Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, May 13, 2024) : Global Nerdy

Here’s the “official unofficial” list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for Monday, May 13 through Sunday, May 19, 2024.

This week’s events

Monday, May 13
Tuesday, May 14
Wednesday, May 15
Thursday, May 16
Friday, May 17
Saturday, May 18
Sunday, May 19

Monday, May 13

Event name and location	Group	Time
Grow your business networking event Rinehart	Innovantia Marketing Agency	9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
In person at Fords Garage St Pete Ford’s Garage St. Pete	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00 AM to 1:00 PM 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
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
Networking at Romi’s Tacos Romi’s Tacos	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	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
5-Day Challenge Online	Fortune Homes Team (Orlando, FL)	Monday, May 13, 2024 at 12:00 PM to Friday, May 17, 2024 at 12:45 PM EDT
Sylvia France: Maturing within Narratives Station 2 Innovation Center	Entrepreneurs & Startups – Bradenton Networking & Education	5:30 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Line Dancing class FREE Sadye Gibbs Martin Community Center	Real Women of East Hillsborough	5:30 PM to 6:30 PM EDT
MTG: Commander Night Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Casual Pokemon League at Nerdy Needs Nerdy Needs	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	6:00 PM to 9:00 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
Terraforming Mars – with Venus Expansion Anson on Palmer Ranch	Sarasota Strategy Board Game League	6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Monday Feast & Game Night Village Inn	Tampa Bay Tabletoppers	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Happily Ever After Lesbian Book Club Inaugural Meeting Stardust Video & Coffee	Happy Ever After Lesbian Romance Book Club	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Let’s play spades Miller’s Ale House – Waterford Lakes	Orlando Spades Meetup Group	6:30 PM to 9:00 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
Sunset Yoga & Food Hall on Cleveland Online	Hosted By ► Tampa Bay Young Professionals Group	Monday, May 13, 2024 at 6:30 PM to Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 9:30 PM EDT
MONDAY DOG BAR TRIVIA TEAM The Dog Bar	The Pinellas County Young “Professionals”	6:45 PM to 8:45 PM EDT
SteamCloud Walkthrough with Furio – Hack The Box Tampa Meetup Online	Hosted By Hack The Box Meetup: Tampa, FL	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Entrepreneur Book Club Weekly Meetup – Live Reading & Elaboration Online	Business Owners and Professionals	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Stirling Toastmasters Club #7461614 \| Public Speaking & Leadership Development Online	Toastmasters District 48	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck! Online	Nerdbrew Events	7:00 PM to 11:00 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
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: Why Business Leaders Look to Stoicism Online	Orlando Stoics	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
Weekly Meetup Online	Beginning Web Development	8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Tuesday, May 14

