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!
This weekly list is posted as a voluntary service to the Tampa tech community. With the notable exception of Tampa iOS Meetup, which I run, most of this information comes from Meetup.com, EventBrite, and other local event announcement sites. I can’t guarantee the accuracy of the dates and times listed here; if you want to be absolutely sure that the event you’re interested in is actually taking place, please contact the organizers!
Monday, April 22
- Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group — SOHO Networking at 717 South @ 717 South, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
- Digital Photo Artists — Monthly DPA Dinner at Popi’s Place in Lakewood Ranch @ 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- America’s TriviAddiction — ROOKIES SPORTS BAR – SPRING HILL – LIVE TEAM TRIVIA !!! @ 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Florida Center for Creative Photography — FREE Adobe Photoshop Class at Ross Norton Community Center — Class 4 of 5 @ Ross Norton Recreation Complex, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Cool ‘n Confident Toastmasters @ SPC – St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Digital Photo Artists — Phyllis Stockfisch – An Evening in India @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- America’s TriviAddiction — 3 DAUGHTERS BREWING – ST. PETERSBURG – LIVE TEAM TRIVIA @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Japanese Language Classes — *New!* Beginner Japanese Classes in St. Pete/Pinellas Park: Lesson 2 @ Kitchen Table Games, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Professionals (IT, Sales, HR & more) — SALES LEADERS – 3 Objectives of Storytelling: what Sales Leaders need to know @ WebEx Live-Online Session, 7:00 PM to 7:30 PM
- South Tampa Toastmasters @ Unity of Tampa, 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM
- Florida Center for Creative Photography — Photoshop After Hours — A Photoshop Q&A Session @ O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant, 8:45 PM to 9:45 PM
- Florida Center for Creative Photography — Weekly Canon Shooter Photo Album @ Online, 11:59 PM to 12:01 AM
Tuesday, April 23
- Business Game Changers Group — Leads and Coffee @ Belleair Coffee Company, 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
- St. Petersburg Photography Group — SACRED HEART CHURCH @ 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM
- Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group — Carrolwood Networking Lunch McAllisters Deli @ McAlister’s Deli, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
- Westshore Toastmasters @ FIVE Labs, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
- Brandon Boardgames — Tuesday Night Gaming @ Cool Stuff Games, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- GraphQL Tampa Bay — The GraphQL Ecosystem @ Perch Security, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Weekly Open Make Night @ Tampa Hackerspace, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Business Process Improvement Professionals Of Tampa Bay — April – User Experience Transformation @ PSCU Financial Services, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Code Lakeland — All About Blockchain! presented by Blockspaces @ Catapult, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Florida Center for Creative Photography — Meet & Greet at O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant @ O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant, 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- Figma Tampa Meetup at SDG @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- America’s TriviAddiction — WESTSHORE PIZZA – BELLEAIR BLUFFS – LIVE TEAM TRIVIA !!! @ 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- America’s TriviAddiction — MULLIGAN’S AT WENTWORTH – TARPON SPRINGS – LIVE TEAM TRIVIA !!! @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Tampa JUG — Java SE 11 Certification @ PSCU, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Tampa Bay Ethical Accelerator — No Impact Man screening @ Sourcetoad, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Tampa Bay Professionals (IT, Sales, HR & more) — SALES PROS – Dale Carnegie Sales Advantage: Free Session @ Presidents Plaza – Dale Carnegie Training, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Game Club Tampa Meetup — Tuesday Nite Roleplayers (RPGs) [Full] @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 6:30 PM to 10:30 PM
- St. Petersburg Photography Group — THE THRESHERS BASEBALL TEAM @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Nerd Night Out — Game of Thrones Trivia @ Jacks London Grill, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Geekocracy! — Trivia at Copper Tail Brewing @ Coppertail Brewing Co., 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Anime, Nerds, and Geeks — OKKOS’S INN @ 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM
- Tampa R Users Group — Tidy Tuesday! @ Southern Brewing & Winemaking, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Florida Center for Creative Photography — Photo 101 – Ask Me Anything! — Related to Photography, Computers and Software @ O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Wednesday, April 24
- Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group — Downtown St Pete Networking @ The Hangar, 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM
- Tampa Bay UX Group — UX Coffee Talk @ Panera Bread (112 S. Westshore Blvd. · Tampa), 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
