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Here’s the “official unofficial” list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for Monday, May 6 through Sunday, May 12, 2024.

This week’s events

• Monday, May 6
• Tuesday, May 7
• Wednesday, May 8
• Thursday, May 9
• Friday, May 10
• Saturday, May 11
• Sunday, May 12

Monday, May 6

Event name and location	Group	Time
Grow your business networking event Rinehart	Innovantia Marketing Agency	9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Networking at Ford’s Garage Ford’s Garage	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Downtown St Pete Business Professionals Lunch Ford’s Garage St. Pete	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Start the Week with more connections MONDAYS at Romi’s Tacos All Welcome! Romi’s Tacos	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Monday Business Introductions at Romi’s Taco’s Romi’s Tacos	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Business Networking Meeting Online	Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	11:30 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
In PERSON Networking Lunch East Brandon Reserve your seat Romi’s Tacos	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30 AM to 1:00 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
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
Ankh Gods of Egypt – with Tomb of Wonders Anson on Palmer Ranch	Sarasota Strategy Board Game League	6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Coffee and ML Buddy Brew Coffee	Tampa Machine Learning	6:30 PM to 8:30 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
Stirling Toastmasters Club #7461614 | Public Speaking & Leadership Development Online	Toastmasters District 48	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
World Tavern Poker at Cheshire’s Hilltop Tavern 503 N Dixie Ave	Southern Florida Bar Poker Fans!	7:00 PM to 9:00 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
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
ONLINE: The Road Less Travelled: Spinoza’s Philosophy, Part 3 Online	Orlando Stoics	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom) Online	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	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
Monday Sunset Walk Lake Hollingsworth Boat Ramp	Adventure Group of Central Florida	7:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Weekly Meetup Online	Beginning Web Development	8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
How websites are made: an introduction to JavaScript for complete beginners Online	Florida Software School	8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Tuesday, May 7

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
Career Accelerator Workshops – LinkedIn Strategies Online	Front End Creatives	10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Jog & Calisthenics Park of the Americas	Orlando Night Shift Third Shift Workers	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
Westchase Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome JOIN us and connect! SeaGlass Tavern	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Tuesday Westchase Business Networking Lunch at Sea Glass Tavern SeaGlass Tavern	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Oldsamar/Westchase Professional Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome Beef ‘O’ Brady’s	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Networking at Glory Days Grill Glory Days Grill	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30 AM to 1:30 PM EDT
Professional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa Glory Days Grill	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Oldsmar/Westchase Networking Lunch -Beef O Brady’s~ Meet your next referral Beef ‘O’ Brady’s	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
New Tampa Networking Lunch at Glory Day’s Grill New Tampa Glory Days Grill	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
SWAT Networking Sarasota Luncheon El Melvin Cocina Mexicana	SWAT Networking – Successful Women Aligning Together	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Westchase Professionals Business Networking Lunch -Grand Hacienda 11955 Sheldon SeaGlass Tavern	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
The Business Alliance Club 763 Cortaro Dr	The Business Alliance	11:45 AM to 1:15 PM EDT
🟢 How To Turn Your Images Into Income – An Introduction To Stock Photography🔴 Online	Tampa St Pete Photography Community	5:00 PM to 5:40 PM EDT
Together we are stronger Online	Friends with skills and resources	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
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
📸 An Introduction To Portrait Shoots For Photographers – Techniques & Tips 📸 Online	Orlando Photography Community	6:00 PM to 6:40 PM EDT
Learn what editing is all about Christ Lutheran Church LCMS	Brooksville Book Writing Meetup Group	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Authors Anonymous – Writing Group Maya Cafe Lounge & Gallery	Authors Anonymous – Writing Group	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Weekly Tuesday Evening Online Zoom Meeting Online	Pinellas Writers Group	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Let’s Play Trivia at Mellow Mushroom!! Online	Adventure Group of Central Florida	6:15 PM to 9:15 PM EDT
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa Gaspars Patio Bar & Grille	Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa	6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Panera Bread	Book Club – Clermont & Winter Garden	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
THS Member Meeting 4931 W Nassau St	Tampa Hackerspace	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
MakerFX Makerspace 3D Printing Basics MakerFX Makerspace	MakerFX Makerspace	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Naples Toastmasters Club #2835 Online	Toastmasters District 48	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Boards & Bones SpookEasy Lounge	Nerdbrew Events	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
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
Trivia Night with Trivia Nation Irish 31 Pub House & Eatery	Trivia Night at Irish 31 Seminole	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Transcendent Tuesday (May 7, 2024) Joybird Books	Page’s Edge Book Club	7:00 PM to 8:30 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
May Movie Online	Miriam Thompson	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Let’s play chess at 54th Ave Kava House! 2705 54th Ave N	TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	7:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom Online	Shut Up & Write!® Tampa	7:45 PM to 9:15 PM EDT
FreeSWITCH Community Office Hours Online	SignalWire Code and Connect AI Low Code and Networking	Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 11:00 PM to Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 12:00 AM EDT
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Wednesday, May 8

Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. at MiSource, Tampa: Tampa Devs and Tampa Bay QA Testing Meetup are teaming up to present “Harry Potter and Terrible Testing Mistakes!” Join them for an evening of hilarious horror stories and epic fails from the world of software testing with Lenar Mukhamadiev, the founder Idelsoft.com, a Tampa-based software consulting, who’s seen it all. With 30+ projects delivered by Idelsoft, Lenar has witnessed firsthand the good, the bad, and the downright ugly side of software development. 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
Downtown St Pete Professionals Networking Breakfast The Hangar Restaurant & Flight Lounge	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	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
Tampa Highrisers Toastmasters Hyde Park United Methodist Church	Toastmasters District 48	7:45 AM to 8:45 AM EDT
1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup UCF Business Incubation Program – Orlando	1 Million Cups – Orlando	8:30 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Coffee & WordPress at Foxtail Coffee – Howell Branch Foxtail Coffee – Howell Branch	WordPress Orlando	9:30 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
RE Olds Park Start (Start Time 9:30) R.E. Olds Park	Suncoast Drone Club	9:30 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Board Games at the library Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library	Carrollwood/Northdale Weekday Games and More	11:00 AM to 2:00 PM EDT
Business Networking Lunch Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern	Bradenton/Sarasota Networking Meetings and Mixers	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Brandon Business Professionals Just Love Coffee Just Love Coffee Cafe – Brandon FL	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Sun City Center Professional Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome Keke’s Breakfast Café	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Brandon Networking Professionals Networking Lunch Just Love Coffee Cafe – Brandon FL	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Free Webinar: Zero-Click Search Optimization Tips, Tricks, and Techniques Online	Tampa SEO & Internet Marketing Meetup with Steve Scott	12:00 PM to 12:45 PM EDT
InfraGard Food and Agriculture Sector Spring Virtual Meetup Online	Tampa Bay InfraGard Meetup Group	12:00 PM to 1:00 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
Bitcoin Gold Rush: Is There Still Time to Profit? Online	Digital Success Mentors – Tampa	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
Tampa/St.Pete TA Recruiting Mixers – Meet and Greet, May 8th 5:45-7:30 PM Vista at the Top	Tampa/St.Pete TA Recruiting Mixers	5:45 PM to 7:15 PM EDT
Harry Potter and Terrible Testing Mistakes (W/ Tampa Devs!) MiSource	Tampa Bay QA and Testing Meetup	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Harry Potter and Terrible Testing Mistakes (W/ Tampa Bay QA & Testing!) MiSource	Tampa Devs	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Critical Hit Games: Board Game Night Critical Hit Games	The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play	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
Dungeons & Dragons One Shot Wednesdays Happy Troll Games	Clermont Nerd Games	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
Board Game Night Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Introduction To Composition For Photographers! Techniques To Improve Your Images Online	Tampa St Pete Photography Community	6:00 PM to 6:40 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 invisible life of Addie Larue -final Pier 22 Restaurant	The Weirder Things Book Club	6:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Discuss Marcus Aurelius Teak Neighborhood Grill	Orlando Philosophy and Current Events Discussion Group	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Shut Up & Write!® Gulfport Tales and Cocktails Peninsula Cocktails + Kitchen	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	6:30 PM to 8:00 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	Castaways Euchre Club	6:50 PM to 8:50 PM EDT
HTML Forms – Labels, Text Inputs, Text Areas, Checkboxes, Radio boxes Online	Florida Software School	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
[Virtual] Tampa Bay Bitcoin Meetup: News, Markets, & Community Online	Tampa Bay Bitcoin	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Lean Coffee DevOps – Axum in Winter Garden Axum Coffee	Orlando DevOps	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
MakerFX Embrilliance Study Group MakerFX Makerspace	MakerFX Makerspace	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Call for presenters 100% Remote	Broward Drupal Users Group	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Find Profitable Private Label Products on Etsy 1207 N Himes Ave suite 1	Tampa Bay Amazon Sellers Meetup	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
🌐 Video Event WED 5/8 at 7 PM: Unlock the World of Fine Art in Photography Online	Hosted By The Art Of Photography – Sarasota / Venice	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
New Beginnings & Old Rivalries Online	Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	7:00 PM to 10:30 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
How to Improve Your Conversations Online	Group for Improving Your Social Life	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
The Short Attention Span Storytelling Hour Stardust Video & Coffee	Writers of Central Florida or Thereabouts	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Trivia at Blind Goat The Blind Goat	Gen Geek	7:30 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Code challenge Monthly coding session Online	Orlando Lady Developers Meetup	8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Thursday, May 9

Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Embarc Collective, Tampa: Tampa Bay Healthtech Meetup brings the community together to hear from top healthcare thought leaders and foster connection among industry professionals. Find out more and register here.

Event name and location	Group	Time
Wesley Chapel/Lutz networking breakfast The Happy Hangar Café	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking The Happy Hangar Café	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
LUTZ, FL – HAPPY HANGER CAFE THURSDAY NETWORKING The Happy Hangar Café	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	8:00 AM to 10:00 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
Clearwater Professional Networking Lunch The Breakroom Bar & Grill	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Clearwater/Central Pinellas Networking Lunch JOIN us and connect your business! The Breakroom Bar & Grill	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited! The Breakroom Bar & Grill	Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
The Founders Meeting where it all Began! JOIN us! Bring a guest and get a gift The Breakroom Bar & Grill	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00 AM to 12:30 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
Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch Bahama Breeze	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Amplify Your Connections: Hidden Influences in Effective Communication Online	Tech Success Network	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters Online	Toastmasters District 48	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
What are the best practices in negotiating for a raise and promotion Online	Wesley Chapel PM and IT Connection	1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Grand Bay Canasta Online	Grand Bay Canasta Meetup Group	1:00 PM to 3:30 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
RPG: Pathfinder Society at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe Meeple Movers	Meeple Movers Role-Playing Games (RPG) Group	2:00 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
FCCP Weekly Photo assignment 19: Tools Online – Not an in person Meetup	Florida Center for Creative Photography	Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 5:00 PM to Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Healthtech Meetup Embarc Collective	Embarc Collective and Tampa General Hospital Ventures	5:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Tomb of Annihilation (T2-APL9) Coliseum of Comics Kissimmee	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	5:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Data Analytics – Tampa Bay – MAY MEETUP Entrepreneur Collaborative Center	Data Analytics – Tampa Bay	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Warhammer Night Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	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
Social deduction night (not BotC) at Hourglass Brewery at the Hourglass District Hourglass Brewing at Hourglass District	Sunshine Social Deduction Gaming	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective The Collective: A Comic & Game Community	Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup	6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
May Book Club Discussion – Caste by Isabel Wilkerson Celery City Craft Beer Garden	Sanford Book Club	6:00 PM to 7:30 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
Assertiveness and Negotiations Skills AGILEST®	Florida Agile Innovators	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Orlando JS and Orlando PHP Spring Meetup CREDO Conduit	Orlando PHP Meetup | Orlando Devs	6:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Women in Agile – In-person networking event Raining Berries South Tampa	Tampa Bay Women in Agile	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
Second Citizenship with Limitless Migration Real Freedom CoLab	Tampa Bay Bitcoin	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Woodshop Tool Sign Off-Jointer, Planer, & Bandsaw (Members Only) Tampa Hackerspace West	Tampa Hackerspace	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Operations Automation Office Hours Armature Works	Tampa Robotic Process Automation Group	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Amplify Your Connections: Hidden Influences in Effective Communication Online	Career Success Academy	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Thursday chess at 54th Ave Kava House! 54th Ave Kava House	TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
One Piece Thursdays Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:00 PM to 10:00 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
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
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab – Book Club Panera Bread	Something Punny 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
Meet and Greet/Virtual Anime Watch Party Online	Sarasota Anime Group	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Boredom, Anger, Fear, and Grief in Relationships Online	Orlando Beginning a New Successful Relationship	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Florida Roadkill – Tim Dorsey The Big Catch at Salt Creek	St. Pete Booze and Book Club	7:30 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
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Friday, May 10

