Category: Tampa Bay

Happy Friday, Tampa Bay! Hopefully, you’ve emerged from Tropical Storm Debby unscathed. I had a little yard clean-up to do, but that’s about it.

Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, August 12 through Sunday, August 18, 2024. 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

But first, a quick promo:

This week’s events

• Monday, August 12
• Tuesday, August 13
• Wednesday, August 14
• Thursday, August 15
• Friday, August 16
• Saturday, August 17
• Sunday, August 18
• About this list

Monday, August 12

Event name and location	Group	Time
Business Networking Meeting Online	Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	11:30 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research Online	Tampa Startup Founder 101	1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Intro to Mobile Videography (FREE for Hillsborough County residents) TBCN Media Center	Tampa Bay Community Network	3:30 PM to 5:30 PM EDT
Monday Weekly Board Game Night! (Lazy Moon Colonial Location) Lazy Moon Pizza	Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar	6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Stationfall Anson on Palmer Ranch	Sarasota Strategy Board Game League	6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
MTG: Commander Night Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Monday Feast & Game Night Village Inn	Tampa Bay Tabletoppers	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Three Bridges Brewing Trivia Night with the Smartphone Trivia Game Show Three bridges brewing	Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice	6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Intro to the Babylock Embroidery Machine (Members Only) 4931 W Nassau St	Tampa Hackerspace	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Stirling Toastmasters Club #7461614 | Public Speaking & Leadership Development Online	Toastmasters District 48	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Entrepreneur Book Club Weekly Meetup – Live Reading & Elaboration Online	Business Owners and Professionals	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck! Online	Nerdbrew Events	7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Board Game Night at Armada Games Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
August in-person Meetup at Penera’s Panera Bread	The Art Of Photography – Tampa/St. Pete Chapter	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Members as far back as 2008 can access their photos none	School is closed- Light Study PRO – A Photography Workshop	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
ONLINE: Ajahn Chah: Training the Heart and Mind, Part 2 Online	Orlando Stoics	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
MONDAY NIGHT GAME NIGHT Executive Sanford	Craft Cocktail Lounge Events and Activities	7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
DigiMondays Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Weekly Meetup Online	Beginning Web Development	8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Tuesday, August 13

On Tuesday morning, there are a couple of interesting online meetup options…

Tuesday at 7:30 a.m., online: The Lean Coffee meetup will get together to discuss whatever puzzles you about Lean & Agile topics, as well as other workplace challenges. Find out more and register here.

Tuesday at 10 a.m., online: Computer Coach will host their webinar, Career Changing Without Resetting Your Journey, where they’ll cover recognizing your current skills and seize new opportunities without starting from scratch. Find out more and register here.

Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Kforce (Tampa): Tampa Bay Product Group will hold their monthly meetup, and it’ll feature a panel discussion titled Driving and Executing Product Strategy with panelists Om Patel, Brian Orlando, and Mile Miller. Find out more and register here.

Event name and location	Group	Time
v-Lean Coffee Online	Tampa Bay Agile	7:30 AM to 8:30 AM EDT
NPI St. Pete Business Builders Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals St Petersburg Yacht Club	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Venice Area Toastmasters Club #5486 Online	Toastmasters District 48	7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Career Changing Successfully Online	Tampa Cybersecurity Training	10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Career Changing Successfully Online	Front End Creatives	10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Career Changing Successfully Online	Tech Success Network	10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Career Changing Successfully Online	Career Success Academy	10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
SWAT Networking Lakewood Ranch Luncheon Seasons 52	SWAT Networking – Successful Women Aligning Together	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
August Sarasota Software Developers Lunch Meetup Online	Hosted By Sarasota Software Developers	12:30 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Together we are stronger Online	Friends with skills and resources	5:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Executing Product Strategy Panel – Tampa Bay Product Group Kforce	Tampa Bay Product Group	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Magic: The Gathering Night at Felicitous Felicitous (on 42nd)	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Disney Lorcana Night Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Pinellas Writers and Authors Weekly Meeting (Online/Zoom) Online	Pinellas Writers Group	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Authors Anonymous – Writing Group Black Bean Deli	Authors Anonymous – Writing Group	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Orlando ServiceNow Developers Meetup Tournament Tracker App 12900 Science Dr	Orlando ServiceNow Developer Meetup	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Advance Resin 3D Printing MakerSpace Pinellas	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Learn About Podcasting and How to Monetize Your Interest! IHOP	Tampa eMarketing Groups	6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Florida Podcasters Association General Meeting!!! IHOP	Florida Podcasters Association	6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Guest Speaker Seminar for Young Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders Cres Community	Young Entrepreneurs of America YEA Meetup Group	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa Gaspars Patio Bar & Grille	Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa	6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
August Book Club: “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe Sarasota	Their Eyes Were Watching Books – Classic Book Meetup	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
August 2024 Book Club Meeting Mandola’s	Oldsmar Reads Between The Lines	6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Weekday Writing Get Down The Writers Room	We Write Here Black and Women of Color Writing Group	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Python Dinner Orlando	The Orlando Python User Group	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Woodshop Safety (Members Only) Tampa Hackerspace West	Tampa Hackerspace	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults Pinellas Ale Works Brewery	St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Trivia Night with Trivia Nation Irish 31 Pub House & Eatery	Trivia Night at Irish 31 Seminole	7:00 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
Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show Moose Lodge	Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
AMA – Ask Me Anything Related to Photography, Computers and Software O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant	Florida Center for Creative Photography	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Let’s Meetup and Discuss “The Long Walk” by Stephen King Burntwood Tavern	Central Florida Books and Brews	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Boards & Bones SpookEasy Lounge	Nerd Night Out	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Let’s play chess at 54th Ave Kava House! 2705 54th Ave N	TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	7:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Nic At Nite – Weekly Movie Night Online	Nerdbrew Events	7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom Online	Shut Up & Write!® Tampa	7:45 PM to 9:15 PM EDT
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Wednesday, August 14

Wednesday at 6 p.m., online: Google Developer Group Central Florida is hosting A Fireside Chat about Potential Legislation for Artificial Intelligence, fetauring a panel including Congressman Darren Soto from the 9th District in Florida. Find out more and register here.

Wednesday at 6 p.m., online: Tech4Good Tampa Bay is relaunching with a kickoff meeting! This is a fantastic opportunity for our existing members to connect with the new team, learn about their expanded mission, and share your insights and ideas for the future, as well as for new members to learn more about Tech4Good and how to get involved. Find out more and register here.

