Technology accounts for 10.4% of Tampa Bay’s economy, and that’s why our tech scene is so lively!
Every week, dedicated individuals and organizations in around the Tampa Bay do more than just their “day jobs”. They get involved in events where they share their knowledge, make connections and friends, and gather together to build strong tech, entrepreneur, and nerd communities. That’s why I do this every week: I put together a list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events to make sure that they can be found and you can attend them!
Here’s what’s happening in Tampa Bay this week!
This weekly list is posted as a voluntary service to the Tampa tech community. With the notable exceptions of Tampa iOS Meetup and Coders, Creatives and Craft Beer — both of which I run — most of this information comes from Meetup.com, EventBrite, and other local event announcement sites. I can’t guarantee the accuracy of the dates and times listed here; if you want to be absolutely sure that the event you’re interested in is actually taking place, please contact the organizers!
Monday, November 11
- FREE Coworking Day for Veterans at Tampa Bay Wave @ Tampa Bay WaVE, 9:00 AM
- Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — Daily Campus Tours – SecureSet Tampa @ SecureSet, 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM
- Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group — South Tampa Referrals @ Wright’s Gourmet House, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
- Game Club Tampa Meetup — D&D 5E — Curse of Strahd (FULL) @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Cool ‘n Confident Toastmasters @ SPC – St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Brandon WordPress Meetup — TBA: Regular WordPress Meeting @ Bloomingdale Regional Public Library, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Pen Turning Class (Day 1 of 2) @ Tampa Hackerspace West, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Tuesday, November 12
- Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group — Carrollwood Networking Lunch McAllisters Deli @ McAlister’s Deli, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
- Westshore Toastmasters @ FIVE Labs, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
- Tampa NoSQL — Online Session: Step-by-step Cassandra Sandbox Installation @ 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
- Webinar: How to Optimize Your e-Commerce Store for the Holiday Traffic Surge @ Online, 1:00 PM
- Tampa Startup Ecosystem by StartupBlink — How To Support Your Startup Community @ Online webinar, 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
- 3rd Annual Frontier Fall Forum @ AdventHealth Training Center, 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
- Weekly Open Make Night @ Tampa Hackerspace, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Florida Podcasters Association General Meeting!!! @ IHop, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Their Eyes Were Watching Books – Classic Book Meetup — November Book Club @ 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Tampa JUG — Elastic APM: Touchless to Tracing @ Valpak Manufacturing Center, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- America’s TriviAddiction — WESTSHORE PIZZA – BELLEAIR BLUFFS – LIVE TEAM TRIVIA !!! @ 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Anime, Nerds, and Geeks — Konosuba -Gods blessing on this wonderful world @ 6:45 PM to 8:45 PM
- Code Katas — Let’s Do Some Fun Code Challenges! @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Blockchain Group — Pocket Network Presentation @ Tampa Bay Wave, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Woodshop Safety (Members Only) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:15 PM to 10:15 PM
- America’s TriviAddiction — DAIQUIRI SHAK RAW BAR & GRILL – MADEIRA BEACH – LIVE TEAM TRIVIA @ 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Wednesday, November 13
- 1 Million Cups St. Pete — Wonderfield Wellness @ St. Petersburg Greenhouse, 9:00 AM
- 1 Million Cups Tampa — ClienTell, LLC / iRepairSoldier @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 9:00 AM
- Open/FREE Coworking for Women Tech Entrepreneurs @ Tampa Bay WaVE, 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Connections — Ybor Networking @ Bernini of Ybor, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
- Tampa Bay DevOps — DevOps and the DOD @ 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Full Stack Meetup @ ClearlyAgile, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
- Tampa Kubernetes Meetup — Stateful Sets – The Last Major Frontier in Kubernetes @ Sharp Decisions, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Agile — PO Group – Nov: An Introspective Evening – 5 Tips to Improve your Emotional EQ @ Kforce, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- IEEE Professionals of the Florida West Coast — MxFEs Are Changing the Face of RF Front Ends @ 702 N Franklin St, 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- Nerd Night Out — Beer and Board Game Night St. Pete @ Avid Brew Co., 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.tbic.us Weekly Meetup @ 2149 University Square Mall, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Qlik Meetup | TAMPA @ Pane Rustica, 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