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
Virtual “2nd Fridays” Lean Coffee Orlando Online	Agile Orlando	7:30 AM to 8:30 AM EDT
TBUX Virtual: Coffee Talk Online	Tampa Bay UX Group	9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Board Game Night! Happy Troll Games	Clermont Nerd Games	5:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Board Game Friday Night at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe 3101 SW 34th Ave #803	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	5:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Friday Board Game Night Bridge Club	Tampa Gaming Guild	5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
MTG: Commander FNM Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
🟦 Introduction To Focal Length & Lenses In Photography + Recommendations & Tips Online	Tampa St Pete Photography Community	6:00 PM to 6:40 PM EDT
Taps & Drafts | Casual EDH/MtG Social Night Industrious	Nerd Night Out	6:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT
Shut Up & Write!® Gulfport SumitrA Espresso Lounge +	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
MakerFX Maskerspace Laser Guild MakerFX Makerspace	MakerFX Makerspace	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Join our Facebook group! Online	The Pinellas County Young “Professionals”	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Tabletop: Friday Board Game Night 410 Dancing Water Dr	Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)	7:00 PM to 11:59 PM EDT
Taps & Drafts | EDH/MtG Night | Centro Ybor Big Storm Brewing Tap Room – 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
Solana Hackathon WorkGroup 1205 N Franklin St	Solana Tampa	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Friday night game night 🌱Indica Cafe 💨 Tampa Bay’s First & Greatest CBD Lounge	Indica Cafe Events	Friday, May 10, 2024 at 9:00 PM to Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 12:00 AM EDT
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Saturday, May 11

Event name and location	Group	Time
Creative business minds & coffee Foxtail Coffee & Kelly’s Ice Cream – Hunters Creek	Orlando Innovative Business Minds: Creative Strategy Meetup	8:00 AM to 9:30 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
FCCP – Learn the Ins & Outs of Lenses O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant	Florida Center for Creative Photography	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
Virtual Salesforce Office Hours Online	Tech4Good Tampa	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
Hiking and Brainstorming at Eureka Springs Park Eureka Springs Park	Walking Innovators Tampa	10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Doldricks: Spoopy Bones and Lunch at Smokey Bones Doldrick’s Escape Room	Orlando Escape Room Meetup	10:45 AM to 12:45 PM EDT
Dungeons & Dragons for Teens Saturdays Conworlds Emporium	Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup	11:00 AM to 2:00 PM EDT
Star Wars Legion: Clash on Coruscant Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	11:00 AM to 8:00 PM EDT
Winning The Week – 1st Meet Sage Biscuit Cafe	Winning The Week	12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG Campaign with Ray at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe Meeple Movers	Meeple Movers Role-Playing Games (RPG) Group	12:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Saturday DND Warforged Tabletop Games	St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group	12:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
“Fallout” Game Day Online	Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton	1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
FREE Fab Lab Orientation Faulhaber Fab Lab	Suncoast Makers	1:30 PM to 2:30 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
Laser Cutter Orientation (Members Only) Tampa Hackerspace	Tampa Hackerspace	2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Session 0 : Introductions and Character Building Workshop Online	One Shot Online DnD Sessions	2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Over the Board Chess Meetup in Tampa! Blind Tiger Cafe	Climbers of Mount Chesseverest	2:10 PM to 5:30 PM EDT
10 mistakes most entrepreneurs make networking event 600 Rinehart Rd suite 3080	Innovantia Marketing Agency	3:00 PM to 4:30 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
3D Print Orlando Community Meetup – May 580 Cape Cod Ln	3D Print Orlando – 3D Printing Community	5:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Trivia Night Chill Cawfee	Cawfee (Coffee) and conversations	5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Board Game Saturday Night at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe 3101 SW 34th Ave #803	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	5:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
IN-PERSON: The Birthday of Marcus Aurelius, Part 2 Panera Bread	Orlando Stoics	5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Lost Mines of Phandelver: Session 13 – DM Mike Coliseum of Comics – East Colonial	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	5:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Community Hang-out Night Online	Nerdbrew Events	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Golf Group – RPG One-Shots Online	Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament Balance Martial Arts & Gaming	Balance Martial Arts and Gaming	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
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Sunday, May 12

Event name and location	Group	Time
Safety Harbor Waterfront Park Safety Harbor Waterfront Park	Suncoast Drone Club	9:30 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
CRITICAL THINKERS SUNDAY Meetup AT Members Ken’s Residence on Siesta Key 391 Avenida Madera	Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group	10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Meet the RoBot – 1st Meet Starbucks	Orlando Bot Squad (Robotics)	11:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Warhammer 40K Happy Troll Games	Clermont Nerd Games	11:00 AM to 7:00 PM EDT
Thaliondor Practice Day! Brick City Adventure Park	Thaliondor: Fantasy and Medieval Combat	11:00 AM to 4:00 PM EDT
3D Printing basics MakerSpace Pinellas	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Venice Strategy Board Gamers Venice	Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton	12:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Board Games at Big Storm in Odessa Big Storm Brewing Co. – Odessa	Beyond Catan, A Group of Board Game Geeks	12:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Game Day at Southern Brewing Southern Brewing & Winery	Geekocracy!	1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
2ND SUNDAY OF THE MONTH BOARDGAMING AT NERDY NEEDS Nerdy Needs	Brandon Boardgamers	1:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
New Player Nights East Colonial – Tier 1 (Various DMs) Coliseum of Comics – East Colonial	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	1:00 PM to 5:00 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 Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	2:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Sunday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa Whole Foods Market	Chess Republic	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!	2:00 PM to 7:00 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
D&D Adventures with Kenny – the Lands of Faerun at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe Meeple Movers	Meeple Movers Role-Playing Games (RPG) Group	3:30 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Sunday Game Day Dented Keg Ale Works	Drunk’n Meeples West Pasco (Boardgames)	3:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Sunday Pokemon League Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	4:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Lecture Online	The Guild of Independent Game Developers	5:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Lankhmar: City of Adventure 1103 Fredrick Ln	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
Open Game Night Unlucky Roll Cafe	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Picnic and Concert in the Park! Free Florida Orchestra outdoor concert Online	Hosted By ► Tampa Bay Young Professionals Group	6:15 PM to 9:15 PM EDT
Find Your Funny Toastmasters Online	Toastmasters Division E	6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Games & Grog @ The Grove SoHo! Grove Soho	Nerdbrew Events	7:00 PM to 10:00 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

Here’s the “official unofficial” list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for Monday, March 4 through Sunday, March 10, 2024.

This week’s events

• Monday, March 4
• Tuesday, March 5
• Wednesday, March 6
• Thursday, March 7
• Friday, March 8
• Saturday, March 9
• Sunday, March 10

Monday, March 4

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Lets Play Pokemon! GO	Lets Play Pokemon Go Red Team	7:00AM – Monday, Mar. 4
In person at Fords Garage St Pete	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00AM – Monday, Mar. 4
Networking at Ford’s Garage	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:00AM – Monday, Mar. 4
Downtown St Pete Business Professionals Lunch	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:00AM – Monday, Mar. 4
Start the Week with more connections MONDAYS at Romi’s Tacos All Welcome!	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:30AM – Monday, Mar. 4
Networking at Romi’s Tacos	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Monday, Mar. 4
Business Networking Meeting	Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	11:30AM – Monday, Mar. 4
In PERSON Networking Lunch East Brandon Reserve your seat	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Monday, Mar. 4
Monday Business Introductions at Romi’s Taco’s	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30AM – Monday, Mar. 4
St. Pete Networking Lunch! Fords Garage! Monday’s	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Monday, Mar. 4
How to Turn Your Startup Vision into Reality: Lessons from Startup Founders	Tampa Startup Founder 101	1:00PM – Monday, Mar. 4
Florida Botanical Gardens – Free!!!	Saint Petersburg Fun Friends Group + Hiking/Biking 45+	1:00PM – Monday, Mar. 4
Introduction To The Exposure Triangle- Settings, Shooting Modes & Light Metering	Beginner Hobby and Amateur Photographers Of Tampa St Pete	6:00PM – Monday, Mar. 4
March Book: The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict	Wines Between the Reading	6:00PM – Monday, Mar. 4
Monday Feast & Game Night	Tampa Bay Tabletoppers	6:00PM – Monday, Mar. 4
Speakeasy Toastmasters #4698	Toastmasters District 48	6:00PM – Monday, Mar. 4
MTG: Commander Night	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Monday, Mar. 4
Root w/Advanced Setup	Sarasota Strategy Board Game League	6:00PM – Monday, Mar. 4
Monday Weekly Board Game Night! (Lazy Moon Colonial Location)	Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar	6:00PM – Monday, Mar. 4
North Port Toastmasters Meets Online!!	Toastmasters District 48	6:30PM – Monday, Mar. 4
Three Bridges Brewing Trivia Night with the Smartphone Trivia Game Show	Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice	6:30PM – Monday, Mar. 4
How To Shoot Event Photography- Methods, Fundamentals, Techniques & Image Study!	Beginner Hobby and Amateur Photographers Of Tampa St Pete	7:00PM – Monday, Mar. 4
Board Game Night at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	7:00PM – Monday, Mar. 4
Stirling Toastmasters Club #7461614	Toastmasters District 48	7:00PM – Monday, Mar. 4
Members as far back as 2008 can access their photos	School is closed- Light Study PRO – A Photography Workshop	7:00PM – Monday, Mar. 4
ONLINE: Comparing Shoshin to Stoicism, Part 2	Orlando Stoics	7:00PM – Monday, Mar. 4
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom)	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	7:00PM – Monday, Mar. 4
DigiMondays	Sunshine Games	7:30PM – Monday, Mar. 4
Weekly Meetup	Beginning Web Development	8:00PM – Monday, Mar. 4
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Tuesday, March 5

On Tuesday at 10 a.m., Computer Coach will hold their online session, “How to Bounce Back from a Layoff Because Luck is NOT a Strategy.” They’ll discuss actionable steps you should be taking to help you bounce back from a layoff and reduce your unemployment time to get back to work quickly. Find out more and register here.

At 6 p.m. at Green Bench Brewing in St. Pete, St. Pete AI are hosting their “Building an AI Chatbot” meetup, where they’ll discuss prominent figures and business in the AI industry and innovative AI projects developed in St. Petersburg. There’ll also be opportunities to meet your fellow local AI enthusiasts! Find out more and register here.

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Lets Play Pokemon! GO	Lets Play Pokemon Go Red Team	7:00AM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Venice Area Toastmasters Club #5486	Toastmasters District 48	7:30AM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
NPI St. Pete Business Builders Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	7:30AM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
How to Bounce Back from a Layoff Because Luck is NOT a Strategy	Front End Creatives	10:00AM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
How to Bounce Back from a Layoff Because Luck is NOT a Strategy	Tampa Cybersecurity Training	10:00AM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
How to Bounce Back from a Layoff Because Luck is NOT a Strategy	Tech Success Network	10:00AM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Westchase Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome JOIN us and connect!	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:00AM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Tuesday Westchase Business Networking Lunch at Sea Glass Tavern	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:00AM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Westchase Professional Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00AM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Networking at SeaGlass Tavern~ All Welcome, join us!!!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:00AM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Westchase Professionals Business Networking Lunch -Grand Hacienda 11955 Sheldon	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Professional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	11:30AM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
New Tampa Networking Lunch at Glory Day’s Grill New Tampa	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	11:30AM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Networking at Glory Days Grill	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
New Tampa RGA Chapter ~ Glory Days Meet your next referral partner!	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Networking at AppleBee’s St. Pete	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
The Business Alliance Club	The Business Alliance	11:45AM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
The Business Networking Midday Power Hour by Simply Referrals on Zoom!!	Simply Referrals Tampa Business Networking	12:00PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
HEALTH FREE WEBINAR – Focus & Productivity Hacks	Tampa Small Business Owners – EVERYONE WELCOME	12:00PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Becoming strategic, Christian Small Business Owners Networking + Discussion	Christian Small Business Owners → Education + Networking	1:30PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Chess club Tuesdays	Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup	4:00PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Weekly Open Make Night	Tampa Hackerspace	6:00PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Magic: The Gathering Night at Felicitous	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	6:00PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
📸 An Introduction To Portrait Shoots For Photographers – Techniques & Tips 📸	Beginner Hobby and Amateur Photographers Of Tampa St Pete	6:00PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Building an AI Chatbot	St Pete AI	6:00PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Hobby Night	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Monthly meeting	Brooksville Book Writing Meetup Group	6:00PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Weekly Tuesday Evening Online Zoom Meeting	Pinellas Writers Group	6:00PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Authors Anonymous – Writing Group	Authors Anonymous – Writing Group	6:00PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Virtual Working Meeting: Website Office Hours for Nonprofits	Tech4Good Tampa	6:30PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa	Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa	6:30PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Build The Game Dots and Boxes in Flutter	GDG Tampa Bay	6:30PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Inaugural Meet and Greet plus Music Bingo at Bubba’s 33 – Wesley Chapel	Wesley Chapel Fabulous 40s and 50s Food and Fun Meetup Group	6:30PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
The Sarasota Creative Writers	The Sarasota Creative Writers Meetup Group	6:30PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Electronics Meetup	Tampa Hackerspace	7:00PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
D&D Adventurers League at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	7:00PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Dunedin Toastmasters – Guests Welcome! (Happy Hour to Follow)	Dunedin Toastmasters 2166	7:00PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Naples Toastmasters Club #2835	Toastmasters District 48	7:00PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
🟠How To Get Models & Actors To SHOW UP For Shoots – Reducing The Flake Factor🔵	Beginner Hobby and Amateur Photographers Of Tampa St Pete	7:00PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
MakerFX Makerspace 3D Printing Basics	MakerFX Makerspace	7:00PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Creative Speaking	Creative Speaking St Pete	7:00PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults	St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults	7:00PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Trivia Night with Trivia Nation	Trivia Night at Irish 31 Seminole	7:00PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show	Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice	7:00PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Neon Dreams Arcade	Gen Geek	7:00PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
AMA – Ask Me Anything Related to Photography, Computers and Software	Florida Center for Creative Photography	7:00PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Lapvona Full Book	No Tomes Allowed Book Club	7:00PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Let’s play chess at 54th Ave Kava House!	TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	7:30PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom	Shut Up & Write!® Tampa	7:45PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
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Wednesday, March 6

On Wednesday at 8 a.m., the Data, Cloud, and AI meetup group will host an online session: Our Future is AI: How to choose which one you want to live with. In this session, IBM Enterprise Architect Jason Garforth will talk about:

• How we got to “Generative AI” from early work in the 1940’s, what it is and what it is not
• What to look for in “ethical” uses of AI/GenAI
• Where it may be going with approaches such as NeuroSymbolic AI and SynAGI from IBM Research
• How to tell, in the near future, which AI’s you will want in your home and which ones you do not…

There’ll be another broadcast of this talk on Thursday afternoon!