Event name and location	Group	Time
Grow Your Business with focused Referral Networking Sons of Italy Lodge	BNI Tampa -Referral based networking	7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup UCF Executive Development Center Downtown	1 Million Cups – Orlando	8:30 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Coffee & WordPress at Foxtail Coffee – Howell Branch Foxtail Coffee – Howell Branch	WordPress Orlando	9:30 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Networking at Just Love Coffee! Just Love Coffee Cafe – Brandon FL	Hosted By Tampa Bay Singles Activities Group	11:30 AM to 1:30 PM EDT
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 EDT
Free Webinar: Mastering Multilingual and International SEO Online	Tampa SEO and Digital Marketing Meetup with Steve Scott	12:00 PM to 12:45 PM EDT
How To Build A Multi-Channel Empire Online	Downtown Networking Community by Serendipity Labs Orlando	12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
How to build a multi channel empire? Step by step approach to selling online. Serendipity Labs Private Offices & Coworking	Central Florida Small Business & Entrepreneur Group	12:30 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
No Fear Speaking Webinar and Meetup Online	Tampa Fear of Public Speaking Meetup Group	2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Inspiring Authors & Book Immersion Meetup Online	Lady Lake Memoir Writing Meetup Group	2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
How to Build a Multi-Six Figure Business Through Social Media Online	Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events	3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
SwanCitySec Meetup Cob & Pen	Central Florida CitySec	5:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Wednesday Night Gaming Nerdy Needs	Brandon Boardgamers	5:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Happy Hour at Texas Tony’s Texas Tony’s Rib & brewhouse	SWFL-Happy-Hour	5:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Bay pines toastmaster’s hybrid meeting C. W. Bill Young VA Medical Center	Bay Pines Toastmasters	5:15 PM to 6:30 PM EDT
Wednesday Board Game Night Bridge Center	Tampa Gaming Guild	5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Felicitous Game Night w/Heritage Dim Sum Felicitous (on 42nd)	Tampa Game Nights	5:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Orlando ChatGPT Meetup Emerson Plaza	Orlando ChatGPT Meetup	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
A Fireside Chat about Potential Legislation for Artificial Intelligence Online	Google Developer Group Central Florida	6:00 PM to 7:15 PM EDT
Tech4Good Relaunch Online	Tech4Good Tampa	6:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Adult Dungeons & Dragons Wednesdays Conworlds Emporium	Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Board Game Night Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
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 EDT
Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.tbic.us bi-monthly Meetup Online	Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.TampaBayInventors.org	6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Game Night! Southern Lights Brewing Company	Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers	6:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik – MIDWAY Inner Compass Brewing Company	The Weirder Things Book Club	6:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Shut Up & Write!® Gulfport Tales and Cocktails Gulfport Brewery + Eatery	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Tampa Writers Alliance Critique Group Online	Tampa Writers Alliance	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Castaways Euchre Club The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge	Hosted By Castaways Euchre Club	6:50 PM to 8:50 PM EDT
[Virtual] Tampa Bay Bitcoin Meetup: News, Markets, & Community Online	Tampa Bay Bitcoin	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
MakerFX Embrilliance Study Group MakerFX Makerspace	MakerFX Makerspace	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Call for presenters 100% Remote	Broward Drupal Users Group	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Mastering Amazon Creator Connections & Brand Deals 1207 N Himes Ave suite 1	Tampa Bay Amazon Sellers Meetup	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings meet In-Person and Online Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library	Toastmasters District 48	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Magic Pioneer Event Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Games & Grog @ The Grove SoHo! Grove Soho	Nerdbrew Events	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Mothership: A one-shot of a sci-fi horror RPG Black Harbor Gaming	St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
MtG Modern Constructed at Armada Games Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
New Beginnings & Old Rivalries Online	Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
FREE MEETUP: How You Can Use The Technique Of Thirds To Improve Your Photography Online	Hosted By Tampa St Pete Photography Community	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
How to Express Yourself and Connect with People Online	Professionals Meetup For Networking And Social Skillsets	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Games & Grog (Social Game Night in SoHo) Grove Soho	Nerd Night Out	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
The Short Attention Span Storytelling Hour Stardust Video & Coffee	Writers of Central Florida or Thereabouts	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
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Thursday, August 15

Thursday at 5:00 p.m. at DTCC (Tampa): The Tampa Java User Group will feature Taking Off with the Java Flight Recorder, a presentation by Billy Korando, a Java Developer Advocate with the Java Platform Group at Oracle. He’ll show how this powerful and low-overhead observability tool built into the JVM that can help you track down those performance issues and difficult-to-understand bugs. Find out more and register here.

Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at Bar Louie at the International Plaza (Tampa): Lean Beer is happening on the Tampa side of the bay! Discuss any topics on Agile and Lean that are of interest to whomever is gathered. You suggest the topics, then they prioritize that list democratically, through a good ol’-fashioned vote. They manage our discussions via time boxes, and a Roman vote (drinks up/drinks down). Vegas rules apply! Find out more and register here.

Event name and location	Group	Time
Business Over Breakfast ~ Happy Hangar IN PERSON JOIN US! The Happy Hangar Café	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Entrepreneur Roundtable to SPARK Ideas & Build Growth Dunedin Chamber of Commerce	Clearwater Entrepreneurs’ Round Table	8:30 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Tackle it in Ten – Entrepreneur Roundtables Dunedin Chamber of Commerce	Entrepreneur Round Table	8:30 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited! The Breakroom Bar & Grill	Hosted By Tampa Bay Singles Activities Group	11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals Carrabas Italian Grill	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
RGA’s Founders & Amplify Clearwater Partnership meeting ~ All Welcome, JOIN in. Chili’s Grill & Bar	RGA Networking Professional Business Networking	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Lakewood Ranch RGANetwork Business Networking Lunch Station 400	Bradenton/Sarasota Networking Meetings and Mixers	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Life After Agile Online	Career Success Academy	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters Online	Toastmasters District 48	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Commander Open Play Night at Armada Games Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	1:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom) Online	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	1:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
Effortless Quality Social Media: DFY by AI & Virtual Assistants Online	Productivity, Profit, AI, Delegation Group – San Antonio	2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Taking off with the JDK Flight Recorder DTCC New Tampa	Tampa Java User Group	5:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Alchemist Virtual Networking! Online	Tampa Professional Networking Meetup	5:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Thursday Night Gaming 3407 Lithia Pinecrest Rd	Brandon Boardgamers	5:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Gulfport Scrabble and Social The Drunken Taco	Gulfport Scrabblers and Social	5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective The Collective: A Comic & Game Community	Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup	5:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Summer Social at The Axe Trap Online	Orlando Christian Technologists and Entrepreneurs	5:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Tomb of Annihilation (T3-APL11) Coliseum of Comics Kissimmee	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	5:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Ari Krzyzek – Made to Sell: Creating Websites that Convert Online	West Orlando WordPress Meetup	6:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Adult Game Night at Conworlds Emporium Conworlds Emporium	Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
BotC night at Hourglass Brewery at the Hourglass District Hourglass Brewing at Hourglass District	Sunshine Social Deduction Gaming	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Board Game Night at Ivanhoe Park Lager House Ivanhoe Park Lager House	Brews N Board Games	6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Writing Meet-Up: Let’s Get to Work! The Study Wine & Beer Lounge St. Pete	Prose Society Writers Group	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Board Games MakerSpace Pinellas	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Introverts Go to the Arcade Dave & Busters	O-Town Introverts	6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Writing Meetup HotWax Coffee Shop, Kava Bar & Tap House	Tampa Free Writing Group	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Bitcoin and State Politics w/ Nathaniel Snyder Bitcoin Bay Foundation	Tampa Bay Bitcoin	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
3D Printer Orientation: Printing at Tampa Hackerspace (THS Members only) 4935 W Nassau St	Tampa Hackerspace	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Lean Beer for All Things Agile (Tampa) Bar Louie at Bay Street in International Plaza	Tampa Bay Agile	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Dungeons and Dragons with Donavan Unlucky Roll Cafe	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Book Club: “Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits” and Thai food Jasmine Thai	Geekocracy!	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
One Piece Thursdays Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Smartphone Trivia Game Show at Wilders Pizza Wilder’s Pizza	Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Pathfinder Society Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Thursday chess at 54th Ave Kava House! 54th Ave Kava House	TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament Balance Martial Arts & Gaming	Balance Martial Arts and Gaming	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Live streaming production and talent 124 S Ring Ave	Live streaming production and talent	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
August Book Club DOUBLE FEATURE – Wuthering Heights & Jane Eyre The Capital Room	Sanford Book Club	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Project Hail Mary – Andy Weir Three Birds Tavern	St. Pete Booze and Book Club	7:30 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Networking for Career Growth AGILEST®	Florida Agile Innovators	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
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Friday, August 16

