Every week, I compile a list of events for developers, technologists, tech entrepreneurs, and nerds in and around the Tampa Bay area. We’ve got a lot of events going on this week, and here they are!
Monday, November 26
- Tampa Cybersecurity Meetup — Expert Series: Jeff Toth @ SecureSet, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
- Cool ‘n Confident Toastmasters @ SPC – St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Bitcoin — Mining Mondays @ Tampa Bay Wave, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- South Tampa Toastmasters @ Unity of Tampa, 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM
Tuesday, November 27
- Westshore Toastmasters @ FIVE Labs, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
- Brandon Boardgamers — Tuesday Night Gaming @ Cool Stuff Games, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — War Games: Network Security 2—Network Hijacking @ SecureSet, 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM
- Suncoast Developers Guild — Crash Course: Intro to LINQ @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- IEEE Professionals of the Florida West Coast — Attacking and Defending the Internet of Things (IoT) @ St Petersburg Yacht Club, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Agile — Heart of Agile: Exploring Reflect and Improve @ KForce Tampa, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Weekly Open Make Night @ Tampa Hackerspace, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Tampa iOS Meetup — Where am I? Building apps with geolocation @ Sourcetoad, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Tampa Artificial Intelligence Meetup — AI Study Group Meeting @ Town ‘N Country Regional Public Library, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults @ Flying Boat Brewing Company, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- NerdBrew Trivia: All Fandoms! @ The Lowry Parcade and Tavern, 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Wednesday, November 28
- OPEN/Women’s Networking Event – 1 Million Cups @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center (ECC), 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
- Tampa Bay Tech Career Advice Forum — 4 Key Strategies to Landing your Next Job Offer @ Computer Coach Training Center, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Blockchain Developers Meetup — Open code @ Tampa Bay Wave, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Digital Marketing Tampa Bay Meetup — How to Start a Corporate Blog that Doesn’t Suck @ Geographic Solutions, 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM
- Tampa Bay UX Group — TBUX Member Appreciation: A UX Happy Hour @ World of Beer, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Mobile Application Developer Tampa Bay/Xamarin Tampa Bay — How to build video streaming iOS and Android apps @ Microsoft, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Sarasota .NET Software Engineer Group — Hangfire (Opensource) – background processing in .NET and .NET Core @ Station 2 Innovation, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Learn to Code | Thinkful Tampa — Build a Web App with JavaScript & jQuery @ Secureset Academy, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Crypto Investors Club @ Panera Bread (1908 4th Street North, Saint Petersburg), 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- St. Pete Podcasters — Nov Meeting: Lisa Demmi @ Pinellas Ale Works, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Geekocracy! — Lowry Parcade Night! @ Lowry Parcade & Tavern, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Code Katas — Let’s Do Some Harder Fun Code Challenges! @ PROforma, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- IPA’s & API’s — Version 3.0 @ Southern Lights Brewing Company, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Nerdbrew Events — Games & Grog @ Peabody’s! @ Peabody’s Billiards and Games, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Blockchain Group — Bitcoin Cash @ Tampa Bay Wave, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Thursday, November 29
- Geek Breakfast @ Jimbo’s Pit Bar-B-Q, 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM
- Tampa Bay IIBA — Connecting Two Worlds – Bridging the Divide When Teams Are on Different Planets @ Facebook Live, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
- Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — War Games: Network Security 3—DDOS and Countermeasures @ SecureSet, 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM
- TAB | Tampa Tech and Beer @ Tampa Bay Brewing Company, 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Brandon Boardgamers — Let’s Game on Thursdays @ Panera Bread (3490 Lithia Pinecrest Road, Valrico), 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM
- Tampa SQL User Groups — Hillsborough – Monthly Meeting @ Corporate Center I, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Seffner D&D Meetup — 1st ed AD&D Campaign. Open to new players. @ 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Dunedin Beers & Board Games — Game Night @ Cueni Brewing Co., 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM
Friday, November 30
- Demo Day at Suncoast Developers Guild! @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
- Geekocracy! — New Member Night at Peabody’s Pool Hall and NO-SHAVE NOVEMBER contest! @ Peabody’s Billiard & Games, 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM
- Kakkoii-Otaku Clan — DC Animated Movie Night @ Perkins, 8:00 PM to 12:00 AM
Saturday, December 1
- Game Club Tampa Meetup — 18XX Stock Railroad Game @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM
- Geekocracy! — Lunch at the Armature Works (plus Brunch Brainstorm)! @ Armature Works, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
- Remote Professionals & Self-Employed of Tampa Bay — Newcomers Welcome Lunch (new & old alike) @ Panera Bread (3181 Curlew Road, Oldsmar), 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
- Geekocracy! — 97X Next Big Thing concert – Day 1 @ MidFlorida Credit Amphitheater, 12:00 PM to 12:00 AM
- 2018 Portkey to Magic Yule Ball: An Evening in Paris @ City of Gulfport: Gulfport Casino Ballroom, 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM
- Geekocracy! — Star Wars: A New Hope – Live in Concert @ Ruth Eckerd Hall, 7:30 PM to 11:00 PM
Sunday, December 2
- Game Club Tampa Meetup — D&D 5E campaign (Full), bi-weekly @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Geekocracy! — 97X Next Big Thing concert – Day 2 @ MidFlorida Credit Amphitheater, 12:00 PM to 12:00 AM
- Kids & Families Open Make Day @ Tampa Hackerspace, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
- Geekocracy! — Let’s watch ‘A Christmas Story’ at Tampa Theater! @ Tampa Theater, 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM
- Sew What? (Textile Arts & Crafts) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Game Club Tampa Meetup — Ghost Busters – RPG Event @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 5:30 PM to 10:30 PM