Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, August 19 through Sunday, August 25, 2024. This list includes both in-person and online events.
Note that each item in the list includes:
✅ When the event will take place
✅ What the event is
✅ Where the event will take place
✅ Who is holding the event
But first, a quick promo:
This week’s events
Monday, August 19
Tuesday, August 20
Tuesday, 10 – 11 a.m., online: Computer Coach presents Boost Your Career Journey with Confidence, a live webinar where you’ll discover how confidence can drive your perseverance and resilience in landing your dream job. Find out more and register here.
Wednesday, August 21
Wednesday, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at Computer Coach (Tampa): Tampa Bay User Experience presents UX Stories: Finding a UX Job, featuring a panel of local UXers who’ve recently landed a new UX-related job. You will get to listen to their stories about how they went about finding a job, the application and interview process, and if expectations have met reality since they’ve started working. Find out more and register here.
Wednesday, 7 – 9 p.m. at Armature Works (Tampa): It’s time for another Tampa Devs “Meet and Greet!” Join the gang — and it’s a big gang — at Tampa’s food hall and gathering place and meet your fellow developers, technologists, and geeks for food, drink, and socializing. Find out more and register here.
Thursday, August 22
Thursday, 5 – 7 p.m. at the rooftop at Sage (Sarasota): Tampa Bay Infragard Members Alliance — a alliance of technologists and the FBI whose mission is to mitigate criminal and terrorist threats, risks and losses — is having their bi-monthly social event on the rooftop at Sage. Find out more and register here.
| Event name and location |
Group |
Time |
Business Over Breakfast ~ Happy Hangar IN PERSON JOIN US!
The Happy Hangar Café |
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals |
7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT |
LUTZ, FL – HAPPY HANGER CAFE THURSDAY NETWORKING
The Happy Hangar Café |
Hosted By Tampa Bay Singles Activities Group |
8:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT |
Professional Alliance – Local Networking Meeting
DUO58 Community Coffee Bar & Cafe |
Professional Alliance – Local Networking Group |
8:00 AM to 9:30 AM EDT |
Automate user provisioning across any identity ecosystem
Online |
Orlando Cybersecurity Meetup |
11:00 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 |
Lakewood Ranch RGANetwork Business Networking Lunch
Station 400 |
Bradenton/Sarasota Networking Meetings and Mixers |
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 Networking |
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters
Online |
Toastmasters District 48 |
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Downtown Tampa Toastmasters MeetUp
509 E Twiggs St 3rd floor |
Downtown Tampa Toastmasters MeetUp |
12:00 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 |
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom)
Online |
Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg |
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT |
Podfest Podtour Special One time Event of Video Podcasting Location!
Evotion Studios |
Florida Podcasters Association |
3:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT |
St. Pete Arthouse Cinema Club: 2024 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour
Green Light Cinema |
St. Pete Arthouse Cinema Club |
3:45 PM to 7:00 PM EDT |
Infragard – August MeetUp
Sage |
Tampa Bay InfraGard Meetup Group |
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT |
Happy Hour & Headshots
227 Central Avenue |
Suncoast Business Network |
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT |
Business Networking Expo
AdviniaCare at Paddock Ridge |
Business Networking and Other Events |
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT |
Thursday Night Gaming
3407 Lithia Pinecrest Rd |
Brandon Boardgamers |
5:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT |
Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective
The Collective: A Comic & Game Community |
Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup |
5:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
Gulfport Scrabble and Social
The Drunken Taco |
Gulfport Scrabblers and Social |
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT |
The Entrepreneur’s TRUE Networking Community – Ocala
Horse & Hounds Restaurant |
The Entrepreneurs True Networking Community |
5:30 PM to 7:00 PM EDT |
August Happy Hour!!
Evie’s Tavern On Main |
Business and Social Networking |
5:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT |
Tomb of Annihilation (T3-APL11)
Coliseum of Comics Kissimmee |
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild |
5:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Technical SEO Fundamentals – Part 2
Online |
Tampa SEO and Digital 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 |
The Fallen Lands
405 Mahogany Dr |
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group |
6:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT |
Nerdy Needs (Casual Thursday Commander Night)
Nerdy Needs |
Hosted By Magic the Gathering Tampa/Brandon/St Pete |
6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT |
Game Night at Conworlds Emporium
Conworlds Emporium |
Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup |
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Board game night!!!
Online |
Summerfield Board and Card Games and Euchre |
6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
The Girl in the Wall – by Alex Sigmore
Barbara S. Ponce Public Library |
Mystery and Thriller St Pete Book Club |
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Board Game Night at Ivanhoe Park Lager House
Ivanhoe Park Lager House |
Brews N Board Games |
6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT |
Navigating Office Politics and Negotiation
AGILEST® |
Florida Agile Innovators |
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
Fusion 360 Introduction
MakerSpace Pinellas |
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group |
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Relaxed Social for Young Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders
Cres Community |
Young Entrepreneurs of America YEA Meetup Group |
6:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Chess night!