Event name and location	Group	Time
Improve your communication, listening, and leadership skills Winter Park Community Center	Winter Park Toastmasters – Learn while having FUN!	7:15 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Caffeine & Connections: Friday Fuel for Black Professionals Online	Pinellas County Black Business Meetup Group	8:00 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Friday Morning All WElCOME Online	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	8:45 AM to 10:15 AM EDT
Online Networking with Brandon Biz Pros Online	Brandon Biz Pros	9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Toastmasters – Improve Speaking Skills & Build Confidence Online	Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	9:30 AM to 10:30 AM EDT
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorm together Online	Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorming together	10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
TBUX Virtual: Lunch Break Book Club Online	Tampa Bay UX Group	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Friday Night Games! Coliseum of Comics	East Orlando Board Gamers	5:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Friday Board Game Night Bridge Club	Tampa Gaming Guild	5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Wesley Chapel community networking Eden Chiropractic	Wesley Chapel Community Entrepreneur Networking	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Commander Night Critical Hit Games	Hosted By Magic the Gathering Tampa/Brandon/St Pete	6:00 PM to 11:59 PM EDT
MTG: Commander FNM Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
3rd Friday – Team Zipties – FTC Robotics Demo Meta Humans Winter Park	Meta Humans Orlando Meetup Group	6:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Taps & Drafts | Casual EDH/MtG Social Night Industrious	Nerd Night Out	6:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT
Rays game with T-Pain post game concert! Tropicana Field	Gen Geek	6:50 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
MakerFX Makerspace Woodshop Guild MakerFX Makerspace	MakerFX Makerspace	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Tabletop: Friday Board Game Night 911 Charlotte St	Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)	7:00 PM to 11:59 PM EDT
Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe – Fun events all the time! 3101 SW 34th Ave #803	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Taps & Drafts | EDH/MtG Night | Look Cinemas USF Studio Movie Grill Tampa	Nerdbrew Events	7:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT
Nihongo De Okay Tsaocaa Tampa 朝茶	Tampa Japanese Meetup	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
IN-PERSON: “Musonius Rufus” Lectures 9-21 Jason’s Deli	Tampa Stoics	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Friday Pokemon Tournament Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:30 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
Horror Friends Movie Night – Alien Romulus!!! AMC Veterans 24	Horror Fan Fun Time Gang	8:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Friday night game night Indica Cafe Tampa Bay’s First & Greatest CBD Lounge	Indica Cafe Events	Friday, August 16, 2024 at 9:00 PM to Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:00 AM EDT
Monthly Cell Phone Photo Showcase Online	Florida Center for Creative Photography	Friday, August 16, 2024 at 11:59 PM to Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 12:01 AM EDT
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Saturday, August 17

Event name and location	Group	Time
Coffee and Crypto Chill Cawfee	Cawfee (Coffee) and conversations	8:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Early Bird Ocala Marion County Literacy Council	Toastmasters Division G	8:00 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Play VINCI: The only known cure for TDS Online	Central Florida Philosophy Meetup	8:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Saturday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa Whole Foods Market	Chess Republic	9:30 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Boost Your Business 50 SE 1st Ave	Ocala Business Development Meetup Group	10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader Tournament (RTT/ITC) Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	10:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Winning The Week – 1st Meet Sage Biscuit Cafe	Winning The Week	12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Understanding Camera Lenses – Online Class Online	Bradenton Photo Group	12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Understanding Camera Lenses with OurPhotoTribe Online	Our Photo Tribe Workshops	12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
JOIN our Facebook Group, LIKE our Fan Page and Invite your Friends Online	Florida Center for Creative Photography	12:00 PM to 12:15 PM EDT
Check out the new Microsoft Planner App for Microsoft Teams Orlando Public Library (downtown)	Central Florida Microsoft 365 User Group	1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
How to Make Money with Government Contracts Online	Orlando Amazon Sellers Meetup Group	1:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Bitcoin for Beginners Bootcamp Real Freedom CoLab	Tampa Bay Bitcoin	1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
August Book Club Clear Sky on Park	Tampa Bay Women’s Book Club Meetup Group	1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Table read screenplays Town ‘N Country Regional Public Library	Screenwriters of Tomorrow (SOT) Critique Meetup	1:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
FREE Fab Lab Orientation Faulhaber Fab Lab	Suncoast Makers	1:30 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
D&D (5e) @ Black Harbor Gaming Black Harbor Gaming	St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group	1:30 PM to 5:30 PM EDT
Y Read: Book Read Aloud Dr. P. Phillips YMCA Family Center	Library Book Clubs – OCLS	1:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
August 2024 Studio Photography Workshop La Vie Bridal	Largo Studio Photography Workshop	2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Hippie Fest in Tarpon Springs Docks Waterfront Bar & Seafood Grill	SR54 Singles Mingle: Social Club for 40s, 50s, 60s +	2:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
How Lucky by Will Leitch – 2022 Edgar Winner New World Tampa	Tampa Book Club – Award-Winning Books	3:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Game Project Therapy (Virtual) Online	Tampa Games Developer Guild	4:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Elevate your portfolio with Olga! 1516 E Colonial Dr	Sunstone Studios	4:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Blood on the Clocktower – Trouble Brewing and more! The Liquid Garage Co.	Beyond Catan, A Group of Board Game Geeks	5:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
IN-PERSON: The Pocket Stoic by John Sellars, Chapter 7 Panera Bread	Orlando Stoics	5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
ALPHA Group – Pathfinder 2nd Ed – KING MAKER – Game 21 DM Johnny House	Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)	5:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Saturday Board Game Night at The Collective 520 W State Rd 436 #1172	Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Community Hang-out Night Online	Nerdbrew Events	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Tampa Hackerspace Board Game Night and Potluck Tampa Hackerspace West	Tampa Hackerspace	6:30 PM to 11:59 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament Balance Martial Arts & Gaming	Balance Martial Arts and Gaming	7:00 PM to 10:00 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
Tampa Nerd Online Hang-out & Game Night! Online	Nerd Night Out	7:00 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
Online Game Night! TF2 and Monster Hunter! Online	Gaming.net	7:30 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
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Sunday, August 18

Event name and location	Group	Time
Shell key paddle Shell Key Launch Site	Gen Geek	10:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
CRITICAL THINKERS SUNDAY Meetup AT Sarasota Art Museum 1001 S Tamiami Trail	Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group	10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Thaliondor Practice Day! Brick City Adventure Park	Thaliondor: Fantasy and Medieval Combat	11:00 AM to 4:00 PM EDT
Orlando ChatGPT Meetup Emerson Plaza	Orlando ChatGPT Meetup	12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Laser class 3 – Fiber Laser & practice MakerSpace Pinellas	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Venice Strategy Board Gamers Venice	Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton	12:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Call of Cthulhu – Mystery Horror RPG (One Shot – Dead Man Stomp) Black Harbor Gaming	St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group	1:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Sunday Gaming Tampa Bay Bridge Center	Tampa Gaming Guild	1:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Large format printing MakerSpace Pinellas	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	1:30 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
Sunday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa Whole Foods Market	Chess Republic	2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Winter Park Chess Meetup Barnie’s Coffee and Tea	Winter Park Social Chess Club	2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games Critical Hit Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	2:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
D&D Adventurers League Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	2:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Casablance @ Tampa Theatre The Tampa Theatre	The Tampa Bay Movie Fans Meetup Group	2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Authors Anonymous presents Sunday Funday! Gravity Taproom	Authors Anonymous – Writing Group	2:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Direct to Film Digital Printing MakerSpace Pinellas	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	2:30 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
August Meeting Bubble & Co	The Old Quill and Tea Club	3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
Sunday Pokemon League Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	4:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Lankhmar: City of Adventure Nerdy Needs	Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group	5:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Sew Awesome! (Textile Arts & Crafts) Tampa Hackerspace West	Tampa Hackerspace	5:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
A Duck Presents NB Movie Night Discord.io/Nerdbrew	Nerd Night Out	7:00 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
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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

Here’s the “official unofficial” list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the first few days of this week — Monday, July 15 through Thursday, July 18, 2024.

