
Nerd Night Out 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
bin and board
Chan’s Book Club of Tampa Bay 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Writer’s Meetup
8420 Ulmerton Rd
Largo Writing Meetup Group 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Day 06 – Git & GitHub – Full Stack Web Dev Bootcamp
Online
Florida Software School 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Thursday, September 5

Event name and location Group Time
Business Over Breakfast ~ Happy Hangar IN PERSON JOIN US!
The Happy Hangar Café
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Professional Alliance – Local Networking Meeting
DUO58 Community Coffee Bar & Cafe
Professional Alliance – Local Networking Group 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
BOSS NETWORKING – Business networking and strategy
Online
Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM EDT
RGA’s Founders & Amplify Clearwater Partnership meeting ~ All Welcome, JOIN in.
Chili’s Grill & Bar
RGA Networking Professional Business Networking 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals
Carrabas Italian Grill
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Lakewood Ranch RGANetwork Business Networking Lunch
Station 400
Bradenton/Sarasota Networking Meetings and Mixers 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters
Online
Toastmasters District 48 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Downtown Tampa Toastmasters MeetUp
509 E Twiggs St 3rd floor
Downtown Tampa Toastmasters MeetUp 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Commander Open Play Night at Armada Games
Armada Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 1:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom)
Online
Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
Gulfport Scrabble and Social
The Drunken Taco
Gulfport Scrabblers and Social 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Thursday Night Gaming
3407 Lithia Pinecrest Rd
Brandon Boardgamers 5:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective
The Collective: A Comic & Game Community
Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
The Entrepreneur’s TRUE Networking Community – Ocala
Horse & Hounds Restaurant
The Entrepreneurs True Networking Community 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Tomb of Annihilation (T3-APL11)
Coliseum of Comics Kissimmee
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
BattleTech Alpha Strike Escalation League
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
The Fallen Lands
405 Mahogany Dr
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Nerdy Needs (Casual Thursday Commander Night)
Nerdy Needs
Hosted By Magic the Gathering Tampa/Brandon/St Pete 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Game Night at Conworlds Emporium
Conworlds Emporium
Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Board Game Night at Ivanhoe Park Lager House
Ivanhoe Park Lager House
Brews N Board Games 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Chess night!
Online
Lakeland Chess Meetup Group 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Creative Writing Critique Group
Panera
North Port Creative Writers 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Drupal & Web Technologies Q&A. Everyone welcome!
Panera Bread
Tampa Bay Drupal User Group 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Bitdevs
Bitcoin Bay Foundation
Tampa Bay Bitcoin 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
A Fireside Chat about Potential Legislation for AI
Online
Google Developer Group Central Florida 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
How to Get Rid of Unwanted Thoughts and Emotions
Online
Communication Skills for Career Advancement Group 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
FABulous Thursdays
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Smartphone Trivia Game Show at Wilders Pizza
Wilder’s Pizza
Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament
Balance Martial Arts & Gaming
Balance Martial Arts and Gaming 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Dungeons and Dragons with Donavan
Unlucky Roll Cafe
Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Live streaming production and talent
124 S Ring Ave
Live streaming production and talent 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
September – Mickey 7
Soggy Bottom Brewery
Books & Brews! 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Day 07 – JavaScript – Full Stack Web Dev Bootcamp
Online
Florida Software School 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Weekly Hacks
Online
Hacktivate – Hackathon Meetup Group 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Game Night!
Online
Tampa Game Nights – Meet new people over video chat! 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
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Friday, September 6