Online |
Lakeland Chess Meetup Group |
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
Introverts do Trivia
Duffy’s Sports Grill |
O-Town Introverts |
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
Tampa Writers Alliance Poetry Group
Barnes & Noble Carrollwood |
Tampa Writers Alliance |
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
Creative Writing Critique Group
Panera |
North Port Creative Writers |
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
WordPress
Online |
Tampa Bay Technology Center |
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
3D Printing Guild
Tampa Hackerspace West |
Tampa Hackerspace |
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
How to Get Rid of Unwanted Thoughts and Emotions
Online |
Communication Skills for Career Advancement Group |
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
WordPress Monthly Meetup
Online |
WordPress Clearwater FL |
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament
Balance Martial Arts & Gaming |
Balance Martial Arts and Gaming |
7:00 PM to 10:00 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 |
One Piece Thursdays
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! |
Sunshine Games |
7:00 PM to 10:00 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 |
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 |
Game Night!
Online |
Tampa Game Nights – Meet new people over video chat! |
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT |
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Friday, August 23
| 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 |
FOURTH Friday WordPress Collaboration Meetup – August 2024
Axum Coffee |
West Orlando WordPress Meetup |
8:00 AM to 9:30 AM EDT |
Caffeine & Connections: Friday Fuel for Black Professionals
Online |
Pinellas County Black Business Meetup Group |
8:00 AM to 9:00 AM EDT |
Aug 2024 Homebrew Hillsborough: Tampa Bay Economic Development Council
2nd Floor Conference Room |
Homebrew Hillsborough |
8:30 AM to 10:30 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 |
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 |
A Purposeful Pivot to Cybersecurity
Online |
Tech Success Network |
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 |
S Orlando/Dr Phillips: Join us for fun connection growth & networking too!
Orlando, Florida |
Powerful Women Networking |
11:30 AM to 1:30 PM EDT |
Business Cards Exchange and Network
Rinehart |
Innovantia Marketing Agency |
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT |
Music and Mindset
Chill Cawfee |
Cawfee (Coffee) and conversations |
5:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
Friday Night Games!
Coliseum of Comics |
East Orlando Board Gamers |
5:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT |
Friday Board Game Night
Bridge Club |
Tampa Gaming Guild |
5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
Divergent Leadership – How to Lead from Within
The 5th Floor |
Divergent U – Visionaries |
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
MeGa Health Jam 2024
M2 Innovation / Former LeAD Sports & Health Accelerator Building |
Indienomicon |
Friday, August 23, 2024 at 6:00 PM to Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 9:00 PM EDT |
Euchre Tourney
Clubhouse #1 |
Suncoast Euchre club |
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
MTG: Commander FNM
Critical Hit Games |
Critical Hit Games |
6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
Taps & Drafts | Casual EDH/MtG Social Night
Industrious |
Nerd Night Out |
6:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT |
MakerFX Makerspace 3D Printing Guild
MakerFX Makerspace |
MakerFX Makerspace |
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Taps & Drafts | EDH/MtG Night | Look Cinemas USF
Studio Movie Grill Tampa |
Nerdbrew Events |
7:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT |
3D Printing Hang Out
MakerFX Makerspace |
3D Printing Orlando |
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Horror Friends Movie Night – Strange Darling!!!
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 |
✨Free Workshop | Mastering Storytelling in Video Games Fri, 23rd Aug 2024
Online |
Orlando Unity Developers Group |
9:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT |
Every Friday–Dance Under the Stars @ The Pier
THE ST PETE PIER |
Tampa Bay Singles Activities Group |
9:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
High Notes & Elevated Vibes
16 W Pine St |
High Spirits Cannabis Club |
Friday, August 23, 2024 at 9:00 PM to Saturday, August 24, 2024 at 1:00 AM EDT |
Friday night game night
Indica Cafe Tampa Bay’s First & Greatest CBD Lounge |
Indica Cafe Events |
Friday, August 23, 2024 at 9:00 PM to Saturday, August 24, 2024 at 12:00 AM EDT |
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Saturday, August 24
Saturday, 9 a.m. – noon at Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea in Midtown (Tampa): It’s time for Tampa Bay Techies’ monthly study group at Joffrey’s in Midtown! As they describe it: “This is a space to socialize, show off your current projects, ask questions with others studying for similar topics, and enjoy a nice cup of coffee!” Find out more and register here.
Saturday, 7 – 8 p.m., online: Florida Software School presents Building a JSON API with Golang! Find out more and register here.
Sunday, August 25
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