This week’s events

• Monday, July 15
• Tuesday, July 16
• Wednesday, July 17
• Thursday, July 18

Monday, July 15

Event name and location	Group	Time
Business Networking Meeting Online	Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	11:30 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Orlandopreneur Monthly Happy Hour Ann Teague’s Lamp Supply	Orlandopreneur Startup Happy Hour: Connect, Learn & Grow!	5:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Poker night at The Joinery hosted by Rock n Roll Bar Poker The Joinery	Polk County Poker & Social Group	5:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
MTG: Commander Night Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Casual Pokemon League at Nerdy Needs Nerdy Needs	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Monday Weekly Board Game Night! (Lazy Moon Colonial Location) Lazy Moon Pizza	Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar	6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Monday Feast & Game Night Village Inn	Tampa Bay Tabletoppers	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Three Bridges Brewing Trivia Night with the Smartphone Trivia Game Show Three bridges brewing	Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice	6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Intro to the Babylock Embroidery Machine (Members Only) 4931 W Nassau St	Tampa Hackerspace	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Stirling Toastmasters Club #7461614 | Public Speaking & Leadership Development Online	Toastmasters District 48	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Entrepreneur Book Club Weekly Meetup – Live Reading & Elaboration Online	Business Owners and Professionals	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
2nd Meeting – Orlando Network Online	Orlando Network	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Unlimited Credits at Lowry Parcade Lowry Parcade	Geekocracy!	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck! Online	Nerdbrew Events	7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Members as far back as 2008 can access their photos none	School is closed- Light Study PRO – A Photography Workshop	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Virtual Event: Hiawassee Book Club Online	Library Book Clubs – OCLS	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
DigiMondays Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Weekly Meetup Online	Beginning Web Development	8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Tuesday, July 16

Event name and location	Group	Time
✨Insider Attack Simulation WARGame ⏰ Tue, 16th July Online	Orlando Unity Developers Group	4:30 AM to 5:30 AM EDT
v-Lean Coffee Online	Tampa Bay Agile	7:30 AM to 8:30 AM EDT
Venice Area Toastmasters Club #5486 Online	Toastmasters District 48	7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
NPI St. Pete Business Builders Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals St Petersburg Yacht Club	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Networking for Job Search Success Online	Tampa Cybersecurity Training	10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
IBM TechXchange Day: AI and Automation Online	Data, Cloud and AI in Tampa	11:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT
SWAT Networking Bradenton Luncheon Anna Maria Oyster Bar Landside	SWAT Networking – Successful Women Aligning Together	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Networking at Glory Days Grill Glory Days Grill	Hosted By Tampa Bay Singles Activities Group	11:30 AM to 1:30 PM EDT
Homeschool Board game days Conworlds Emporium	Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup	12:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
TBSSUG Monthly Meeting 1150 Assembly Dr suite 500	Tampa Bay Microsoft Fabric Analytics User Group (TFAB)	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Weekly Open Make Night 4931 W Nassau St	Tampa Hackerspace	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Disney Lorcana Night Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Magic: The Gathering Night at Felicitous Felicitous (on 42nd)	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Pinellas Writers and Authors Weekly Meeting (Online/Zoom) Online	Pinellas Writers Group	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Authors Anonymous – Writing Group Maya Cafe Lounge & Gallery	Authors Anonymous – Writing Group	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Turn on your Cricut plotter MakerSpace Pinellas	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa Gaspars Patio Bar & Grille	Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa	6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Toast of Celebration Toastmasters 305 Campus St	Toastmasters Division E	6:45 PM to 8:15 PM EDT
Older Folks Can Use Technology for Estate Planning Online	Clearwater Podcasters	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Networking for Job Search Success Online	Career Success Academy	7:00 PM to 8:00 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
Boards & Bones SpookEasy Lounge	Nerdbrew Events	7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Trivia Night with Trivia Nation Irish 31 Pub House & Eatery	Trivia Night at Irish 31 Seminole	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show Moose Lodge	Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults Pinellas Ale Works Brewery	St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
AMA – Ask Me Anything Related to Photography, Computers and Software O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant	Florida Center for Creative Photography	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Transcendent Tuesday (July 16, 2024) Joybird Books	Page’s Edge Book Club	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Technology Center (TBTC) Monthly Meeting 2079 Range Rd	Tampa Bay Coalition of Reason is disbanded	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Boards & Bones SpookEasy Lounge	Nerd Night Out	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Nic At Nite – Weekly Movie Night Online	Nerdbrew Events	7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Let’s play chess at 54th Ave Kava House! 2705 54th Ave N	TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	7:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom Online	Shut Up & Write!® Tampa	7:45 PM to 9:15 PM EDT
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Wednesday, July 17

Event name and location	Group	Time
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 EDT
Grow Your Business with focused Referral Networking Sons of Italy Lodge	BNI Tampa -Referral based networking	7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Referral Networking Meeting Orlando Area Winter Park Community Center	Networking 4 Profit	7:45 AM to 9:15 AM EDT
FREE Tele-Class with Nancy Matthews – *WOW* Wednesday Anywhere You Want!	Women’s Prosperity Network | Baton Rouge Chapter	8:00 AM to 10:00 AM CDT
1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup UCF Business Incubation Program – Orlando	1 Million Cups – Orlando	8:30 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Monthly Meeting plus “Maximizing LinkedIn for Your Career Search” w/Dave McAleer Corporate Center One	Career Rebound – New Job or Career Search for Professionals	9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Networking at Just Love Coffee! Just Love Coffee Cafe – Brandon FL	Hosted By Tampa Bay Singles Activities Group	11:30 AM to 1:30 PM EDT
Central Florida Microsoft 365 User Group Online Meeting – Microsoft Copilot Online	Central Florida Microsoft 365 User Group	1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom) Online	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	1:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
Analytics For All: Democratizing Your Data With GenAI Online	Gen AI Tampa	2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
No Fear Speaking Webinar and Meetup Online	Tampa Fear of Public Speaking Meetup Group	2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Inspiring Authors & Book Immersion Meetup Online	Lady Lake Memoir Writing Meetup Group	2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Wednesday Night Gaming Nerdy Needs	Brandon Boardgamers	5:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Bay pines toastmaster’s hybrid meeting C. W. Bill Young VA Medical Center	Bay Pines Toastmasters	5:15 PM to 6:30 PM EDT
Felicitous Game Night w/Heritage Dim Sum Felicitous (on 42nd)	Tampa Game Nights	5:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Wednesday Board Game Night Bridge Center	Tampa Gaming Guild	5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Digital DeLand Monthly Meeting Abbey	DigitalDeLand	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
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 EDT
Adult Dungeons & Dragons Wednesdays Conworlds Emporium	Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Board Game Night Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Dungeons & Dragons One Shot Wednesdays Happy Troll Games	Clermont Nerd Games	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Critique Night (Get Feedback On Your Work!) Station House	Prose Society Writers Group	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
TBUX Quarterly Social (sponsored by UserTesting) Golden Isles Brewing Co.	Tampa Bay UX Group	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Happy Hour for Young Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders Bar Louie – Tampa	Young Entrepreneurs of America YEA Meetup Group	6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
CFRI Orange County Chapter Central Florida Realty Investors Association (CFRI)	Central Florida Realty Investors	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Game Night! Southern Lights Brewing Company	Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers	6:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Devolution – Max Brooks – Midway Inner Compass Brewing Company	The Weirder Things Book Club	6:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Virtual Feedback! Online	We Write Here Black and Women of Color Writing Group	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Castaways Euchre Club The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge	Hosted By Castaways Euchre Club	6:50 PM to 8:50 PM EDT
3D Printing Orientation: Models and Slicers Online	Tampa Hackerspace	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
CigarCitySec Meetup Cigar City Brewing	Central Florida CitySec	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
[Virtual] Tampa Bay Bitcoin Meetup: News, Markets, & Community Online	Tampa Bay Bitcoin	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings meet In-Person and Online Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library	Toastmasters District 48	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Improve Your Communication and Presentation Skills Online	Communication Skills for Interviews and Presentations	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Games & Grog @ The Grove SoHo! Grove Soho	Nerdbrew Events	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
MtG Modern Constructed at Armada Games Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
New Beginnings & Old Rivalries Online	Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
The Intersection of Social Documentary and Fine Arts Photography Online	Ocala Photography Group	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
How to Express Yourself and Connect with People Online	Professionals Meetup For Networking And Social Skillsets	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Games & Grog (Social Game Night in SoHo) Grove Soho	Nerd Night Out	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Cardfight Vanguard!! OverDress Weekly Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
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Thursday, July 18