Event name and location Group Time
Improve your communication, listening, and leadership skills
Winter Park Community Center
Winter Park Toastmasters – Learn while having FUN! 7:15 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Caffeine & Connections: Friday Fuel for Black Professionals
Online
Pinellas County Black Business Meetup Group 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Live Life Happy Writing Club
Online
Live Life Happy 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Friday Morning All WElCOME
Online
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! 8:45 AM to 10:15 AM EDT
Online Networking with Brandon Biz Pros
Online
Brandon Biz Pros 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Toastmasters – Improve Speaking Skills & Build Confidence
Online
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM EDT
First Friday WordPress Collaboration Meetup – September 2024
Online
West Orlando WordPress Meetup 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorm together
Online
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorming together 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
SCAG at Questcon Orlando!
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel at the Entrance to Universal Orlando
Space Coast Adventurer’s Guild Friday, September 6, 2024 at 10:00 AM to Sunday, September 8, 2024 at 6:00 PM EDT
Game Morning!
Online
Tampa Game Nights – Meet new people over video chat! 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Innovative Leadership Development
The 5th Floor
Divergent U – Visionaries 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Friday Night Games!
Coliseum of Comics
East Orlando Board Gamers 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
✨ MeGa Health Jam 2024 – Orlando | Sep/6th – Sep/8th, 2024 (EST)
leAD – Sports & Health Tech Accelerator
Orlando Unity Developers Group Friday, September 6, 2024 at 6:00 PM to Sunday, September 8, 2024 at 9:00 PM EDT
MTG: Commander FNM
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
MeGa Health Jam 2024
M2 Innovation / Former LeAD Sports & Health Accelerator Building
Indienomicon Friday, September 6, 2024 at 6:00 PM to Sunday, September 8, 2024 at 8:00 PM EDT
Taps & Drafts | Casual EDH/MtG Social Night
Industrious
Nerd Night Out 6:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT
DIY Perfume Class
Online
Creative DIY Meet Up 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
MakerFX Makerspace Soft Arts Guild
MakerFX Makerspace
MakerFX Makerspace 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Taps & Drafts | EDH/MtG Night | Look Cinemas USF
Studio Movie Grill Tampa
Nerdbrew Events 7:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT
Modern FNM
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Geeky Nights: 1 Up Orlando
1-up Orlando
The Orlando Metro Geeks Social Club 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Tsudoi
Tsaocaa Tampa 朝茶
Tampa Japanese Meetup 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
AMC Veterans 24
Gen Geek 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
IN-PERSON: “Musonius Rufus” Sayings Part 1 (22-37)
Raining Berries USF – Açaí • Smoothie • Coffee
Tampa Stoics 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Broadway Rave!
Bayboro Brewing
Geekocracy! 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Friday night game night
Indica Cafe Tampa Bay’s First & Greatest CBD Lounge
Indica Cafe Events Friday, September 6, 2024 at 9:00 PM to Saturday, September 7, 2024 at 12:00 AM EDT
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Saturday, September 7

Event name and location Group Time
(DIY) – First Saturday Cars & Coffee – VFW Post 2550 Dunedin – (DIY)
VFW Post 2550
Florida Center for Creative Photography 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM EDT
Coffee and Crypto
Chill Cawfee
Cawfee (Coffee) and conversations 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Early Bird Ocala
Marion County Literacy Council
Toastmasters Division G 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Coffee and Crypto
Chill Cawfee
Cawfee (Coffee) and conversations 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Play VINCI: The only known cure for TDS
Online
Central Florida Philosophy Meetup 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Creative Writing In-Person Monthly Gathering for Aspiring Authors
16120 US Hwy 19 N
Pinellas Writers Group 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Saturday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa
Whole Foods Market
Chess Republic 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Metro Geeks Invade EPCOT Day!
EPCOT
The Orlando Metro Geeks Social Club 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM EDT
Bravo Group Campaign Continues
Online
Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG) 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT
Gallery Tour with Photographer Theresa Segal
Appleton Museum of Art
Ocala Photography Group 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Winning The Week – 1st Meet
Sage Biscuit Cafe
Winning The Week 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Deltona Library’s Board Game Day!
2150 Eustace Ave
Board Gamers of West Volusia 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
September Book Club: Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
King State
Japanese Lit Enthusiasts 1:00 PM to 3:00 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
Y Read: Book Read Aloud
Dr. P. Phillips YMCA Family Center
Library Book Clubs – OCLS 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Paint and Sip Doormat
Online
Creative DIY Meet Up 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Game Day: First Saturday of Every Month
Melrose Center
Indienomicon 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
DIY Perfume Class
Online
Creative DIY Meet Up 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Outside the Binary Boardgame Meetup
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice at AMC Veterans 24 & Dinner
AMC Veterans 24
Geekocracy! 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Group Outing- The Mall
Oviedo Mall
Gaming.net 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
September is Here Game Night
IHOP
New Port Richey Casual Games and Fun Socializing Group! 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Saturday Board Game Night at The Collective
520 W State Rd 436
Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup 6:00 PM to 11:00 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
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament
Balance Martial Arts & Gaming
Balance Martial Arts and Gaming 7:00 PM to 10:00 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 8