Find out more and register here.

At 10 a.m., Computer Coach will hold an online “Talent Acquisition + Job Seeker Mixer” event, where you can meet with local corporate talent acquisition professionals, recruiters, and hiring managers from the comfort of your own computer (or phone). While it isn’t a hiring event, it is your chance to engage with local companies, ask questions, learn and make connections! Find out more and register here.

At noon, Women Who Code Tampa will host the online event, Technically Speaking: Fair & Equitable with Ally Financial. This talk will feature Dr. Samira Shaikh, Director Lead of Data Science at Ally Financial. She’ll will explore the realm of Fair & Equitable AI, drawing from her professional journey to answer your questions about AI and give you tips for success in navigating your career. Find out more and register here.

At 6:00 p.m. at Kforce, Tampa Devs will host the in-person session, Tuning Android app performance for 150 MILLION devices. This talk will be about how Amazon tuned the FireTV app Fire Channels to deliver a blazing fast experience for millions of devices and reduced app startup time by up to 70% in time for its release in 2022. This talk will also cover:

• Why mobile performance is important
• How to measure Android performance
• How to automate performance benchmarks in CI
• Performance best practices

Find out more and register here.

If you’re on the Pinellas side of the Bay and looking for something in-person to do at 6 p.m., Agile Lean Beer will be at OCC Road House & Museum in Clearwater! Find out more and register here.

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Lets Play Pokemon! GO	Lets Play Pokemon Go Red Team	7:00AM – Friday, Mar. 1
Grow Your Business with focused Referral Networking	BNI Tampa -Referral based networking	7:30AM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
St Pete Networking Breakfast at the Hangar Meet St Pete’s Top Pro’s All Weclcome	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	7:30AM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Networking at The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	7:30AM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
NPI Profit Partners Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	7:30AM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Tampa Highrisers Toastmasters	Toastmasters District 48	7:45AM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Our Future is AI: How to choose which one you want to live with	Data, Cloud and AI in Tampa	8:00AM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup	1 Million Cups – Orlando	8:30AM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Hyperledger webinar with JSCC/IBM: JSCC’s Besu Production Launch and Next Steps	Hyperledger Tampa	9:00AM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Alligator Lake Park. Updated post. Last post had wrong starting time.	Suncoast Drone Club	9:00AM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Talent Acquisition + Job Seeker Mixer	Tech Success Network	10:00AM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Talent Acquisition + Job Seeker Mixer	Front End Creatives	10:00AM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Talent Acquisition + Job Seeker Mixer	Career Success Academy	10:00AM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Talent Acquisition + Job Seeker Mixer	Tampa Cybersecurity Training	10:00AM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
In Person Networking BRANDON! Just Love Coffee Cafe – Brandon FL	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:15AM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Sun City Center Professional Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:30AM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Carrollwood Networking Lunch! Join us and win!	Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers	11:30AM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Networking at Glory Days Grill!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Brandon Networking Professionals Networking Lunch	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30AM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Carrollwood Professional Networking Lunch Wednesday All Welcome JOIN us	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Brandon Business Professionals Just Love Coffee	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:30AM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Brandon Business Professionals IN Person!!!!	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30AM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Networking at Just Love Coffee!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Business Networking Lunch	Bradenton/Sarasota Networking Meetings and Mixers	11:30AM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Technically Speaking: Fair & Equitable with Ally Financial | WWCode Global Event	Women Who Code Tampa	12:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Why Corporate Innovation Is Failing: Rethinking Strategies for Success	Tampa Startup Founder 101	1:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom)	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	1:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Inspiring Authors & Book Immersion Meetup	Lady Lake Memoir Writing Meetup Group	2:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Let’s Meetup to Discuss our trip to the French Riviera, Mar. 6, 3:00PM	Boomers Travel Together	3:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Wednesday Night Gaming	Brandon Boardgamers	5:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Playing Games in the Alley	The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play	5:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Bay pines toastmaster’s hybrid meeting	Bay Pines Toastmasters	5:15PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Felicitous Game Night w/Heritage Dim Sum	Tampa Game Nights	5:30PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Wednesday Board Game Night	Tampa Gaming Guild	5:30PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Felicitous Game Night w/Heritage Dim Sum	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	5:30PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Authors Anonymous presents Writing Workshop	Authors Anonymous – Writing Group	5:45PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Tuning Android app performance for 150 MILLION devices	Tampa Devs	6:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Casual Commander Wednesdays	Sunshine Games	6:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Agile Lean Beer (St. Petersburg)	Tampa Bay Agile	6:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Hobby Night – Minis Painting Tips & Tricks at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	6:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Our First in-Person Meetup	Southeast Opensource for IBM Z Meetup Group	6:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Great Big Trivia Wednesdays @ Terra Ceia Bay Country Club Palmetto 6-8PM	South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group	6:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Dungeons & Dragons One Shot Wednesdays	Clermont Nerd Games	6:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Trivia Night at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	6:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
1st & 3rd Wednesdays – Backgammon Casual Games	Sanford Backgammon Group	6:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Board Game Night at Deadwords Brewing	Brews N Board Games	6:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Monthly Meeting: Learn How to Write a Query Letter (That Gets a Response)	Prose Society Writers Group	6:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Yoga in Midtown	► Tampa Bay Young Professionals Group	6:20PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Advance Resin 3D Printing	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	6:30PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Blockchain and Crypto Investors and Enthusiasts	Web3Collab St. Petersburg	6:30PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
March Virtual Trivia Night	Project Management of Pinellas County	6:30PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Blockchain Investors and Enthusiasts	Blockchain and Crypto Investors and Enthusiasts	6:30PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Game Night!	Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers	6:30PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
🍷Therapist Wine Down 🎉	Tampa Bay Area Mental Health Professionals	6:45PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
EUCHRE @ FERGS!!! The hanger is closed for Grand Prix!	Castaways Euchre Club	6:50PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Validate Your 1st Profitable Print-On Demand Product – LIVE!	Tampa Bay Amazon Sellers E-commerce Meetup	7:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
🟪How To Use Rhythm To Improve Your Photography – Techniques & Lots Of Examples!	Beginner Hobby and Amateur Photographers Of Tampa St Pete	7:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Annie Leibovitz: Celebrity Portrait Photographer	The Art Of Photography – Tampa/St. Pete Chapter	7:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
MtG Modern Constructed at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	7:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings meet In-Person and Online	Toastmasters District 48	7:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Bitcoin Social	Tampa Bay Bitcoin	7:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis	Chan’s Book Club of Tampa Bay	7:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
FREE WEBINAR – HOW TO SELL ANYTHING TO ANYONE	Florida Small Business Owners	7:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Validate Your 1st Profitable Print-On Demand Product – LIVE!	Tampa Amazon Seller Meetup Group	7:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Magic Pioneer Event	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Nerd Night: Board Games and Beer at Deadwords Brewing	Adventures On Tap: TTRPGs and Board Games	7:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Annie Leibovitz: Celebrity Portrait Photographer	The Art Of Photography – Sarasota / Venice	7:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Books & Banter: Carrie Soto is Back	Library Book Clubs – OCLS	7:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
New Beginnings & Old Rivalries	Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	7:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Mastering Communication: A Key to Professional Success	Professionals Meetup For Networking And Social Skillsets	7:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Communication – Personal and Professional Growth	Make Contacts Meet People and Communicate	7:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Cardfight Vanguard!! OverDress Weekly	Sunshine Games	7:30PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Print-on-Demand Mastery: Launch a Lucrative Home-Based Hustle!	Digital Success Mentors – Tampa	8:00PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
Carollwood Professionals Networking Lunch!	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30PM – Wednesday, Mar. 6
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Thursday, March 7

In case you couldn’t make the Wednesday 8 a.m. talk, there will be another online session of Our Future is AI: How to choose which one you want to live with at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday! In this session, IBM Enterprise Architect Jason Garforth will talk about:

• How we got to “Generative AI” from early work in the 1940’s, what it is and what it is not
• What to look for in “ethical” uses of AI/GenAI
• Where it may be going with approaches such as NeuroSymbolic AI and SynAGI from IBM Research
• How to tell, in the near future, which AI’s you will want in your home and which ones you do not…

Find out more and register here.

At 5:30 p.m. at the Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, the Tampa Java User Group will feature the talk Wargames – Java vulnerabilities and why you should care. Gerrit Grunwald will talk about vulnerabilities in Java and Java-based applications. Learn the meaning of acronyms such as NVD, CVE, CVSS, CPU, PSU, and more — and how they’re related to Java security. You’ll also leanr about tools you can use to you to check whether your Java application is vulnerable to known issues. Find out more and register here.

At 7 p.m., the Tampa Bay Drupal User Group will gather at the Panera on Ulmerton Road in Clearwater to meet in person, eat, and talk Drupal! Find out more and register here.

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Commander Open Play Night at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	1:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Thursday Night Gaming	Brandon Boardgamers	5:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Tomb of Annihilation (T2-APL8)	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	5:30PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
2nd ed. AD&D Campaign.	Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group	6:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Pathfinder Society	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective	Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup	6:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
BABOK IIBA Tampa Bay Study Group	IIBA Tampa Bay	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
One Piece Thursdays	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
FABulous Thursdays	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament	Balance Martial Arts and Gaming	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Thursday chess at 54th Ave Kava House!	TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Smartphone Trivia Game Show at Wilders Pizza	Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Dungeons and Dragons with Donavan	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Live streaming production and talent	Live streaming production and talent	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Lets Play Pokemon! GO	Lets Play Pokemon Go Red Team	7:00AM – Friday, Mar. 1
The Business Networking Midday Power Hour by Simply Referrals on Zoom!!	Simply Referrals Tampa Business Networking	12:00PM – Tuesday, Mar. 5
Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	7:30AM – Thursday, Mar. 7
Business Over Breakfast ~ Happy Hangar IN PERSON JOIN US!	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	7:30AM – Thursday, Mar. 7
Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	7:30AM – Thursday, Mar. 7
Wesley Chapel/Lutz networking breakfast	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	7:30AM – Thursday, Mar. 7
LUTZ, FL – HAPPY HANGER CAFE THURSDAY NETWORKING	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	8:00AM – Thursday, Mar. 7
Running Hyperledger Besu in the Enterprise: What’s New and What’s Next	Hyperledger Tampa	11:00AM – Thursday, Mar. 7
The Founders Meeting where it all Began! JOIN us! Bring a guest and get a gift	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00AM – Thursday, Mar. 7
Clearwater Professional Networking Lunch	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:00AM – Thursday, Mar. 7
Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:00AM – Thursday, Mar. 7
Clearwater/Central Pinellas Networking Lunch JOIN us and connect your business	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:00AM – Thursday, Mar. 7
Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited!	Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	11:00AM – Thursday, Mar. 7
Lutz / Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch at Bahama Breeze!	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Thursday, Mar. 7
Lutz / Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch at Bahama Breeze!	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	11:30AM – Thursday, Mar. 7
Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	11:30AM – Thursday, Mar. 7
Breakroom Bar & Grill 11:28 Doors open at 11:00am IN Person	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Thursday, Mar. 7
NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	11:30AM – Thursday, Mar. 7
Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters	Toastmasters District 48	12:00PM – Thursday, Mar. 7
RPG: Pathfinder Society at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe	Meeple Movers Role-Playing Games (RPG) Group	2:00PM – Thursday, Mar. 7
Our Future is AI: How to choose which one you want to live with	Data, Cloud and AI in Tampa	3:30PM – Thursday, Mar. 7
Gulfport Scrabble and Social	Gulfport Scrabblers and Social	5:00PM – Thursday, Mar. 7
Guest Photographer Presentation and Discussion: Photojournalist Alan Youngblood	Ocala Photography Group	5:00PM – Thursday, Mar. 7
Wargames – Java vulnerabilities and why you should care	Tampa Java User Group	5:30PM – Thursday, Mar. 7
New Members Meet & Greet	Power BI Data Geeks Support Group	6:00PM – Thursday, Mar. 7
1st Thursday Networking Mixer, Romi’s Tacos & RGANetwork.net $10 cash at door	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	6:00PM – Thursday, Mar. 7
Business Happy Hour ~ Cafe Delanie 1st Thursday Every Month 6pm to 8pm	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	6:00PM – Thursday, Mar. 7
After Hours Mixer Romi’s Tacos! All Welcome $10 cash	Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers	6:00PM – Thursday, Mar. 7
March Book Club Discussion – Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky	Sanford Book Club	6:00PM – Thursday, Mar. 7
Chess night!	Lakeland Chess Meetup Group	6:30PM – Thursday, Mar. 7
Tampa Bay Drupal & Web Technologies Q&A. Everyone welcome!	Tampa Bay Drupal User Group	7:00PM – Thursday, Mar. 7
Shopbot Safety and Usage (Members Only)	Tampa Hackerspace	7:00PM – Thursday, Mar. 7
Operations Automation Office Hours	Tampa Robotic Process Automation Group	7:00PM – Thursday, Mar. 7
Country line @3 daughters	Gen Geek	7:00PM – Thursday, Mar. 7
March – The Last Bookshop in London	Books & Brews!	7:00PM – Thursday, Mar. 7
An introduction to SQL relational databases for complete beginners	Florida Software School	8:00PM – Thursday, Mar. 7
Weekly Hacks	Hacktivate – Hackathon Meetup Group	8:00PM – Thursday, Mar. 7
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Friday, March 8

On Friday at 10 a.m., join me and Computer Coach for the online session, Beyond the Circuit: The Everlasting Role of Hardware Skills. Software may be eating the world, but software needs hardware to run! In this talk, I’ll talk about the value of knowing how hardware works, as well as how to get started on building your hardware skills. Find out more and register here.