Event name and location	Group	Time
May Membership Meeting (Open to Anyone) 3030 N Rocky Point Dr	Tampa Bay InfraGard Meetup Group	9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Career Accelerator Workshop – Sourcing Job Leads Online	Career Success Academy	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
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
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
The Business Networking Midday Power Hour by Simply Referrals on Zoom!! Online	Simply Referrals Tampa Business Networking	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
May 2024 SRQ Software Devs Lunch Online	Hosted By Sarasota Software Developers	12:30 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
✨Virtual Games Workshop: World-Building for Games ⏰ May 14th, 1 PM EST Online	Orlando Unity Developers Group	1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
🟢 How To Turn Your Images Into Income – An Introduction To Stock Photography🔴 Online	Orlando Photography Community	5:00 PM to 5:40 PM EDT
Pinellas Writers and Authors Weekly Meeting (Online/Zoom) Online	Pinellas Writers Group	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Authors Anonymous – Writing Group Maya Cafe Lounge & Gallery	Authors Anonymous – Writing Group	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Rug making class! MakerSpace Pinellas	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Guest Speaker Seminar for Young Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders Cres Community	Young Entrepreneurs of America YEA Meetup Group	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Learn About Podcasting and How to Monetize Your Interest! IHOP	Tampa eMarketing Groups	6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Florida Podcasters Association General Meeting!!! IHOP	Florida Podcasters Association	6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
May 2024 Book Club Meeting 250 Shore Dr E	Oldsmar Reads Between The Lines	6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Weekday Writing Get Down The Writers Room	We Write Here Black and Women of Color Writing Group	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
The Sarasota Creative Writers Sarasota Alliance Church	The Sarasota Creative Writers Meetup Group	6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
[Hybrid] Workshop: Facilitating a Usability Test StarterStudio	DOUX — Downtown Orlando UX Meetup	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Pizza Python The Corner Pizza Bar	The Orlando Python User Group	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Woodshop Safety (Members Only) Tampa Hackerspace West	Tampa Hackerspace	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Learn How to Improve Your Photography Online	The Art Of Photography – Tampa/St. Pete Chapter	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Let’s Meetup and Discuss “The Watchers” by A.M. Shine Yard House	Central Florida Books and Brews	7:00 PM to 9:00 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
KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF APES $6 Movies AMC Sundial	Anime N’ Nerds	7:45 PM to 9:45 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom Online	Shut Up & Write!® Tampa	7:45 PM to 9:15 PM EDT
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Wednesday, May 15

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
St Pete Networking Breakfast at the Hangar Meet St Pete’s Top Pro’s All Weclcome The Hangar Restaurant & Flight Lounge	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
DOWNTOWN ST PETE YOUNG NETWORKING PROFESSIONALS BREAKFAST AT THE HANGAR! The Hangar Restaurant & Flight Lounge	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
NPI St. Pete Sunrise Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals St Petersburg Yacht Club	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	7:30 AM to 9:00 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
Career Transition & Job Seeker Networking & Support Meeting – In Person Meeting! Corporate Center One	Career Rebound – New Job or Career Search for Professionals	9:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Craig Park in Tarpon Springs (Start Time 9:30) Craig Park	Suncoast Drone Club	9:30 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Building Trust Ecosystems Powered by Verifiable Credentials Online	Hyperledger Tampa	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
Off Week Get Together Online	Carrollwood/Northdale Weekday Games and More	11:00 AM to 2:00 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
Networking at Glory Days Grill! Glory Days Grill	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30 AM to 1:30 PM EDT
The $100K Website Free Marketing Masterclass Online	Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events	1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom) Online	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	1:00 PM to 2:30 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
Play the Classics at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe 3101 SW 34th Ave #803	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	3:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Playing Games in the Alley The Alley at Southshore	The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play	5:00 PM to 11:45 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
AI Superpowers Unlocked (Masterminds Tampa Bay event) Online	Tampa Bay Artificial Intelligence Meetup	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Digital DeLand Monthly Meeting Abbey	DigitalDeLand	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
AI Superpowers Unlocked: An Expert Panel Online	Masterminds Tampa Bay	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
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
Backgammon Casual Games The Basin Sanford	Sanford Backgammon Group	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
Critique Night (Get Feedback On Your Work!) Station House	Prose Society Writers Group	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
🥁… It’s World Product Day ! 🎉 Serendipity Labs Private Offices & Coworking	ProductTank Orlando	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
UX Stories: Design Systems Radius Church	Tampa Bay UX Group	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Happy Hour for Young Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders Bar Louie – Tampa	Young Entrepreneurs of America YEA Meetup Group	6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Game Night! Southern Lights Brewing Company	Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers	6:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Virtual Feedback! Online	We Write Here Black and Women of Color Writing Group	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
3D Printing Orientation: Models and Slicers Online	Tampa Hackerspace	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
CigarCitySec Meetup Cigar City Brewing	Central Florida CitySec	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
[Virtual] Tampa Bay Bitcoin Meetup: News, Markets, & Community Online	Tampa Bay Bitcoin	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
🌐 Presentation WED 5/15 at 7 pm: A Guide to More Creative Photography Online	The Art Of Photography – Sarasota / Venice	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Mastering Communication: A Key to Professional Success Online	Professionals Meetup For Networking And Social Skillsets	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Cardfight Vanguard!! OverDress Weekly Sunshine Games \| Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
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Thursday, May 16

Event name and location	Group	Time
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
Wesley Chapel/Lutz networking breakfast The Happy Hangar Café	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Hyperledger Career Fair: Meet With Companies Who Are Hiring Online	Hyperledger Tampa	11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Clearwater Professional Networking Lunch The Breakroom Bar & Grill	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	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
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
Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch Bahama Breeze	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	11:30 AM to 1:00 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
Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters Online	Toastmasters District 48	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
The Business Networking Midday Power Hour by Simply Referrals on Zoom!! Online	Simply Referrals Tampa Business Networking	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Grand Bay Canasta Online	Grand Bay Canasta Meetup Group	1:00 PM to 3:00 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
The Tampa Vortex Event AC Hotel by Marriott Tampa Airport	The Florida Professional Networking and Training Meetup Group	4:30 PM to 8:00 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 20: Glass Online – Not an in person Meetup	Florida Center for Creative Photography	Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 5:00 PM to Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT
Stress Free E2E and Component Testing with Cypress Bank OZK Innovations Lab	Vue.js Tampa Bay	5:30 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Tomb of Annihilation (T2-APL9) Coliseum of Comics Kissimmee	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	5:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Google Cloud Social Networking Event Del Frisco’s Grille	Tampa Bay Google Cloud User Group	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Karen Greene – Demystifying WordPress: An Overview of the Concepts & Ecosystem. Online	West Orlando WordPress Meetup	6:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Tampa SEO Meetup : Understanding Errors in Google Search Console Online	Tampa SEO & Internet Marketing Meetup with Steve Scott	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Warhammer Night Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Mystara Campaign 405 Mahogany Dr	Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group	6:00 PM to 9:30 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
Adult Game Night at Conworlds Emporium Conworlds Emporium	Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
New Moon Sushi New Moon Sushi	Adventure Group of Central Florida	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
3rd Thursday Opening Night at CityArts CityArts	20s Social Group Clermont and Winter Garden	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
FaithTech Orlando May Meetup @ The Central FL Tech Grove 12809 Science Dr	Orlando Christian Technologists and Entrepreneurs	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Career PathFinder Workshop AGILEST®	Florida Agile Innovators	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Basics Electronics Soldering MakerSpace Pinellas	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	6:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Lean Beer for All Things Agile (Tampa) Cigar City Brewing Spruce Street Brewery & Taproom	Tampa Bay Agile	6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Chess night! Intergalactic Plastic – Toys, Comics, Games	Lakeland Chess Meetup Group	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
BABOK IIBA Tampa Bay Study Group Online	Hosted By IIBA Tampa Bay	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Assertiveness and Negotiations Skills Online	Florida Agile Innovators	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
3D Printer Orientation: Printing at Tampa Hackerspace (THS Members only) 4935 W Nassau St	Tampa Hackerspace	7:00 PM to 9:00 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
FABulous Thursdays Sunshine Games \| Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:00 PM to 11:00 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
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament Balance Martial Arts & Gaming	Balance Martial Arts and Gaming	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Live streaming production and talent 124 S Ring Ave	Live streaming production and talent	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Weekly Hacks Online	Hacktivate – Hackathon Meetup Group	8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Friday, May 17

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
Caffeine & Connections: Friday Fuel for Black Professionals Online	Pinellas County Black Business Meetup Group	8:00 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Friday Morning All WElCOME Online	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	8:45 AM to 10:15 AM EDT
A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Business Networking All Welcome! Online	Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton	8:45 AM to 10:15 AM EDT
A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Virtual Business Networking Online	Network & Social – Orlando Networking Events	8:45 AM to 10:15 AM EDT
Online Networking with Brandon Biz Pros Online	Brandon Biz Pros	9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Toastmasters – Improve Speaking Skills & Build Confidence Online	Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	9:30 AM to 10:30 AM EDT
The Technical Edge: Essential Skills for Cybersecurity Beginners Online	Front End Creatives	10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorm together Online	Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorming together	10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Tampa Florida CIO Leadership Forum Bascom’s Chop House	Florida CIO Forums with vTECH io	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday McAlister’s Deli	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday McAlister’s Deli	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
International Networking Westshore McAlisters Deli McAlister’s Deli	Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Friday International Business Introductions at McAlisters Westshore McAlister’s Deli	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday McAlister’s Deli	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Westshore Business Networking Lunch at McAlisters Deli Every Friday All Welcome McAlister’s Deli	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
International Professionals Networking Meeting McAlister’s Deli	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
How to invest in yourself with AWS learning resources \| Olga Svyrydenko Online	Orlando Power BI User Group	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Board Game Night! Happy Troll Games	Clermont Nerd Games	5:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Friday Board Game Night Bridge Club	Tampa Gaming Guild	5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Join us to Play River Dragons at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe 3101 SW 34th Ave #803	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
MTG: Commander FNM Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Commander Night Critical Hit Games	Hosted By Magic the Gathering Tampa/Brandon/St Pete	6:00 PM to 11:59 PM EDT
Taps & Drafts \| Casual EDH/MtG Social Night Industrious	Nerd Night Out	6:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT
Friday Happy Hour at Blue Martini Blue Martini Lounge Pointe Orlando	Lit Orlando	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
MakerFX Makerspace Woodshop Guild MakerFX Makerspace	MakerFX Makerspace	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Friday Night Gaming in Lake Helen @ Gem Station! The Gem Station	Board Gamers of West Volusia	7:00 PM to 10:00 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
Karaoke Night at Conworlds Emporium Conworlds Emporium	Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Nihongo De Okay Tsaocaa Tampa 朝茶	Tampa Japanese Meetup	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
IN-PERSON: “Stoicism and the Art of Happiness” (Chapter 8) Jason’s Deli	Tampa Stoics	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Horror Friends Movie Night – The Strangers Ch 1!!! AMC Veterans 24	Horror Fan Fun Time Gang	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Friday Pokemon Tournament Sunshine Games \| Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:30 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
Friendly & Rude Game Night Online	Friendly & Rude Game Group	8:00 PM to 9:00 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 17, 2024 at 9:00 PM to Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 12:00 AM EDT
Monthly Cell Phone Photo Showcase Online	Florida Center for Creative Photography	Friday, May 17, 2024 at 11:59 PM to Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 12:01 AM EDT
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Saturday, May 18