Event name and location Group Time
Safety Harbor Waterfront Park
Safety Harbor Waterfront Park
Suncoast Drone Club 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
CRITICAL THINKERS SUNDAY Meetup AT Sarasota Art Museum
1001 S Tamiami Trail
Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Thaliondor Practice Day!
Brick City Adventure Park
Thaliondor: Fantasy and Medieval Combat 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM EDT
Wide Sargasso Sea Discussion
Hamilton’s Kitchen
The Jane Austen Book Club 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
3D Printing basics
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Orlando ChatGPT Meetup
Emerson Plaza
Orlando ChatGPT Meetup 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Monthly Gaming at the Deltona Library
Deltona Regional Branch Library
Board Gamers of West Volusia 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
Steel MIG Welding Safety and Basic Usage (Members Only)
Tampa Hackerspace
Tampa Hackerspace 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
2nd Sunday Board Games at Liquid Garage
The Liquid Garage Co.
Beyond Catan, A Group of Board Game Geeks 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
2ND SUNDAY OF THE MONTH BOARDGAMING AT NERDY NEEDS
Nerdy Needs
Brandon Boardgamers 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
D&D 50th Anniversary Play Series – Player’s Handbook (2024) Launch
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Play Battlestar Galactica in Sarasota
Bee Ridge Road
Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Sunday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa
Whole Foods Market
Chess Republic 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Fundamentals of Screenwriting
Melrose Center Orlando Public Library
Orlando Video & Post Production Meetup 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
3D designing
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Please join us
Online
Central Florida Computer Society 2:45 PM to 4:45 PM EDT
3D printing
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Sunday Pokemon League
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Geeks play Bingo!
Belcher Bingo
Geekocracy! 4:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Lankhmar: City of Adventure
Nerdy Needs
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Alphabet Soup 2024 | Finding Letters in the World Around Us
Online
Florida Center for Creative Photography Sunday, September 8, 2024 at 5:00 PM to Sunday, September 22, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT
Find Your Funny Toastmasters
Online
Toastmasters Division E 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Game Night!
Online
Tampa Game Nights – Meet new people over video chat! 8:00 PM to 10:00 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:

  • 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
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Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, August 26 – Sunday, September 1, 2024)

Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, August 26 through Sunday, September 1, 2024. That’s right — September is starting! 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

But first, a quick promo:

This week’s events

Monday, August 26

Event name and location Group Time
Business Networking Meeting
Online
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Business Networking Luncheon
Rinehart
Innovantia Marketing Agency 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Intro to Mobile Videography (FREE for Hillsborough County residents)
TBCN Media Center
Tampa Bay Community Network 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM EDT
Speakeasy Toastmasters #4698
Online
Toastmasters District 48 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
MTG: Commander Night
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Root w/Advanced Setup
Anson on Palmer Ranch
Sarasota Strategy Board Game League 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Monday Weekly Board Game Night! (Lazy Moon Colonial Location)
Lazy Moon Pizza
Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Monday Feast & Game Night
Village Inn
Tampa Bay Tabletoppers 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Three Bridges Brewing Trivia Night with the Smartphone Trivia Game Show
Three bridges brewing
Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Intro to the Babylock Embroidery Machine (Members Only)
4931 W Nassau St
Tampa Hackerspace 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Entrepreneur Book Club Weekly Meetup – Live Reading & Elaboration
Online
Business Owners and Professionals 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Board Game Night at Armada Games
Armada Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Monday Chess! At Driftwood Kava and Roastery
Driftwood Kava & Roastery St. Pete
TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck!
Online
Nerdbrew Events 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Members as far back as 2008 can access their photos
none
School is closed- Light Study PRO – A Photography Workshop 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
DigiMondays
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Weekly Meetup
Online
Beginning Web Development 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Day 01 – HTML – Full Stack Web Dev Bootcamp
Online
Florida Software School 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Tuesday, August 27

Tuesday at 10 a.m., online: Computer Coach’s webinar, webinar, Professionalism Rebooted: Reviving the Basics of Business Etiquette, will refresh your knowledge of essential business etiquette, elevate your professionalism and help you stand out in any professional setting. Find out more and register here.

