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, January 13
- Veterans’ free coworking day @ Tampa Bay WaVE
- Tampa Bay Tech Career Advice Forum — Computer Coach Informational Session @ Computer Coach Training Center, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Connections — Monday Referal Partners! Wrights Gourmet House & Deli @ Wright’s Gourmet House, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
- Brandon Professional Women Meetup — Total Wine & More @ Total Wine & More, 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
- America’s TriviAddiction — ROOKIES SPORTS BAR – SPRING HILL – LIVE TEAM TRIVIA !!! @ 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Brandon – Sarasota – Bradenton Trivia & Quiz Meetup — Off the Wagon Kitchen & Brewery Smartphone Trivia Game Show @ 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Cool ‘n Confident Toastmasters @ SPC – St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Tampa Amateur Writers Critique Group — New Member Introductory Meeting @ 6:45 PM to 7:30 PM
- America’s TriviAddiction — 3 DAUGHTERS BREWING – LIVE TEAM TRIVIA – ST. PETERSBURG @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Amazon Sellers in the Tampa Area — 🔥🔥🔥 2020 Chat Bot Strategies for Amazon Private Label Sellers @ O’Brien’s Irish Pub & Grill, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Brandon WordPress Meetup — TBA: Regular WordPress Meeting @ Bloomingdale Regional Public Library, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- SKILL: Intro To Soldering @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Thinkers — Share Your Predictions for 2020 @ Carrollwood Cultural Center, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- South Tampa Toastmasters Invites You to Awesome, Learn-by-Doing Meetings! @ Unity of Tampa, 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM
Tuesday, January 14
- Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group — Carrolwood Networking Lunch McAllisters Deli @ McAlister’s Deli, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Connections — New Tampa Business Networking Lunch @ Glory Days Grill, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
- Westshore Toastmasters @ FIVE Labs, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
- Weekly Open Make Night @ Tampa Hackerspace, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- cYbor Security Meetup — The n00bs Guide to Web Apps Pen Testing @ The Undercroft, 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- Defcon813 — Web App Pentesting with Sunny @ 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- Florida Podcasters Association General Meeting!!! @ IHop, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- America’s TriviAddiction — WESTSHORE PIZZA – BELLEAIR BLUFFS – LIVE TEAM TRIVIA !!! @ 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- West Pasco Toastmasters Club — Weekly Meeting @ West Pasco Board of Realtors, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Game Club Tampa Meetup — Tuesday Nite Roleplayers (RPGs) [Full] @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 6:30 PM to 10:30 PM
- Code Katas meetup @ Bank OZK Innovations Lab, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Technology Center — Web Entrepreneurs @ Tampa Bay Technology Center, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults @ Flying Boat Brewing Company, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Android Developers Group — Android Notifications (Local and Push) @ Bank of the Ozarks’ Innovation Lab, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Cryptocurrency Tampa Meetup — Exploring Decentralized Finance w/ Paul Puey, CEO of Edge @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Code Katas — Let’s Do Some Fun Code Challenges! @ Bank OZK Innovations Lab, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Nerdbrew Events — Pints & Pixels @ Yard of Ale Soho, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
- America’s TriviAddiction — DAIQUIRI SHAK RAW BAR & GRILL – MADEIRA BEACH – LIVE TEAM TRIVIA @ 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Wednesday, January 15
- OPEN/FREE Coworking for Veteran Entrepreneurs @ Tampa Bay WaVE, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
- 1 Million Cups St. Pete — Oh Yes! Shave Club powered by Little Acorn Co / Watch Me Squeeze @ St. Petersburg Greenhouse, 9:00 AM
- 1 Million Cups Tampa — Doreika Speaking and Coaching / Project Phoenix @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 9:00 AM
- Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group — Bernini of Ybor Lunch Networking @ Bernini (innovative italian cuisine), 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Young Professionals Group — New Year Happy Hour @ 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
- Tampa Bay Agile — PO Group – Jan: How to write stories using the book, “Building a Story Brand” @ South University, Tampa, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Python — Run Python Code in a Serverless Setting with Azure Functions @ 4935 W Nassau St, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Tech Hiring “Cocktails & Conversations” — Cocktails & Conversations Monthly Tech Hiring Talk Over Drinks-Employer Branding @ The Attic On Kennedy, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- The Suncoast Linux Users Group — SLUG – Pinellas @ Barbara S. Ponce Public Library, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Divi Tampa 2020 – Happy New Year! @ AMRoC FabLab, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Tampa JUG — Iterating to Reactive @ J P Morgan Chase, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Tampa Elixir Meetup Group — Overview of Phoenix LiveView: Example Applications and Code @ Town ‘N Country Regional Public Library, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Crash Course: Intro to Web Development @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Defcon813 — CigarCitySec @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Bitcoin — Bitcoin/Blockchain Meetup: Networking, News, Q&A @ Coastal Cantina and Grill, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Share your Mobile app with others! @ Fuzzy’s Taco Shop, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Women in Linux — Understanding Linux @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Nerdbrew Events — Games & Grog @ Peabody’s! Billiards and Games, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
