Every week, I compile a list of events for developers, technologists, tech entrepreneurs, and nerds in and around the Tampa Bay area. We’ve got a lot of events going on this week (especially Wednesday, which has a whopping 22 events), and here they are!
This weekly list is posted as a voluntary service to the Tampa tech community. With the notable exception of Tampa iOS Meetup, which I run, most of this information comes from Meetup.com, EventBrite, and other local event announcement sites. I can’t guarantee the accuracy of the dates and times listed here; if you want to be absolutely sure that the event you’re interested in is actually taking place, please contact the organizers!
Monday, January 7
- Suncoast Developers Guild Junior — Intro to HTML/CSS (ages 8-12) @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Suncoast Developers Guild Junior — Intermediate JavaScript – Intro to Angular Framework (ages 13-17) @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Cool ‘n Confident Toastmasters @ SPC – St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Bitcoin — Mining Mondays @ Tampa Bay Wave, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- South Tampa Toastmasters @ Unity of Tampa, 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM
Tuesday, January 8
- Business Game Changers Group — Leads and Coffee @ Belleair Coffee Company, 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
- Entrepreneurs & Startups – Bradenton Networking & Education — The Entrepreneur’s Journey or Pick Up and Move On! @ Station 2 Innovation Center, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
- Westshore Toastmasters @ FIVE Labs, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
- Brandon Boardgamers — Tuesday Night Gaming @ Cool Stuff Games, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- IAMCP (International Association of Microsoft) Tampa Chapter — Tampa Chapter January Meeting – Topic: Azure Machine Learning and AI @ Microsoft Offices, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
- Tampa Software QA and Testing Meetup — Smart Automation – Today and Tomorrow @ Sogeti Tampa, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
- THS Member Meeting @ Tampa Hackerspace, 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- Florida Podcasters Association General Meeting!!! @ IHop (4910 Spruce Street, Tampa), 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- SEO Tips for Small Businesses @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Code Katas — Let’s Do Some Fun Code Challenges! @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- St Pete .NET Meetup — Whats new in .NET Core with Mark Dewey @ Bank of the Ozark’s Innovation Lab, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Anime, Nerds & Geeks — AMC $5 MOVIES @ 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM
- St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults @ Flying Boat Brewing Company, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Geekocracy! — Play ‘Overwatch’ Deathmatch at Geekout Games! @ Geek Out! Games, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Social Media Meetup — Web Entrepreneurs @ Tampa Bay Technology Center, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Woodshop Safety (Members Only) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:15 PM to 9:15 PM
Wednesday, January 9
- 1 Million Cups St. Pete — Organic Living DBA as The Vitality Center / Wannago Local @ St. Petersburg Greenhouse, 9:00 AM
- 1 Million Cups Tampa — Hillsborough Literacy Council / Jiffy Jitney ” JJ ” @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 9:00 AM
- Open/FREE Coworking for Women Tech Entrepreneurs @ FirstWaVE Venture Center, 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Blockchain Developers Meetup — Open code @ Tampa Bay Wave, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Sarasota IoT Creators, Makers, and Inventors Group — Introduction to Azure IoT Suite @ Station 2 Innovation, Bradenton, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Angular Meetup — Getting Started With Angular 7 and Angular-CLI Part Deux! @ South University – Tampa, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Nerd Night Out — Beer and Board Game Night St. Pete @ Avid Brew Co., 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Scrum Masters Guild — Release Planning for 2019 @ Grow Financial Federal Credit Union, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Crypto Investors Club @ Panera Bread (1908 4th Street North, Saint Petersburg), 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Tampa Writers Alliance Critique Group @ Barnes & Noble Carrollwood, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Learn to Code | Thinkful Tampa — Intro to Data Science: Build a Predictive Model @ Tampa Bay Wave, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Learn to Code | Thinkful Tampa — Free Frontend Crash Course: JavaScript Fundamentals @ Secureset Academy, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Geekocracy! — Listen to ‘The Florida Orchestra’ live at Armature Works! @ Armature Works, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Free Crash Course: Ruby on the Web @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Tampa Bay Data Science Group — TBDSG Standard Meeting: Round Table Discussion @ Alessi/Vigo Foods Bacardi Memorial Tasting Room, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