Event name and location Group Time
Coffee & Connections
Tenth Street Coffee
The Ark Network Group Events 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
v-Lean Coffee
Online
Tampa Bay Agile 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM EDT
Venice Area Toastmasters Club #5486
Online
Toastmasters District 48 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
NPI St. Pete Business Builders Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals
St Petersburg Yacht Club
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Professionalism Rebooted
Online
Tech Success Network 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Abusing Windows EFS to steal data using PowerShell
Online
ManageEngine’s Cybersecurity Meetups 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Networking at AppleBee’s St. Pete
Applebee’s Grill + Bar
Hosted By Tampa Bay Singles Activities Group 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM EDT
Monarch Strategies Presents: Entrepreneur Network Event
Serendipity Labs Private Offices & Coworking
TNT – Orlando Entrepreneurs Trying New Things 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
6 PowerShell tricks to discover critical network assets
Online
Orlando Cybersecurity Meetup 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Soft Launch: Drinks at Calusa Brewing
Calusa Brewing Taproom
Coastal Connections | Gen X & Millennial Professionals 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Weekly Open Make Night
4931 W Nassau St
Tampa Hackerspace 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
August OrlandoJS meetup
CREDO Conduit
OrlandoJS 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Magic: The Gathering Night at Felicitous
Felicitous (on 42nd)
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Hobby Night
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Meet & Greet at O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant
O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant
Florida Center for Creative Photography 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Authors Anonymous – Writing Group
Black Bean Deli
Authors Anonymous – Writing Group 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Pinellas Writers and Authors Weekly Meeting (Online/Zoom)
Online
Pinellas Writers Group 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Laser certification
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa
Gaspars Patio Bar & Grille
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Toast of Celebration Toastmasters
305 Campus St
Toastmasters Division E 6:45 PM to 8:15 PM EDT
Bingo at Back Nine and $2 Taco Tuesday Night!
The Back Nine
Adventure Group of Central Florida 6:45 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Central Florida Computer Society TechSIG (Please join us!!)
Online
Central Florida Computer Society 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
[Hybrid] Workshop: Designing for the Future: AI User Experience Design
StarterStudio
DOUX — Downtown Orlando UX Meetup 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Pythonic Monthly Meeting
Online
The Orlando Python User Group 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Dunedin Toastmasters – Guests Welcome
Unity Community Church
Dunedin Toastmasters 2166 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults
Pinellas Ale Works Brewery
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Euchre
Bar 23fifty
Suncoast Euchre club 7:00 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
Trivia Night with Trivia Nation
Irish 31 Pub House & Eatery
Trivia Night at Irish 31 Seminole 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Boards & Bones
SpookEasy Lounge
Nerdbrew Events 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show
Moose Lodge
Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
End of Book Celebration (August 27, 2024)
Joybird Books
Page’s Edge Book Club 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
This Summer Will be Different – August 2024
Sixty Vines
Literate Ladies of Orlando…Well Bred…Well Read 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Boards & Bones
SpookEasy Lounge
Nerd Night Out 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Nic At Nite – Weekly Movie Night
Online
Nerdbrew Events 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom
Online
Shut Up & Write!® Tampa 7:45 PM to 9:15 PM EDT
Day 02 – HTML – Full Stack Web Dev Bootcamp
Online
Florida Software School 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Wednesday, August 28

Wednesday at 2 p.m., online: Join Gen AI Tampa as they participate in Data Science Connect’s “Generative AI for Data Executives” webinar series with the latest installment, Harnessing Generative AI for Predictive Maintenance and Anomaly Detection. This will be a deep dive into how Generative AI is revolutionizing data observability, enhancing predictive maintenance, and detecting anomalies for more resilient operations. Find out more and register here.

