Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, December 15 through Sunday, December 21!
This list includes both in-person and online events. Note that each item in the list includes:
✅ When the event will take place
✅ What the event is
✅ Where the event will take place
✅ Who is holding the event
This week’s events
- Monday, December 15
- Tuesday, December 16
- Wednesday, December 17
- Thursday, December 18
- Friday, December 19
- Saturday, December 20
- Sunday, December 21
Monday, December 15
Tuesday, December 16
Wednesday, December 17
Thursday, December 18
Friday, December 19
Saturday, December 20
Sunday, December 21
| Event name and location | Group | Time |
|---|---|---|
| **DECEMBER** DOT, CRAK, BAM GATHERING The GoodEarth |
SRQ Mahjong Gathering | 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM EST |
| Sunday Gaming Tampa Bay Bridge Center |
Tampa Gaming Guild | 1:00 PM to 11:00 PM EST |
| Daggerheart “Assualt on Santa’s Workshop” Critical Hit Games |
Critical Hit Games | 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EST |
| D&D Adventurers League Critical Hit Games |
Critical Hit Games | 2:00 PM to 7:30 PM EST |
| Sunday Pokemon League Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! |
Sunshine Games | 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM EST |
| Sew Awesome! (Textile Arts & Crafts) Tampa Hackerspace West |
Tampa Hackerspace | 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM EST |
| Continuing adventures in the setting of Symbaroum. |
St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group | 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM EST |
| A Duck Presents NB Movie Night Discord.io/Nerdbrew |
Nerd Night Out | 7:00 PM to 11:30 PM EST |
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About this list
How do I put this list together?
It’s largely automated. I have a collection of Python scripts in a Jupyter Notebook that scrapes Meetup and Eventbrite for events in categories that I consider to be “tech,” “entrepreneur,” and “nerd.” The result is a checklist that I review. I make judgment calls and uncheck any items that I don’t think fit on this list.
In addition to events that my scripts find, I also manually add events when their organizers contact me with their details.
What goes into this list?
I prefer to cast a wide net, so the list includes events that would be of interest to techies, nerds, and entrepreneurs. It includes (but isn’t limited to) events that fall under any of these categories:
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- Programming, DevOps, systems administration, and testing
- Tech project management / agile processes
- Video, board, and role-playing games
- Book, philosophy, and discussion clubs
- Tech, business, and entrepreneur networking events
- Toastmasters and other events related to improving your presentation and public speaking skills, because nerds really need to up their presentation game
- Sci-fi, fantasy, and other genre fandoms
- Self-improvement, especially of the sort that appeals to techies
- Anything I deem geeky
