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Here’s the “official unofficial” list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for Monday, April 29 through Sunday, May 5, 2024.

This week’s events

• Monday, April 29
• Tuesday, April 30
• Wednesday, May 1
• Thursday, May 2
• Friday, May 3
• Saturday, May 4
• Sunday, May 5

Monday, April 29

Event name and location	Group	Time
Hijacking an organization in 30 minutes with nothing but PowerShell Online	ManageEngine’s Cybersecurity Meetups	11:00 AM to 12:00 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
Arcade Monsters Arcade Monsters I-Drive	Orlando Night Shift Third Shift Workers	11:00 AM to 3:00 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
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
Networking at Romi’s Tacos Romi’s Tacos	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30 AM to 1:00 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
Women In Blockchain Talks Networking Event Tampa Sterling Cigar Lounge & Bar	Women In Blockchain Talks	5:00 PM to 7:00 PM BST
Young Professional Network & Social @ Gatlin Hall Brewing Gatlin Hall Brewing	Young Professionals in Orlando #YPO	5:30 PM to 8:30 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
Rising Sun – with Daimyo Box! Anson on Palmer Ranch	Sarasota Strategy Board Game League	6:00 PM to 10:00 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
April Viewing Party 8925 77th Terrace E	Sarasota “Doctor Who” Fan Meetup	6:00 PM to 9:00 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
Stirling Toastmasters Club #7461614 Online	Toastmasters District 48	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
World Tavern Poker at Cheshire’s Hilltop Tavern 503 N Dixie Ave	Southern Florida Bar Poker Fans!	7:00 PM to 9:00 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
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
Hitting the Road Part 1 Online	The Art Of Photography – Sarasota / Venice	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
ONLINE: The Road Less Travelled: Spinoza’s Philosophy, Part 2 Online	Orlando Stoics	7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom) Online	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	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, April 30

Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Armature Works, Tampa: Tampa Devs is holding their “Meet and Greet” social gathering at Tampa’s big food hall, putting food and drink close by. They’ll be outside by the giant checker/chess boards. Find out more and register here.

Event name and location	Group	Time
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 Accelerator – Rock the Interview Online	Tampa Cybersecurity Training	10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Jog & Calisthenics Park of the Americas	Orlando Night Shift Third Shift Workers	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
Tuesday Westchase Business Networking Lunch at Sea Glass Tavern SeaGlass Tavern	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Oldsamar/Westchase Professional Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome Beef ‘O’ Brady’s	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Networking at SeaGlass Tavern~ All Welcome, join us!!! SeaGlass Tavern	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Westchase Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome JOIN us and connect! SeaGlass Tavern	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
New Tampa Networking Lunch at Glory Day’s Grill New Tampa Glory Days Grill	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Oldsmar/Westchase Networking Lunch -Beef O Brady’s~ Meet your next referral Beef ‘O’ Brady’s	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Westchase Professionals Business Networking Lunch -Grand Hacienda 11955 Sheldon SeaGlass Tavern	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	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
The Business Alliance Club 763 Cortaro Dr	The Business Alliance	11:45 AM to 1:15 PM EDT
InfraGard Food and Agriculture Sector Spring Virtual Meetup Online	Tampa Bay InfraGard Meetup Group	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Weekly Open Make Night 4931 W Nassau St	Tampa Hackerspace	6:00 PM to 9:00 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
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
Hobby Night Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Meet & Greet at Downtown Pizza Downtown Pizza Sports Bar and Grill	Florida Center for Creative Photography	6:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
Authors Anonymous – Writing Group Maya Cafe Lounge & Gallery	Authors Anonymous – Writing Group	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Weekly Tuesday Evening Online Zoom Meeting Online	Pinellas Writers Group	6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
TDevs – Meet & Greet @ Armature Works Armature Works	Tampa Devs	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Women in Blockchain Talks x Bitcoin Bay Real Freedom CoLab	Tampa Bay Bitcoin	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
The Sarasota Creative Writers Sarasota Alliance Church	The Sarasota Creative Writers Meetup Group	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
An introduction to SQL relational databases for complete beginners Online	Florida Software School	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Dunedin Toastmasters – Guests Welcome 👍🐛 Unity Community Church	Dunedin Toastmasters 2166	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
Boards & Bones SpookEasy Lounge	Nerdbrew Events	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
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
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, May 1