- OPEN/Women’s Networking Event – 1 Million Cups @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
- Florida Center for Creative Photography — Coffee & Photography at O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant in Clearwater @ O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant, 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
- FEDC Workshop: Design Thinking – Innovation to Implementation @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group — Bernini of Ybor Lunch Networking @ Bernini (innovative italian cuisine), 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
- Bradenton .NET Software Engineer Group — Visual Studio 2019 Launch Recap @ Station 2 Innovation, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Network After Work Tampa at MacDinton’s Irish Pub & Restaurant @ MacDinton’s Soho, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Free Crash Course – Interviewing: Application to Offer @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Learn to Code | Thinkful Tampa — Getting Started in Data Science @ Tampa Bay Wave, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Tampa Artificial Intelligence Meetup — Study Group Meeting @ Town ‘N Country Regional Public Library, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- The New Tampa/ Wesley Chapel Book Club — April ‘Everything here is Beautiful’ Mira T Lee @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Florida Center for Creative Photography — FCCP Shoot the Sunset and Blue Hour at John’s Pass @ John’s Pass Boardwalk, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Women, Words and Wine — April Book Club Meeting @ Grillsmith, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Japanese Language Classes — Japanese Classes at Oblivion Games: Week 7 Lesson 2 @ Oblivion Games, 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Women in Linux — Understanding Linux @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Nerdbrew Events — Games & Grog @ Peabody’s Billiards and Games, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
- Code Katas — Let’s Do Some Harder Fun Code Challenges! @ PROforma, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Bitcoin — Bitcoin/Blockchain Meetup: Networking, News, Q&A @ Coastal Cantina and Grill, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Carrollwood Toastmasters @ Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
- America’s TriviAddiction — GIL & RICK’S SPORTS BAR – LARGO – LIVE TEAM TRIVIA !!! @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Thursday, April 25
- Geek Breakfast @ Jimbo’s Pit Bar-B-Q, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
- IIBA Tampa Bay — Change got you down? Roll with punches when you’d rather be throwing them! @ 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Tech Career Advice Forum — 1 on 1 Tech Careers – Resume Review @ Computer Coach Training Center, 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
- SIP Night Tampa — Zydeco Brew Werks SIP Night @ Zydeco Brew Werks, 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- The Pinellas County Young Professionals — Bi-Weekly Thirsty Thursday Happy Hour – SEA SALT EDITION @ Sea Salt, 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- Digital Marketing Tampa Bay Meetup — Demystifying AI in Marketing: Practical Applications in Artificial Intelligence @ 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM
- Tampa Bay AWS User Group — Lean Coffee for Containers on AWS @ CoWorkTampa, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Tampa SQL User Groups — Hillsborough – Monthly Meeting @ Corporate Center I, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Joint Tampa Bay Data Science Group/Tampa Bay Python Meeting: Data Wrangling with Pandas Dataframe PLUS… @ Alessi/Vigo Foods Bacardi Memorial Tasting Room, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
- Florida Center for Creative Photography — FREE Photography Class, part 2 of 4 — Shutter Speed @ Ross Norton Recreation Center, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- America’s TriviAddiction — CAPTAIN’S CORNER – BROOKSVILLE – LIVE TEAM TRIVIA !!! @ 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- America’s TriviAddiction — CRESCENT OAKS COUNTRY CLUB – TARPON SPRINGS – LIVE TEAM TRIVIA !!! @ 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- America’s TriviAddiction — BAYSCAPE BISTRO AT HERITAGE ISLES – NEW TAMPA – LIVE TEAM TRIVIA !!! @ 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Vue.js Tampa Bay — Our first event! Intro to Vue.js Tampa Bay @ Suncoast Developers Guild, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Dunedin Beers & Board Games — Beers and Board Games at Cueni Brewing in Dunedin (Every Thursday) @ Cueni Brewing Co., 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM
- Dialogue Society — Recognizing Bias @ College of Public Health, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- 3D Printing Guild @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Geekocracy! — The Avengers: Endgame Pre-Game Party! @ 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Blockchain Developers Meetup — Innovation LAB: Ideation Workshop @ Tampa Bay Wave, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- E. Polk County Photographer & Model Social Club — PEER REVIEW AND COMMENT EXCHANGE. GET CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM YOUR PHOTOS
Friday, April 26
- Lean Coffee for All Things Agile (Westshore) @ Panera Bread (112 S Westshore Blvd · Tampa)