Wednesday at 5:30 p.m., Embarc Collective (Tampa): Join Tampa Bay Innovation for Idea 2 Product, an intimate fireside chat with Ned Pope. He’ll share his insights on turning ideas into successful products,  and you’ll be able to network with like-minded innovators and gain valuable knowledge from a seasoned entrepreneur and thought leader. Find out more and register here.

Event name and location Group Time
Grow Your Business with focused Referral Networking
Sons of Italy Lodge
BNI Tampa -Referral based networking 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
FREE Tele-Class with Nancy Matthews – *WOW* Wednesday
Anywhere You Want!
Women’s Prosperity Network | Baton Rouge Chapter 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM CDT
1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup
UCF Executive Development Center Downtown
1 Million Cups – Orlando 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
NPI North St. Pete Networkers Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals
Carrabas Italian Grill
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) 11:30 AM to 12:45 PM EDT
Lunch Hour Meetup
Online
Sarasota Web Development Meetup Group 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Heart of Agile MONTHLY Coffee Corner
Online
Heart of Agile St. Pete – Tampa – Orlando 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Harnessing Generative AI for Predictive Maintenance and Anomaly Detection
Online
Gen AI Tampa 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
No Fear Speaking Webinar and Meetup
Online
Tampa Fear of Public Speaking Meetup Group 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Inspiring Authors & Book Immersion Meetup
Online
Lady Lake Memoir Writing Meetup Group 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Mastering Client Attraction in The Age of AI
Online
Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
Introduction to Data Detection and Response (DDR)
GuidePoint Security Facility
TampaBay ISSA 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Wednesday Night Gaming
Nerdy Needs
Brandon Boardgamers 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Bay pines toastmaster’s hybrid meeting
C. W. Bill Young VA Medical Center
Bay Pines Toastmasters 5:15 PM to 6:30 PM EDT
Fireside Chat with Ned Pope: “Idea 2 Product”
Embarc Collective
Tampa Bay Innovation 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Felicitous Game Night w/Heritage Dim Sum
Felicitous (on 42nd)
Tampa Game Nights 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Wednesday Board Game Night
Bridge Center
Tampa Gaming Guild 5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Orlando ChatGPT Meetup
Emerson Plaza
Orlando ChatGPT Meetup 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Innovation Stories
CREDO Conduit
Orlando Innovation League 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Adult Dungeons & Dragons Wednesdays
Conworlds Emporium
Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Backgammon Casual Games
Online
Sanford Backgammon Group 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Great Big Trivia Wednesdays @ Terra Ceia Bay Country Club Palmetto 6-8PM
Terra Ceia Bay Country Club
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Board Game Night
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
CRITICAL THINKERS SUPPER AT AMOB LANDSIDE IN PRIVATE ROOM
Anna Maria Oyster Bar Landside
Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.tbic.us bi-monthly Meetup
Online
Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.TampaBayInventors.org 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Game Night!
Southern Lights Brewing Company
Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik – FINAL
Inner Compass Brewing Company
The Weirder Things Book Club 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Tampa Writers Alliance Critique Group
Online
Tampa Writers Alliance 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Castaways Euchre Club
The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge
Hosted By Castaways Euchre Club 6:50 PM to 8:50 PM EDT
MakerFX Monthly Membership Meeting
MakerFX Makerspace
MakerFX Makerspace 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
CitrusSec Meetup
10 Ten Brewing Co.
Central Florida CitySec 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Improve Your Communication and Presentation Skills
Online
Communication Skills for Interviews and Presentations 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings meet In-Person and Online
Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library
Toastmasters District 48 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Hispanic Professional Business Networking en Español (in Spanish)
Online
Exito Empresarial Hispano Hispanic Networking Meetup Group 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
MtG Modern Constructed at Armada Games
Armada Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Games & Grog @ The Grove SoHo!
Grove Soho
Nerdbrew Events 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Stone Temple Pilots & +LIVE+ – The Jubilee Tour
MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Gen Geek 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
New Beginnings & Old Rivalries
Online
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Games & Grog (Social Game Night in SoHo)
Grove Soho
Nerd Night Out 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
How to Express Yourself and Connect with People
Online
Professionals Meetup For Networking And Social Skillsets 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Orlando Word Lab
Winter Park Library
Writers of Central Florida or Thereabouts 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Day 03 – CSS – Full Stack Web Dev Bootcamp
Online
Florida Software School 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Thursday, August 29