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
1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup UCF Business Incubation Program – Orlando	1 Million Cups – Orlando	8:30 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
PhotoWalk to Safety Harbor Marina (Veterans Park) Veterans Memorial Marina Park	Florida Center for Creative Photography	9:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Off Week Get Together Online	Carrollwood/Northdale Weekday Games and More	11:00 AM to 2:00 PM EDT
CIO Leadership Forum in Sarasota, FL The Capital Grille	Florida CIO Forums with vTECH io	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Brandon Business Professionals IN Person!!!! Just Love Coffee Cafe – Brandon FL	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	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
Sarasota Business Networking Lunch All Welcome, Just purchase Lunch! Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern	Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton	11:30 AM to 1:00 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
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
Networking at Just Love Coffee! Just Love Coffee Cafe – Brandon FL	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30 AM to 1:30 PM EDT
Carrollwood Professional Networking Lunch Wednesday All Welcome JOIN us Glory Days Grill	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30 AM to 1:00 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
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
New Port Richey Writers Group New Port Richey Public Library	New Port Richey Writing Meetup Group	4:30 PM to 6:30 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
Felicitous Game Night w/Heritage Dim Sum Felicitous (on 42nd)	Tampa Game Nights	5:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Authors Anonymous presents Writing Workshop Winter Park Library	Authors Anonymous – Writing Group	5:45 PM to 8:15 PM EDT
Trivia Night at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe 3101 SW 34th Ave #803	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Casual Commander Wednesdays Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine 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
Dungeons & Dragons One Shot Wednesdays Happy Troll Games	Clermont Nerd Games	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
1st & 3rd Wednesdays – Backgammon Casual Games The Basin Sanford	Sanford Backgammon Group	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
May 1 Intro Andover Village Clubhouse	Learn Mah Jongg	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Monthly Lecture: Build Your Fantastical World – Elements of Fantasy Writing Station House	Prose Society Writers Group	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Advance Resin 3D Printing MakerSpace Pinellas	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Blockchain Investors and Crypto Enthusiasts – St Pete Blockchain Meetup St. Petersburg Distillery	Blockchain and Crypto Investors and Enthusiasts	6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Game Night! Southern Lights Brewing Company	Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers	6:30 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Castaways Euchre Club The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge	Castaways Euchre Club	6:50 PM to 8:50 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
Mastering Communication: A Key to Professional Success Online	Professionals Meetup For Networking And Social Skillsets	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Strategies to Have Fun Communication Online	Group for Improving Your Social Life	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
May Writer’s Meetup 8420 Ulmerton Rd	Largo Writing Meetup Group	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
2nd Annual AWS Security Specialty Certification Bootcamp – Domain 1 – Part 1 Online	Florida AWS Security Users Meetup Group	8:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
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Thursday, May 2

Thursday at 6:00 p.m. at the Vaco Office in Skycenter, Tampa: The Tampa Java User Group presents Next-Gen Testing Tools for Java with Daniel Hinojosa who will present:

• Property-Based Testing with JQwik
• Mutation Testing with PITest
• Databases Testing with Test Containers
• Performing RestFUL-based testing with Rest-Assured
• Perform Asynchronous Testing and Verification using Awaitility

Find out more and register here.

Event name and location	Group	Time
Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking The Happy Hangar Café	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
LUTZ, FL – HAPPY HANGER CAFE THURSDAY NETWORKING The Happy Hangar Café	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	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
Subsurface – Data Lakehouse Conference Online	The Open Data Lakehouse Virtual Meetup Group	9:00 AM to 11:00 PM EDT
Clearwater Professional Networking Lunch The Breakroom Bar & Grill	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	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
Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch Bahama Breeze	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Breakroom Bar & Grill 11:28 Doors open at 11:00am IN Person The Breakroom Bar & Grill	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	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
Artistry in Pixels: Exploring the Transition from Fine Art to XR Design Online	Front End Creatives	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters Online	Toastmasters District 48	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
Let’s improve the tabular model by combining queries | Ana María Bisbé York Online	Orlando Power BI User Group	1:00 PM to 2:00 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
Grand Bay Canasta Online	Grand Bay Canasta Meetup Group	1:00 PM to 3:00 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
✨🥽 How to Fast Track Your Career in the Game Industry ⏰ May 2nd, 3 PM EST Online	Orlando Unity Developers Group	3:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
USA Wide Online Networking Online	Profitable Networking Group – Orlando FL	4:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Open Hearted: A City District Open House Event Serendipity Labs Private Offices & Coworking	TNT – Orlando Entrepreneurs Trying New Things	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
FCCP Weekly Photo Assignment 18: Black Online – Not an in person Meetup	Florida Center for Creative Photography	Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 5:00 PM to Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT
Tomb of Annihilation (T2-APL9) Coliseum of Comics Kissimmee	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	5:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Next-Gen Testing Tools for Java 5411 Skycenter Dr suite 675	Tampa Java User Group	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
1st Thursday Networking Mixer, Romi’s Tacos & RGANetwork.net $10 cash at door Romi’s Tacos	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Business Happy Hour ~ Cafe Delanie 1st Thursday Every Month 6pm to 8pm Cafe Delanie	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	6:00 PM to 8:00 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
Pathfinder Society Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Chess night! Intergalactic Plastic – Toys, Comics, Games	Lakeland Chess Meetup Group	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Operations Automation Office Hours Armature Works	Tampa Robotic Process Automation Group	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Drupal & Web Technologies Q&A. Everyone welcome! Panera Bread	Tampa Bay Drupal User Group	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Shopbot Safety and Usage (Members Only) Tampa Hackerspace West	Tampa Hackerspace	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
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament Balance Martial Arts & Gaming	Balance Martial Arts and Gaming	7:00 PM to 10:00 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
Dungeons and Dragons with Donavan Unlucky Roll Cafe	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	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
May – Poison Study Rapp Brewing Company	Books & Brews!	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Fingerboard Meetup 🌱Indica Cafe 💨 Tampa Bay’s First & Greatest CBD Lounge	Indica Cafe Events	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeny bin and board	Chan’s Book Club of Tampa Bay	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, May 3