The big event of the week happens on Friday at 6 p.m. at the BX2 Event Space at University Mall — the Spring Technology Festival, which also happens to be a 50th birthday party for local techie-about-town Tracy Ingram! But it’s more than a birthday party; it’s a celebration of Tampa Bay’s tech scene, which has come a long way. The event will unite various local tech entities, highlight the achievements of women in technology, and generate support for Girls Who Code. It’s not just a celebration of historical milestones but also a platform to foster future innovations and collaborations in the Tampa Bay tech community. If you’re interested in our local tech scene, join us at this event! Find out more and register here.

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Lets Play Pokemon! GO	Lets Play Pokemon Go Red Team	7:00AM – Friday, Mar. 1
Improve your communication, listening, and leadership skills	Winter Park Toastmasters – Learn while having FUN!	7:15AM – Friday, Mar. 1
Caffeine & Connections: Friday Fuel for Black Professionals	Pinellas County Black Business Meetup Group	8:00AM – Friday, Mar. 1
A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Business Networking All Welcome!	Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton	8:45AM – Friday, Mar. 1
Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Friday Morning All WElCOME	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	8:45AM – Friday, Mar. 1
A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Virtual Business Networking	Network & Social – Orlando Networking Events	8:45AM – Friday, Mar. 1
Business over Breakfast Clearwater	Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers	9:00AM – Friday, Mar. 1
Networking over breakfast	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	9:00AM – Friday, Mar. 1
FBI ~ Friday Business Introductions at Largo Family Restaurant	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	9:00AM – Friday, Mar. 1
Online Networking with Brandon Biz Pros	Brandon Biz Pros	9:00AM – Friday, Mar. 1
Toastmasters – Improve Speaking Skills & Build Confidence	Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	9:30AM – Friday, Mar. 1
Beyond the Circuit: The Everlasting Role of Hardware Skills	Career Success Academy	10:00AM – Friday, Mar. 8
Beyond the Circuit: The Everlasting Role of Hardware Skills	Front End Creatives	10:00AM – Friday, Mar. 8
Beyond the Circuit: The Everlasting Role of Hardware Skills	Tech Success Network	10:00AM – Friday, Mar. 8
Beyond the Circuit: The Everlasting Role of Hardware Skills	Tampa Cybersecurity Training	10:00AM – Friday, Mar. 8
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorm together	Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorming together	10:00AM – Friday, Mar. 1
International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:30AM – Friday, Mar. 1
Friday International Business Introductions at McAlisters Westshore	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Friday, Mar. 1
Westshore Business Networking Lunch at McAlisters Deli Every Friday All Welcome	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Friday, Mar. 1
International Professionals Networking Meeting	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30AM – Friday, Mar. 1
Friday Business Introductions Tampa	Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers	11:30AM – Friday, Mar. 1
International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:30AM – Friday, Mar. 1
International Networking Westshore McAlisters Deli	Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	11:30AM – Friday, Mar. 1
International Professionals Networking Meeting	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30AM – Friday, Mar. 1
International Professionals Networking Meeting	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30AM – Friday, Mar. 1
WORKSHOP: Transform Your Business with Smart Bookkeeping!	Florida Small Business Owners	12:00PM – Friday, Mar. 1
WORKSHOP – Elevate Your Earnings: Strategic Bookkeeping Wins!	Tampa Small Business Owners – EVERYONE WELCOME	12:00PM – Friday, Mar. 1
Pokémon Tournament Battles for a Prize!	Orlando Pokemon Tournament Meet up	2:00PM – Friday, Mar. 1
WEEKLY FRIDAY NIGHT GAMING AT GAMER’S COMMAND	Brandon Boardgamers	5:00PM – Friday, Mar. 1
Board Game Night!	Clermont Nerd Games	5:00PM – Friday, Mar. 1
Lets Play Pokemon!	Lake Mary Pokemon Meetup Group Lets Play	5:00PM – Friday, Mar. 1
Friday Board Game Night	Tampa Gaming Guild	5:30PM – Friday, Mar. 1
Taps & Drafts | Casual EDH/MtG Social Night	Nerd Night Out	6:00PM – Friday, Mar. 1
MTG: Commander FNM	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Friday, Mar. 1
GROWTH MINDSET	Self-Perfected Orlando	6:00PM – Friday, Mar. 1
Taps & Drafts | EDH/MtG Night | Centro Ybor	Nerdbrew Events	7:00PM – Friday, Mar. 1
Modern FNM	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Friday, Mar. 1
Friday Pokemon Tournament	Sunshine Games	7:30PM – Friday, Mar. 1
Friday night game night	Indica Cafe Events	9:00PM – Friday, Mar. 1
Virtual “2nd Fridays” Lean Coffee Orlando	Agile Orlando	7:30AM – Friday, Mar. 8
Focused conversation for documentarians	Write the Docs Florida	8:30AM – Friday, Mar. 8
Local Stories Live! Hillsborough County	Suncoast Credit Union Micro Enterprise Development Meetup	9:00AM – Friday, Mar. 8
St. Petersburg Grand Prix	The Art Of Photography – Tampa/St. Pete Chapter	10:00AM – Friday, Mar. 8
WINTER PARK: Join us for outrageous connection, growth and networking too!	Powerful Women Networking	11:30AM – Friday, Mar. 8
Spring Technology Festival – 50 years of Tampa Tech	Girls in Tech Tampa Bay	6:00PM – Friday, Mar. 8
Tracy Ingrams Birthday & Spring Technology Festival – 50 years of Tampa Tech	BarCamp Tampa Bay	6:00PM – Friday, Mar. 8
Spring Technology Festival – 50 years of Tampa Tech	Tampa Lean Startup Circle	6:00PM – Friday, Mar. 8
Dog-friendly Speed Dating & Singles Mixer	The Pinellas County Young “Professionals”	6:00PM – Friday, Mar. 8
Blood on the Clocktower at Blackbird Comics and Coffeehouse	Sunshine Social Deduction Gaming	6:00PM – Friday, Mar. 8
Cursed Court with Nicko at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	6:00PM – Friday, Mar. 8
Shut Up & Write!® Gulfport	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	6:30PM – Friday, Mar. 8
Anatomy of a Fall @ Eckerd College	The Tampa Bay Movie Fans Meetup Group	6:45PM – Friday, Mar. 8
New Member Meet and Greet at Casa Santo Stefano | Sicilian Restaurant | Ybor	TAMPA TRAVEL AND MEETUP GROUP	7:00PM – Friday, Mar. 8
MakerFX Maskerspace Laser Guild	MakerFX Makerspace	7:00PM – Friday, Mar. 8
Book Discussion: Circe	Pages and Plates Book Club	7:00PM – Friday, Mar. 8
Horror Friends Movie Night – Imaginary!!!	Horror Fan Fun Time Gang	7:45PM – Friday, Mar. 8
✨🎮 Free Workshop | Game Concept Realization – 📅 Mar 8th @ 9 PM EST	Orlando Unity Developers Group	9:00PM – Friday, Mar. 8
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Saturday, March 9

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament	Balance Martial Arts and Gaming	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Lets Play Pokemon! GO	Lets Play Pokemon Go Red Team	7:00AM – Friday, Mar. 1
Pokémon Tournament Battles for a Prize!	Orlando Pokemon Tournament Meet up	2:00PM – Friday, Mar. 1
Lets Play Pokemon!	Lake Mary Pokemon Meetup Group Lets Play	5:00PM – Friday, Mar. 1
Wake Up and Think Clearly Saturday morning share and discuss.	Central Florida Philosophy Meetup	7:00AM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Creative business minds & coffee	Orlando Innovative Business Minds: Creative Strategy Meetup	8:00AM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Early Bird Ocala	Toastmasters Division G	8:00AM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Saturday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa	Chess Republic	9:30AM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Dungeons & Dragons for Teens Saturdays	Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup	11:00AM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Winning The Week – 1st Meet	Winning The Week	12:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
FREE Fab Lab Orientation	Suncoast Makers	1:30PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Y Read: Book Read Aloud	Library Book Clubs – OCLS	1:30PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Social climbing of Mount Chesseverest	Climbers of Mount Chesseverest	2:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Board Game Saturday Night at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	5:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Community Hang-out Night	Nerdbrew Events	6:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
🌐 SAT 3/9 at 10 AM ONLINE PHOTOGRAPHY CRITIQUE PROGRAM	The Art Of Photography – Tampa/St. Pete Chapter	10:00AM – Saturday, Mar. 9
Bravo Group Campaign Continues	Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)	11:00AM – Saturday, Mar. 9
JASNA March Meeting	The Jane Austen Book Club	11:00AM – Saturday, Mar. 9
Come For Lunch and Good Company!	Adults With High-Functioning Autism Tampa Meetup Group	12:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 9
ChatGPT Plus: The Amazon Seller’s New Best Friend	Tampa Amazon Seller Meetup Group	1:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 9
Prehistoric Predators at ZooTampa	Geekocracy!	1:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 9
Coach Me If You Can!	New Entrepreneurship Connections	1:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 9
GOAL SETTING VIRTUAL WORKSHOP:Create 2+ Ideal Action Plans to Achieve Your Goals	Beast Mode Networking Orlando	1:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 9
Weekend Gaming in Dunedin	Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers	1:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 9
Star Wars Armada Tournament	Critical Hit Games	1:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 9
Laser Cutter Orientation (Members Only)	Tampa Hackerspace	2:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 9
Radiant Citadel Adventures: Tier 1	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	2:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 9
MURDER IN PARADISE: A Braden River Library Presentation	Florida Gulf Coast Chapter of Sisters in Crime	2:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 9
Dune Part Two, on Saturday March 9	The Tampa Bay Movie Fans Meetup Group	3:15PM – Saturday, Mar. 9
Meetup 🥒🥎: Pickleball 🏓 then 🍔🍻	Tampa Bay Web3 Frens	4:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 9
Meta Minds Meetup	Meta Minds Meetup Philosophy science and human experience	4:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 9
Game Night 2nd Saturday of each Month 4 – 10 PM	Seminole Isle Board Games & Fun Group	4:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 9
Monthly Bitcoin: Q and A	Bitcoin Orlando	4:30PM – Saturday, Mar. 9
Conscious Party	Tampa Bay Web3 Frens	7:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 9
Light Painting (playing with light) – Arboretum – 7pm – 2 Hours	Tampa Photography Group	7:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 9
Tour of Destruction! Demolition Derby Extravanaganza	Gen Geek	7:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 9
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Sunday, March 10

On Sunday at 11 a.m. at the Embassy Suites in Brandon, Moonpreneur is hosting a free robotics workshop for kids 7 – 14 years old. Find out more and register here.