Thursday at 12 p.m., online: Computer Coach presents A Professionally Evil Intro to Prompt Injection, where Information Security Consultant Cory Sabol will show you  the essentials of recognizing and defending against prompt injection attacks. Find out more and register here.

Thursday at 6 p.m., Coppertail brewing (Tampa): Cocktails and Security is a vibrant monthly meetup where cybersecurity enthusiasts gather to enjoy free beverages and engage in lively discussions on the latest information security issues. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or just starting, you’re welcome here! Find out more and register here.

Thursday at 6 p.m., 501 E. Kennedy (Tampa): Tampa Bay AWS Group presents Hands-on: Build a GenAI Chatbot with Amazon Q for Business. This hands-on workshop will teach you how to build chatbots using cutting-edge generative AI technology. You will learn how to create conversational AI that can understand natural language and generate human-like responses. By the end, you will understand the skillset needed to deploy smart and useful chatbots for real-world applications. Find out more and register here.

Event name and location Group Time
Business Over Breakfast ~ Happy Hangar IN PERSON JOIN US!
The Happy Hangar Café
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Entrepreneur Roundtable to SPARK Ideas & Build Growth
Dunedin Chamber of Commerce
Clearwater Entrepreneurs’ Round Table 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Tackle it in Ten – Entrepreneur Roundtables
Dunedin Chamber of Commerce
Entrepreneur Round Table 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited!
The Breakroom Bar & Grill
Hosted By Tampa Bay Singles Activities Group 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
RGA’s Founders & Amplify Clearwater Partnership meeting ~ All Welcome, JOIN in.
Chili’s Grill & Bar
RGA Networking Professional Business Networking 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals
Carrabas Italian Grill
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Lakewood Ranch RGANetwork Business Networking Lunch
Station 400
Bradenton/Sarasota Networking Meetings and Mixers 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Tokenized Zero Knowledge Machine Learning and Its Applications
Online
Hyperledger Tampa 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Professionally Evil Intro to Prompt Injection
Online
Tampa Cybersecurity Training 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters
Online
Toastmasters District 48 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Downtown Tampa Toastmasters MeetUp
509 E Twiggs St 3rd floor
Downtown Tampa Toastmasters MeetUp 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Commander Open Play Night at Armada Games
Armada Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 1:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom)
Online
Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
Alchemist Virtual Networking!
Online
Tampa Professional Networking Meetup 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Thursday Night Gaming
3407 Lithia Pinecrest Rd
Brandon Boardgamers 5:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Gulfport Scrabble and Social
The Drunken Taco
Gulfport Scrabblers and Social 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective
The Collective: A Comic & Game Community
Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Happy Hour at RockPit Brewing
Rockpit Brewery
Young Professionals for the Orlando Science Center 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Tomb of Annihilation (T3-APL11)
Coliseum of Comics Kissimmee
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Cocktails and Security at Coopertail Brewing
Coppertail Brewing Co.
Cocktails and Security 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
The Blueprint for Crafting a Successful Services Page – Tampa SEO Meetup
Online
Tampa SEO and Digital Marketing Meetup with Steve Scott 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
ODevs Social at Stardust
Stardust Video & Coffee
Orlando Developers Meetup 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Hands-on: Build a GenAI Chatbot with Amazon Q for Business
501 E Kennedy Blvd
Tampa Bay AWS User Group 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Hands-on Build with GenAI: Build Your Own Chat Assistant with Your Data!
Online
Orlando AWS User Group 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
TBDEG – Apache Iceberg REST Catalog with Alex Merced!
Online
Tampa Bay Data Engineering Group 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Cocktails and Connections – Orlando
The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes
Cocktails and Connections Orlando 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
BotC night at Hourglass Brewery at the Hourglass District
Hourglass Brewing at Hourglass District
Sunshine Social Deduction Gaming 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Board game night!!!
Online
Summerfield Board and Card Games and Euchre 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Board Game Thursday at Great Southern Box Company
Great Southern Box Company Food Hall
The Inaccurately Named Secret Nerd Society 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
The Fallen Lands
405 Mahogany Dr
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Nerdy Needs (Casual Thursday Commander Night)
Nerdy Needs
Hosted By Magic the Gathering Tampa/Brandon/St Pete 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Game Night at Conworlds Emporium
Conworlds Emporium
Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Spunky Reporters and Con Artists
Lam’s Garden
Cult, Mystery & Suspense Movie Club 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Board Game Night at Ivanhoe Park Lager House
Ivanhoe Park Lager House
Brews N Board Games 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Wine Tasting at Wine on Water Street – Chile & Argentina Edition
Wine on Waterstreet
Tampa Bay Happy Hour 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Career PathFinder Workshop
AGILEST®
Florida Agile Innovators 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
August’s Book Club at 6:30
Raining Berries South Tampa
The Gloss: Tampa 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Introverts Go to the Arcade
Dave & Busters
O-Town Introverts 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Writing Meetup
HotWax Coffee Shop, Kava Bar & Tap House
Tampa Free Writing Group 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Girls Who Code Interest Session AND Enrollment
4935 W Nassau St
Tampa Hackerspace 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Smartphone Trivia Game Show at Wilders Pizza
Wilder’s Pizza
Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament
Balance Martial Arts & Gaming
Balance Martial Arts and Gaming 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Dungeons and Dragons with Donavan
Unlucky Roll Cafe
Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Pathfinder Society
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
FABulous Thursdays
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
“You Should Be So Lucky” by Cat Sebastian
Georgies
SRQ Ladies Book Club 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Live streaming production and talent
124 S Ring Ave
Live streaming production and talent 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Day 04 – CSS – Full Stack Web Dev Bootcamp
Online
Florida Software School 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Friday, August 30