- TampaBay PyLadies — Working With No Good Very Bad Dirty Unreliable Labels presented by Amy Bennett @ 4702 W Comanche Ave, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Geekocracy! — Book Club – Where the Crawdads Sing @ Tibbys New Orleans Kitchen, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Open Code @ Suncoast Developers Guild – Marble Side Building, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Introduction to Fusion 360 @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- America’s TriviAddiction — 3 DAUGHTERS BREWING – ST. PETE – SPECIAL ADULTS ONLY RISQUE’ TRIVIA !!! @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Pen Turning Class (Day 2) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- The Suncoast Linux Users Group — SLUG – Tampa @ New HDR Location, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Thursday, November 14
- Google Cloud for Healthcare Southeastern U.S. — Google Cloud Onboard – Infrastructure (Orlando) @ 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM
- GDG Suncoast — Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure @ 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Connections — MELLOW MUSHROOM THURSDAY’S NETWORKING LUNCH @ Mellow Mushroom, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
- State of the Tampa Bay Entrepreneurial Ecosystem @ John P. Lowth Entrepreneurship Center, 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM
- Tampa Professional Networking Meetup — Happy Hour Networking – Cigars, Fine Wines and Brews @ Long Ash Cigar Bar, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Young Professionals Group — The Canopy Rooftop Happy Hour @ 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
- St. Pete Pitch Night @ USFSP Kate Tiedemann College of Business, Lynn Peppinger Hall, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
- Entrepreneurship Social Club @ NOVA 535, 6:00 PM
- DSI Black Pages 26th Annual Showcasing @ 5508 North 50th Street, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Lean Beer for All Things Agile (St Petersburg) @ Pour Tap Room, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
- Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — Capture the Flag! @ SecureSet, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Tampa Bay UX Group — World Usability Day Tampa Bay 2019 – Workshop: Designing for the Future of TBUX @ Keiser University Tampa, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Suncoast Developers Guild — Intro to Chrome Developer Tools at OZK Labs @ OZK Labs, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Agile — Empower Agile Teams: Exploring EQ for the Team @ Kforce, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Tampa SEO & Internet Marketing Meetup with Steve Scott — Is Your Site Fast Enough? @ In The Loop Brewing Company, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Front-End Design Meetup — Everything You Should Know About SVGs @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Tampa-Orlando Software QA Testing Meetup — Software Test Automation Meetup and Networking Session
Evgeny Kim @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM - Sarasota Science, History, and Current Event Book Club — The Butchering Art @ Captain Brian’s Seafood Market and Restaurant, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Introduction to 3D Printing with MatterControl and the Rostock (Members Only) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Friday, November 15
- Tampa Bay Tech — Tech Talent Solutions @ Tech Data Corporation, 8:00 AM to 1:30 PM
- Trinity Odessa Toastmasters @ Holiday Inn Express Trinity, 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
- Tampa Bay Connections — Friday Business Introductions @ McAlister’s Deli, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
- Tampa Professional Networking Meetup — Let’s Do Lunch – Carrollwood @ Grillsmith, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
- Gulf Coast GIS User Group — Social @ Urban Brew and BBQ, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Redefining The Future You, LLC.| Tampa Bay — Networking Mixer- Topic: What’s holding you back? @ Touch Martini Bar, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Saturday, November 16
- GDG Suncoast — DevFest Florida – Orlando @ Neoware Studios, Oviedo Mall, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Code for Tampa Bay Brigade — Saturday Brunch n’ Code @ AMRoC FabLab, 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
- Designing 3D Printable Objects with TinkerCAD (STEM Class: READ DESCRIPTION) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
- Laser Cutter Orientation @ Tampa Hackerspace, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
- Vinyl Cutting And Craft Time At Tampa Hackerspace @ Tampa Hackerspace, 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- Tampa Unity User Group — Game Project Therapy @ Waypoint 6 Tavern & Geekery, 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- Tampa Hackerspace Monthly Board Game Night @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
- Geekocracy! — Bowling at Pinchasers Armenia with Shenanigans @ Pin Chasers Midtown, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Sunday, November 17
- Brandon Drones & Filmmaking — Open Fly @ Rivertower Park, 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
- St. Petersburg Board Game Night 3RD SUNDAY Game Night (November) @ Overflow Brewing Company, 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- FTC Robotics Team Practice (Team only) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- Sew What? (Textile Arts & Crafts) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
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