Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, March 31 through Sunday, April 6, 2025!
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, March 31
Tuesday, April 1
Wednesday, April 2
Thursday, April 3
Friday, April 4
Saturday, April 5
| Event name and location |
Group |
Time |
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Online |
Florida Center for Creative Photography |
7:00 AM to 7:01 AM EDT |
Connect, Learn, Code: Orlando Code Camp 2025
Wayne M. Densch Partnership Center |
Google Developer Group Central Florida |
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT |
Compare Notes on Life
Online |
Central Florida Philosophy Meetup |
8:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT |
HackUSF 2025 – Build with AI – Tampa’s Hackathon at USF
3820 USF Alumni Drive |
GDG Tampa Bay |
Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM to Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM EDT |
Are you Exotic or just WILD?
BIG CAT HABITAT |
Creativity – it’s not just for artists anymore |
9:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT |
Creative Writing In-Person Monthly Gathering for Aspiring Authors
16120 US Hwy 19 N |
Pinellas Writers Group |
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT |
Hunters Creek Toastmasters
Online |
Toastmasters Division E |
9:30 AM to 11:00 AM EDT |
Saturday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa
Whole Foods Market |
Chess Republic |
9:30 AM to 12:00 PM EDT |
Down Town St. Petersburg Photo Walk/ Saturday Market and the Mainsail Art Festiv
Online |
The Art Of Photography – Tampa/St. Pete |
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT |
Bravo Group Campaign Continues
Online |
Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG) |
11:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT |
Think Escape Games- Smoke and Mirrors
Think Escape Games |
Orlando Escape Room Meetup |
11:30 AM to 1:30 PM EDT |
Winning The Week – 1st Meet
Sage Biscuit Cafe |
Winning The Week |
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT |
Crafting a Medical Thriller that Doesn’t Commit Malpractice
Online |
Florida Gulf Coast Chapter of Sisters in Crime |
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 |
Bruno’s Bistro (CheckMate Land o lakes)
Checkmate escape room |
Tampa Escape Room Meetup |
1:30 PM to 2:45 PM EDT |
D&D (5e) @ Black Harbor Gaming (FULL)
Black Harbor Gaming |
St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group |
1:30 PM to 5:30 PM EDT |
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Prerelease #2
Critical Hit Games |
Critical Hit Games |
2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT |
Wild Beyond the Witchlight (Tier 1)
Coliseum of Comics Clermont |
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild |
2:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT |
Radiant Citadel Adventures
Coliseum of Comics Clermont |
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild |
2:00 PM to 6:30 PM EDT |
Deep Dive into Machine Learning Algorithms
Online |
Orlando Artificial Intelligence Applications Meetup Group |
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT |
Outside the Binary Boardgame Meetup
Critical Hit Games |
Critical Hit Games |
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT |
Seminole Game Night (1st Saturday of each Month 4 – 10 PM)
Barbara’s House |
It’s All Fun and Games Tampa Bay Brandon Riverview and Ruskin |
4:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT |
April Fool’s Day Game Night Saturday April 05, 2025 **DIFFERENT LOCATION**
Glory Days Grill |
Tampa (Citrus Park Area) Games Meetup Group |
4:30 PM to 10:30 PM EDT |
Community Hang-out Night
Online |
Nerdbrew Events |
6:00 PM to 9:00 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 |
Tarkir: Dragonstorm 2-Headed Giant Prerelease
Critical Hit Games |
Critical Hit Games |
7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT |
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Sunday, April 6
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