Event name and location Group Time
Improve your communication, listening, and leadership skills
Winter Park Community Center
Winter Park Toastmasters – Learn while having FUN! 7:15 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Caffeine & Connections: Friday Fuel for Black Professionals
Online
Pinellas County Black Business Meetup Group 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Friday Morning All WElCOME
Online
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! 8:45 AM to 10:15 AM EDT
Online Networking with Brandon Biz Pros
Online
Brandon Biz Pros 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Toastmasters – Improve Speaking Skills & Build Confidence
Online
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM EDT
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorm together
Online
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorming together 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
CashFlow: Mastering the Science of Sales and earning more money in your business
2704 Rew Cir
Business Owners and Professionals 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
AWE Nite Orlando: Danny Tapia talk at UCF CREOL / Networking Social
CREOL, College of Optics and Photonics
AWE Nite Orlando 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Friday Board Game Night
Bridge Club
Tampa Gaming Guild 5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Friday Night Games!
Coliseum of Comics
East Orlando Board Gamers 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Singles Mixer on August 30
Mutts and Martinis
The Pinellas County Young “Professionals” 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
MTG: Commander FNM
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Taps & Drafts | Casual EDH/MtG Social Night
Industrious
Nerd Night Out 6:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT
Taps & Drafts | EDH/MtG Night | Look Cinemas USF
Studio Movie Grill Tampa
Nerdbrew Events 7:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT
Tabletop: Friday Board Game Night
911 Charlotte St
Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG) 7:00 PM to 11:59 PM EDT
Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe – Fun events all the time!
3101 SW 34th Ave
Meeple Movers Gaming Group 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Friday Pokemon Tournament
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sunshine Games 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
Friday night game night
Indica Cafe Tampa Bay’s First & Greatest CBD Lounge
Indica Cafe Events Friday, August 30, 2024 at 9:00 PM to Saturday, August 31, 2024 at 12:00 AM EDT
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Saturday, August 31

