Happy new year, Tampa Bay! Let’s start 2018 off right by participating in local developer, technology, entrepreneurial, and nerdy events in and around the area, as listed below…
Tuesday, January 2
- Brandon Boardgamers — Tuesday Night Gaming @ Cool Stuff Games, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- THS Member Meeting @ Tampa Hackerspace, 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults @ Flying Boat Brewing Company, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Anime, Nerds & Geeks — $5 Movies – Justice League @ 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM
- Star Wars: Destiny Organized Play @ Armada Games, 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM
Wednesday, January 3
- Open/FREE Coworking for Latino Tech Entrepreneurs @ FirstWaVE Venture Center, 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM
- 1 Million Cups St. Pete — thedoyenne @ St. Petersburg Greenhouse, 9:00 AM
- 1 Million Cups Tampa — Lorusso Energy Systems, LLC. and Preferhired @ Mark Sharpe Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 9:00 AM
- Game Club Tampa Meetup — Start the D&D Campaign for new players @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 5:30 PM to 10:30 PM
- Tampa Bay Scrum Masters Guild – January @ ConnectWise, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Grand Gamers of St. Petersburg Board Game Night @ Critical Hit Games, 6:00 PM to 11:30 PM
- Crypto Investors Club – St Pete (RSVP to attend) @ Panera, 1908 4th Street North · Saint Petersburg, 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
- Tampa Artificial Intelligence Meetup — “AI Grammar School – Deciphering Machine Learning” @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Open Hack Night with Code for Tampa Bay @ Tampa Bay WaVE, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
- Tampa Bay Young Professionals Group — Dinner in the Secret Dining Room at Ava @ 6:30 PM
- Laser Cutter Orientation @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Blockchain/Cryptocurrency Meetup: News, Q&A, Networking, Social @ BlockSpaces, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Bitcoin Mining – ICO – Crypto Trading @ Bitcoin Mining Investors, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
- Lakeland Bitcoin Club — First Meeting Ever @ Village Inn, 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Carrollwood Toastmasters @ Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Thursday, January 4
- Coffee & Code @ Pour House at Grand Central, 11:15 AM to 1:15 PM
- Brandon Boardganers — Let’s Game on Thursdays @ Panera, 3490 Lithia Pinecrest Road · Valrico, 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM
- Game Drive’s Power Up Meetings @ John F. Germany Public Library, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- TBDUG (Tampa Bay Drupal User Group) Meeting @ Panera, 2285 Ulmerton Road · Clearwater, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- WordPress St. Petersburg — 2017: A Year in Review and a Look Ahead @ TEC Garage at SPC Downtown Campus, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Lakeland How To Make Money Passively With Bitcoin & Crypto — How To Make Money Passively From Home With Bitconnect & Bitcoin @ Panera Bread, 4208 South Florida Ave · Lakeland, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Largo Board Games Meetup — Hero Realms: Ruin Of Thandar Campaign 1 @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- St Pete .NET Meetup — Alexa Skills with Steve Tingiris @ Bank of the Ozark’s Innovation Lab, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Suncoast.js — React HOC vs RenderProp & Node.js and Blockchain @ Gooee, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Friday, January 5
- Lean Coffee for All Things Agile (St Petersburg) @ Panera, 2285 Ulmerton Road · Clearwater, 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
- Café con Tampa @ Oxford Exchange, 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
- Game Club Tampa Meetup — STARFINDER RPG game (FULL) @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 6:30 PM to 11:00 PM
- St. Petersburg Area Cryptocurrencies Meetup — First Meetup @ Bridgewater Clubhouse, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Anime, Nerds & Geeks — 1st Friday Meetup! @ 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Saturday, January 6
- Tampa Python Meetup — Python 1000: Skill Review Bonus @ 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
- Learn to work and fire glass using a kiln (8 week class) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
- AirBnB Income Strategy — Build a Highly Profitable AirBnB Business @ 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
- Tampa Social Networking Meetup — Food & Craft Beer walking tours @ 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
- Youtubers Connect – St Pete — Meet, Greet & Chat @ 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
- Grand Gamers of St. Petersburg — Board Games at Serenity Games @ Serenity Games, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- 5e Campaign for Brandon Area Gamers – Adventures in Bard’s Gate @ Cool Stuff Games – Tampa, 7:00 PM to 11:30 PM
Sunday, January 7
- Tampa Drones Meetup — Open Fly Day – Fly what you have! @ Sheffield Disc Golf Park, 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
- Largo Board Games Meetup — Mansions of Madness 2.0 @ 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
- Kids’ Open Make Day @ Tampa Hackerspace, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Monday, January 8
- R-Ladies Sarasota — new yeaR’s Resolution: moRe R @ 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
- WEBINAR: Turning software into computer chips By Hastlayer By Zoltán Lehóczky @ online, 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
- Nerd Night Out — Retro/Indie Gaming at Brew Bus (Pints & Pixels) @ Brew Bus Brewing, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Tuesday, January 9
- American Marketing Association, Tampa Bay Chapter — Email Must-Know Tips, Tricks & Stats Workshop @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
- Entrepreneurs & Startups – Bradenton Networking & Education — Network & Learn, One Woman’s Story CEO and Founder Tri Sirena, Stefani Schuetz @ Station 2 Innovation Center, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
- Weekly Open Make Night @ Tampa Hackerspace, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — Info Night @ SecureSet, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Android Developers Group — 45-Minute Talk/30-minute Talk/Round-table discussion @ Big Fish App Development Studio, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Code Katas — Let’s Do Some Fun Code Challenges! @ Bank of the Ozarks’ Innovation Lab, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Social Media Meetup — Web Entrepreneurs @ Tampa Bay Technology Center, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Woodshop Safety (Members Only) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:15 PM to 10:15 PM