- Apr 2019 Homebrew Hillsborough: Uptown Innovation District @ 2149 University Square Mall, 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM
- Tampa Bay Professionals (IT, Sales, HR & more) — Managers & Supervisors – Dale Carnegie Leadership Training: Free Session @ Presidents Plaza – Dale Carnegie Training, 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
- Florida Center for Creative Photography — FCCP Friday Morning Photowalk at the Florida Botanical Gardens @ Florida Botanical Gardens, 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
- Tampa Bay Connections — Friday Business Introductions @ McAlister’s Deli (4410 W Boy Scout Blvd), 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
- Tampa Professional Networking Meetup — Let’s Do Lunch and Network! – Tampa @ Grillsmith (Midtown South Tampa,612 N Dale Mabry Hwy), 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
- FUN Networking meeting @ Casita Taqueria, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
- Tampa Agile Chill & Chat @ Hilton Tampa Downtown, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
- Tampa Bay Young Professionals Group — Dinner & Movie Night: Avengers Endgame! @ 6:30 PM to 11:30 PM
- Geekocracy! — The Alley at Southshore: Arcades, Bowling, Billiards, and more! @ The Alley at Southshore, 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Young Professionals Group — Cold Brews / Hot Jazz – – (Free @ Ale & Witch DTSP) @ 8:30 PM to 11:30 PM
Saturday, April 27
- Geekocracy! — Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful: Picnic Island Clean-up! @ Picnic Island Beach Dog Park, 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM
- #TampaCC — Global Azure Bootcamp @ Keiser University, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
- Florida Center for Creative Photography — FREE Photography Class — Learn Your Lenses – Zooms, Primes and More . . . @ O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant, 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
- Florida Center for Creative Photography — Watch the LIVE Stream of “Learn Your Lenses — Zooms, Primes and More . . . @ 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
- Pinellas Writers — Critiquing Session: Read Your Work Aloud To Receive Advice & Suggestions @ Largo Southwest Recreation Complex, 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM
- Tampa Letter Writers Club — Letter Writing Club of Tampa Bay. March Social: The Barefoot Postman of Florida @ The Paper Seahorse, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
- Tampa Drones Meetup — Open Fly Day @ Rowlett Park, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
- Florida Center for Creative Photography — A Day at the Races . . . Horse Racing at Tampa Bay Downs @ Tampa Bay Downs, 11:45 AM to 2:45 PM
- Book vs Movie Club — Running With Scissors @ The Bricks Ybor, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
- Microcontroller Monthly Meetup (M3) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
- Pinellas Writers — PUBLISHING: INDIE OR TRADITIONAL? APRIL 27, 1 to 3 PM @ Panera Bread, Bardmoor (10801 Starkey Road · Largo), 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
- Board Gamers United — BGU @RIVERVIEW, 1:00 PM to 11:00 PM
- Building a startup app company — Building a Mobile app company – Stage-1(prototype) @ 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
- Kakkoii-Otaku Clan — Avengers: Endgame Movie – AMC Veterans (Dolby Cinema) @ 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Young Professionals Group — Go Cart – Tampa Bay Grand Prix! @ 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
- Geekocracy! — Monty Python & The Holy Grail-viewing party! @ 6:30 PM to 10:30 PM
- Geekocracy! — Movies in the Park: Wall-E @ Tampa Waterworks Park, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Tampa Hackerspace Monthly Board Game Night @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 11:55 PM
Sunday, April 28
- Florida Center for Creative Photography — Advanced Composition — Part 3 of 4 @ O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant, 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
- Game Club Tampa Meetup — D&D 5e Jungle Adventure (Full) @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Geekocracy! — Dim Sum at Yummy House @ Yummy House China Bistro, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
- Podcast Brunch Club – Tampa — April Podcast Brunch @ 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
- Suncoast Audiophile Society — April Meeting- Even MORE goodies at Jerry’s “Warehouse of Awesome Audio” @ 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
- Brooksville Photography Meetup — BPM #7: April (Sunday) Group Shoot / Workshop: Learn Multiplicity @ 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Coalition of Reason — Clearwater: “Human or Humanimal?: An Epicurean Perspective” @ 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Japanese Language Classes — Japanese Classes at Oblivion Games: Week 8 Lesson 1 @ Oblivion Games – Magic the Gathering, 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
- Hype Lit Book Club — “Mr. Loverman” by Bernadine Evaristo @ Ya Mon, 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- Cards Against Humanity – Tampa Bay and Lakeland — Cards Against Tampa – Pixelate This! @ 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
- Geekocracy! — *Special Event* Game of Thrones Private Watch Party – Episode 3! @ London Heights British Pub, 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM
Sunday, April 28