- America’s TriviAddiction — DAIQUIRI SHAK – MADEIRA BEACH – SPECIAL SEINFELD THEMED TRIVIA !!! @ 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Thursday, January 16
- Tampa Bay Connections — MELLOW MUSHROOM THURSDAY’S NETWORKING LUNCH @ Mellow Mushroom, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
- Tampa Professional Networking Meetup — Happy Hour Networking – Cigars, Fine Wines and Brews @ Long Ash Cigar Bar, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Lean Beer for All Things Agile (Tampa) @ The Pub (at Bay Street in Int’l. Plaza), 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
- Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — SecureSet Info Night Tampa @ SecureSet, 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- Tampa SEO and Internet Marketing Monthly Meetup with Steve Scott @ In The Loop Brewing Company, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Cannabis Entrepreneurs & Investors — Waterfront Cannabis Networking @ American Social, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Monk and Bard Gaming — St Pete Game Night – make new (nerd) friends! @ Residence at Colony Apts, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Entrepreneur Social Club @ NOVA 535, 6:00 PM
- cYbor Security Meetup — Whistleblowers and the ethical considerations (Members Only) @ The Undercroft, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Data Science Group — Intro to OpenCV (computer vision) WORKSHOP @ Vigo & Alessi, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
- Tampa Town and Country Book Club – Nonfiction Meetup Group — January Book Talk-Inaugural Meeting @ TGI Fridays, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Tampa Ruby Brigade — Tampa.rb: Mystery Meetup! @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- 3D Printer Deltamaker Orientation (members only) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
- Tampa Drones Meetup — Meet and Tweak – Micro Drone Racing @ TB Drones & Hobbies , 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Clearwater Writers Meetup @ 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM
Friday, January 17
- Café con Tampa — Peter Schorsch, Publisher, Florida Politics @ Oxford Exchange, 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
- Elevated for Success Women’s Networking Group — Connect and Chat – Roundtable Mastermind @ 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
- Pinellas Business Development Meetup — Successful Capital Raise: What You Should Know Before Speaking to Investors @ 630 Chestnut St, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Connections — Tampa Bay Networking Friday Lunch @ McAlister’s Deli, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
- Business Networking Masterclass — 2020 Visualize It! – Vision Map Workshop @ SpringHill Suites by Marriott Tampa Suncoast Parkway, 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
- Entrepreneurs & Startups – Bradenton Networking & Education — Workshop:Introduction to Accounting & Finance for Starting & Growing a Business @ Station 2 Innovation Center, 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
- Lakeland Black Professionals — 5th Annual Jazz in the Park (Vendor and Sponsorship Opportunity) @ Simpson Park Community Center, 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Young Professionals Group — DRIP Ybor – paint your own pottery @ 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Saturday, January 18
- Brandon Boardgamers — Game downtown – TAGS event @ John Germany Library – Downtown Tampa, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
- Women Who Code Tampa — Building Blockchain Solutions in Algorand Full-day Class @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
- Aspiring Black Coders — Armature Works Meet Up @ Armature Works, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
- Game Club Tampa Meetup — D&D 5e: Not Snow White’s Dwarves @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 11:30 AM to 5:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Coalition of Reason — Jan. 18 Brandon – CFI Lecture Series – The Future of Technology @ Brandon Regional Library, 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
- WordSmitten Writing Workshop :: Saturday 1 PM – Advanced Class @ 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Women’s Book Club Meetup Group — January Bookclub @ Whiskey Cake Kitchen & Bar, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
- Microcontroller Monthly Meetup (M3) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
- Cards Against Humanity – Tampa Bay and Lakeland — Onesie Bar Crawl – Tampa (shared public event) @ 4:00 PM to 11:59 PM
- Tampa Bay Games Developer Guild — Game Project Therapy @ Waypoint 6 Tavern & Geekery, 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- Saint Petersburg Board Games Meetup — First Game Night for 2020 @ 4519 Burlington Ave N, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Tampa Hackerspace Monthly Board Game Night @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Sunday, January 19
- Tampa Bay Young Professionals Group — (Jan 18th?) New Year Beach & Games Potluck– if warm/sunny– at a beach park @ 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Coalition of Reason — Jan. 19 NW Tampa – CFI Lecture Series – The Future of Technology @ Maureen B. Gauzza Public Library, 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM
- Hype Lit Book Club — Girl, Woman, Other: A Novel by Bernardine Evaristo @ Sugar Factory – Tampa, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
- Suncoast Audiophile Society — January “Mini Meet” #1- Ramchand’s Tekton’s vs KEF! @ 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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