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Lets Play Pokemon! GO	Lets Play Pokemon Go Red Team	7:00AM – Friday, Mar. 1
Pokémon Tournament Battles for a Prize!	Orlando Pokemon Tournament Meet up	2:00PM – Friday, Mar. 1
Lets Play Pokemon!	Lake Mary Pokemon Meetup Group Lets Play	5:00PM – Friday, Mar. 1
Warhammer 40K	Clermont Nerd Games	11:00AM – Sunday, Mar. 3
Thaliondor Practice Day!	Thaliondor: Fantasy and Medieval Combat	11:00AM – Sunday, Mar. 3
Board Games at Big Storm in Odessa	Beyond Catan, A Group of Board Game Geeks	12:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 3
Venice Strategy Board Gamers	Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton	12:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 3
Sunday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa	Chess Republic	2:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 3
D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	2:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 3
D&D Adventurers League	Critical Hit Games	2:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 3
Sunday Pokemon League	Sunshine Games	4:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 3
Sunday Game Day	Drunk’n Meeples West Pasco (Boardgames)	4:30PM – Sunday, Mar. 3
Lankhmar: City of Adventure	Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group	5:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 3
Open Game Night	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	6:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 3
A Duck Presents NB Movie Night	Nerd Night Out	7:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 3
Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck!	Nerdbrew Events	7:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 3
🌐 SUN 3/10 at 10 AM ONLINE PHOTOGRAPHY CRITIQUE PROGRAM	The Art Of Photography – Tampa/St. Pete Chapter	10:00AM – Sunday, Mar. 10
CRITICAL THINKERS SUNDAY Meetup AT Members Ken’s Residence on Siesta Key	Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group	10:00AM – Sunday, Mar. 10
FPV At The Ninja Training Grounds	Tampa Bay Drone Club	10:30AM – Sunday, Mar. 10
Eureka Springs Park	Gen Geek	12:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 10
3D Printing basics	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	12:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 10
Writing Meet-Up: Let’s Get to Work!	Prose Society Writers Group	12:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 10
Monthly Gaming at the Deltona Library	Board Gamers of West Volusia	12:30PM – Sunday, Mar. 10
3D designing	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	1:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 10
CSYPs Second Sunday Brunch (Picnic)	Christian Single Young Professionals CSYPs	1:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 10
2ND SUNDAY OF THE MONTH BOARDGAMING AT NERDY NEEDS	Brandon Boardgamers	1:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 10
Entrepreneur Classes Preview	New Entrepreneurship Connections	1:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 10
New Player Nights: Downtime Day	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	1:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 10
In-Person Event: Free Robotics Workshop, Tampa, FL (7-14 Yrs)	In person Robotics Meetup Group For Kids	2:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 10
[FREE WORKSHOP] – Delegating 2024: Pro Hints, Remote Aides Inclusive	Florida Small Business Owners	2:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 10
Please join us	Central Florida Computer Society	2:45PM – Sunday, Mar. 10
3D printing	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	3:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 10
Lecture	The Guild of Independent Game Developers	5:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 10
Alphabet Soup 2024 | Finding Letters in the World Around Us	Florida Center for Creative Photography	5:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 10
Find Your Funny Toastmasters	Toastmasters Division E	6:30PM – Sunday, Mar. 10
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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

Here’s the “official unofficial” list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for Monday, February 5 through Sunday, February 11, 2024!

This week’s events

• Monday, February 5
• Tuesday, February 6
• Wednesday, February 7
• Thursday, February 8
• Friday, February 9
• Saturday, February 10
• Sunday, February 11

Monday, February 5

On Monday at 5:30 p.m. at Brick House Tavern and Tap, there’ll be an in-person session about volunteering at the Synapse Summit conference (taking place on Wednesday, February 28 at Amelie Arena). It’s a way to attend Tampa Bay’s largest tech conference for free!
Find out more and register here.

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Lets Play Pokemon! GO	Lets Play Pokemon Go Red Team	7:00AM – Saturday, Feb. 3
In person at Fords Garage St Pete	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00AM – Monday, Feb. 5
Networking at Ford’s Garage	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:00AM – Monday, Feb. 5
Downtown St Pete Business Professionals Lunch	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:00AM – Monday, Feb. 5
Networking at Cafe’ Delanie	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Monday, Feb. 5
Start the Week with more connections MONDAYS at Romi’s Tacos All Welcome!	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:30AM – Monday, Feb. 5
Business Networking Meeting	Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	11:30AM – Monday, Feb. 5
In PERSON Networking Lunch East Brandon Reserve your seat	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Monday, Feb. 5
St. Pete Networking Lunch! Fords Garage! Monday’s	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Monday, Feb. 5
Monday Business Introductions at Romi’s Taco’s	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30AM – Monday, Feb. 5
In Person Synapse Volunteer Information Session	TECHnically Volunteers of Tampa Bay	5:30PM – Monday, Feb. 5
In-Person Synapse Volunteer Info Session + Happy Hour	Tampa Cybersecurity Training	5:30PM – Monday, Feb. 5
In Person Synapse Volunteer Information Session	Tech Success Network	5:30PM – Monday, Feb. 5
In Person Synapse Volunteer Information Session	Front End Creatives	5:30PM – Monday, Feb. 5
In Person Synapse Volunteer Information Session	Career Success Academy	5:30PM – Monday, Feb. 5
Tyler Specht: Engaging Perspectives	Entrepreneurs & Startups – Bradenton Networking & Education	5:30PM – Monday, Feb. 5
February Book: The Measure by Nikki Erlick	Wines Between the Reading	6:00PM – Monday, Feb. 5
Monday Feast & Game Night	Tampa Bay Tabletoppers	6:00PM – Monday, Feb. 5
Speakeasy Toastmasters #4698	Toastmasters District 48	6:00PM – Monday, Feb. 5
ROOKIES SPORTS BAR – SPRING HILL – LIVE TEAM TRIVIA !!!	America’s TriviAddiction	6:00PM – Monday, Feb. 5
Ankh Gods of Egypt – with Tomb of Wonders	Sarasota Strategy Board Game League	6:00PM – Monday, Feb. 5
MTG: Commander Night	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Monday, Feb. 5
Monday Weekly Board Game Night! (Lazy Moon Colonial Location)	Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar	6:00PM – Monday, Feb. 5
North Port Toastmasters Meets Online!!	Toastmasters District 48	6:30PM – Monday, Feb. 5
Three Bridges Brewing Trivia Night with the Smartphone Trivia Game Show	Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice	6:30PM – Monday, Feb. 5
Let’s Play Spades	Orlando Spades Meetup Group	6:30PM – Monday, Feb. 5
📷 Live! Interactive Workshop – Preparing your Images for Print	Tampa Chapter of Nature Photography Classes	7:00PM – Monday, Feb. 5
Board Game Night at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	7:00PM – Monday, Feb. 5
Stirling Toastmasters Club #7461614	Toastmasters District 48	7:00PM – Monday, Feb. 5
Members as far back as 2008 can access their photos	School is closed- Light Study PRO – A Photography Workshop	7:00PM – Monday, Feb. 5
ONLINE: Jean-Paul Sartre and Existentialism, Part 2	Orlando Stoics	7:00PM – Monday, Feb. 5
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom)	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	7:00PM – Monday, Feb. 5
DigiMondays	Sunshine Games	7:30PM – Monday, Feb. 5
Weekly Meetup	Beginning Web Development	8:00PM – Monday, Feb. 5
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Tuesday, February 6

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Lets Play Pokemon! GO	Lets Play Pokemon Go Red Team	7:00AM – Saturday, Feb. 3
Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 3
Venice Area Toastmasters Club #5486	Toastmasters District 48	7:30AM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
NPI St. Pete Business Builders Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	7:30AM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
Westchase Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome JOIN us and connect!	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:00AM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
Tuesday Westchase Business Networking Lunch at Sea Glass Tavern	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:00AM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
Westchase Professional Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00AM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
Westchase Networking Lunch -Grand Hacienda~ Meet your next referral	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:00AM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
Networking at SeaGlass Tavern~ All Welcome, join us!!!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:00AM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
Westchase Professionals Business Networking Lunch -Grand Hacienda 11955 Sheldon	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
Professional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	11:30AM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
New Tampa Networking Lunch at Glory Day’s Grill New Tampa	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	11:30AM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
Networking at Glory Days Grill	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
New Tampa RGA Chapter ~ Glory Days Meet your next referral partner!	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
Networking at AppleBee’s St. Pete	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
The Business Alliance Club	The Business Alliance	11:45AM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
The Business Networking Midday Power Hour by Simply Referrals on Zoom!!	Simply Referrals Tampa Business Networking	12:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
How to save 100 Hours a Month & Make More Money using AI & Automations	Tampa Entrepreneurs Network	12:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
Deploying a Network Using SmartBFT in Hyperledger Fabric 3.0	Hyperledger Tampa	12:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
Becoming strategic, Christian Small Business Owners Networking + Discussion	Christian Small Business Owners → Education + Networking	1:30PM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
Weekly Open Make Night	Tampa Hackerspace	6:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
Magic: The Gathering Night at Felicitous	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	6:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
Tallahassee Master Wedding Photographer Linda Long	Tampa Bay Photographic Arts Community	6:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
Tuesday Chess Meetup	Casselberry Kid-Friendly Chess Meetup	6:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
Hobby Night	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
Meet & Greet at O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant	Florida Center for Creative Photography	6:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
Monthly meeting	Brooksville Book Writing Meetup Group	6:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
Authors Anonymous – Writing Group	Authors Anonymous – Writing Group	6:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa	Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa	6:30PM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
Build The Game Dots and Boxes in Flutter	GDG Tampa Bay	6:30PM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
Weekly Group Meetings – All Writers Welcome!	Pinellas Writers Group	6:30PM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
The Sarasota Creative Writers	The Sarasota Creative Writers Meetup Group	6:30PM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
THS Member Meeting	Tampa Hackerspace	7:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
D&D Adventurers League at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	7:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
Naples Toastmasters Club #2835	Toastmasters District 48	7:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
MakerFX Makerspace 3D Printing Basics	MakerFX Makerspace	7:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show	Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice	7:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
Trivia Night with Trivia Nation	Trivia Night at Irish 31 Seminole	7:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults	St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults	7:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
Let’s play chess at 54th Ave Kava House!	TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	7:30PM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom	Shut Up & Write!® Tampa	7:45PM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
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Wednesday, February 7

On Wednesday at 6:00 p.m., the Data Analytics Tampa Bay meetup will take place at the Entrepreneur Collaborative Center. Find out more and register here.

At 6:30 p.m. at OCC Road House & Museum in St. Pete, there’ll be an Agile Lean Beer. They say: “Whether you’re a Scrum enthusiast or just curious about Agile practices, this is the perfect platform to exchange experiences, network, vent, and foster your Agile knowledge. All this while drinking beer together!” Find out more and register here.

Also at 6:30 p.m., Tampa Devs will hold a meetup at Kforce on Webflow, a visual, low-code tool for building websites. Tampa Devs says “This isn’t just about simplifying web design for non-devs; it’s about unlocking new potentials for seasoned developers like you, too.” The speaker will be veteran web developer Dan Denney. Find out more and register here.

Event name and locale	Group	Time
St Pete Networking Breakfast at the Hangar Meet St Pete’s Top Pro’s All Weclcome	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	7:30AM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Networking at The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	7:30AM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
DOWNTOWN ST PETE YOUNG NETWORKING PROFESSIONALS BREAKFAST AT THE HANGAR!	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	7:30AM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Tampa Highrisers Toastmasters	Toastmasters District 48	7:45AM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
What you need to know about the EU AI Act	Data, Cloud and AI in Tampa	8:00AM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup	1 Million Cups – Orlando	8:30AM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Webinar – Zapier for Nonprofits – Streamlining Workflows and Automating Tasks	Tech4Good Tampa	9:00AM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Dunedin Youth Guild Park	Suncoast Drone Club	9:00AM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Midjourney Prompt Help & Advanced FAQ with A.I. Creative Compass!	Midjourney A.I. Art Meetup Group	11:00AM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
In Person Networking BRANDON! Just Love Coffee Cafe – Brandon FL	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:15AM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Carrollwood Networking Lunch! Join us and win!	Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers	11:30AM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Networking at Glory Days Grill!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Brandon Networking Professionals Networking Lunch	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30AM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Carrollwood Professional Networking Lunch Wednesday All Welcome JOIN us	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Networking at Just Love Coffee!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Brandon Business Professionals Just Love Coffee	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:30AM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Brandon Business Professionals IN Person!!!!	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30AM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
NPI North St. Pete Networkers Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	11:30AM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Business Networking Lunch	Bradenton/Sarasota Networking Meetings and Mixers	11:30AM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom)	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	1:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Inspiring Authors & Book Immersion Meetup	Lady Lake Memoir Writing Meetup Group	2:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Playing Games in the Alley	The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play	5:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Wednesday Night Gaming	Brandon Boardgamers	5:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Bay pines toastmaster’s hybrid meeting	Bay Pines Toastmasters	5:15PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Felicitous Game Night w/Heritage Dim Sum	Tampa Game Nights	5:30PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Wednesday Board Game Night	Tampa Gaming Guild	5:30PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Felicitous Game Night w/Heritage Dim Sum	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	5:30PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Authors Anonymous presents Writing Workshop	Authors Anonymous – Writing Group	5:45PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Data Analytics – Tampa Bay – FEBRUARY MEETUP	Data Analytics – Tampa Bay	6:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Casual Commander Wednesdays	Sunshine Games	6:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Agile Lean Beer (St. Petersburg)	Tampa Bay Agile	6:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Hobby Night – Minis Painting Tips & Tricks at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	6:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Dungeons & Dragons One Shot Wednesdays	Clermont Nerd Games	6:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Trivia Night at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	6:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Monthly Meeting: Let’s Get Sappy – Learn the Rules of Rom Com	Prose Society Writers Group	6:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Webflow for Web Devs	Tampa Devs	6:30PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Advance Resin 3D Printing	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	6:30PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Blockchain Investors and Enthusiasts	Blockchain and Crypto Investors and Enthusiasts	6:30PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.tbic.us bi-monthly Meetup	Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.TampaBayInventors.org	6:30PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Game Night!	Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers	6:30PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Castaways Euchre Club	Castaways Euchre Club	6:50PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Listing Relevancy & SEO Structure	Tampa Bay Amazon Sellers E-commerce Meetup	7:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
[Virtual] Tampa Bay Bitcoin Meetup: News, Markets, & Community	Tampa Bay Bitcoin	7:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Listing Relevancy & SEO Structure	Tampa Amazon Seller Meetup Group	7:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
MtG Modern Constructed at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	7:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings meet In-Person and Online	Toastmasters District 48	7:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Nerd Night: Board Games and Beer at Deadwords Brewing	Adventures On Tap: TTRPGs and Board Games	7:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
New Beginnings & Old Rivalries	Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	7:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
Cardfight Vanguard!! OverDress Weekly	Sunshine Games	7:30PM – Wednesday, Feb. 7
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Thursday, February 8

On Thursday at noon, join Computer Coach’s online session, Your Journey: The Confident Coach’s Approach to Unlocking Your Potential. It will feature Confidence Coach Christy Howard, who’ll cover these topics:

• Strategies to unlock your hidden potential, both personally and professionally.
• Personal branding suggestions to enhance your career progression.
• Insights into the power of confidence for career and life success.
• Job search strategies, stress management, and tips to avoid imposter syndrome.

