Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, February 24 through Sunday, March 2, 2025! There’s a lot going on; find the event that appeals to you…and go!
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
This week’s events
Monday, February 24
Tuesday, February 25
Wednesday, February 26
| Event name and location |
Group |
Time |
World Toasters Toastmasters Club
Online |
Toastmasters Division E |
7:05 AM to 8:00 AM EST |
NPI Profit Partners Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals
Panera Bread |
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) |
7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EST |
Grow Your Business with focused Referral Networking
Sons of Italy Lodge |
BNI Tampa -Referral based networking |
7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EST |
St Pete Downtown Young Professional Networking Breakfast Connect your business
Hangar Restaurant, Albert Whitted Airport |
RGA Networking Professional Business Networking |
7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EST |
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 EST |
Tampa Highrisers Toastmasters
Hyde Park United Methodist Church |
Toastmasters District 48 |
7:45 AM to 8:45 AM EST |
DATA4 Conference
Embarc Collective |
Tampa Bay Data Engineering Group |
8:00 AM to 8:30 PM EST |
Maximizing Active Directory and Microsoft 365 security and compliance with autom
Online |
ManageEngine’s Cybersecurity Meetups |
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST |
Brandon Professional Networking Lucnh
Just Love Coffee Cafe |
RGA Networking Professional Business Networking |
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EST |
Lakewood Ranch/Sarasota Business Networking Lunch ~ Connect your busniess
Station 400 |
RGA Networking Professional Business Networking |
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EST |
Lakewood Ranch Business Networking Lunch at Station 400, JOIN in and Connect
Station 400 |
Bradenton/Sarasota Networking Meetings and Mixers |
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EST |
NPI North St. Pete Networkers Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals
Carrabas Italian Grill |
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) |
11:30 AM to 12:45 PM EST |
Synapse Summit Virtual Volunteer Information Session
Online |
Tech Success Network |
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EST |
Remote vs. On-Site Project Teams – Which Works Best?
Online |
Wesley Chapel PM and IT Connection |
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EST |
February DUG Tampa Power Platform Meetup: Copilot Studio In a Day Workshop
501 E. Kennedy Street, Tampa, FL |
DUG Power Platform & Dynamics 365 – Tampa |
1:00 PM to 5:00 PM EST |
Inspiring Authors & Book Immersion Meetup
Online |
Lady Lake Memoir Writing Meetup Group |
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EST |
Social “Hump Day” Wednesdays
Online |
Social Entrepreneurs Networking Group |
2:15 PM to 4:15 PM EST |
AI Basics for Business Owners
Online |
Skill Up & Network Orlando |
2:30 PM to 3:30 PM EST |
Wednesday Night Gaming
Nerdy Needs |
Brandon Boardgamers |
5:00 PM to 10:00 PM EST |
Bay pines toastmaster’s hybrid meeting
C. W. Bill Young VA Medical Center |
Bay Pines Toastmasters |
5:15 PM to 6:30 PM EST |
Orlando Chess Association
West Osceola Library |
Chess in Orlando |
5:30 PM to 8:30 PM EST |
Wednesday Board Game Night
Bridge Center |
Tampa Gaming Guild |
5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EST |
Robotics/Electronics: Create Your Own Catbot Combat Robot!
Tampa Hackerspace |
Tampa Hackerspace |
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EST |
Board Game Night
Critical Hit Games |
Critical Hit Games |
6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EST |
Casual Commander Wednesdays
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! |
Sunshine Games |
6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EST |
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 EST |
Game Night!
Southern Lights Brewing Company |
Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers |
6:30 PM to 10:00 PM EST |
[LIVE] Learn-To-Trade Q&A
Online |
[LIVE] Monster Learn-To-Trade Crypto |
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EST |
Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings meet In-Person and Online
Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library |
Toastmasters District 48 |
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EST |
Communication Practice and Improvement
Online |
Communication Skills for Interviews and Presentations |
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EST |
Games & Grog @ The Grove SoHo!
Grove Soho |
Nerdbrew Events |
7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EST |
New Beginnings & Old Rivalries
Online |
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild |
7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EST |
Games & Grog (Social Game Night in SoHo)
Grove Soho |
Nerd Night Out |
7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EST |
Cardfight Vanguard!! OverDress Weekly
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! |
Sunshine Games |
7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EST |
Downtown Lakeland Young Professionals Business Networking Lunch ~
Ax-Caliber Axe Venue and Restaurant |
RGA Networking Professional Business Networking |
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM to Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM EST |
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Thursday, February 27
Friday, February 28
Saturday, March 1
Sunday, March 2
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