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Here’s the “official unofficial” list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the very last week of the year — Monday, December 25 through Sunday, December 31, 2023!

This week’s events

Keep in mind that a lot of Meetup organizers schedule their events on “autopilot” for the same time each month and may not have accounted for the holidays. Double-check with event organizers that an event is actually taking place before attending!

• Monday, December 25
• Tuesday, December 26
• Wednesday, December 27
• Thursday, December 28
• Friday, December 29
• Saturday, December 30
• Sunday, December 31

Monday, December 25

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Merry Christmas!	Gen Geek	12:00AM – Monday, Dec. 25
In person at Fords Garage St Pete	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00AM – Monday, Dec. 25
Networking at Ford’s Garage	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:00AM – Monday, Dec. 25
Downtown St Pete Business Professionals Lunch	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:00AM – Monday, Dec. 25
Networking at Cafe’ Delanie	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Monday, Dec. 25
Start the Week with more connections MONDAYS at Romi’s Tacos All Welcome!	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:30AM – Monday, Dec. 25
Monday Business Introductions at Romi’s Taco’s	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30AM – Monday, Dec. 25
St. Pete Networking Lunch! Fords Garage! Monday’s	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Monday, Dec. 25
Bathrobe Pajama Christmas @ The Drunken Taco	The Pinellas County Young “Professionals”	1:00PM – Monday, Dec. 25
Holiday & Human Light Gathering	Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group	1:00PM – Monday, Dec. 25
Intro to Unreal Engine	Tampa Bay Community Network – Media Center	4:00PM – Monday, Dec. 25
Monday Feast & Game Night	Tampa Bay Tabletoppers	6:00PM – Monday, Dec. 25
Casual Pokemon League at Nerdy Needs	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	6:00PM – Monday, Dec. 25
Speakeasy Toastmasters #4698	Toastmasters District 48	6:00PM – Monday, Dec. 25
MTG: Commander Night	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Monday, Dec. 25
MERRY CHRISTMAS North Port Toastmasters	Toastmasters District 48	6:30PM – Monday, Dec. 25
Three Bridges Brewing Trivia Night with the Smartphone Trivia Game Show	Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice	6:30PM – Monday, Dec. 25
Board Game Night at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 25
Stirling Toastmasters Club #7461614	Toastmasters District 48	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 25
Members as far back as 2008 can access their photos	School is closed- Light Study PRO – A Photography Workshop	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 25
ONLINE: Monday Meeting is SKIPPED	Orlando Stoics	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 25
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom)	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 25
DigiMondays	Sunshine Games	7:30PM – Monday, Dec. 25
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Tuesday, December 26

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 23
Venice Area Toastmasters Club #5486	Toastmasters District 48	7:30AM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
NPI St. Pete Business Builders Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	7:30AM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
Westchase Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome JOIN us and connect!	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:00AM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
Tuesday Westchase Business Networking Lunch at Sea Glass Tavern	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:00AM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
Westchase Professional Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00AM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
Westchase Networking Lunch -Grand Hacienda~ Meet your next referral	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:00AM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
Networking at SeaGlass Tavern~ All Welcome, join us!!!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:00AM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
Westchase Professionals Business Networking Lunch -Grand Hacienda 11955 Sheldon	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
Professional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	11:30AM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
New Tampa Networking Lunch at Glory Day’s Grill New Tampa	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	11:30AM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
Networking at Glory Days Grill	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
New Tampa RGA Chapter ~ Glory Days Meet your next referral partner!	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
Networking at AppleBee’s St. Pete	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
The Business Alliance Club	The Business Alliance	11:45AM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
Weekly Open Make Night	Tampa Hackerspace	6:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
Magic: The Gathering Night at Felicitous	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	6:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
🕺 Zumba in the Park Tuesday in Tampa	Tampa Bay Fitness (tennis, pickleball, volleyball, yoga etc)	6:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
Disney Lorcana: Rise of the Floodborn League Round 2	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
Hobby Night	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
Holiday Special Viewing Party	Sarasota “Doctor Who” Fan Meetup	6:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa	Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa	6:30PM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
Weekly Group Meetings – All Writers Welcome!	Pinellas Writers Group	6:30PM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
The Sarasota Creative Writers	The Sarasota Creative Writers Meetup Group	6:30PM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
D&D Adventurers League at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
Central Florida Computer Society TechSIG (Please join us!!)	Central Florida Computer Society	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
Trivia Night with Trivia Nation	Trivia Night at Irish 31 Seminole	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults	St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show	Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
AMA – Ask Me Anything Related to Photography, Computers and Software	Florida Center for Creative Photography	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
Let’s play chess at 54th Ave Kava House!	TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	7:30PM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom	Shut Up & Write!® Tampa	7:45PM – Tuesday, Dec. 26
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Wednesday, December 27

Event name and locale	Group	Time
St Pete Networking Breakfast at the Hangar Meet St Pete’s Top Pro’s All Weclcome	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	7:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
DOWNTOWN ST PETE YOUNG NETWORKING PROFESSIONALS BREAKFAST AT THE HANGAR!	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	7:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Networking at The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	7:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
NPI Profit Partners Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	7:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Tampa Highrisers Toastmasters	Toastmasters District 48	7:45AM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Midjourney Prompt Help & Advanced FAQ with A.I. Creative Compass!	Midjourney A.I. Art Meetup Group	11:00AM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
In Person Networking BRANDON! Just Love Coffee Cafe – Brandon FL	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:15AM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Carrollwood Networking Lunch! Join us and win!	Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Networking at Glory Days Grill!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Brandon Networking Professionals Networking Lunch	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Carrollwood Professional Networking Lunch Wednesday All Welcome JOIN us	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Networking at Just Love Coffee!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Brandon Business Professionals Just Love Coffee	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Brandon Business Professionals IN Person!!!!	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Business Networking Lunch	Bradenton/Sarasota Networking Meetings and Mixers	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Sarasota Business Networking Lunch All Welcome, Just purchase Lunch!	Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Lunch Hour Meetup	Sarasota Web Development Meetup Group	12:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Heart of Agile MONTHLY Coffee Corner	Heart of Agile St. Pete – Tampa – Orlando	12:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Email Marketing 101	Email Marketing For Success	1:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom)	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	1:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Starbucks meetup for Christians age 18-30	Business meetup for Christians	2:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Inspiring Authors & Book Immersion Meetup	Lady Lake Memoir Writing Meetup Group	2:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Playing Games in the Alley	The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play	5:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Wednesday Night Gaming	Brandon Boardgamers	5:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Bay pines toastmaster’s hybrid meeting	Bay Pines Toastmasters	5:15PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Felicitous Game Night w/Heritage Dim Sum	Tampa Game Nights	5:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Wednesday Board Game Night	Tampa Gaming Guild	5:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Felicitous Game Night w/Heritage Dim Sum	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	5:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Casual Commander Wednesdays	Sunshine Games	6:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Hobby Night – Minis Painting Tips & Tricks at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	6:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Dungeons & Dragons One Shot Wednesdays	Clermont Nerd Games	6:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Wine Down Wednesday – Ladies Night at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	6:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
CRITICAL THINKERS SUPPER AT AMOB LANDSIDE IN PRIVATE ROOM	Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group	6:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Board Game Night at Deadwords Brewing	Brews N Board Games	6:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Shut Up & Write!® [Tampa / Armature Works] – IN PERSON	Shut Up & Write!® Tampa	6:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Weekly Wednesday Qigong [online class]	Tampa Qigong and Daoist Meditation	6:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Game Night!	Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers	6:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Tampa Writers Alliance Critique Group	Tampa Writers Alliance	6:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
3D Printing Orientation: Models and Slicers	Tampa Hackerspace	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings meet In-Person and Online	Toastmasters District 48	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
MtG Modern Constructed at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Book Club: The House in the Cerulean Sea	Geekocracy!	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Magic Pioneer Event	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
MakerFX Monthly Membership Meeting	MakerFX Makerspace	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
CitrusSec Meetup	Central Florida CitySec	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Castaways Euchre Club	Castaways Euchre Club	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Wasteland Wednesdays Gaslands Refuelled RPG Story	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Nerd Night: Board Games and Beer at Deadwords Brewing	Adventures On Tap: TTRPGs and Board Games	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
New Beginnings & Old Rivalries	Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
Cardfight Vanguard!! OverDress Weekly	Sunshine Games	7:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 27
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Thursday, December 28