- Nerdbrew Events — Games & Grog @ Peabody’s Billiards and Games, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
- Women in Linux — Understanding Linux @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Suncoast Developers Guild — Open Code @ Marble Side Building, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Introduction to Fusion 360 @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- The Suncoast Linux Users Group — Meetup @ New HDR Location, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Bitcoin — Bitcoin Cash Meetup @ Tampa Bay Wave, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Carrollwood Toastmasters @ Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Thursday, January 10
- The Green Asterisk Coworking @ The Pearl, 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
- Brandon Boardgamers — Let’s Game on Thursdays @ Panera Bread (3490 Lithia Pinecrest Road, Valrico), 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM
- Tampa Bay Azure User Group — How to Construct a Cloud Roadmap @ CCG, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Lean Beer for All Things Agile (St Petersburg) @ Pour Tap Room, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
- Seffner D&D Meetup — 1st ed AD&D Campaign @ 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Front-End Design Meetup @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Building Blocks: Workshops for Your Business — Podcasting! Learn How to Podcast @ HQ Loft, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- IPAs and APIs — Reboot II @ Reboot, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
- Dunedin Beers & Board Games — Game Night @ Cueni Brewing Co., 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM
Friday, January 11
- Lean Coffee for All Things Agile (Waters Location) @ Panera Bread (6001 W Waters Ave, Tampa), 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
- Lean Coffee for All Things Agile (St Petersburg / Tyrone) @ Panera (2420 66th St North, St Petersburg), 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
- Café con Tampa — How the Next Generation Will Lead @ Oxford Exchange, 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
- MARS Astronomy Club — Dinner & Social before the M.A.R.S Meeting @ Perkins Restaurant (5002 E Fowler Ave, Tampa), 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
- Geekocracy! — Tampa Bay Grand Prix – Go-Karts! (Ladies Night Specials!) @ Tampa Bay Grand Prix Indoor Go Karts, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- SKILL: Intro To Soldering @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- The Anti- Small Talk Meetup — Deep Talk about New Years, Resolutions, and Self-Improvement @ Applebee’s (5779 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa), 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- MARS Astronomy Club — M.A.R.S Regular Monthly Meeting @ Perkins Restaurant (5002 E Fowler Ave, Tampa), 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Saturday, January 12
- Defcon813 — DC813 and FLGuns (Reddit) Shoot @ Saturday, 7:00 AM to Sunday, 9:00 PM
- The Tampa Bay Strobist and Photoshop Collective — Forgotten Fairy Tales @ 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
- R-Ladies Tampa — New Year, New Skills @ The Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
- Nerd Night Out — NNO Book Club: Alas, Babylon @ Noble Crust (11618 N. Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa), 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
- Cards Against Humanity – Tampa Bay and Lakeland — Onesie Bar Crawl – Tampa [Shared Event] @ 4:00 PM to 11:59 PM
- Seize Your Future, Reach Your Goals: Vision Board — The Road To Being Our Best Selves @ 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
- Geekocracy! — You Do The Dishes ceramic painting @ You Do the Dishes, 4:30 PM to 9:30 PM
- New Port Richey Casual Games and Fun Socializing Group! — FOOD & GAMES! DENNY’S! US 19 & SR 52! @ Denny’s (12105 Us Highway 19, Bayonet Point), 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM
- Dice Throne Season 2 Preview @ Critical Hit Games, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Sunday, January 13
- Game Club Tampa Meetup — D&D 5E campaign (LFP), bi-weekly @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Geekocracy! — ‘Geekdogcracy’! @ Fort De Soto Dog Park, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
- Family Open Make Day @ Tampa Hackerspace, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
- Sew What? (Textile Arts & Crafts) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Nerdy Girlies Group — Dave & Busters @ 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM