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Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Monday, July 15 – Thursday, July 18, 2024)

Here’s the “official unofficial” list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the first few days of this week — Monday, July 15 through Thursday, July 18, 2024.

This week’s events

Monday, July 15

Event name and locationGroupTime
Business Networking Meeting
Online		Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay11:30 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Orlandopreneur Monthly Happy Hour
Ann Teague’s Lamp Supply		Orlandopreneur Startup Happy Hour: Connect, Learn & Grow!5:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Poker night at The Joinery hosted by Rock n Roll Bar Poker
The Joinery		Polk County Poker & Social Group5:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
MTG: Commander Night
Critical Hit Games		Critical Hit Games6:00 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 Boxcar6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Monday Feast & Game Night
Village Inn		Tampa Bay Tabletoppers6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Three Bridges Brewing Trivia Night with the Smartphone Trivia Game Show
Three bridges brewing		Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Intro to the Babylock Embroidery Machine (Members Only)
4931 W Nassau St		Tampa Hackerspace7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Stirling Toastmasters Club #7461614 | Public Speaking & Leadership Development
Online		Toastmasters District 487:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Entrepreneur Book Club Weekly Meetup – Live Reading & Elaboration
Online		Business Owners and Professionals7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
2nd Meeting – Orlando Network
Online		Orlando Network7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Unlimited Credits at Lowry Parcade
Lowry Parcade		Geekocracy!7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck!
Online		Nerdbrew Events7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Members as far back as 2008 can access their photos
none		School is closed- Light Study PRO – A Photography Workshop7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Virtual Event: Hiawassee Book Club
Online		Library Book Clubs – OCLS7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
DigiMondays
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!		Sunshine Games7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Weekly Meetup
Online		Beginning Web Development8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Tuesday, July 16

Event name and locationGroupTime
✨Insider Attack Simulation WARGame ⏰ Tue, 16th July
Online		Orlando Unity Developers Group4:30 AM to 5:30 AM EDT
v-Lean Coffee
Online		Tampa Bay Agile7:30 AM to 8:30 AM EDT
Venice Area Toastmasters Club #5486
Online		Toastmasters District 487:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
NPI St. Pete Business Builders Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals
St Petersburg Yacht Club		Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Networking for Job Search Success
Online		Tampa Cybersecurity Training10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
IBM TechXchange Day: AI and Automation
Online		Data, Cloud and AI in Tampa11:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT
SWAT Networking Bradenton Luncheon
Anna Maria Oyster Bar Landside		SWAT Networking – Successful Women Aligning Together11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Networking at Glory Days Grill
Glory Days Grill		Hosted By Tampa Bay Singles Activities Group11:30 AM to 1:30 PM EDT
Homeschool Board game days
Conworlds Emporium		Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup12:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
TBSSUG Monthly Meeting
1150 Assembly Dr suite 500		Tampa Bay Microsoft Fabric Analytics User Group (TFAB)6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Weekly Open Make Night
4931 W Nassau St		Tampa Hackerspace6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Disney Lorcana Night
Critical Hit Games		Critical Hit Games6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Magic: The Gathering Night at Felicitous
Felicitous (on 42nd)		Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Pinellas Writers and Authors Weekly Meeting (Online/Zoom)
Online		Pinellas Writers Group6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Authors Anonymous – Writing Group
Maya Cafe Lounge & Gallery		Authors Anonymous – Writing Group6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Turn on your Cricut plotter
MakerSpace Pinellas		Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa
Gaspars Patio Bar & Grille		Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Toast of Celebration Toastmasters
305 Campus St		Toastmasters Division E6:45 PM to 8:15 PM EDT
Older Folks Can Use Technology for Estate Planning
Online		Clearwater Podcasters7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Networking for Job Search Success
Online		Career Success Academy7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!		Sunshine Games7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Boards & Bones
SpookEasy Lounge		Nerdbrew Events7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Trivia Night with Trivia Nation
Irish 31 Pub House & Eatery		Trivia Night at Irish 31 Seminole7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show
Moose Lodge		Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults
Pinellas Ale Works Brewery		St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
AMA – Ask Me Anything Related to Photography, Computers and Software
O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant		Florida Center for Creative Photography7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Transcendent Tuesday (July 16, 2024)
Joybird Books		Page’s Edge Book Club7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Technology Center (TBTC) Monthly Meeting
2079 Range Rd		Tampa Bay Coalition of Reason is disbanded7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Boards & Bones
SpookEasy Lounge		Nerd Night Out7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Nic At Nite – Weekly Movie Night
Online		Nerdbrew Events7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Let’s play chess at 54th Ave Kava House!
2705 54th Ave N		TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group7:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom
Online		Shut Up & Write!® Tampa7:45 PM to 9:15 PM EDT
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    Wednesday, July 17

    Event name and locationGroupTime
    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
    Grow Your Business with focused Referral Networking
    Sons of Italy Lodge    		BNI Tampa -Referral based networking7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
    Referral Networking Meeting Orlando Area
    Winter Park Community Center    		Networking 4 Profit7:45 AM to 9:15 AM EDT
    FREE Tele-Class with Nancy Matthews – *WOW* Wednesday
    Anywhere You Want!    		Women’s Prosperity Network | Baton Rouge Chapter8:00 AM to 10:00 AM CDT
    1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup
    UCF Business Incubation Program – Orlando    		1 Million Cups – Orlando8:30 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
    Monthly Meeting plus “Maximizing LinkedIn for Your Career Search” w/Dave McAleer
    Corporate Center One    		Career Rebound – New Job or Career Search for Professionals9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
    Networking at Just Love Coffee!
    Just Love Coffee Cafe – Brandon FL    		Hosted By Tampa Bay Singles Activities Group11:30 AM to 1:30 PM EDT
    Central Florida Microsoft 365 User Group Online Meeting – Microsoft Copilot
    Online    		Central Florida Microsoft 365 User Group1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
    Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom)
    Online    		Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg1:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
    Analytics For All: Democratizing Your Data With GenAI
    Online    		Gen AI Tampa2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
    No Fear Speaking Webinar and Meetup
    Online    		Tampa Fear of Public Speaking Meetup Group2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
    Inspiring Authors & Book Immersion Meetup
    Online    		Lady Lake Memoir Writing Meetup Group2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
    Wednesday Night Gaming
    Nerdy Needs    		Brandon Boardgamers5:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
    Bay pines toastmaster’s hybrid meeting
    C. W. Bill Young VA Medical Center    		Bay Pines Toastmasters5:15 PM to 6:30 PM EDT
    Felicitous Game Night w/Heritage Dim Sum
    Felicitous (on 42nd)    		Tampa Game Nights5:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
    Wednesday Board Game Night
    Bridge Center    		Tampa Gaming Guild5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
    Digital DeLand Monthly Meeting
    Abbey    		DigitalDeLand6:00 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 Group6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
    Adult Dungeons & Dragons Wednesdays
    Conworlds Emporium    		Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
    Board Game Night
    Critical Hit Games    		Critical Hit Games6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
    Dungeons & Dragons One Shot Wednesdays
    Happy Troll Games    		Clermont Nerd Games6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
    Critique Night (Get Feedback On Your Work!)
    Station House    		Prose Society Writers Group6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
    TBUX Quarterly Social (sponsored by UserTesting)
    Golden Isles Brewing Co.    		Tampa Bay UX Group6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
    Happy Hour for Young Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders
    Bar Louie – Tampa    		Young Entrepreneurs of America YEA Meetup Group6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
    CFRI Orange County Chapter
    Central Florida Realty Investors Association (CFRI)    		Central Florida Realty Investors6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
    Game Night!
    Southern Lights Brewing Company    		Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers6:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
    Devolution – Max Brooks – Midway
    Inner Compass Brewing Company    		The Weirder Things Book Club6:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
    Virtual Feedback!
    Online    		We Write Here Black and Women of Color Writing Group6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
    Castaways Euchre Club
    The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge    		Hosted By Castaways Euchre Club6:50 PM to 8:50 PM EDT
    3D Printing Orientation: Models and Slicers
    Online    		Tampa Hackerspace7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
    CigarCitySec Meetup
    Cigar City Brewing    		Central Florida CitySec7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
    [Virtual] Tampa Bay Bitcoin Meetup: News, Markets, & Community
    Online    		Tampa Bay Bitcoin7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
    Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings meet In-Person and Online
    Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library    		Toastmasters District 487:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
    Improve Your Communication and Presentation Skills
    Online    		Communication Skills for Interviews and Presentations7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
    Games & Grog @ The Grove SoHo!
    Grove Soho    		Nerdbrew Events7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
    MtG Modern Constructed at Armada Games
    Armada Games    		Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
    New Beginnings & Old Rivalries
    Online    		Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
    The Intersection of Social Documentary and Fine Arts Photography
    Online    		Ocala Photography Group7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
    How to Express Yourself and Connect with People
    Online    		Professionals Meetup For Networking And Social Skillsets7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
    Games & Grog (Social Game Night in SoHo)
    Grove Soho    		Nerd Night Out7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
    Cardfight Vanguard!! OverDress Weekly
    Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!    		Sunshine Games7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
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    Thursday, July 18