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament	Balance Martial Arts and Gaming	7:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 23
Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	7:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Business Over Breakfast ~ Happy Hangar IN PERSON JOIN US!	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	7:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	7:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Wesley Chapel/Lutz networking breakfast	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	7:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Tampa Geek Breakfast	Emerging Tech Leaders Tampa Bay	8:00AM – Thursday, Dec. 28
LUTZ, FL – HAPPY HANGER CAFE THURSDAY NETWORKING	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	8:00AM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Clearwater Professional Networking Lunch	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:00AM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Clearwater/Central Pinellas Networking Lunch JOIN us and connect your business!	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:00AM – Thursday, Dec. 28
The Founders Meeting where it all Began! JOIN us! Bring a guest and get a gift	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00AM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:00AM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Clearwater/Central Pinellas Networking Lunch JOIN us and connect your business	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:00AM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited!	Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	11:00AM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Lutz / Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch at Bahama Breeze!	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Lutz / Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch at Bahama Breeze!	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	11:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	11:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Breakroom Bar & Grill 11:28 Doors open at 11:00am IN Person	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 28
NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	11:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters	Toastmasters District 48	12:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Telecom Park Toastmasters #6745	Toastmasters District 48	12:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Commander Open Play Night at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	1:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 28
RPG: Pathfinder Society at Meeple Movers	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	2:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Gulfport Scrabble and Social	Gulfport Scrabblers and Social	5:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Tomb of Annihilation (T2-APL7)	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	5:30PM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Nerdy Needs (Casual Thursday Commander Night)	Magic the Gathering Tampa/Brandon/St Pete	6:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 28
1st ed. AD&D Campaign.	Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group	6:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Warhammer Night	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective	Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup	6:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 28
2023 Photo Walk: Holiday Lights at the FL Botanical Gardens	Our Photo Tribe Workshops	6:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 28
“Baby Girl” by Sheree L Greer	Kitchen Table Literary Happy Hour: Sips and Stories	6:30PM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Tampa Writers Alliance Poetry Group	Tampa Writers Alliance	6:30PM – Thursday, Dec. 28
WordPress – NO MEETING IN DECEMBER	Tampa Bay Technology Center	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 28
3D Printer Orientation: Printing at Tampa Hackerspace (THS Members only)	Tampa Hackerspace	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Live streaming production and talent	Live streaming production and talent	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Predicting a New Year Members-only Livestream on YouTube	Tampa Bay Area Tarot Meetup	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Bitcoin Bay Year in Review	Tampa Bay Bitcoin	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Operations Automation Office Hours	Tampa Robotic Process Automation Group	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 28
One Piece Thursdays	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 28
FABulous Thursdays	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Palm Harbor Toastmasters Club #8248	Toastmasters District 48	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 28
WordPress – NO MEETING IN DECEMBER	WordPress Clearwater FL	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Thursday chess at 54th Ave Kava House!	TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Smartphone Trivia Game Show at Wilders Pizza	Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Dungeons and Dragons with Donavan	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 28
Weekly Hacks	Hacktivate – Hackathon Meetup Group	8:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 28
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Friday, December 29

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Caffeine & Connections: Friday Fuel for Black Professionals	Pinellas County Black Business Meetup Group	8:00AM – Friday, Dec. 22
A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Business Networking All Welcome!	Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton	8:45AM – Friday, Dec. 22
Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Friday Morning All WElCOME	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	8:45AM – Friday, Dec. 22
A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Virtual Business Networking	Network & Social – Orlando Networking Events	8:45AM – Friday, Dec. 22
Networking over breakfast	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	9:00AM – Friday, Dec. 22
Business over Breakfast Clearwater	Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers	9:00AM – Friday, Dec. 22
FBI ~ Friday Business Introductions at Largo Family Restaurant	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	9:00AM – Friday, Dec. 22
Online Networking with Brandon Biz Pros	Brandon Biz Pros	9:00AM – Friday, Dec. 22
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorm together	Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorming together	10:00AM – Friday, Dec. 22
International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 22
Friday International Business Introductions at McAlisters Westshore	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 22
Westshore Business Networking Lunch at McAlisters Deli Every Friday All Welcome	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 22
International Professionals Networking Meeting	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 22
Friday Business Introductions Tampa	Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 22
International Networking Westshore McAlisters Deli	Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 22
International Professionals Networking Meeting	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 22
International Professionals Networking Meeting	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 22
International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 22
WEEKLY FRIDAY NIGHT GAMING AT GAMER’S COMMAND	Brandon Boardgamers	5:00PM – Friday, Dec. 22
Board Game Night!	Clermont Nerd Games	5:00PM – Friday, Dec. 22
Friday Board Game Night	Tampa Gaming Guild	5:30PM – Friday, Dec. 22
Taps & Drafts | EDH/MtG Night	Nerdbrew Events	6:00PM – Friday, Dec. 22
Taps & Drafts | Casual EDH/MtG Social Night	Nerd Night Out	6:00PM – Friday, Dec. 22
MTG: Commander FNM	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Friday, Dec. 22
GROWTH MINDSET	Self-Perfected Orlando	6:00PM – Friday, Dec. 22
Modern FNM	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Friday, Dec. 22
Dirty Dancersizing Class	Business Networking and Other Events	7:00PM – Friday, Dec. 22
PVP Boardgame Showdown	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	7:00PM – Friday, Dec. 22
Friday Pokemon Tournament	Sunshine Games	7:30PM – Friday, Dec. 22
Weekly Meetup	Plant City Web Development Group	8:00PM – Friday, Dec. 22
Regular weekly meetup	Plant City Marketing Group	8:00PM – Friday, Dec. 22
Friday night game night	Indica Cafe Events	9:00PM – Friday, Dec. 22
International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30PM – Friday, Dec. 22
Toastmasters – Improve Speaking Skills & Build Confidence	Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	9:30AM – Friday, Dec. 29
RANDOM EUCHRE TOURNAMENT	Castaways Euchre Club	6:00PM – Friday, Dec. 29
New Year’s Weekend Silent Disco at the Salty Nun	Geekocracy!	7:00PM – Friday, Dec. 29
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Saturday, December 30

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Wake Up and Think Clearly Saturday morning share and discuss.	Central Florida Philosophy Meetup	7:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 23
Saturday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa	Chess Republic	9:30AM – Saturday, Dec. 23
Coffee, Board Games, & Scrabble	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	10:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 23
Winning The Week – 1st Meet	Winning The Week	12:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 23
Earning Your Living by Living Your Dream Preview	Orlando New Entrepreneurship Connections	1:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 23
FREE Fab Lab Orientation	Suncoast Makers	1:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 23
Community Hang-out Night	Nerdbrew Events	6:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 23
Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 23
SHARKS BAR & GRILL – LIVE TEAM TRIVIA – LARGO	America’s TriviAddiction	7:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 23
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament	Balance Martial Arts and Gaming	7:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 23
Tampa Nerd Online Hang-out & Game Night!	Nerd Night Out	7:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 23
Humane Society Tampa Bay: Volunteer Event (15 participant cap)	20’s & 30’s Tampa Outdoor Adventures	8:30AM – Saturday, Dec. 30
The Color Purple	Chan’s Book Club of Tampa Bay	10:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 30
Bravo Group Campaign Continues	Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)	11:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 30
Tampa Blue Hour/Night Photowalk	Night & Long Exposure Photography	5:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 30
Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth Campaign	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	5:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 30
Goodbye 2023 Game Night	New Port Richey Casual Games and Fun Socializing Group!	5:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 30
Overnight Board Game session – December 30th	Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup	8:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 30
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Sunday, December 31

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Warhammer 40K	Clermont Nerd Games	11:00AM – Sunday, Dec. 24
Venice Strategy Board Gamers	Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton	12:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 24
Sunday Chess at Grassroots Kava House in Ybor	Chess Republic	2:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 24
D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	2:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 24
Sunday Pokemon League	Sunshine Games	4:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 24
Lankhmar: City of Adventure	Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group	5:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 24
Open Game Night	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	6:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 24
A Duck Presents NB Movie Night	Nerd Night Out	7:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 24
Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck!	Nerdbrew Events	7:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 24
NerdBrew Karaoke @ MacDinton’s!	Nerd Night Out	9:30PM – Sunday, Dec. 24
IHOP Restaurant CRITICAL THINKERS SUNDAY BRUNCH	Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group	9:00AM – Sunday, Dec. 31
Sunday Game Day	Drunk’n Meeples West Pasco (Boardgames)	4:30PM – Sunday, Dec. 31
Alphabet Soup 2023 | Finding Letters in the World Around Us	Florida Center for Creative Photography	5:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 31
Store Closing Early	Critical Hit Games	7:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 31
New Years Lights Fest	Gen Geek	8:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 31
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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 week of Monday, December 18 through Sunday, December 24, 2023.

This week’s events

Keep in mind that this is the week leading up to Christmas! A lot of Meetup organizers schedule their events on “autopilot” for the same time each month and may not have accounted for the holidays. Double-check with event organizers that an event is actually taking place before attending!

• Monday, December 18
• Tuesday, December 19
• Wednesday, December 20
• Thursday, December 21
• Friday, December 22
• Saturday, December 23
• Sunday, December 24

Monday, December 18

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Networking at Ford’s Garage	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:00AM – Monday, Dec. 18
In person at Fords Garage St Pete	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00AM – Monday, Dec. 18
Downtown St Pete Business Professionals Lunch	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:00AM – Monday, Dec. 18
Networking at Cafe’ Delanie	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Monday, Dec. 18
Start the Week with more connections MONDAYS at Romi’s Tacos All Welcome!	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:30AM – Monday, Dec. 18
Business Networking Meeting	Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	11:30AM – Monday, Dec. 18
Monday Business Introductions at Romi’s Taco’s	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30AM – Monday, Dec. 18
St. Pete Networking Lunch! Fords Garage! Monday’s	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Monday, Dec. 18
Ask an Investor Anything: Q&A with a Venture Capitalist	Tampa Startup Founder 101	1:00PM – Monday, Dec. 18
Intro to Unreal Engine	Tampa Bay Community Network – Media Center	4:00PM – Monday, Dec. 18
2nd Annual Orlandopreneur Holiday Happy Hour	Orlandopreneur	5:30PM – Monday, Dec. 18
Monthly N. Pinellas TBCor Humanist Social Dinner	Tampa Bay Coalition of Reason	6:00PM – Monday, Dec. 18
Speakeasy Toastmasters #4698	Toastmasters District 48	6:00PM – Monday, Dec. 18
ACE Advanced Toastmasters 3274480	Toastmasters Divisions C & D	6:00PM – Monday, Dec. 18
Monday Feast & Game Night	Tampa Bay Tabletoppers	6:00PM – Monday, Dec. 18
MTG: Commander Night	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Monday, Dec. 18
Rising Sun – with Daimyo Box!	Sarasota Strategy Board Game League	6:00PM – Monday, Dec. 18
Monday Weekly Board Game Night! (Lazy Moon Colonial Location)	Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar	6:00PM – Monday, Dec. 18
Uplifting: “I Am the Messenger” by Markus Zuzak	Books & Banter (traveling bookclub)	6:00PM – Monday, Dec. 18
Intro to the Babylock Embroidery Machine (Members Only)	Tampa Hackerspace	6:30PM – Monday, Dec. 18
North Port Toastmasters Meets Online!!	Toastmasters District 48	6:30PM – Monday, Dec. 18
Three Bridges Brewing Trivia Night with the Smartphone Trivia Game Show	Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup	6:30PM – Monday, Dec. 18
Stirling Toastmasters Club #7461614	Toastmasters District 48	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 18
Learn the Basics of Python Programming from an Industry Expert 📊	Ironhack Tampa – Tech Careers, Learning and Networking	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 18
Lakeland (FL) Toastmasters Club #2262	Toastmasters Division E	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 18
Spanglish Toastmasters Club 7703731	Toastmasters Division G	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 18
Board Game Night at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 18
Members as far back as 2008 can access their photos	School is closed- Light Study PRO – A Photography Workshop	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 18
Virtual Event: Hiawassee Book Club	Library Book Clubs – OCLS	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 18
ONLINE: Stoic Open Mic	Orlando Stoics	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 18
Polar Bear Swim, FL-style, in 80°F water: Olympic-size pool in Tampa!	► Tampa Bay Young Professionals Group	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 18
Spookeasy Lounge – Black Christmas & Silent Night, Deadly Night!!!	Horror Fan Fun Time Gang	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 18
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom)	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 18
DigiMondays	Sunshine Games	7:30PM – Monday, Dec. 18
Seminole Heights Social	Defcon813	8:00PM – Monday, Dec. 18
Weekly Meetup	Beginning Web Development	8:00PM – Monday, Dec. 18
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Tuesday, December 19

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Venice Area Toastmasters Club #5486	Toastmasters District 48	7:30AM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
v-Lean Coffee	Tampa Bay Agile	7:30AM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
Tuesday Westchase Business Networking Lunch at Sea Glass Tavern	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:00AM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
Westchase Professional Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00AM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
Networking at SeaGlass Tavern~ All Welcome, join us!!!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:00AM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
Westchase Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome JOIN us and connect!	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:00AM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
New Tampa Networking Lunch at Glory Day’s Grill New Tampa	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	11:30AM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
Networking at Glory Days Grill	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
Networking at AppleBee’s St. Pete	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
Professional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	11:30AM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
New Tampa RGA Chapter ~ Glory Days Meet your next referral partner!	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
The Business Alliance Club	The Business Alliance	11:45AM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
Event Changed – New AWS re:Invent Roadsnow	Tampa Bay AWS User Group	2:30PM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
Six Figures Blueprint	Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events	3:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
2023 “Last Supper” End-of-Year Stoic Dinner Meeting	Tampa Stoics	5:30PM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
Tampa Bay Tech Leaders Year-End Celebration	Masterminds Tampa Bay	6:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
Let’s Learn to Turn Ornaments!	Tampa Hackerspace	6:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
Weekly Open Make Night	Tampa Hackerspace	6:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
TBSSUG Monthly Meeting	Tampa Bay SQL Server User Group (TBSSUG)	6:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
Tampa Bay Tech Leaders Year-End Celebration	Masterminds Tampa Bay Area	6:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
Disney Lorcana: Rise of the Floodborn League Round 2	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
Magic: The Gathering Night at Felicitous	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	6:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa	Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa	6:30PM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
December 2023 Saint Petersburg Book Club	Saint Petersburg Book Club Meetup Group	6:30PM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
Weekly Group Meetings – All Writers Welcome!	Pinellas Writers Group	6:30PM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
Weekday Writing Get Down	We Write Here Black and Women of Color Writing Group	6:30PM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
Tampa Bay Technology Center (TBTC) Monthly Meeting	Tampa Bay Coalition of Reason	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
[Hybrid] Presentation Karaoke 2023	DOUX — Downtown Orlando UX Meetup	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
The basics of Data Analytics 📈	Ironhack Orlando – Tech Careers, Learning and Networking	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
Trivia Night with Trivia Nation	Trivia Night at Irish 31 Seminole	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults	St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show	Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
AMA – Ask Me Anything Related to Photography, Computers and Software	Florida Center for Creative Photography	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
Yule Be Celebrating With An American Beauty Potluck Party!	Literate Ladies of Orlando…Well Bred…Well Read	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
Let’s play chess at 54th Ave Kava House!	TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	7:30PM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom	Shut Up & Write!® Tampa	7:45PM – Tuesday, Dec. 19
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Wednesday, December 20