Event name and location	Group	Time
LUTZ, FL – HAPPY HANGER CAFE THURSDAY NETWORKING The Happy Hangar Café	Hosted By Tampa Bay Singles Activities Group	8:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Entrepreneur Roundtable to SPARK Ideas & Build Growth Dunedin Chamber of Commerce	Clearwater Entrepreneurs’ Round Table	8:30 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Tackle it in Ten – Entrepreneur Roundtables Dunedin Chamber of Commerce	Entrepreneur Round Table	8:30 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Millionaire Business Network – Tampa Chapter Online	Hosted By MBN Tampa	9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Ensuring data resilience in your organization Online	Orlando Cybersecurity Meetup	11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals Carrabas Italian Grill	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
RGA’s Founders & Amplify Clearwater Partnership meeting ~ All Welcome, JOIN in. Chili’s Grill & Bar	RGA Networking Professional Business Networking	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Essential Competencies for IT Professionals Online	Tech Success Network	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters Online	Toastmasters District 48	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Commander Open Play Night at Armada Games Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	1:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
The Role of Networking in Business Growth Courtyard by Marriott	The Florida Professional Networking and Training Meetup Group	4:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
OBG/I-GENIUS IMPACT Marriott World Center	Entrepreneurs Of Orlando Unite	Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 5:00 PM to Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 7:00 PM EDT
Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective The Collective: A Comic & Game Community	Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup	5:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Gulfport Scrabble and Social The Drunken Taco	Gulfport Scrabblers and Social	5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Thursday Night Gaming 3407 Lithia Pinecrest Rd	Brandon Boardgamers	5:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Turn Your Images Into Income – An Introduction To The Event Photography Business Online	Tampa St Pete Photography Community	5:00 PM to 5:40 PM EDT
Tomb of Annihilation (T3-APL11) Coliseum of Comics Kissimmee	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	5:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Meetup with Steve Scott & Tampa SEO: Technical SEO Fundamentals – Part 1 Online	Tampa SEO and Digital Marketing Meetup with Steve Scott	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Mystara Campaign 405 Mahogany Dr	Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group	6:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
BotC night at Hourglass Brewery at the Hourglass District Hourglass Brewing at Hourglass District	Sunshine Social Deduction Gaming	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Adult Game Night at Conworlds Emporium Conworlds Emporium	Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Board game night!!! Online	Summerfield Board and Card Games and Euchre	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Warhammer Night Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Hybrid Agile: Working in Mixed Environments AGILEST®	Florida Agile Innovators	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Writing Meetup HotWax Coffee Shop, Kava Bar & Tap House	Tampa Free Writing Group	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
BABOK IIBA Tampa Bay Study Group Online	Hosted By IIBA Tampa Bay	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Lyudmyla Kozlovska – President of Open Dialogue Foundation Bitcoin Bay Foundation	Tampa Bay Bitcoin	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
3D Printer Orientation: Printing at Tampa Hackerspace (THS Members only) 4935 W Nassau St	Tampa Hackerspace	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Lean Beer for All Things Agile (Tampa) Cigar City Brewing Spruce Street Brewery & Taproom	Tampa Bay Agile	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Thursday chess at 54th Ave Kava House! 54th Ave Kava House	TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Dungeons and Dragons with Donavan Unlucky Roll Cafe	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Smartphone Trivia Game Show at Wilders Pizza Wilder’s Pizza	Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
One Piece Thursdays Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament Balance Martial Arts & Gaming	Balance Martial Arts and Gaming	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Live streaming production and talent 124 S Ring Ave	Live streaming production and talent	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore – Robin Sloan URBAN Brew and BBQ	St. Pete Booze and Book Club	7:30 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
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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

Here’s the “official unofficial” list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for Monday, June 3 through Sunday, June 9, 2024.

This week’s events

• Monday, June 10
• Tuesday, June 11
• Wednesday, June 12
• Thursday, June 13
• Friday, June 14
• Saturday, June 15
• Sunday, June 16

Monday, June 10

Event name and location	Group	Time
Safety Harbor Waterfront Park Safety Harbor Waterfront Park	Suncoast Drone Club	9:30 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
In person at Fords Garage St Pete Ford’s Garage St. Pete	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Downtown St Pete Business Professionals Lunch Ford’s Garage St. Pete	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Business Networking Meeting Online	Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	11:30 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Monday Business Introductions at Romi’s Taco’s Romi’s Tacos	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
In PERSON Networking Lunch East Brandon Reserve your seat Romi’s Tacos	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Start the Week with more connections MONDAYS at Romi’s Tacos All Welcome! Romi’s Tacos	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Cliff Ullmann: Monumental Markets Station 2 Innovation Center	Entrepreneurs & Startups – Bradenton Networking & Education	5:30 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Radiant Ridge Toastmasters Central Ridge Library	Toastmasters Division G	5:30 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Monday Weekly Board Game Night! (Lazy Moon Colonial Location) Lazy Moon Pizza	Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar	6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Root w/Advanced Setup Anson on Palmer Ranch	Sarasota Strategy Board Game League	6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Monday Feast & Game Night Village Inn	Tampa Bay Tabletoppers	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
MTG: Commander Night Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Happily Ever After Lesbian Book Club Rubyfruit Jungle Discussion 2519 Aloma Ave	Happy Ever After Lesbian Romance Book Club	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
CFRI Osceola County Chapter Meeting IHOP	Central Florida Realty Investors	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Three Bridges Brewing Trivia Night with the Smartphone Trivia Game Show Three bridges brewing	Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice	6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Hitting the Road Part III Panera Bread	The Art Of Photography – Tampa/St. Pete Chapter	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Entrepreneur Book Club Weekly Meetup – Live Reading & Elaboration Online	Business Owners and Professionals	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Stirling Toastmasters Club #7461614 | Public Speaking & Leadership Development Online	Toastmasters District 48	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck! Online	Nerdbrew Events	7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Board Game Night at Armada Games Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Members as far back as 2008 can access their photos none	School is closed- Light Study PRO – A Photography Workshop	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
ONLINE: Born of Human Nature Online	Orlando Stoics	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
DigiMondays Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Weekly Meetup Online	Beginning Web Development	8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Tuesday, June 11

On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. each of those nights, Computer Coach will have an FREE and ONLINE Intro to AI Course!