    Event name and locationGroupTime
    LUTZ, FL – HAPPY HANGER CAFE THURSDAY NETWORKING
    The Happy Hangar Café    		Hosted By Tampa Bay Singles Activities Group8:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
    Entrepreneur Roundtable to SPARK Ideas & Build Growth
    Dunedin Chamber of Commerce    		Clearwater Entrepreneurs’ Round Table8:30 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
    Tackle it in Ten – Entrepreneur Roundtables
    Dunedin Chamber of Commerce    		Entrepreneur Round Table8:30 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
    Millionaire Business Network – Tampa Chapter
    Online    		Hosted By MBN Tampa9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
    Ensuring data resilience in your organization
    Online    		Orlando Cybersecurity Meetup11:00 AM to 12:00 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
    RGA’s Founders & Amplify Clearwater Partnership meeting ~ All Welcome, JOIN in.
    Chili’s Grill & Bar    		RGA Networking Professional Business Networking11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
    Essential Competencies for IT Professionals
    Online    		Tech Success Network12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
    Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters
    Online    		Toastmasters District 4812:00 PM to 1:00 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
    The Role of Networking in Business Growth
    Courtyard by Marriott    		The Florida Professional Networking and Training Meetup Group4:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
    OBG/I-GENIUS IMPACT
    Marriott World Center    		Entrepreneurs Of Orlando UniteThursday, July 18, 2024 at 5:00 PM to Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 7:00 PM EDT
    Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective
    The Collective: A Comic & Game Community    		Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup5:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
    Gulfport Scrabble and Social
    The Drunken Taco    		Gulfport Scrabblers and Social5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
    Thursday Night Gaming
    3407 Lithia Pinecrest Rd    		Brandon Boardgamers5:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
    Turn Your Images Into Income – An Introduction To The Event Photography Business
    Online    		Tampa St Pete Photography Community5:00 PM to 5:40 PM EDT
    Tomb of Annihilation (T3-APL11)
    Coliseum of Comics Kissimmee    		Orlando Adventurer’s Guild5:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
    Meetup with Steve Scott & Tampa SEO: Technical SEO Fundamentals – Part 1
    Online    		Tampa SEO and Digital Marketing Meetup with Steve Scott6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
    Mystara Campaign
    405 Mahogany Dr    		Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group6:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
    BotC night at Hourglass Brewery at the Hourglass District
    Hourglass Brewing at Hourglass District    		Sunshine Social Deduction Gaming6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
    Adult Game Night at Conworlds Emporium
    Conworlds Emporium    		Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
    Board game night!!!
    Online    		Summerfield Board and Card Games and Euchre6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
    Warhammer Night
    Critical Hit Games    		Critical Hit Games6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
    Hybrid Agile: Working in Mixed Environments
    AGILEST®    		Florida Agile Innovators6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
    Writing Meetup
    HotWax Coffee Shop, Kava Bar & Tap House    		Tampa Free Writing Group6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
    BABOK IIBA Tampa Bay Study Group
    Online    		Hosted By IIBA Tampa Bay7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
    Lyudmyla Kozlovska – President of Open Dialogue Foundation
    Bitcoin Bay Foundation    		Tampa Bay Bitcoin7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
    3D Printer Orientation: Printing at Tampa Hackerspace (THS Members only)
    4935 W Nassau St    		Tampa Hackerspace7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
    Lean Beer for All Things Agile (Tampa)
    Cigar City Brewing Spruce Street Brewery & Taproom    		Tampa Bay Agile7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
    Thursday chess at 54th Ave Kava House!
    54th Ave Kava House    		TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
    Dungeons and Dragons with Donavan
    Unlucky Roll Cafe    		Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
    Smartphone Trivia Game Show at Wilders Pizza
    Wilder’s Pizza    		Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
    One Piece Thursdays
    Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!    		Sunshine Games7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
    Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament
    Balance Martial Arts & Gaming    		Balance Martial Arts and Gaming7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
    Live streaming production and talent
    124 S Ring Ave    		Live streaming production and talent7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
    Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore – Robin Sloan
    URBAN Brew and BBQ    		St. Pete Booze and Book Club7:30 PM to 10:30 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