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Networking at The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	7:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
St Pete Networking Breakfast at the Hangar Meet St Pete’s Top Pro’s All Weclcome	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	7:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Downtown St Pete Professionals Networking Breakfast	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	7:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
DOWNTOWN ST PETE YOUNG NETWORKING PROFESSIONALS BREAKFAST AT THE HANGAR!	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	7:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Tampa Highrisers Toastmasters	Toastmasters District 48	7:45AM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup	1 Million Cups – Orlando	8:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Career Transition & Job Seeker Virtual Networking & Support Meeting	Career Rebound – New Job or Career Search for Professionals	9:00AM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Safety Harbor Waterfront Park	Suncoast Drone Club	9:00AM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Midjourney Prompt Help & Advanced FAQ with A.I. Creative Compass!	Midjourney A.I. Art Meetup Group	11:00AM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Networking at Glory Days Grill!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Carrollwood Networking Lunch! Join us and win!	Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Brandon Business Professionals Just Love Coffee	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Brandon Business Professionals IN Person!!!!	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Networking at Just Love Coffee!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
NPI North St. Pete Networkers Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Business Networking Lunch	Bradenton/Sarasota Networking Meetings and Mixers	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Holiday Matsuri 2023	All For Nerds	12:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
How To Generate Clients From LinkedIn in 2024	Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events	1:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom)	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	1:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Inspiring Authors & Book Immersion Meetup	Lady Lake Memoir Writing Meetup Group	2:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Wednesday Night Gaming/Holiday Party	Brandon Boardgamers	5:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Bay pines toastmaster’s hybrid meeting	Bay Pines Toastmasters	5:15PM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Felicitous Game Night w/Heritage Dim Sum	Tampa Game Nights	5:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Wednesday Board Game Night	Tampa Gaming Guild	5:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Placeholder: Student Trip Meeting	Tampa Hackerspace	5:45PM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Digital DeLand Monthly Meeting	DigitalDeLand	6:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Board Game Night	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Critical Hit Games: Board Game Night	The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play	6:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Dungeons & Dragons One Shot Wednesdays	Clermont Nerd Games	6:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Hobby Night – Minis Painting Tips & Tricks at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	6:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
The Woman from Death Row – by Peter Hogenkamp	Mystery and Thriller St Pete Book Club	6:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Board Game Night at Deadwords Brewing	Brews N Board Games	6:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Game Night!	Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers	6:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
The Last House on Needless St -midway	The Weirder Things Book Club	6:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
CigarCitySec	Defcon813	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings meet In-Person and Online	Toastmasters District 48	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
CigarCitySec Meetup	Central Florida CitySec	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Bitcoin Social	Tampa Bay Bitcoin	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Castaways Euchre Club	Castaways Euchre Club	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Workshop Wednesdays. Come Craft with Us.	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Nerd Night: Board Games and Beer at Deadwords Brewing	Adventures On Tap: TTRPGs and Board Games	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
New Beginnings & Old Rivalries	Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Mastering Communication: A Key to Professional Success	Professionals Meetup For Networking And Social Skillsets	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Communication – Personal and Professional Growth	Make Contacts Meet People and Communicate	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
Cardfight Vanguard!! OverDress Weekly	Sunshine Games	7:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 20
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Thursday, December 21

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Business Over Breakfast ~ Happy Hangar IN PERSON JOIN US!	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	7:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	7:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Wesley Chapel/Lutz networking breakfast	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	7:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 21
LUTZ, FL – HAPPY HANGER CAFE THURSDAY NETWORKING	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	8:00AM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Tackle it in Ten – Entrepreneur Roundtables	Entrepreneur Round Table	8:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Clearwater Professional Networking Lunch	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:00AM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:00AM – Thursday, Dec. 21
The Founders Meeting where it all Began! JOIN us! Bring a guest and get a gift	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00AM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Clearwater/Central Pinellas Networking Lunch JOIN us and connect your business	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:00AM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited!	Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	11:00AM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	11:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Leads Club Meeting	South Shore Leads Club	11:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Lutz / Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch at Bahama Breeze!	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	11:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Breakroom Bar & Grill 11:28 Doors open at 11:00am IN Person	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 21
NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	11:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Telecom Park Toastmasters #6745	Toastmasters District 48	12:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters	Toastmasters District 48	12:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Holiday Matsuri 2023	All For Nerds	12:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Commander Open Play Night at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	1:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 21
RPG: Pathfinder Society at Meeple Movers	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	2:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Live, Love & Enjoy Social Hour at Bonefish Grill	Live, Love & Enjoy!	4:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Gulfport Scrabble and Social	Gulfport Scrabblers and Social	5:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Booktok Club	Library Book Clubs – OCLS	5:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Tomb of Annihilation (T2-APL7)	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	5:30PM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Let’s Learn to Turn Ornaments!	Tampa Hackerspace	6:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 21
The Basics of Web Development	Ironhack Tampa – Tech Careers, Learning and Networking	6:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Adult Game Night at Conworlds Emporium	Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup	6:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 21
2nd ed. AD&D Campaign.	Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group	6:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Pathfinder Society	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Nerdy Needs (Casual Thursday Commander Night)	Magic the Gathering Tampa/Brandon/St Pete	6:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 21
BotC night at Hourglass Brewery at the Hourglass District	Sunshine Social Deduction Gaming	6:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective	Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup	6:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 21
December Book Club Discussion – Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree	Sanford Book Club	6:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Writing Meetup	Tampa Free Writing Group	6:30PM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Live streaming production and talent	Live streaming production and talent	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Operations Automation Office Hours	Tampa Robotic Process Automation Group	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Palm Harbor Toastmasters Club #8248	Toastmasters District 48	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 21
One Piece Thursdays	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament	Balance Martial Arts and Gaming	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Thursday chess at 54th Ave Kava House!	TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Smartphone Trivia Game Show at Wilders Pizza	Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Dungeons and Dragons with Donavan	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 21
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom	Gen Geek	7:30PM – Thursday, Dec. 21
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Friday, December 22

Guest speaker Kathy Lansford-Powell, a trusted job search expert, leads an online seminar covering insider tactics to get past the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and landing your resume in the hands of a person. Find out more and register here.

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Improve your communication, listening, and leadership skills	Winter Park Toastmasters – Learn while having FUN!	7:15AM – Friday, Dec. 22
Caffeine & Connections: Friday Fuel for Black Professionals	Pinellas County Black Business Meetup Group	8:00AM – Friday, Dec. 22
A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Business Networking All Welcome!	Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton	8:45AM – Friday, Dec. 22
Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Friday Morning All WElCOME	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	8:45AM – Friday, Dec. 22
A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Virtual Business Networking	Network & Social – Orlando Networking Events	8:45AM – Friday, Dec. 22
Business over Breakfast Clearwater	Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers	9:00AM – Friday, Dec. 22
Networking over breakfast	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	9:00AM – Friday, Dec. 22
FBI ~ Friday Business Introductions at Largo Family Restaurant	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	9:00AM – Friday, Dec. 22
TBUX Lite: Virtual Coffee Talk	Tampa Bay UX Group	9:00AM – Friday, Dec. 22
Online Networking with Brandon Biz Pros	Brandon Biz Pros	9:00AM – Friday, Dec. 22
Toastmasters – Improve Speaking Skills & Build Confidence	Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	9:30AM – Friday, Dec. 22
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorm together	Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorming together	10:00AM – Friday, Dec. 22
Festive AI Art: Crafting Holiday Treasures with Midjourney&A.I. Creative Compass	Midjourney A.I. Art Meetup Group	11:00AM – Friday, Dec. 22
International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 22
Westshore Business Networking Lunch at McAlisters Deli Every Friday All Welcome	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 22
Friday Business Introductions Tampa	Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 22
International Professionals Networking Meeting	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 22
International Professionals Networking Meeting	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 22
International Networking Westshore McAlisters Deli	Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 22
Friday International Business Introductions at McAlisters Westshore	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 22
The Game is On! Jobseekers vs. the ATS	Tech Success Network	12:00PM – Friday, Dec. 22
Holiday Matsuri 2023	All For Nerds	12:00PM – Friday, Dec. 22
WEEKLY FRIDAY NIGHT GAMING AT GAMER’S COMMAND	Brandon Boardgamers	5:00PM – Friday, Dec. 22
Board Game Night!	Clermont Nerd Games	5:00PM – Friday, Dec. 22
Friday Board Game Night	Tampa Gaming Guild	5:30PM – Friday, Dec. 22
ONLINE Board Game Fridays!	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	5:30PM – Friday, Dec. 22
Taps & Drafts | EDH/MtG Night	Nerdbrew Events	6:00PM – Friday, Dec. 22
Commander Night	Magic the Gathering Tampa/Brandon/St Pete	6:00PM – Friday, Dec. 22
MTG: Commander FNM	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Friday, Dec. 22
Taps & Drafts | Casual EDH/MtG Social Night	Nerd Night Out	6:00PM – Friday, Dec. 22
GROWTH MINDSET	Self-Perfected Orlando	6:00PM – Friday, Dec. 22
Shut Up & Write!® Gulfport	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	6:30PM – Friday, Dec. 22
MakerFX Makerspace 3D Printing Guild	MakerFX Makerspace	7:00PM – Friday, Dec. 22
Dirty Dancersizing Class	Business Networking and Other Events	7:00PM – Friday, Dec. 22
PVP Boardgame Showdown	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	7:00PM – Friday, Dec. 22
Tabletop: Friday Board Game Night	Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)	7:00PM – Friday, Dec. 22
3D Printing Hang Out	3D Printing Orlando	7:00PM – Friday, Dec. 22
Christmas Caroling for a Cause	Gen Geek	7:30PM – Friday, Dec. 22
Friday Pokemon Tournament	Sunshine Games	7:30PM – Friday, Dec. 22
Weekly Meetup	Plant City Web Development Group	8:00PM – Friday, Dec. 22
Regular weekly meetup	Plant City Marketing Group	8:00PM – Friday, Dec. 22
Friday night game night	Indica Cafe Events	9:00PM – Friday, Dec. 22
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Saturday, December 23

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Wake Up and Think Clearly Saturday morning share and discuss.	Central Florida Philosophy Meetup	7:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 23
Early Bird Ocala	Toastmasters Division G	8:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 23
Landscape & Nature Photography @ Ft. DeSoto Beach (Free)	Tampa Bay Photo Walks	9:30AM – Saturday, Dec. 23
Wood Shop Lathe 101 (Members Only)	Tampa Hackerspace	10:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 23
Open Fly @ 22nd St Park	Tampa Bay Drone Club	10:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 23
Coffee, Board Games, & Scrabble	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	10:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 23
Pickleball Beginners Class Level 1&2 (9am-Dunedin 11:30am-StPet 2pm-Rowlett)	The Pinellas County Young “Professionals”	11:30AM – Saturday, Dec. 23
Winning The Week – 1st Meet	Winning The Week	12:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 23
Online | VIRTUAL Mastermind Experience: Connecting, Creating & Collaborating	Women’s Prosperity Network | Fort Lauderdale Chapter	12:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 23
FREE Fab Lab Orientation	Suncoast Makers	1:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 23
Lost Mines of Phandelver: Session 3 – DM Mike	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	5:30PM – Saturday, Dec. 23
Community Hang-out Night	Nerdbrew Events	6:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 23
Golf Group – RPG One-Shots	Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)	6:30PM – Saturday, Dec. 23
SHARKS BAR & GRILL – LIVE TEAM TRIVIA – LARGO	America’s TriviAddiction	7:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 23
Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 23
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament	Balance Martial Arts and Gaming	7:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 23
Tampa Nerd Online Hang-out & Game Night!	Nerd Night Out	7:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 23
Eat, Drink and be Ugly !	Gen Geek	8:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 23
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Sunday, December 24

Event name and locale	Group	Time
IHOP Restaurant CRITICAL THINKERS SUNDAY BRUNCH	Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group	9:00AM – Sunday, Dec. 24
Warhammer 40K	Clermont Nerd Games	11:00AM – Sunday, Dec. 24
Venice Strategy Board Gamers	Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton	12:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 24
4TH SUNDAY OF THE MONTH BOARDGAMING AT NERDY NEEDS	Brandon Boardgamers	1:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 24
Sunday Chess at Grassroots Kava House in Ybor	Chess Republic	2:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 24
D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	2:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 24
Weekend Toastmasters	Toastmasters Divisions C & D	3:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 24
Sunday Pokemon League	Sunshine Games	4:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 24
Sunday Game Day	Drunk’n Meeples West Pasco (Boardgames)	4:30PM – Sunday, Dec. 24
Lankhmar: City of Adventure	Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group	5:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 24
Sew Awesome! (Textile Arts & Crafts)	Tampa Hackerspace	5:30PM – Sunday, Dec. 24
Let’s Learn to Turn Pens!	Tampa Hackerspace	6:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 24
Open Game Night	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	6:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 24
Store Closing Early	Critical Hit Games	7:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 24
Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck!	Nerdbrew Events	7:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 24
A Duck Presents NB Movie Night	Nerd Night Out	7:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 24
Office Hours	Solana – Tampa	8:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 24
NerdBrew Karaoke @ MacDinton’s!	Nerd Night Out	9:30PM – Sunday, Dec. 24
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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 week of Monday, December 4 through Sunday, December 10, 2023.

This week’s events

• Monday, November 27
• Tuesday, November 28
• Wednesday, November 29
• Thursday, November 30
• Friday, December 1
• Saturday, December 2
• Sunday, December 3

Monday, December 4

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Networking at Ford’s Garage	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:00AM – Monday, Dec. 4
In person at Fords Garage St Pete	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00AM – Monday, Dec. 4
Downtown St Pete Business Professionals Lunch	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:00AM – Monday, Dec. 4
Networking at Cafe’ Delanie	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Monday, Dec. 4
Start the Week with more connections MONDAYS at Romi’s Tacos All Welcome!	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:30AM – Monday, Dec. 4
Business Networking Meeting	Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	11:30AM – Monday, Dec. 4
St. Pete Networking Lunch! Fords Garage! Monday’s	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Monday, Dec. 4
Monday Business Introductions at Romi’s Taco’s	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30AM – Monday, Dec. 4
Co-Founders Connect: Find a Business Partner Online	Tampa Startup Founder 101	1:00PM – Monday, Dec. 4
Learn How to Build a Ridiculously Simple Second Income on LinkedIn & Meetup.	The Profit Pilot Tampa Fl	3:00PM – Monday, Dec. 4
Intro to Unreal Engine	Tampa Bay Community Network – Media Center	4:00PM – Monday, Dec. 4
Weekly Crescent Lake Dog Walk – Meet at 3 Birds Tavern	The Pinellas County Young “Professionals”	5:00PM – Monday, Dec. 4
It’s a Holiday Party	Entrepreneurs & Startups – Bradenton Networking & Education	5:30PM – Monday, Dec. 4
Speakeasy Toastmasters #4698	Toastmasters District 48	6:00PM – Monday, Dec. 4
ACE Advanced Toastmasters 3274480	Toastmasters Divisions C & D	6:00PM – Monday, Dec. 4
Monday Feast & Game Night	Tampa Bay Tabletoppers	6:00PM – Monday, Dec. 4
Monday Game Day	Drunk’n Meeples West Pasco (Boardgames)	6:00PM – Monday, Dec. 4
Casual Pokemon League at Nerdy Needs	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	6:00PM – Monday, Dec. 4
Blood Rage w/Promo Monsters	Sarasota Strategy Board Game League	6:00PM – Monday, Dec. 4
MTG: Commander Night	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Monday, Dec. 4
Monday Weekly Board Game Night! (Lazy Moon Colonial Location)	Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar	6:00PM – Monday, Dec. 4
North Port Toastmasters Meets Online!!	Toastmasters District 48	6:30PM – Monday, Dec. 4
Three Bridges Brewing Trivia Night with the Smartphone Trivia Game Show	Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup	6:30PM – Monday, Dec. 4
Stirling Toastmasters Club #7461614	Toastmasters District 48	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 4
Lakeland (FL) Toastmasters Club #2262	Toastmasters Division E	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 4
Spanglish Toastmasters Club 7703731	Toastmasters Division G	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 4
2nd meeting of our 2nd meeting of our group: THE GILDED YEARS	Women’s Book Club Reading Books about Women	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 4
Books & Banter: Foxtail Coffee Co. Hunters Creek	Library Book Clubs – OCLS	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 4
Members as far back as 2008 can access their photos	School is closed- Light Study PRO – A Photography Workshop	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 4
ONLINE: Key Lessons from Epictetus & The Discourses (Part 2)	Orlando Stoics	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 4
The Law of Innocence by Michael Connelly	Chan’s Book Club of Tampa Bay	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 4
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom)	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 4
DigiMondays	Sunshine Games	7:30PM – Monday, Dec. 4
Weekly Meetup	Beginning Web Development	8:00PM – Monday, Dec. 4
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Tuesday, December 5

Venkat Subramaniam is such a big name that it took three of our biggest meetup groups to handle him, and he’ll speak Tuesday evening! His talk is titled Design Trade-Offs in Modern Architectures, and I’ll be there to catch it (as well as to get him to autograph my copy of Practices of an Agile Developer). Find out more and register here.

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Venice Area Toastmasters Club #5486	Toastmasters District 48	7:30AM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
v-Lean Coffee	Tampa Bay Agile	7:30AM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
NPI St. Pete Business Builders Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	7:30AM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
Open Enterprise Agent: Digital Identity Tools	Hyperledger Tampa	10:00AM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
Westchase Professional Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00AM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
Tuesday Westchase Business Networking Lunch at Sea Glass Tavern	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:00AM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
Networking at SeaGlass Tavern~ All Welcome, join us!!!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:00AM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
Westchase Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome JOIN us and connect!	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:00AM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
Westchase Networking Lunch -Grand Hacienda~ Meet your next referral	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:00AM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
New Tampa Networking Lunch at Glory Day’s Grill New Tampa	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	11:30AM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
Networking at Glory Days Grill	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
Networking at AppleBee’s St. Pete	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
Professional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	11:30AM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
New Tampa RGA Chapter ~ Glory Days Meet your next referral partner!	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
The Business Networking Midday Power Hour by Simply Referrals on Zoom!!	Simply Referrals Clearwater Beach Business Networking	12:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
Startup Market Outlook for 2024: What to Expect with Funding (Online)	Tampa Startup Founder 101	1:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
Tampa Bay Techies & Tampa Devs & Tampa JUG present Dr. Venkat Subramaniam	Tampa Bay Techies	5:30PM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
Design Trade offs in Modern Architectures	Tampa Devs	5:30PM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
Design Trade offs in Modern Architectures- By world famous speaker	Tampa Java User Group	5:30PM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
Tech, Taps & Tacos!	Defcon813	6:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
Weekly Open Make Night	Tampa Hackerspace	6:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
Hobby Night	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
Meet & Greet at O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant	Florida Center for Creative Photography	6:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa	Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa	6:30PM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
Weekly Group Meetings – All Writers Welcome!	Pinellas Writers	6:30PM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
Weekday Writing Get Down	We Write Here Black and Women of Color Writing Group	6:30PM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
How to Increase Your Confidence and Communication	Communication Skills for Interviews and Life	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
Naples Toastmasters Club #2835	Toastmasters District 48	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
Dunedin Toastmasters – Guests Welcome! (Happy Hour to Follow)	Dunedin Toastmasters 2166	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
How to Communicate and Make More Connections	Want to Make More Connections by Improving Communication	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
MakerFX Makerspace 3D Printing Basics	MakerFX Makerspace	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
Trivia Night with Trivia Nation	Trivia Night at Irish 31 Seminole	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
D&D Adventurers League at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show	Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults	St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
Let’s play chess at 54th Ave Kava House!	TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	7:30PM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom	Shut Up & Write!® Tampa	7:45PM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
Game Night @ The Teaki Hut	The Teaki Hut Social in Largo	8:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 5
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Wednesday, December 6

This event happens at 7:00 a.m., but it’s online, so you can attend from bed — it’s Women Who Code’s “Digital Transformation: Stories from Experts to Empower Your Career”! This panel of experts will discuss their experiences and exciting opportunities that arise when you combine your skills in STEM with digital transformation projects. Find out more and register here.

Wednesday evening’s big in-person event is Data Analytics – Tampa Bay’s December Meetup featuring Sri Subramanian, Head of Data Engineering, SurveyMonkey.

There is no good predictive (ML), descriptive or prescriptive Business Insights or Analytics without good quality and timely data. For us to have good quality and timely data, there is a need for a solid Data Engineering and Data Infrastructure that will scale to the needs of the Business.

In this presentation, Sri will be walking us through what an end-to-end Data Platform at Scale looks like, essential components of a Data Platform and the future state of a high-velocity Data Platform. Sri will also be providing us an overview of Snowflake Data Cloud and why it is powerful.

Find out more and register here.

This will be an online event — a reading of the book The Adventures of Women in Tech by Alana Karen, with a book club-style conversation on the subject. Unlike a traditional book club, you don’t have to have read the book to attend! Find out more and register here.