And better yet, the course will be taught by an instructor I know and implicitly trust — me!

Here’s what the course will cover over its three days:

• Day 1 (Tuesday): Intro to AI and ML
• Day 2 (Wednesday): Python for AI and ML
• Day 3 (Thursday): Building AI / ML applications

Find out more and register here!

Event name and location	Group	Time
Career Q&A: Ask a Coach with Suzanne Ricci Online	Front End Creatives	10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
SWAT Networking Lakewood Ranch Luncheon Seasons 52	SWAT Networking – Successful Women Aligning Together	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Professional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa Glory Days Grill	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
InfraGard Healthcare Sector Summer Virtual Meetup Online	Tampa Bay InfraGard Meetup Group	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
The Business Networking Midday Power Hour by Simply Referrals on Zoom!! Online	Simply Referrals Tampa Business Networking	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Sarasota Software Devs June Lunch Online	Hosted By Sarasota Software Developers	12:30 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Virtual Event: Make a LEGO Movie (3-Day) – Day 1 Online	Orlando Video & Post Production Meetup	2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Intro to AI Online Bootcamp Online	Career Success Academy	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Cydra Biz Connect – Connect w/ High Level Orlando Biz Owners + Professionals RockPit Brewing	Cydra Biz Connect	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Disney Lorcana Night Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Magic: The Gathering Night at Felicitous Felicitous (on 42nd)	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Board Game Night at Ivanhoe Park Brewing 1300 Alden Rd	Brews N Board Games	6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Pinellas Writers and Authors Weekly Meeting (Online/Zoom) Online	Pinellas Writers Group	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Authors Anonymous – Writing Group Maya Cafe Lounge & Gallery	Authors Anonymous – Writing Group	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Innovation – Bringing Your Idea to Life by Robyn Mussler – TBPG Thrive DTSP	Tampa Bay Product Group	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Guest Speaker Seminar for Young Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders Cres Community	Young Entrepreneurs of America YEA Meetup Group	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Florida Podcasters Association General Meeting!!! IHOP	Florida Podcasters Association	6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa Gaspars Patio Bar & Grille	Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa	6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
June 2024 Book Club Meeting 250 Shore Dr E	Oldsmar Reads Between The Lines	6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
June Gathering of “Their Eyes Were Watching Books” – Our Namesake Novel! Stottlemyer’s Smokehouse	Their Eyes Were Watching Books – Classic Book Meetup	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
The Sarasota Creative Writers Sarasota Alliance Church	The Sarasota Creative Writers Meetup Group	6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Weekday Writing Get Down Kress Building	We Write Here Black and Women of Color Writing Group	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Python Dinner Orlando	The Orlando Python User Group	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Woodshop Safety (Members Only) Tampa Hackerspace West	Tampa Hackerspace	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Dunedin Toastmasters – Guests Welcome 👍🐛 Unity Community Church	Dunedin Toastmasters 2166	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Creative Speaking Roots To Crown	Creative Speaking St Pete	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults Pinellas Ale Works Brewery	St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults	7:00 PM to 10:00 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
Trivia Night with Trivia Nation Irish 31 Pub House & Eatery	Trivia Night at Irish 31 Seminole	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show Moose Lodge	Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
AMA – Ask Me Anything Related to Photography, Computers and Software O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant	Florida Center for Creative Photography	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Boards & Bones SpookEasy Lounge	Nerd Night Out	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Let’s play chess at 54th Ave Kava House! 2705 54th Ave N	TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	7:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Nic At Nite – Weekly Movie Night Online	Nerdbrew Events	7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom Online	Shut Up & Write!® Tampa	7:45 PM to 9:15 PM EDT
Opportunity Night Online	Online Opportunity Meeting	8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Wednesday, June 12

Event name and location	Group	Time
Grow Your Business with focused Referral Networking Sons of Italy Lodge	BNI Tampa -Referral based networking	7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
NPI Profit Partners Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals Panera Bread	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
DOWNTOWN ST PETE YOUNG NETWORKING PROFESSIONALS BREAKFAST AT THE HANGAR! The Hangar Restaurant & Flight Lounge	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
KBN Virtual Coffee Meet & Network Online	Kingdom Builders Network	8:00 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup UCF Business Incubation Program – Orlando	1 Million Cups – Orlando	8:30 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Coffee & WordPress at Foxtail Coffee – Howell Branch Foxtail Coffee – Howell Branch	WordPress Orlando	9:30 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
In Person Networking BRANDON! Just Love Coffee Cafe – Brandon FL Just Love Coffee Cafe – Brandon FL	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:15 AM to 12:45 PM EDT
Brandon Networking Professionals Networking Lunch Just Love Coffee Cafe – Brandon FL	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Business Networking Lunch Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern	Bradenton/Sarasota Networking Meetings and Mixers	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Sun City Center Professional Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome Keke’s Breakfast Café	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Brandon Business Professionals Just Love Coffee Just Love Coffee Cafe – Brandon FL	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Local SEO Mastery: Creating Location Pages that Convert – Free Webinar Online	Tampa SEO & Internet Marketing Meetup with Steve Scott	12:00 PM to 12:45 PM EDT
InfraGard Defense Industrial Base Sector Summer Virtual Meetup Online	Tampa Bay InfraGard Meetup Group	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
(CS)²AI Online™ Replay: Managing OT Cyber Risk Online	Hosted By Orlando Cyber Security for Control Systems	1:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom) Online	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	1:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
Master the Stock Market: Your Guide to Successful Investing Online	Digital Success Mentors – Tampa	2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
No Fear Speaking Webinar and Meetup Online	Tampa Fear of Public Speaking Meetup Group	2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Inspiring Authors & Book Immersion Meetup Online	Lady Lake Memoir Writing Meetup Group	2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Building A Multi-Six Figure Business Through Social Media Marketing Online	Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events	3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
SwanCitySec Meetup Craft + Kitchen	Central Florida CitySec	5:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Playing Games in the Alley The Alley at Southshore	The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play	5:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT
Wednesday Night Gaming Nerdy Needs	Brandon Boardgamers	5:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Bay pines toastmaster’s hybrid meeting C. W. Bill Young VA Medical Center	Bay Pines Toastmasters	5:15 PM to 6:30 PM EDT
Wednesday Board Game Night Bridge Center	Tampa Gaming Guild	5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Three Crucial Team KPIs for Sustained Product Delivery with Chris Leonard Online	Agile Orlando	6:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Backgammon Casual Games The Basin Sanford	Sanford Backgammon Group	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
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 EDT
Board Game Night Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Hobby Night – Minis Painting Tips & Tricks at Armada Games Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Dungeons & Dragons One Shot Wednesdays Happy Troll Games	Clermont Nerd Games	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
June 12 Game Online	Learn Mah Jongg	6:15 PM to 8:15 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.tbic.us bi-monthly Meetup Online	Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.TampaBayInventors.org	6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Game Night! Southern Lights Brewing Company	Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers	6:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Tampa Writers Alliance Critique Group Online	Tampa Writers Alliance	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Castaways Euchre Club The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge	Castaways Euchre Club	6:50 PM to 8:50 PM EDT
Call for presenters 100% Remote	Broward Drupal Users Group	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
[Virtual] Tampa Bay Bitcoin Meetup: News, Markets, & Community Online	Tampa Bay Bitcoin	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Lean DevOps & Barley Gnarly Barley	Orlando DevOps	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
MakerFX Embrilliance Study Group MakerFX Makerspace	MakerFX Makerspace	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Games & Grog @ The Grove SoHo! Grove Soho	Nerdbrew Events	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Magic Pioneer Event Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Mastering Communication: A Key to Professional Success Online	Professionals Meetup For Networking And Social Skillsets	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
The Short Attention Span Storytelling Hour Stardust Video & Coffee	Writers of Central Florida or Thereabouts	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
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Thursday, June 13

Thursday evening at 5:30 p.m. at Kforce in Tampa: Tampa Devs and Tampa Java User Group jointly present Orchestrate the chaos: Process automation in modern architectures.

Their description of the event:

Complex business processes can be difficult to manage and automate. How do you quickly implement changes while maintaining uptime? How do you introduce a new service to an existing process? In this talk, we will discuss how to use Business Process Modeling (BPM) to orchestrate and execute complex business processes in your application. Don’t let the name fool you: this not your father’s Visio diagram. Everyone should leave this talk with a new approach to solving their orchestration complexities!

Find out more and register here.

Event name and location	Group	Time
Wesley Chapel/Lutz networking breakfast The Happy Hangar Café	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Second Thursday WordPress Collaboration Meetup – June 2024 4100 Wekiva Club Ct	West Orlando WordPress Meetup	9:30 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Clearwater/Central Pinellas Networking Lunch JOIN us and connect your business! The Breakroom Bar & Grill	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
The Founders Meeting where it all Began! JOIN us! Bring a guest and get a gift The Breakroom Bar & Grill	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited! The Breakroom Bar & Grill	Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Clearwater Professional Networking Lunch The Breakroom Bar & Grill	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Lutz / Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch at Bahama Breeze! Bahama Breeze	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch Bahama Breeze	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals Carrabas Italian Grill	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters Online	Toastmasters District 48	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Downtown Tampa Toastmasters MeetUp 509 E Twiggs St 3rd floor	Downtown Tampa Toastmasters MeetUp	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
A CMO’s Guide to Harnessing AI for Digital Transformation in B2B Marketing Online	Gen AI Tampa	1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
How to be confident Online	Wesley Chapel PM and IT Connection	1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Apex – Navigating Third-Party Phishing with Cybersecurity Strategies Online	Hosted By IIBA Tampa Bay	1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Grand Bay Canasta Online	Grand Bay Canasta Meetup Group	1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Commander Open Play Night at Armada Games Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	1:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
RPG: Pathfinder Society at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe Meeple Movers	Meeple Movers Role-Playing Games (RPG) Group	2:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Family Game Night at Conworlds Emporium Conworlds Emporium	Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup	5:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Thursday Night Gaming 3407 Lithia Pinecrest Rd	Brandon Boardgamers	5:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Gulfport Scrabble and Social The Drunken Taco	Gulfport Scrabblers and Social	5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Turn Your Images Into Income – An Introduction To The Event Photography Business Online	Orlando Photography Community	5:00 PM to 5:40 PM EDT
Learn Business Process Automation (BPM): Tools like JBPM/ Camunda Kforce	Tampa DevSecOps	5:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Orchestrate the chaos: Process automation in modern architectures w/ Tampa Devs Kforce	Tampa Devs	5:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Orchestrate the chaos: Process automation in modern architectures w/ Tampa Devs Kforce	Tampa Java User Group	5:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Tomb of Annihilation (T2-APL10) Coliseum of Comics Kissimmee	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	5:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Introduction to Nuxt Bank OZK Innovations Lab	Vue.js Tampa Bay	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective The Collective: A Comic & Game Community	Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup	6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Mystara Campaign 405 Mahogany Dr	Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group	6:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Daily Coordination AGILEST®	Florida Agile Innovators	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Leading with Moral Authority: Doing the Right Thing for Your Team and Product Online	Tampa Bay Women in Agile	6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Polk County BiggerPockets Networking Meetup 4208 Florida Ave S	Polk County BiggerPockets Members Networking Group	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Harnessing Wellness Strategies for Professional Success: A 3-Part Evening Series Online	Career Success Academy	6:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Chess night! Intergalactic Plastic – Toys, Comics, Games	Lakeland Chess Meetup Group	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Bitdevs Bitcoin Bay Foundation	Tampa Bay Bitcoin	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Woodshop Tool Sign Off-Jointer, Planer, & Bandsaw (Members Only) Tampa Hackerspace West	Tampa Hackerspace	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
BABOK IIBA Tampa Bay Study Group Online	Hosted By IIBA Tampa Bay	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
How to Get Rid of Unwanted Thoughts and Emotions Online	Communication Skills for Career Advancement Group	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament Balance Martial Arts & Gaming	Balance Martial Arts and Gaming	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Dungeons and Dragons with Donavan Unlucky Roll Cafe	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Pathfinder Society Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
FABulous Thursdays Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Thursday chess at 54th Ave Kava House! 54th Ave Kava House	TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Smartphone Trivia Game Show at Wilders Pizza Wilder’s Pizza	Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Last Girl Ghosted by Lisa Unger – Book Club Panera Bread	Something Punny Ladies Book Club	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Live streaming production and talent 124 S Ring Ave	Live streaming production and talent	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Prose Open Mic Night (Our First Open Mic!) The Study Wine & Beer Lounge St. Pete	Prose Society Writers Group	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Weekly Hacks Online	Hacktivate – Hackathon Meetup Group	8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
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Friday, June 14

Event name and location	Group	Time
Improve your communication, listening, and leadership skills Winter Park Community Center	Winter Park Toastmasters – Learn while having FUN!	7:15 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Virtual “2nd Fridays” Lean Coffee Orlando Online	Agile Orlando	7:30 AM to 8:30 AM EDT
Caffeine & Connections: Friday Fuel for Black Professionals Online	Pinellas County Black Business Meetup Group	8:00 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Friday Morning All WElCOME Online	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	8:45 AM to 10:15 AM EDT
A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Virtual Business Networking Online	Network & Social – Orlando Networking Events	8:45 AM to 10:15 AM EDT
A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Business Networking All Welcome! Online	Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton	8:45 AM to 10:15 AM EDT
Online Networking with Brandon Biz Pros Online	Brandon Biz Pros	9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Local Stories Live! Hillsborough County 2101 E Palm Ave	Suncoast Credit Union Micro Enterprise Development Meetup	9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Toastmasters – Improve Speaking Skills & Build Confidence Online	Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	9:30 AM to 10:30 AM EDT
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorm together Online	Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorming together	10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
OWASP Tampa Chapter 2024Q2 Lunch and Learn GuidePoint Security	OWASP Tampa	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday McAlister’s Deli	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday McAlister’s Deli	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
International Professionals Networking Meeting McAlister’s Deli	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday McAlister’s Deli	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
WINTER PARK: Join us for outrageous connection, growth and networking too! Bar Louie	Powerful Women Networking	11:30 AM to 1:30 PM EDT
International Networking Westshore McAlisters Deli McAlister’s Deli	Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Friday International Business Introductions at McAlisters Westshore McAlister’s Deli	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Board Game Night! Happy Troll Games	Clermont Nerd Games	5:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Friday Board Game Night Bridge Club	Tampa Gaming Guild	5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
MTG: Commander FNM Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Learn to Play Coral at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe 3101 SW 34th Ave #803	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Eclipse – 2nd Dawn for the Galaxy Anson on Palmer Ranch	Sarasota Strategy Board Game League	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Taps & Drafts | Casual EDH/MtG Social Night Industrious	Nerd Night Out	6:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT
MakerFX Maskerspace Laser Guild MakerFX Makerspace	MakerFX Makerspace	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Join our Facebook group! Online	The Pinellas County Young “Professionals”	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Taps & Drafts | EDH/MtG Night | Centro Ybor Big Storm Brewing Tap Room – Tampa	Nerdbrew Events	7:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT
Friday Pokemon Tournament Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:30 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
Friday night game night 🌱Indica Cafe 💨 Tampa Bay’s First & Greatest CBD Lounge	Indica Cafe Events	Friday, June 14, 2024 at 9:00 PM to Saturday, June 15, 2024 at 12:00 AM EDT
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Saturday, June 15