Event name and location Group Time
Green Mountain Scenic Byway
Wawa
Central Florida Motorcyle Riders 7:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Coffee and Crypto
Chill Cawfee
Cawfee (Coffee) and conversations 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Early Bird Ocala
Marion County Literacy Council
Toastmasters Division G 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Play VINCI: The only known cure for TDS
Online
Central Florida Philosophy Meetup 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
There will be no schedule events from now until September
Online
Suncoast Drone Club 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Saturday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa
Whole Foods Market
Chess Republic 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Wood Shop Router Table 101 (Members Only)
Tampa Hackerspace West
Tampa Hackerspace 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Boost Your Business
50 SE 1st Ave
Ocala Business Development Meetup Group 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Board games at Stardust video & coffee
Stardust Video & Coffee
Orlando 20 40ish board games art things and etc 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Hands-on: Learn Kubernetes (K8S) together
CREDO Conduit
Orlando DevOps 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT
Casual Meet and Greet
CFS Coffee Oviedo
Oviedo Codes 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Silver Glen springs
Silver Glen springs
Gen Geek 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM EDT
Wood working safety & Intro
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Winning The Week – 1st Meet
Sage Biscuit Cafe
Winning The Week 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Labor Day (Weekend) Smörgås-Board Games!
Summit Church Herndon
East Orlando Board Gamers 12:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
FREE Fab Lab Orientation
Faulhaber Fab Lab
Suncoast Makers 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
CNC EMCO Mill
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
D&D (5e) @ Black Harbor Gaming
Black Harbor Gaming
St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group 1:30 PM to 5:30 PM EDT
Y Read: Book Read Aloud
Dr. P. Phillips YMCA Family Center
Library Book Clubs – OCLS 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Introverts’ Journal Reflections
Seminole County Public Library West Branch
O-Town Introverts 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
Meet and greet. Catching up on the book.
Online
Alice’s Fantasy Book Club ONLINE ONLY 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Writers Meet-Up: Hang Out and Write
The Study Wine & Beer Lounge St. Pete
Prose Society Writers Group 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Dice Throne Tournament
Unlucky Roll Cafe
Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
IN-PERSON: The Pocket Stoic by John Sellars, Chapter 7 continued
Panera Bread
Orlando Stoics 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Community Hang-out Night
Online
Nerdbrew Events 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Saturday Board Game Night at The Collective
520 W State Rd 436
Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Golf Group – RPG One-Shots
Online
Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG) 6:30 PM to 8:30 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
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament
Balance Martial Arts & Gaming
Balance Martial Arts and Gaming 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Tampa Nerd Online Hang-out & Game Night!
Online
Nerd Night Out 7:00 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
Meet and Greet @ Wink Wink Lounge
Sarasota Modern Hotel
Coastal Connections | Gen X & Millennial Professionals 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
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Sunday, September 1

Event name and location Group Time
CRITICAL THINKERS SUNDAY Meetup AT Sarasota Art Museum
1001 S Tamiami Trail
Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Thaliondor Practice Day!
Brick City Adventure Park
Thaliondor: Fantasy and Medieval Combat 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM EDT
Plotter CriCut vinyl cutting
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Orlando ChatGPT Meetup
Emerson Plaza
Orlando ChatGPT Meetup 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Laser engraver -cutter basics
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Venice Strategy Board Gamers
Venice
Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Euchre Tournament!!!!!
Online
Summerfield Board and Card Games and Euchre 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Battletech Alpha Strike Demo Day!
Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Sunday Gaming
Tampa Bay Bridge Center
Tampa Gaming Guild 1:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
T-Shirts and Caps printing
MakerSpace Pinellas
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Painting On A Whim – Whimsical Workshops
Conworlds Emporium
Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Winter Park Chess Meetup
Barnie’s Coffee and Tea
Winter Park Social Chess Club 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games
Critical Hit Games
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Sunday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa
Whole Foods Market
Chess Republic 2:00 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
Lankhmar: City of Adventure
Nerdy Needs
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Sew Awesome! (Textile Arts & Crafts)
Tampa Hackerspace West
Tampa Hackerspace 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Continuing adventures in the setting of Symbaroum.
Online
St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group 5:30 PM to 9:30 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:

  • 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