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Digital Transformation: Stories from Experts to Empower Your Career with SThree	Women Who Code Tampa	7:00AM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Networking at The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	7:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
St Pete Networking Breakfast at the Hangar Meet St Pete’s Top Pro’s All Weclcome	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	7:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Downtown St Pete Professionals Networking Breakfast	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	7:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Tampa Highrisers Toastmasters	Toastmasters District 48	7:45AM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Quantum Careers – Part 4: Engaging with & Building a career in Quantum Computing	Data, Cloud and AI in Tampa	8:00AM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
ISSA / OWASP Tampa Chapters Q4 Year-end Minicon	Defcon813	8:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
ISSA & OWASP End of Year Minicon!	Defcon813	8:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
ISSA / OWASP Tampa Chapters Q4 Year-end Minicon	OWASP Tampa	8:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup	1 Million Cups – Orlando	8:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Webinar with Kaleido: The Emerging Tech Stack for Digital Assets & Tokenization	Hyperledger Tampa	10:00AM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
How to Secure IAM Infrastructure	IAM Orlando Technology Professional Meetup Group	10:00AM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Midjourney Prompt Help & Advanced FAQ with A.I. Creative Compass!	Midjourney A.I. Art Meetup Group	11:00AM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
IBM TechXchange watsonx Day 2	Data, Cloud and AI in Tampa	11:00AM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Carrollwood Networking Lunch! Join us and win!	Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Networking at Glory Days Grill!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Brandon Business Professionals Just Love Coffee	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Brandon Business Professionals IN Person!!!!	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Networking at Just Love Coffee!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
NPI North St. Pete Networkers Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Brandon Networking Professionals Networking Lunch	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Sarasota Business Networking Lunch All Welcome, Just purchase Lunch!	Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Business Networking Lunch	Bradenton/Sarasota Networking Meetings and Mixers	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
HYBRID EVENT: Business Ethics 2023 – Class for December	Orlando Stoics	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Webinar: What is a CRM and how can it revolutionize your nonprofit’s success?	Tech4Good Tampa	12:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Unlock Your Small Business Potential: Harness Innovation and Prototyping	Orlando Innovative Business Minds: Creative Strategy Meetup	12:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Automated-Gateways Through Smart Contracts	Hyperledger Tampa	1:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Class: “The Joy of Photography”	Ocala Photography Group	1:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom)	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	1:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Inspiring Authors & Book Immersion Meetup	Lady Lake Memoir Writing Meetup Group	2:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Building a Multi-Six Figure Business through Social Media Marketing	Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events	3:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Board Gaming – In Person	Brandon Boardgamers	5:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Playing Games in the Alley	The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play	5:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Bay pines toastmaster’s hybrid meeting	Bay Pines Toastmasters	5:15PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Felicitous Game Night w/Heritage Dim Sum	Tampa Game Nights	5:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Wednesday Board Game Night	Tampa Gaming Guild	5:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Data Analytics – Tampa Bay – DECEMBER MEETUP	Data Analytics – Tampa Bay	6:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Chess Club Every Wednesday	Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup	6:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Board Game Night	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Dungeons & Dragons One Shot Wednesdays	Clermont Nerd Games	6:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Trivia Night at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	6:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Dungeon of the Mad Mage (Tier 2, APL 6)	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	6:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Board Game Night at Deadwords Brewing	Brews N Board Games	6:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Free Wine Tasting at Farmer Joe’s	Fort Myers Life Ladies Group	6:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Monthly Meeting: Group Discussion – Planning Lectures and Events for 2024	Prose Society Writers Group	6:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Trivia at Westshore Pizza	Geekocracy!	6:15PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Advance Resin 3D Printing	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	6:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Blockchain Investors and Enthusiasts Club	Blockchain and Crypto Investors and Enthusiasts	6:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Game Night!	Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers	6:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
The Butcher and the Wren – Final	The Weirder Things Book Club	6:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Come one, Come all to Our Amazon Sellers Christmas Party!	Tampa Bay Amazon Sellers E-commerce Meetup	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings meet In-Person and Online	Toastmasters District 48	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Tampa Bay E-commerce Christmas Party!!	Tampa Amazon Seller Meetup Group	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Castaways Euchre Club	Castaways Euchre Club	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Workshop Wednesdays. Come Craft with Us.	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
MtG Modern Constructed at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Nerd Night: Board Games and Beer at Deadwords Brewing	Adventures On Tap: TTRPGs and Board Games	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
New Beginnings & Old Rivalries	Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Communication – Personal and Professional Growth	Make Contacts Meet People and Communicate	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Mastering Communication: A Key to Professional Success	Professionals Meetup For Networking And Social Skillsets	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
Cardfight Vanguard!! OverDress Weekly	Sunshine Games	7:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
The Adventures of Women in Tech	Code CoOp Tampa	8:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 6
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Thursday, December 7

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Business Over Breakfast ~ Happy Hangar IN PERSON JOIN US!	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	7:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	7:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	7:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 7
LUTZ, FL – HAPPY HANGER CAFE THURSDAY NETWORKING	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	8:00AM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Tackle it in Ten – Entrepreneur Roundtables	Entrepreneur Round Table	8:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Entrepreneur Roundtable to SPARK Ideas & Build Growth	Clearwater Entrepreneurs’ Round Table	8:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:00AM – Thursday, Dec. 7
The Founders Meeting where it all Began! JOIN us! Bring a guest and get a gift	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00AM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Clearwater Professional Networking Lunch	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:00AM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Clearwater/Central Pinellas Networking Lunch JOIN us and connect your business	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:00AM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	11:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Lutz / Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch at Bahama Breeze!	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	11:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Breakroom Bar & Grill 11:28 Doors open at 11:00am IN Person	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 7
The Business Alliance	The Business Alliance	11:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters	Toastmasters District 48	12:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Commander Open Play Night at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	1:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
AI-Powered Marketing Strategies for Business Growth in 2024	Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events	1:30PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
RPG: Pathfinder Society at Meeple Movers	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	2:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Quantum Careers – Part 4: Engaging with & Building a career in Quantum Computing	Data, Cloud and AI in Tampa	3:30PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Networking Mixer at Embassy Suites Bridges Bar & Restaurant	Science & Technology Society – Suncoast Region	5:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Gulfport Scrabble and Social	Gulfport Scrabblers and Social	5:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Chelsea Art Center Tour and Photography Insights	Ocala Photography Group	5:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Tomb of Annihilation (T2-APL7)	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	5:30PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Zero ETL & Virtual Data Marts: A Discussion in Painless Data Engineering!	Tampa Bay Data Engineering Group	6:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Business Happy Hour ~ Cafe Delanie 1st Thursday Every Month 6pm to 8pm	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	6:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
After Hours Mixer Romi’s Tacos! All Welcome $10 cash	Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers	6:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
1st Thursday Networking Mixer, Romi’s Tacos & RGANetwork.net $10 cash at door	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	6:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
The Basics of Web Development	Ironhack Tampa – Tech Careers, Learning and Networking	6:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
After Hours Networking Happy Hour! Romi’s Tacos New Location	Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	6:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
1st Thursday Networking Mixer, Romi’s Tacos & RGANetwork.net $10 cash at door	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	6:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Accelerate Your Business Growth: A Comprehensive Marketing Workshop	Small Businesses Getting Success With Social Media Marketing	6:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Warhammer Night	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective	Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup	6:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
ProductPalooza Social	ProductTank Orlando	6:30PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Writing Meetup	Tampa Free Writing Group	6:30PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Tampa Bay Drupal & Web Technologies Q&A. Everyone welcome!	Tampa Bay Drupal User Group	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Shopbot Safety and Usage (Members Only)	Tampa Hackerspace	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Live streaming production and talent	Live streaming production and talent	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Operations Automation Office Hours	Tampa Robotic Process Automation Group	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Country line @3 daughters	Gen Geek	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Palm Harbor Toastmasters Club #8248	Toastmasters District 48	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Bitcoin Only Meetup	Tampa Bay Bitcoin	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Cribbage Game	Plant City Cribbage Card Game Meetup Group	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Magic: The Gathering Night at Felicitous	Tampa Game Nights	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
One Piece Thursdays	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament	Balance Martial Arts and Gaming	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Thursday chess at 54th Ave Kava House!	TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Sagrada + Expansions Demo with Rick	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Smartphone Trivia Game Show at Wilders Pizza	Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
December – Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow	Books & Brews!	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy	St. Pete Booze and Book Club	7:30PM – Thursday, Dec. 7
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Friday, December 8