Find out more and register here.

At 6:30 p.m., Tampa Bay Women in Agile will host the online session “Never Would I Ever! Examining Your Agile Non-negotiables.” Using a new agile game adapted from the popular game “Never Would I Ever,” moderator Jenny Tarwater will help you tap into the diversity of participants’ experiences and beliefs to examine circumstances where a NEVER might become an experiment in MAYBE. Find out more and register here.

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament	Balance Martial Arts and Gaming	7:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 3
The Business Networking Midday Power Hour by Simply Referrals on Zoom!!	Simply Referrals Tampa Business Networking	12:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 6
Business Over Breakfast ~ Happy Hangar IN PERSON JOIN US!	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	7:30AM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	7:30AM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Wesley Chapel/Lutz networking breakfast	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	7:30AM – Thursday, Feb. 8
LUTZ, FL – HAPPY HANGER CAFE THURSDAY NETWORKING	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	8:00AM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Decentralized Identity: Connecting Besu, Cardano, AnonCreds, Cheqd, OIDC4VC, AFJ	Hyperledger Tampa	11:00AM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Clearwater Professional Networking Lunch	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:00AM – Thursday, Feb. 8
The Founders Meeting where it all Began! JOIN us! Bring a guest and get a gift	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00AM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:00AM – Thursday, Feb. 8
2024 FLORIDA STATE FAIR February 8th, 2024	Boomer Buddies of Tampa Bay	11:00AM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited!	Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	11:00AM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Clearwater/Central Pinellas Networking Lunch JOIN us and connect your business!	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:00AM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Lutz / Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch at Bahama Breeze!	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	11:30AM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Lutz / Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch at Bahama Breeze!	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	11:30AM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Breakroom Bar & Grill 11:28 Doors open at 11:00am IN Person	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Thursday, Feb. 8
NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	11:30AM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Your Journey: The Confident Coach’s Approach to Unlocking Your Potential	Tech Success Network	12:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Your Journey: The Confident Coach’s Approach to Unlocking Your Potential	Career Success Academy	12:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Your Journey: The Confident Coach’s Approach to Unlocking Your Potential	Front End Creatives	12:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters	Toastmasters District 48	12:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Telecom Park Toastmasters #6745	Toastmasters District 48	12:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Your Journey: The Confident Coach’s Approach to Unlocking Your Potential	Tampa Cybersecurity Training	12:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Commander Open Play Night at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	1:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Unlock Your Extraordinary Masterclass	Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events	2:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
RPG: Pathfinder Society at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe	Meeple Movers Role-Playing Games (RPG) Group	2:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
What you need to know about the EU AI Act	Data, Cloud and AI in Tampa	3:30PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Gulfport Scrabble and Social	Gulfport Scrabblers and Social	5:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Thursday Night Gaming	Brandon Boardgamers	5:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Tomb of Annihilation (T2-APL7)	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	5:30PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
2nd ed. AD&D Campaign.	Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group	6:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Nerdy Needs (Casual Thursday Commander Night)	Magic the Gathering Tampa/Brandon/St Pete	6:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Pathfinder Society	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective	Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup	6:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
A Ghostly Comedy and Mystery-Thriller	Vintage and Newer Movie Lovers	6:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Never Would I Ever! Examining Your Agile Non-negotiables – Jenny Tarwater	Tampa Bay Women in Agile	6:30PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Woodshop Tool Sign Off-Jointer, Planer, & Bandsaw (Members Only)	Tampa Hackerspace	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
BABOK IIBA Tampa Bay Study Group	IIBA Tampa Bay	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Operations Automation Office Hours	Tampa Robotic Process Automation Group	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
One Piece Thursdays	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
FABulous Thursdays	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Palm Harbor Toastmasters Club #8248	Toastmasters District 48	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
How websites are made: an introduction to JavaScript for complete beginners	Florida Software School	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Cribbage Game Meetup	Plant City Cribbage Card Game Meetup Group	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Thursday chess at 54th Ave Kava House!	TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Smartphone Trivia Game Show at Wilders Pizza	Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Dungeons and Dragons with Donavan	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Live streaming production and talent	Live streaming production and talent	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
Weekly Hacks	Hacktivate – Hackathon Meetup Group	8:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 8
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Friday, February 9

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Improve your communication, listening, and leadership skills	Winter Park Toastmasters – Learn while having FUN!	7:15AM – Friday, Feb. 2
A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Business Networking All Welcome!	Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton	8:45AM – Friday, Feb. 2
Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Friday Morning All WElCOME	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	8:45AM – Friday, Feb. 2
A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Virtual Business Networking	Network & Social – Orlando Networking Events	8:45AM – Friday, Feb. 2
Networking over breakfast	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	9:00AM – Friday, Feb. 2
Business over Breakfast Clearwater	Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers	9:00AM – Friday, Feb. 2
FBI ~ Friday Business Introductions at Largo Family Restaurant	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	9:00AM – Friday, Feb. 2
Online Networking with Brandon Biz Pros	Brandon Biz Pros	9:00AM – Friday, Feb. 2
Toastmasters – Improve Speaking Skills & Build Confidence	Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	9:30AM – Friday, Feb. 2
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorm together	Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorming together	10:00AM – Friday, Feb. 2
International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30AM – Friday, Feb. 2
Friday International Business Introductions at McAlisters Westshore	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Friday, Feb. 2
Westshore Business Networking Lunch at McAlisters Deli Every Friday All Welcome	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Friday, Feb. 2
International Professionals Networking Meeting	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30AM – Friday, Feb. 2
Friday Business Introductions Tampa	Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers	11:30AM – Friday, Feb. 2
International Networking Westshore McAlisters Deli	Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	11:30AM – Friday, Feb. 2
International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:30AM – Friday, Feb. 2
International Professionals Networking Meeting	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30AM – Friday, Feb. 2
Pokémon Tournament Battles for a Prize!	Orlando Pokemon Tournament Meet up	2:00PM – Friday, Feb. 2
WEEKLY FRIDAY NIGHT GAMING AT GAMER’S COMMAND	Brandon Boardgamers	5:00PM – Friday, Feb. 2
Board Game Night!	Clermont Nerd Games	5:00PM – Friday, Feb. 2
Lets Play Pokemon!	Lake Mary Pokemon Meetup Group Lets Play	5:00PM – Friday, Feb. 2
Friday Board Game Night	Tampa Gaming Guild	5:30PM – Friday, Feb. 2
MTG: Commander FNM	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Friday, Feb. 2
GROWTH MINDSET	Self-Perfected Orlando	6:00PM – Friday, Feb. 2
Modern FNM	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Friday, Feb. 2
Dirty Dancersizing Class	Business Networking and Other Events	7:00PM – Friday, Feb. 2
Friday Pokemon Tournament	Sunshine Games	7:30PM – Friday, Feb. 2
Friday night game night	Indica Cafe Events	9:00PM – Friday, Feb. 2
International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30PM – Friday, Feb. 2
Virtual “2nd Fridays” Lean Coffee Orlando	Agile Orlando	7:30AM – Friday, Feb. 9
Social hour for documentarians	Write the Docs Florida	8:30AM – Friday, Feb. 9
Local Stories Live! Hillsborough County	Suncoast Credit Union Micro Enterprise Development Meetup	9:00AM – Friday, Feb. 9
WINTER PARK: Join us for outrageous connection, growth and networking too!	Powerful Women Networking	11:30AM – Friday, Feb. 9
Meet & Greet 2	Dropshipping Entrepreneurs of Tampa Bay	2:00PM – Friday, Feb. 9
Taps & Drafts | Casual EDH/MtG Social Night	Nerd Night Out	6:00PM – Friday, Feb. 9
Axis and Allies MB Classic Edition	Sarasota Strategy Board Game League	6:00PM – Friday, Feb. 9
Coyote & Crow RPG at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe	Meeple Movers Role-Playing Games (RPG) Group	6:00PM – Friday, Feb. 9
French Friday!	Sarasota LGBTQ Foodies	6:30PM – Friday, Feb. 9
All Good People Here at Francesco’s Maitland	Ladies Book & Explorer Club	6:30PM – Friday, Feb. 9
Shut Up & Write!® Gulfport	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	6:30PM – Friday, Feb. 9
Aftersun @ Eckerd College	The Tampa Bay Movie Fans Meetup Group	6:45PM – Friday, Feb. 9
Taps & Drafts | EDH/MtG Night | Centro Ybor	Nerdbrew Events	7:00PM – Friday, Feb. 9
MakerFX Maskerspace Laser Guild	MakerFX Makerspace	7:00PM – Friday, Feb. 9
Book Discussion: Banyan Moon	Pages and Plates Book Club	7:00PM – Friday, Feb. 9
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Saturday, February 10

On Saturday, Tampa Bay Techies is holding their monthly study group at Joffrey’s Coffee in Midtown. a space to socialize, show off your current projects, ask questions with others studying or working, and enjoy a nice cup of coffee! Find out more and register here.

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Pokémon Tournament Battles for a Prize!	Orlando Pokemon Tournament Meet up	2:00PM – Friday, Feb. 2
Lets Play Pokemon!	Lake Mary Pokemon Meetup Group Lets Play	5:00PM – Friday, Feb. 2
Wake Up and Think Clearly Saturday morning share and discuss.	Central Florida Philosophy Meetup	7:00AM – Saturday, Feb. 3
Saturday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa	Chess Republic	9:30AM – Saturday, Feb. 3
Winning The Week – 1st Meet	Winning The Week	12:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 3
FREE Fab Lab Orientation	Suncoast Makers	1:30PM – Saturday, Feb. 3
Y Read: Book Read Aloud	Library Book Clubs – OCLS	1:30PM – Saturday, Feb. 3
Social climbing of Mount Chesseverest	Climbers of Mount Chesseverest	2:30PM – Saturday, Feb. 3
Community Hang-out Night	Nerdbrew Events	6:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 3
Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 3
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament	Balance Martial Arts and Gaming	7:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 3
Venice Florida Rookery Nature Photo Walk	The Art Of Photography – Sarasota / Venice	8:00AM – Saturday, Feb. 10
February Study Group	Tampa Bay Techies	9:00AM – Saturday, Feb. 10
🌐 SAT 2/10 at 10 AM ONLINE PHOTOGRAPHY CRITIQUE PROGRAM	The Art Of Photography – Tampa/St. Pete Chapter	10:00AM – Saturday, Feb. 10
Coffee, Board Games, & Scrabble	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	10:00AM – Saturday, Feb. 10
St. Petersburg Fine Art Festival	Saint Petersburg Ladies Coffee and Culture Club	10:00AM – Saturday, Feb. 10
Midjourney Basics: Intro & FAQ with A.I. Creative Compass!	Midjourney A.I. Art Meetup Group	11:00AM – Saturday, Feb. 10
Star Wars Legion Spice Runners Open Tournament	Critical Hit Games	11:00AM – Saturday, Feb. 10
Bravo Group Campaign Continues	Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)	11:00AM – Saturday, Feb. 10
Meet & Greet	Parrish Entrepreneurs and Business Professionals	12:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 10
Adventures in Eberron, a D&D Campaign with J at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe	Meeple Movers Role-Playing Games (RPG) Group	12:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 10
Dunedin Mardi Gras 2024	VolunNetwork	12:30PM – Saturday, Feb. 10
Launch your POD e-commerce business in 5 simple steps	Tampa Amazon Seller Meetup Group	1:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 10
NNO Book Club: Kindred	Nerd Night Out	1:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 10
Launch your POD e-commerce business in 5 simple steps	Orlando Amazon Sellers Meetup Group	1:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 10
NETWORKING SKILLS WORKSHOP: Learn How to Create More Win-Win Outcomes!	Beast Mode Networking Orlando	1:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 10
Coach Me If You Can!	New Entrepreneurship Connections	1:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 10
Babcock Ranch Strategy Board Games – February 2024	Babcock Ranch Board Games	1:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 10
The Power of Mindful Awareness: Pulling Forward Psychedelic Reward States	Tampa Bay Psychedelic Community	2:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 10
In-Person Event: Free Robotics Workshop, Orlando, FL (7-14 Yrs)	In person Robotics Meetup Group For Kids	2:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 10
Create A Golden Girls Style Home	Living in Community Network	2:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 10
Radiant Citadel Adventures (Tier 1)	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	2:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 10
Afternoon Tea Party	Girly Girls of Venice	2:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 10
Game Night 2nd Saturday of each Month 4 – 10 PM	Seminole Isle Board Games & Fun Group	4:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 10
Monthly Bitcoin: Q and A	Bitcoin Orlando	4:30PM – Saturday, Feb. 10
Mid February Game Night Just Because We Can	New Port Richey Casual Games and Fun Socializing Group!	4:30PM – Saturday, Feb. 10
New Dating Card Game Night – Tampa	Heartled Dating Games – Tampa Bay	5:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 10
New Dating Card Game Night – Tampa	Heartled Dating: Promoting Healthy Values	5:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 10
3D Print Orlando Community Meetup – February	3D Print Orlando – 3D Printing Community	5:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 10
Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth Campaign	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	5:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 10
Valentwe’en 2024: Tell-Tale Heart	Spirits of St Petersburg Events	5:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 10
2024 Chinese New Year celebration dinner party	International Friends of Tampa Bay	6:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 10
Dunedin Mardi Gras Parade	Geekocracy!	6:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 10
Tampa Hackerspace Board Game Night and Potluck	Tampa Hackerspace	6:30PM – Saturday, Feb. 10
ONLINE NNO Book Club: Kindred	Nerd Night Out	7:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 10
Moulin Rouge @straz	Gen Geek	8:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 10
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Sunday, February 11