Event name and location	Group	Time
Coffee and Crypto Chill Cawfee	Cawfee (Coffee) and conversations	8:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
Early Bird Ocala Marion County Literacy Council	Toastmasters Division G	8:00 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Play VINCI: The only known cure for TDS Online	Central Florida Philosophy Meetup	8:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
June Study Group & Networking – Cloud Certifications Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company	Tampa Bay Techies	9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
FCCP – Key Elements For Taking Powerful Black and White Photos O’Keefe’s Clearwater Restaurant	Florida Center for Creative Photography	9:00 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
The Possible Future POWER HOUR! Online	Entrepreneur’s Guild: Growing Your Business	10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Bravo Group Campaign Continues Online	Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)	11:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT
Happily Ever After Trivia Brunch World of Beer	Geekocracy!	11:00 AM to 2:00 PM EDT
Dungeons & Dragons for Teens Saturdays Conworlds Emporium	Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup	11:00 AM to 2:00 PM EDT
Winning The Week – 1st Meet Sage Biscuit Cafe	Winning The Week	12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Saturday DND Warforged Tabletop Games	St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group	12:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Introduction to Welding MakerSpace Pinellas	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Spiritual Archery Smithfield Avenue & Irving Street	Citrus Archery	1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Over the Board Chess Meetup in Tampa! Blind Tiger Cafe	Climbers of Mount Chesseverest	1:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
June Book Club Pia’s Trattoria	Tampa Bay Women’s Book Club Meetup Group	1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
FREE Film Festival in Apopka Holiday Inn Express	Movie Fans, Actors, and Filmmakers FREE Group	1:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Table read screenplays Safety Harbor Public Library	Screenwriters of Tomorrow (SOT) Critique Meetup	1:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Mid Intro Meet & Greet Online	Alice’s Fantasy Book Club ONLINE ONLY	1:00 PM to 1:40 PM EDT
FREE Fab Lab Orientation Faulhaber Fab Lab	Suncoast Makers	1:30 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
Y Read: Book Read Aloud Dr. P. Phillips YMCA Family Center	Library Book Clubs – OCLS	1:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Downtime Day Coliseum of Comics Clermont	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	2:00 PM to 6:30 PM EDT
Warhammer 40K Boarding Actions Casual Event Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	2:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
The Socrates Café (Philosophy) Perkins Restaurant & Bakery	Clearwater Socrates Café	2:00 PM to 3:15 PM EDT
St. Pete Arthouse Cinema Club-“Tuesday” Green Light Cinema	St. Pete Arthouse Cinema Club	2:15 PM to 5:15 PM EDT
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers New World Tampa	Tampa Book Club – Award-Winning Books	3:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Game Project Therapy (Virtual) Online	Tampa Games Developer Guild	4:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
How is AI impacting and changing our lives now? Online	Tampa Bay Thinkers	4:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Board Game Saturday Night at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe 3101 SW 34th Ave #803	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	5:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Summer Officially Starts Soon Game Night IHOP	New Port Richey Casual Games and Fun Socializing Group!	5:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Community Hang-out Night Online	Nerdbrew Events	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Session 3: Spectator Sport Online	One Shot Online DnD Sessions	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Tampa Hackerspace Board Game Night and Potluck Tampa Hackerspace West	Tampa Hackerspace	6:30 PM to 11:59 PM EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament Balance Martial Arts & Gaming	Balance Martial Arts and Gaming	7:00 PM to 10:00 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
Philosophical Inquiry Spring Hill	Spring Hill Philosophical Inquiry	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Tampa Nerd Online Hang-out & Game Night! Online	Nerd Night Out	7:00 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
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Sunday, June 16

Event name and location	Group	Time
CRITICAL THINKERS SUNDAY Meetup AT Sarasota Art Museum 1001 S Tamiami Trail	Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group	9:30 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
Warhammer 40K Happy Troll Games	Clermont Nerd Games	11:00 AM to 7:00 PM EDT
Thaliondor Practice Day! Brick City Adventure Park	Thaliondor: Fantasy and Medieval Combat	11:00 AM to 4:00 PM EDT
Large format printing MakerSpace Pinellas	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Family Fun Day – Dads play for free at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe 3101 SW 34th Ave #803	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	12:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Venice Strategy Board Gamers Venice	Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton	12:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Monthly Gaming at the Deltona Library Deltona Regional Branch Library	Board Gamers of West Volusia	12:30 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
Starting Equipment (A DM’s guide to Organized Play) Coliseum of Comics – East Colonial	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	1:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Sunday Gaming Tampa Bay Bridge Center	Tampa Gaming Guild	1:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Iron SWUG Online	Polkflswug	Sunday, June 16, 2024 at 1:00 PM to Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 3:00 PM EDT
Laser class 3 – Fiber Laser & practice MakerSpace Pinellas	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
ROS 2 Jazzy Jalisco w/turtlebot Online	Orlando Bot Squad (Robotics)	2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Majong on Sunday Afternoon Online	SRQ Newbie Mahjong Gathering	2:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
D&D Adventurers League Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	2:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games Critical Hit Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	2:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Sunday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa Whole Foods Market	Chess Republic	2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Direct to Film Digital Printing MakerSpace Pinellas	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	2:30 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Traveller – Science Fiction Adventure RPG Black Harbor Gaming	St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group	3:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
D&D Monster Hunter: New Frontier – at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe Meeple Movers	Meeple Movers Role-Playing Games (RPG) Group	3:30 PM to 6:30 PM EDT
Sunday Game Day Dented Keg Ale Works	Drunk’n Meeples West Pasco (Boardgames)	3:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Sunday Pokemon League Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	4:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Lankhmar: City of Adventure 1103 Fredrick Ln	Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group	5:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Alphabet Soup 2024 | Finding Letters in the World Around Us Online	Florida Center for Creative Photography	Sunday, June 16, 2024 at 5:00 PM to Sunday, June 30, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT
Open Game Night Unlucky Roll Cafe	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Business Seminar 50 SE 1st Ave	Ocala Business Development Meetup Group	6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Games & Grog @ The Grove SoHo! Grove Soho	Nerdbrew Events	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
A Duck Presents NB Movie Night Discord.io/Nerdbrew	Nerd Night Out	7:00 PM to 11:30 PM EDT
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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