Event name and location	Group	Time
Coffee and Crypto Chill Cawfee	Cawfee (Coffee) and conversations	8:00 AM to 10:00 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
May Study Group- Security+/ Cybersecurity Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company	Tampa Bay Techies	9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Saturday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa Whole Foods Market	Chess Republic	9:30 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
The Possible Future POWER HOUR! Online	Entrepreneur’s Guild: Growing Your Business	10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader Tournament (RTT/ITC) Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	10:00 AM to 8:00 PM EDT
Mises Club Meetup with Liberty Villages Bitcoin Bay Foundation	Tampa Bay Bitcoin	10:30 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Bravo Group Campaign Continues Online	Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)	11:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT
Dungeons & Dragons for Teens Saturdays Conworlds Emporium	Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup	11:00 AM to 2:00 PM EDT
The Dangers of AI in Publishing Online	Aspiring Writers Publishing and Marketing	11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Winning The Week – 1st Meet Sage Biscuit Cafe	Winning The Week	12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Saturday DND Warforged Tabletop Games	St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group	12:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
JOIN our Facebook Group, LIKE our Fan Page and Invite your Friends Online	Florida Center for Creative Photography	12:00 PM to 12:15 PM EDT
Table read screenplays Safety Harbor Public Library	Screenwriters of Tomorrow/Today, Critique Meetup	12:30 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
Basics Electronics Soldering MakerSpace Pinellas	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
May Book Club Pierogi Grill	Tampa Bay Women’s Book Club Meetup Group	1:00 PM to 3:00 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
Yarrow’s Iron Flame 15-20 Online	Alice’s Fantasy Book Club ONLINE ONLY	1:30 PM to 2:10 PM EDT
Lessons in Robotics: Lesson 1, What is ROS? Online	Orlando Bot Squad (Robotics)	2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Radiant Citadel Adventures Coliseum of Comics Clermont	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	2:00 PM to 6:30 PM EDT
Board Game Swap at Conworlds Conworlds Emporium	Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup	2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
The Socrates Café (Philosophy) Perkins Restaurant & Bakery	Clearwater Socrates Café	2:00 PM to 3:15 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
Some People Need Killing by Patricia Evangelista – Time’s #1 Nonfiction Book New World Tampa	Tampa Book Club – Award-Winning Books	3:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Game Project Therapy (Virtual) Online	Tampa Games Developer Guild	4:00 PM to 6:00 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
Dice Throne Ranked Tournament Unlucky Roll Cafe	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	5:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Mid May Game Night! Wahoo!! IHOP	New Port Richey Casual Games and Fun Socializing Group!	5:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Community Hang-out Night Online	Nerdbrew Events	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Tampa Hackerspace Board Game Night and Potluck Tampa Hackerspace West	Tampa Hackerspace	6:30 PM to 11:59 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
Tampa Nerd Online Hang-out & Game Night! Online	Nerd Night Out	7:00 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
Group Outing Classic- Arcade! Arcade Monsters Oviedo	Gaming.net	8:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
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Sunday, May 19

Event name and location	Group	Time

🌐 SUN 5/19 at 10 AM ONLINE PHOTOGRAPHY CRITIQUE PROGRAM Online	The Art Of Photography – Tampa/St. Pete Chapter	10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
CRITICAL THINKERS SUNDAY Meetup AT Sarasota Art Museum 1001 S Tamiami Trail	Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group	10:10 AM to 12:10 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
Jane Austen Biography Discussion Financier Bistro & Bar a Vin	The Jane Austen Book Club	11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Introverts Get Butterflies Lukas Nursery & Butterfly Encounter	O-Town Introverts	11:00 AM to 2:00 PM EDT
Women Techmakers & Mental Health Awareness Month Event- SAVE THE DATE Online	Google Women Techmakers Florida	12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Laser class 3 – Fiber Laser & practice MakerSpace Pinellas	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Venice Strategy Board Gamers Venice	Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton	12:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Steel MIG Welding Safety and Basic Usage (Members Only) Tampa Hackerspace	Tampa Hackerspace	1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Sunday Gaming Tampa Bay Bridge Center	Tampa Gaming Guild	1:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Large format printing MakerSpace Pinellas	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	1:30 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
Meet and Chat, Practice Some French DECOSMO ITALIAN MARKET	French Club of Saint Petersburg	1:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
D&D Adventurers League Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	2:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Beyond the Golden Vault (tier 3, lvl 14 preferred) Campus Cards and Games	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	2:00 PM to 5:00 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
Direct to Film Digital Printing MakerSpace Pinellas	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	2:30 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Traveller – Science Fiction Adventure RPG Black Harbor Gaming	St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group	3:00 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
Empowering Kids Online: Family + Media Safety Online	Strategic Technologies Empowering Companies	4:00 PM to 5:30 PM EDT
Sunday Pokemon League Sunshine Games \| Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	4:00 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
Alphabet Soup 2024 \| Finding Letters in the World Around Us Online	Florida Center for Creative Photography	Sunday, May 19, 2024 at 5:00 PM to Sunday, June 2, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT
Open Game Night Unlucky Roll Cafe	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Business Seminar 50 SE 1st Ave	Ocala Business Development Meetup Group	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