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Pokémon Tournament Battles for a Prize!	Orlando Pokemon Tournament Meet up	2:00PM – Friday, Feb. 2
Lets Play Pokemon!	Lake Mary Pokemon Meetup Group Lets Play	5:00PM – Friday, Feb. 2
Warhammer 40K	Clermont Nerd Games	11:00AM – Sunday, Feb. 4
Board Games at Big Storm in Odessa	Beyond Catan, A Group of Board Game Geeks	12:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 4
Venice Strategy Board Gamers	Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton	12:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 4
Sunday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa	Chess Republic	2:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 4
D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	2:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 4
D&D Adventurers League	Critical Hit Games	2:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 4
Sunday Pokemon League	Sunshine Games	4:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 4
Sunday Game Day	Drunk’n Meeples West Pasco (Boardgames)	4:30PM – Sunday, Feb. 4
Lankhmar: City of Adventure	Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group	5:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 4
Open Game Night	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	6:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 4
A Duck Presents NB Movie Night	Nerd Night Out	7:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 4
Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck!	Nerdbrew Events	7:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 4
NerdBrew Karaoke @ MacDinton’s!	Nerdbrew Events	9:30PM – Sunday, Feb. 4
Mobbly Beach Park	Suncoast Drone Club	9:00AM – Sunday, Feb. 11
🌐 SUN 2/11 at 10 AM ONLINE PHOTOGRAPHY CRITIQUE PROGRAM	The Art Of Photography – Tampa/St. Pete Chapter	10:00AM – Sunday, Feb. 11
Florida State Fair with the Geeks	Geekocracy!	10:00AM – Sunday, Feb. 11
CRITICAL THINKERS SUNDAY BRUNCH AT ROSEMARY & THYME	Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group	10:00AM – Sunday, Feb. 11
Open Fly @ Puryear Park	Tampa Bay Drone Club	10:30AM – Sunday, Feb. 11
Monthly Brunch (2nd Sunday) The Pearl – Tampa (Optional Ferry from St Pete!)	St. Pete Ladies Group	11:30AM – Sunday, Feb. 11
First Anniversary Party at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	12:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 11
Writing Meet-Up: Let’s Get to Work!	Prose Society Writers Group	12:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 11
Monthly Gaming at the Deltona Library	Board Gamers of West Volusia	12:30PM – Sunday, Feb. 11
3D designing	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	1:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 11
2ND SUNDAY OF THE MONTH BOARDGAMING AT NERDY NEEDS	Brandon Boardgamers	1:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 11
Entrepreneur Classes Preview	New Entrepreneurship Connections	1:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 11
New Player Nights East Colonial – Tier 1 (Various DMs)	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	1:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 11
Join us for the Windows Special Interest Group	Central Florida Computer Society	1:30PM – Sunday, Feb. 11
3D Printing basics	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	2:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 11
3D printing	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	3:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 11
BYOC Travel Buddies Meetup @ Round Lake Uptown	The Pinellas County Young “Professionals”	3:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 11
Lecture	The Guild of Independent Game Developers	5:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 11
Clearwater’s largest Super Bowl party	TB Chips – Poker	5:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 11
Alphabet Soup 2024 | Finding Letters in the World Around Us	Florida Center for Creative Photography	5:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 11
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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

Here’s the “official unofficial” list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the first week of 2024 — Monday, January 1 through Sunday, January 7, 2024!

This week’s events

• Monday, January 1
• Tuesday, January 2
• Wednesday, January 3
• Thursday, January 4
• Friday, January 5
• Saturday, January 6
• Sunday, January 7

Monday, January 1

Event name and locale	Group	Time
In person at Fords Garage St Pete	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00AM – Monday, Jan. 1
Networking at Ford’s Garage	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:00AM – Monday, Jan. 1
Downtown St Pete Business Professionals Lunch	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:00AM – Monday, Jan. 1
Networking at Cafe’ Delanie	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Monday, Jan. 1
Start the Week with more connections MONDAYS at Romi’s Tacos All Welcome!	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:30AM – Monday, Jan. 1
In PERSON Networking Lunch East Brandon Reserve your seat	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Monday, Jan. 1
Intro to Unreal Engine	Tampa Bay Community Network – Media Center	4:00PM – Monday, Jan. 1
Monday Feast & Game Night	Tampa Bay Tabletoppers	6:00PM – Monday, Jan. 1
Casual Pokemon League at Nerdy Needs	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	6:00PM – Monday, Jan. 1
Speakeasy Toastmasters #4698	Toastmasters District 48	6:00PM – Monday, Jan. 1
MTG: Commander Night	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Monday, Jan. 1
North Port Toastmasters Meets Online!!	Toastmasters District 48	6:30PM – Monday, Jan. 1
Three Bridges Brewing Trivia Night with the Smartphone Trivia Game Show	Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice	6:30PM – Monday, Jan. 1
Board Game Night at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	7:00PM – Monday, Jan. 1
Stirling Toastmasters Club #7461614	Toastmasters District 48	7:00PM – Monday, Jan. 1
Members as far back as 2008 can access their photos	School is closed- Light Study PRO – A Photography Workshop	7:00PM – Monday, Jan. 1
DigiMondays	Sunshine Games	7:30PM – Monday, Jan. 1
New Year’s Day Bowling Night! Pin Chasers	► Tampa Bay Young Professionals Group	8:40PM – Monday, Jan. 1
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Tuesday, January 2

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Venice Area Toastmasters Club #5486	Toastmasters District 48	7:30AM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
NPI St. Pete Business Builders Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	7:30AM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
Westchase Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome JOIN us and connect!	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:00AM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
Tuesday Westchase Business Networking Lunch at Sea Glass Tavern	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:00AM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
Westchase Professional Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00AM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
Westchase Networking Lunch -Grand Hacienda~ Meet your next referral	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:00AM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
Networking at SeaGlass Tavern~ All Welcome, join us!!!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:00AM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
Westchase Professionals Business Networking Lunch -Grand Hacienda 11955 Sheldon	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
Professional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	11:30AM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
New Tampa Networking Lunch at Glory Day’s Grill New Tampa	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	11:30AM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
Networking at Glory Days Grill	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
New Tampa RGA Chapter ~ Glory Days Meet your next referral partner!	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
Networking at AppleBee’s St. Pete	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
SWAT Networking Sarasota Luncheon	SWAT Networking – Successful Women Aligning Together	11:30AM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
The Business Alliance Club	The Business Alliance	11:45AM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
The Business Networking Midday Power Hour by Simply Referrals on Zoom!!	Simply Referrals Tampa Business Networking	12:00PM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
Weekly Open Make Night	Tampa Hackerspace	6:00PM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
Magic: The Gathering Night at Felicitous	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	6:00PM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
Disney Lorcana: Rise of the Floodborn League Round 2	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
Hobby Night	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
Meet & Greet at O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant	Florida Center for Creative Photography	6:00PM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
📸 An Introduction To Portrait Shoots For Photographers – Techniques & Tips 📸	Beginner, Hobby & Amateur Photographers Of Orlando	6:00PM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
Build The Game Dots and Boxes in Flutter	GDG Tampa Bay	6:30PM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa	Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa	6:30PM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
Weekly Group Meetings – All Writers Welcome!	Pinellas Writers Group	6:30PM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
Intermediate/Advanc­ed Spanish Conversation	The Spanish Language and Culture Group	7:00PM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
D&D Adventurers League at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	7:00PM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
Naples Toastmasters Club #2835	Toastmasters District 48	7:00PM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
Dunedin Toastmasters – Guests Welcome! (Happy Hour to Follow)	Dunedin Toastmasters 2166	7:00PM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
MakerFX Makerspace 3D Printing Basics	MakerFX Makerspace	7:00PM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
Trivia Night with Trivia Nation	Trivia Night at Irish 31 Seminole	7:00PM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show	Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice	7:00PM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults	St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults	7:00PM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
Let’s play chess at 54th Ave Kava House!	TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	7:30PM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom	Shut Up & Write!® Tampa	7:45PM – Tuesday, Jan. 2
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Wednesday, January 3

Event name and locale	Group	Time
St Pete Networking Breakfast at the Hangar Meet St Pete’s Top Pro’s All Weclcome	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	7:30AM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
DOWNTOWN ST PETE YOUNG NETWORKING PROFESSIONALS BREAKFAST AT THE HANGAR!	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	7:30AM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Networking at The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	7:30AM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Downtown St Pete Professionals Networking Breakfast	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	7:30AM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
NPI Profit Partners Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	7:30AM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Tampa Highrisers Toastmasters	Toastmasters District 48	7:45AM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup	1 Million Cups – Orlando	8:30AM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Networking Meeting- Weekly	North Venice Business Referral Networking Meetup Group	8:30AM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Midjourney Prompt Help & Advanced FAQ with A.I. Creative Compass!	Midjourney A.I. Art Meetup Group	11:00AM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
In Person Networking BRANDON! Just Love Coffee Cafe – Brandon FL	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:15AM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Carrollwood Networking Lunch! Join us and win!	Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers	11:30AM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Networking at Glory Days Grill!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Brandon Networking Professionals Networking Lunch	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30AM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Carrollwood Professional Networking Lunch Wednesday All Welcome JOIN us	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Networking at Just Love Coffee!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Brandon Business Professionals Just Love Coffee	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:30AM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Brandon Business Professionals IN Person!!!!	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30AM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Sarasota Business Networking Lunch All Welcome, Just purchase Lunch!	Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton	11:30AM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Business Networking Lunch	Bradenton/Sarasota Networking Meetings and Mixers	11:30AM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom)	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	1:00PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Play board/card games and make friends.	Daytime Board and Card Games	2:00PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Inspiring Authors & Book Immersion Meetup	Lady Lake Memoir Writing Meetup Group	2:00PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Wednesday Night Gaming	Brandon Boardgamers	5:00PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Bay pines toastmaster’s hybrid meeting	Bay Pines Toastmasters	5:15PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Felicitous Game Night w/Heritage Dim Sum	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	5:30PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Wednesday Board Game Night	Tampa Gaming Guild	5:30PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Casual Commander Wednesdays	Sunshine Games	6:00PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Hobby Night – Minis Painting Tips & Tricks at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	6:00PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Critical Hit Games: Board Game Night	The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play	6:00PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Board Game Night	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Dungeons & Dragons One Shot Wednesdays	Clermont Nerd Games	6:00PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Trivia Night at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	6:00PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Board Game Night at Deadwords Brewing	Brews N Board Games	6:00PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Monthly Meeting: Kick Off the Year with SMART Writing Goals	Prose Society Writers Group	6:00PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Galen Gareis/Iconoclast on Cables & Cords	Suncoast Audiophile Society	6:30PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Shut Up & Write!® [Tampa / Armature Works] – IN PERSON	Shut Up & Write!® Tampa	6:30PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Advance Resin 3D Printing	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	6:30PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Blockchain Investors and Enthusiasts	Blockchain and Crypto Investors and Enthusiasts	6:30PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Bitcoin Genesis Block Day 2024	Orlando Bitcoiners	6:30PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Game Night!	Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers	6:30PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
The Last House on Needless St -final	The Weirder Things Book Club	6:30PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Castaways Euchre Club	Castaways Euchre Club	6:50PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Global Tarot Circle on YouTube Live	Tampa Bay Area Tarot Meetup	7:00PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings meet In-Person and Online	Toastmasters District 48	7:00PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
MtG Modern Constructed at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	7:00PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Magic Pioneer Event	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
[In-Person] BITCOIN GENESIS DAY CELEBRATION!	Tampa Bay Bitcoin	7:00PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Workshop Wednesdays. Come Craft with Us.	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	7:00PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Nerd Night: Board Games and Beer at Deadwords Brewing	Adventures On Tap: TTRPGs and Board Games	7:00PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
New Beginnings & Old Rivalries	Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	7:00PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
How to Express Yourself and Connect with People	Professionals Meetup For Networking And Social Skillsets	7:00PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Communication – The Key to Connect	Make Contacts Meet People and Communicate	7:00PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Cardfight Vanguard!! OverDress Weekly	Sunshine Games	7:30PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
Carollwood Professionals Networking Lunch!	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30PM – Wednesday, Jan. 3
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Thursday, January 4