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Improve your communication, listening, and leadership skills	Winter Park Toastmasters – Learn while having FUN!	7:15AM – Friday, Dec. 8
Virtual “2nd Fridays” Lean Coffee Orlando	Agile Orlando	7:30AM – Friday, Dec. 8
Caffeine & Connections: Friday Fuel for Black Professionals	Pinellas County Black Business Meetup Group	8:00AM – Friday, Dec. 8
A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Business Networking All Welcome!	Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton	8:45AM – Friday, Dec. 8
Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Friday Morning All WElCOME	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	8:45AM – Friday, Dec. 8
A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Virtual Business Networking	Network & Social – Orlando Networking Events	8:45AM – Friday, Dec. 8
Business over Breakfast Clearwater	Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers	9:00AM – Friday, Dec. 8
Networking over breakfast	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	9:00AM – Friday, Dec. 8
FBI ~ Friday Business Introductions at Largo Family Restaurant	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	9:00AM – Friday, Dec. 8
TBUX Lite: Virtual Coffee Talk	Tampa Bay UX Group	9:00AM – Friday, Dec. 8
Online Networking with Brandon Biz Pros	Brandon Biz Pros	9:00AM – Friday, Dec. 8
Virtual Coffee	Project Codex	9:00AM – Friday, Dec. 8
Toastmasters – Improve Speaking Skills & Build Confidence	Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	9:30AM – Friday, Dec. 8
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorm together	Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorming together	10:00AM – Friday, Dec. 8
International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 8
Westshore Business Networking Lunch at McAlisters Deli Every Friday All Welcome	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 8
Friday Business Introductions Tampa	Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 8
International Professionals Networking Meeting	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 8
International Networking Westshore McAlisters Deli	Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 8
Friday International Business Introductions at McAlisters Westshore	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 8
Azure Basics: Cloud Concepts, Architecture & Governance | Viknaraj Manogararajah	Orlando Power BI User Group	12:00PM – Friday, Dec. 8
WEEKLY FRIDAY NIGHT GAMING AT GAMER’S COMMAND	Brandon Boardgamers	5:00PM – Friday, Dec. 8
Board Game Night!	Clermont Nerd Games	5:00PM – Friday, Dec. 8
Board Game Night at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	5:00PM – Friday, Dec. 8
Friday Board Game Night	Tampa Gaming Guild	5:30PM – Friday, Dec. 8
Taps & Drafts | EDH/MtG Night	Nerdbrew Events	6:00PM – Friday, Dec. 8
MTG: Commander FNM	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Friday, Dec. 8
Taps & Drafts | Casual EDH/MtG Social Night	Nerd Night Out	6:00PM – Friday, Dec. 8
GROWTH MINDSET	Self-Perfected Orlando	6:00PM – Friday, Dec. 8
Shut Up & Write!® Gulfport	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	6:30PM – Friday, Dec. 8
MakerFX Maskerspace Laser Guild	MakerFX Makerspace	7:00PM – Friday, Dec. 8
Dirty Dancersizing Class	Business Networking and Other Events	7:00PM – Friday, Dec. 8
PVP Boardgame Showdown	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	7:00PM – Friday, Dec. 8
Tabletop: Friday Board Game Night	Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)	7:00PM – Friday, Dec. 8
Book Discussion: A Girl Called Samson	Sarasota Books & Brews	7:00PM – Friday, Dec. 8
Friday Pokemon Tournament	Sunshine Games	7:30PM – Friday, Dec. 8
Weekly Meetup	Plant City Web Development Group	8:00PM – Friday, Dec. 8
Regular weekly meetup	Plant City Marketing Group	8:00PM – Friday, Dec. 8
Friday night game night	Indica Cafe Events	9:00PM – Friday, Dec. 8
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Saturday, December 9

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Wake Up and Think Clearly Saturday morning share and discuss.	Central Florida Philosophy Meetup	7:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 9
Early Bird Ocala	Toastmasters Division G	8:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 9
Retro Computer Meetup !	Tampa Hackerspace	9:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 9
Machine Shop Safety and Cleanup (Members Only)	Tampa Hackerspace	9:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 9
Saturday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa	Chess Republic	9:30AM – Saturday, Dec. 9
TechUP Group – Tampa Bay December Meetup	TechUP Group – Tampa Bay	10:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 9
🌐 SAT 12/9 at 10 AM ONLINE PHOTOGRAPHY CRITIQUE PROGRAM	The Art Of Photography – Tampa/St. Pete Chapter	10:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 9
Geeks Hike Violet Curry Nature Preserve, *After Food	Geekocracy!	10:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 9
Coffee, Board Games, & Scrabble	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	10:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 9
SAVE THE DATE! Stoicon-X Orlando 2023	Orlando Stoics	10:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 9
Book Club Babes: The Hobbit	Orlando Book Club Babes: Classics	10:30AM – Saturday, Dec. 9
Midjourney Basics: Intro & FAQ with A.I. Creative Compass!	Midjourney A.I. Art Meetup Group	11:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 9
NLP FUNdamentals 2-Day Training “LIVE” or “On-line”	Florida Hypnosis & NLP MeetUP	11:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 9
Weekly Workshop	Pinellas Community Code Workshop	12:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 9
Winning The Week – 1st Meet	Winning The Week	12:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 9
CluedUpp Outdoor Adventure and Lunch @ JAM Hot Chicken	Orlando Escape Room Meetup	12:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 9
FREE Fab Lab Orientation	Suncoast Makers	1:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 9
NNO Book Club: Several People Are Typing	Nerd Night Out	1:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 9
Laser Cutter Orientation (Members Only)	Tampa Hackerspace	2:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 9
Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG Campaign with Ray	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	2:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 9
Meetup 2️⃣2️⃣: Pickleball 🏓 then 🍔🍻	Tampa Bay Web3 Frens	4:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 9
Christmas at the Farm	Gen Geek	4:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 9
Game Night 2nd Saturday of each Month 4 – 10 PM	Seminole Isle Monthly Board Games 2nd Saturday Evening Group	4:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 9
Monthly Bitcoin: Q and A	Bitcoin Orlando	4:30PM – Saturday, Dec. 9
3D Print Orlando Community Meetup – November	3D Print Orlando – 3D Printing Community	5:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 9
Golf Group – Star Wars: Force & Destiny & One-Shots	Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)	5:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 9
Lost Mines of Phandelver: Session 2 – DM Mike	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	5:30PM – Saturday, Dec. 9
Community Hang-out Night	Nerdbrew Events	6:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 9
✨🥽 Holographic AR Sustainability Hackathon – 📅 Dec 9 – 10 @ 7 PM EST	Orlando Unity Developers Group	7:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 9
Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 9
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament	Balance Martial Arts and Gaming	7:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 9
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Sunday, December 10

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Hot Chocolate 5K/10K/15K	Gen Geek	7:00AM – Sunday, Dec. 10
RE Olds Park	Suncoast Drone Club	9:00AM – Sunday, Dec. 10
IHOP Restaurant CRITICAL THINKERS SUNDAY BRUNCH	Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group	9:00AM – Sunday, Dec. 10
Warhammer 40K	Clermont Nerd Games	11:00AM – Sunday, Dec. 10
Venice Strategy Board Gamers	Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton	12:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 10
Writing Meet-Up: Let’s Get to Work!	Prose Society Writers Group	12:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 10
Monthly Gaming at the Deltona Library	Board Gamers of West Volusia	12:30PM – Sunday, Dec. 10
Steel MIG Welding Safety and Basic Usage (Members Only)	Tampa Hackerspace	1:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 10
Game Day at Southern Brewing	Geekocracy!	1:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 10
2ND SUNDAY OF THE MONTH BOARDGAMING AT NERDY NEEDS	Brandon Boardgamers	1:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 10
New Player Nights East Colonial – Tier 1 (Various DMs)	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	1:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 10
Join us for the Windows Special Interest Group	Central Florida Computer Society	1:30PM – Sunday, Dec. 10
RID Initial Meet and Greet	Riverview Intellectual Discussions Meetup Group	1:30PM – Sunday, Dec. 10
Sunday Chess at Grassroots Kava House in Ybor	Chess Republic	2:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 10
Voidfall Learn & Play	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	2:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 10
D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	2:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 10
D&D Adventurers League	Critical Hit Games	2:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 10
D&D RPG Campaign with Kenny – the Lands of Faerun	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	2:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 10
Weekend Toastmasters	Toastmasters Divisions C & D	3:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 10
Sunday Pokemon League	Sunshine Games	4:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 10
Lecture	The Guild of Independent Game Developers	5:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 10
RPG One-Shot, An Introductory adventure in the setting of Symbaroum.	St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group	5:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 10
Lankhmar: City of Adventure	Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group	5:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 10
Sew Awesome! (Textile Arts & Crafts)	Tampa Hackerspace	5:30PM – Sunday, Dec. 10
Find Your Funny Toastmaster	Toastmasters Division E	6:30PM – Sunday, Dec. 10
A Duck Presents NB Movie Night	Nerd Night Out	7:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 10
Office Hours	Solana – Tampa	8:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 10
NerdBrew Karaoke @ MacDinton’s!	Nerdbrew Events	9:30PM – Sunday, Dec. 10
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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