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	7:30AM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Business Over Breakfast ~ Happy Hangar IN PERSON JOIN US!	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	7:30AM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	7:30AM – Thursday, Jan. 4
LUTZ, FL – HAPPY HANGER CAFE THURSDAY NETWORKING	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	8:00AM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Tackle it in Ten – Entrepreneur Roundtables	Entrepreneur Round Table	8:30AM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Clearwater Professional Networking Lunch	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:00AM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Clearwater/Central Pinellas Networking Lunch JOIN us and connect your business!	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:00AM – Thursday, Jan. 4
The Founders Meeting where it all Began! JOIN us! Bring a guest and get a gift	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00AM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:00AM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Clearwater/Central Pinellas Networking Lunch JOIN us and connect your business	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:00AM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Lutz / Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch at Bahama Breeze!	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Lutz / Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch at Bahama Breeze!	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	11:30AM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	11:30AM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Breakroom Bar & Grill 11:28 Doors open at 11:00am IN Person	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Thursday, Jan. 4
NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	11:30AM – Thursday, Jan. 4
The Business Networking Midday Power Hour by Simply Referrals on Zoom!!	Simply Referrals Tampa Business Networking	12:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Downtown Tampa Toastmasters MeetUp	Downtown Tampa Toastmasters MeetUp	12:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters	Toastmasters District 48	12:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Telecom Park Toastmasters #6745	Toastmasters District 48	12:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Commander Open Play Night at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	1:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
RPG: Pathfinder Society at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe	Meeple Movers Role-Playing Games (RPG) Group	2:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Gulfport Scrabble and Social	Gulfport Scrabblers and Social	5:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
FCCP Weekly Photo Assignment 1: Swings	Florida Center for Creative Photography	5:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Tomb of Annihilation (T2-APL7)	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	5:30PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Extending UiPath RPA Processes with Java	Tampa Java User Group	6:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
1st Thursday Networking Mixer, Romi’s Tacos & RGANetwork.net $10 cash at door	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	6:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Business Happy Hour ~ Cafe Delanie 1st Thursday Every Month 6pm to 8pm	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	6:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
After Hours Mixer Romi’s Tacos! All Welcome $10 cash	Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers	6:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Nerdy Needs (Casual Thursday Commander Night)	Magic the Gathering Tampa/Brandon/St Pete	6:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
1st ed. AD&D Campaign.	Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group	6:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
After Hours Networking Happy Hour! Romi’s Tacos New Location	Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	6:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Business Networking Mixer 1st Thursday ~ JOIN us!	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	6:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Pathfinder Society	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
BotC night at Hourglass Brewery at the Hourglass District	Sunshine Social Deduction Gaming	6:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective	Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup	6:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Writing Meetup	Tampa Free Writing Group	6:30PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Tampa Bay Drupal & Web Technologies Q&A. Everyone welcome!	Tampa Bay Drupal User Group	7:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Shopbot Safety and Usage (Members Only)	Tampa Hackerspace	7:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Live streaming production and talent	Live streaming production and talent	7:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
[RESCHEDULED] Bitcoin Bay Year in Review	Tampa Bay Bitcoin	7:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
BABOK IIBA Tampa Bay Study Group	IIBA Tampa Bay	7:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Operations Automation Office Hours	Tampa Robotic Process Automation Group	7:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
One Piece Thursdays	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
FABulous Thursdays	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Virtual Business Networking – Entrepreneurs of Color	Business Networking for Entrepreneurs of Color	7:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Thursday chess at 54th Ave Kava House!	TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	7:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Smartphone Trivia Game Show at Wilders Pizza	Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice	7:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Dungeons and Dragons with Donavan	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	7:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Country line @3 daughters	Gen Geek	7:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
January – A Thousand Splendid Suns	Books & Brews!	7:00PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
Sip & share at Kava Culture	Tampa Speculative Fiction Writers Meetup Group	7:45PM – Thursday, Jan. 4
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Friday, January 5

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Improve your communication, listening, and leadership skills	Winter Park Toastmasters – Learn while having FUN!	7:15AM – Friday, Jan. 5
Toastmasters – Improve Speaking Skills & Build Confidence	Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	9:30AM – Friday, Jan. 5
First Friday WordPress Collaboration Meetup – January 2024	West Orlando WordPress Meetup	10:00AM – Friday, Jan. 5
Tsudoi	Tampa Japanese Meetup	7:00PM – Friday, Jan. 5
MakerFX Makerspace Soft Arts Guild	MakerFX Makerspace	7:00PM – Friday, Jan. 5
Tabletop: Friday Board Game Night	Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)	7:00PM – Friday, Jan. 5
Caffeine & Connections: Friday Fuel for Black Professionals	Pinellas County Black Business Meetup Group	8:00AM – Friday, Jan. 5
A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Business Networking All Welcome!	Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton	8:45AM – Friday, Jan. 5
Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Friday Morning All WElCOME	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	8:45AM – Friday, Jan. 5
A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Virtual Business Networking	Network & Social – Orlando Networking Events	8:45AM – Friday, Jan. 5
Networking over breakfast	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	9:00AM – Friday, Jan. 5
Business over Breakfast Clearwater	Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers	9:00AM – Friday, Jan. 5
FBI ~ Friday Business Introductions at Largo Family Restaurant	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	9:00AM – Friday, Jan. 5
Online Networking with Brandon Biz Pros	Brandon Biz Pros	9:00AM – Friday, Jan. 5
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorm together	Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorming together	10:00AM – Friday, Jan. 5
International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:30AM – Friday, Jan. 5
Friday International Business Introductions at McAlisters Westshore	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Friday, Jan. 5
Westshore Business Networking Lunch at McAlisters Deli Every Friday All Welcome	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Friday, Jan. 5
International Professionals Networking Meeting	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30AM – Friday, Jan. 5
Friday Business Introductions Tampa	Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers	11:30AM – Friday, Jan. 5
International Networking Westshore McAlisters Deli	Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	11:30AM – Friday, Jan. 5
International Professionals Networking Meeting	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30AM – Friday, Jan. 5
International Professionals Networking Meeting	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30AM – Friday, Jan. 5
WEEKLY FRIDAY NIGHT GAMING AT GAMER’S COMMAND	Brandon Boardgamers	5:00PM – Friday, Jan. 5
Board Game Night!	Clermont Nerd Games	5:00PM – Friday, Jan. 5
Friday Board Game Night	Tampa Gaming Guild	5:30PM – Friday, Jan. 5
Taps & Drafts | EDH/MtG Night	Nerdbrew Events	6:00PM – Friday, Jan. 5
Taps & Drafts | Casual EDH/MtG Social Night	Nerd Night Out	6:00PM – Friday, Jan. 5
MTG: Commander FNM	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Friday, Jan. 5
GROWTH MINDSET	Self-Perfected Orlando	6:00PM – Friday, Jan. 5
Modern FNM	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Friday, Jan. 5
Dirty Dancersizing Class	Business Networking and Other Events	7:00PM – Friday, Jan. 5
PVP Boardgame Showdown	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	7:00PM – Friday, Jan. 5
Friday Pokemon Tournament	Sunshine Games	7:30PM – Friday, Jan. 5
Weekly Meetup	Plant City Web Development Group	8:00PM – Friday, Jan. 5
Regular weekly meetup	Plant City Marketing Group	8:00PM – Friday, Jan. 5
Friday night game night	Indica Cafe Events	9:00PM – Friday, Jan. 5
International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30PM – Friday, Jan. 5
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Saturday, January 6

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Become an FCCP Supporter Plus & Access 100+ Hours of Educational Videos	Florida Center for Creative Photography	7:00AM – Saturday, Jan. 6
Landscape and Wildlife Photography – Anderson Blvd. – 8am – 2 Hours	Tampa Photography Group	8:00AM – Saturday, Jan. 6
Monthly In Person Group Meeting – All Writers Welcome!	Pinellas Writers Group	9:00AM – Saturday, Jan. 6
Midjourney Basics: Intro & FAQ with A.I. Creative Compass!	Midjourney A.I. Art Meetup Group	11:00AM – Saturday, Jan. 6
Weekly Workshop	Pinellas Community Code Workshop	12:00PM – Saturday, Jan. 6
Meet & Greet 1	Dropshipping Entrepeneurs of Tampa Bay	12:00PM – Saturday, Jan. 6
Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG Campaign with Ray at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe	Meeple Movers Role-Playing Games (RPG) Group	12:00PM – Saturday, Jan. 6
Street Photography @ Downtown Tampa (Free)	Tampa Bay Photo Walks	1:30PM – Saturday, Jan. 6
Singles Mixer & E-bike Tour	The Pinellas County Young “Professionals”	2:00PM – Saturday, Jan. 6
Game Day: First Saturday of Every Month	Indienomicon	2:00PM – Saturday, Jan. 6
The Covenant of Water Book Discussion	Tampa Bay Book Club	2:00PM – Saturday, Jan. 6
Outside the Binary Boardgame Meetup	Critical Hit Games	3:00PM – Saturday, Jan. 6
Outside the Binary Boardgame Meetup at Critical Hit Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	3:00PM – Saturday, Jan. 6
Exploring Shadows: Discussing ‘Blood Meridian’ by Cormac McCarthy	Erudite Epics Symposium	3:00PM – Saturday, Jan. 6
Marvel Champions Campaign at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	5:00PM – Saturday, Jan. 6
IN-PERSON: The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (Book 6)	Orlando Stoics	5:00PM – Saturday, Jan. 6
Lost Mines of Phandelver: Session 3 – DM Mike	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	5:30PM – Saturday, Jan. 6
Outback Steakhouse	Information Technology Orlando Group	6:00PM – Saturday, Jan. 6
Golf Group – RPG One-Shots	Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)	6:30PM – Saturday, Jan. 6
Wake Up and Think Clearly Saturday morning share and discuss.	Central Florida Philosophy Meetup	7:00AM – Saturday, Jan. 6
Saturday Morning Mindfulness and Spirit Walk	Living Metaphysical	9:00AM – Saturday, Jan. 6
Saturday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa	Chess Republic	9:30AM – Saturday, Jan. 6
Coffee, Board Games, & Scrabble	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	10:00AM – Saturday, Jan. 6
Winning The Week – 1st Meet	Winning The Week	12:00PM – Saturday, Jan. 6
Earning Your Living by Living Your Dream Preview	Orlando New Entrepreneurship Connections	1:00PM – Saturday, Jan. 6
FREE Fab Lab Orientation	Suncoast Makers	1:00PM – Saturday, Jan. 6
Community Hang-out Night	Nerdbrew Events	6:00PM – Saturday, Jan. 6
Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Saturday, Jan. 6
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament	Balance Martial Arts and Gaming	7:00PM – Saturday, Jan. 6
Tampa Nerd Online Hang-out & Game Night!	Nerd Night Out	7:00PM – Saturday, Jan. 6
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Sunday, January 7

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Dunedin Causeway	Suncoast Drone Club	9:00AM – Sunday, Jan. 7
CRITICAL THINKERS SUNDAY BRUNCH AT ROSEMARY & THYME	Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group	10:00AM – Sunday, Jan. 7
Plotter CriCut vinyl cutting	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	12:00PM – Sunday, Jan. 7
Steel MIG Welding Safety and Basic Usage (Members Only)	Tampa Hackerspace	1:00PM – Sunday, Jan. 7
Sunday Gaming	Tampa Gaming Guild	1:00PM – Sunday, Jan. 7
Eat, Drink, Discuss!!	Riverview Intellectual Discussions Meetup Group	1:00PM – Sunday, Jan. 7
T-Shirts and Caps printing	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	2:00PM – Sunday, Jan. 7
D&D Adventures with Kenny – the Lands of Faerun at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe	Meeple Movers Role-Playing Games (RPG) Group	2:00PM – Sunday, Jan. 7
Adult Game Night at Conworlds Emporium	Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup	4:00PM – Sunday, Jan. 7
Women’s Basketball 🏀	Women’s Basketball	5:00PM – Sunday, Jan. 7
RPG One-Shot, A continuing adventure in the setting of Symbaroum.	St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group	5:00PM – Sunday, Jan. 7
Sew Awesome! (Textile Arts & Crafts)	Tampa Hackerspace	5:30PM – Sunday, Jan. 7
February West Volusia Networking Social	Volusia Young Professionals Group (covers East and West)	6:00PM – Sunday, Jan. 7
FIELD TRIP: City of Orlando MLK March	Orlando Stoics	6:00PM – Sunday, Jan. 7
Warhammer 40K	Clermont Nerd Games	11:00AM – Sunday, Jan. 7
Venice Strategy Board Gamers	Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton	12:00PM – Sunday, Jan. 7
Sunday Chess at Grassroots Kava House in Ybor	Chess Republic	2:00PM – Sunday, Jan. 7
D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	2:00PM – Sunday, Jan. 7
D&D Adventurers League	Critical Hit Games	2:00PM – Sunday, Jan. 7
Sunday Game Day	Drunk’n Meeples West Pasco (Boardgames)	3:00PM – Sunday, Jan. 7
Sunday Pokemon League	Sunshine Games	4:00PM – Sunday, Jan. 7
Lankhmar: City of Adventure	Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group	5:00PM – Sunday, Jan. 7
Gospel Karaoke and Bible Study	Indica Cafe Events	6:00PM – Sunday, Jan. 7
Open Game Night	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	6:00PM – Sunday, Jan. 7
A Duck Presents NB Movie Night	Nerd Night Out	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 31
Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck!	Nerdbrew Events	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 31
NerdBrew Karaoke @ MacDinton’s!	Nerd Night Out	9:30PM – Sunday, Jan. 7
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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