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
Focused conversation for documentarians Online	Write the Docs Florida	8:30 AM to 9:30 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
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
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
D Ranch Preserve Trail Building Day D Ranch Preserve	Volunteers for Conservation Florida	9:30 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
First Friday WordPress Collaboration Meetup – May 2024 Online	West Orlando WordPress Meetup	10:00 AM to 11:30 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
International Professionals Networking Meeting McAlister’s Deli	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	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
Westshore Business Networking Lunch at McAlisters Deli Every Friday All Welcome McAlister’s Deli	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	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 Networking Westshore McAlisters Deli McAlister’s Deli	Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	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
Star Trek Ascendancy Anson on Palmer Ranch	Sarasota Strategy Board Game League	6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Taps & Drafts | Casual EDH/MtG Social Night Industrious	Nerd Night Out	6:00 PM to 11:45 PM EDT
Ladies Explore – Dinner & Drinks at Dubsdread The Tap Room at Dubsdread	Ladies Book & Explorer Club	6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
MakerFX Makerspace Soft Arts Guild MakerFX Makerspace	MakerFX Makerspace	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 Night Smash Bros at Unlucky Roll Unlucky Roll Cafe	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Modern FNM Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!	Sunshine Games	7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Tsudoi Grain and Berry – USF	Tampa Japanese Meetup	7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Book Discussion: I Must Betray You Vino Bistro of Sarasota	Pages and Plates Book Club	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Let’s Go Bowling! Bowlero bowling lane	Adventure Group of Central Florida	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Crane’s Roost Cranes Roost Park	Young Adults Orlando Singles Group	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Horror Friends Movie Night – Tarot!!! AMC Veterans 24	Horror Fan Fun Time Gang	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Solana Hackathon WorkGroup 1205 N Franklin St	Solana Tampa	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Friday night game night 🌱Indica Cafe 💨 Tampa Bay’s First & Greatest CBD Lounge	Indica Cafe Events	Friday, May 3, 2024 at 9:00 PM to Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 12:00 AM EDT
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Saturday, May 4

Event name and location	Group	Time
Creative business minds & coffee Foxtail Coffee & Kelly’s Ice Cream – Hunters Creek	Orlando Innovative Business Minds: Creative Strategy Meetup	8:00 AM to 9:30 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
Learn to Photograph Animals in Zoos Okeefe’s Tavern	Florida Center for Creative Photography	9:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Creative Writing In-Person Monthly Gathering for Aspiring Authors 16120 US Hwy 19 N	Pinellas Writers Group	9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
The Ultimate FB Ads Mastery Program: Fuel Your Business Growth Online	Business Owners Focused on AI Lead Generation and Networking	9:30 AM to 10:30 AM EDT
Saturday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa Whole Foods Market	Chess Republic	9:30 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
The Process of Writing Online	Florida Gulf Coast Chapter of Sisters in Crime	10:30 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Navigating Success: Customer Journey tools & techniques Workshop Online	Entrepreneur’s Guild: Growing Your Business	11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Bravo Group Campaign Continues Online	Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)	11:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT
In-Person Event: Free Robotics Workshop, Wesley Chapel (7-14 Yrs) RAW Space Collaborative	In person Robotics Meetup Group For Kids	11:00 AM to 12:30 PM PDT
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
Blood on the Clocktower – Star Wars Day Edition John Chesnut Sr. Park	Beyond Catan, A Group of Board Game Geeks	12:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
ICCF Monthly Meeting w/Neil N: How to Invent: Expectations from idea to market. Orlando Science Center	Inventors Council of Central Florida	1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Deltona Library’s Board Game Day **New Event** 2150 Eustace Ave	Board Gamers of West Volusia	1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
NNO Book Club: The One Seasons 52	Nerd Night Out	1:00 PM to 3:00 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
Game Day: First Saturday of Every Month Melrose Center	Hosted By Indienomicon	2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
May the 4th be with you. Star Wars Day Celebration Unlucky Roll Cafe	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	2:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek New World Tampa	Tampa Bookworms	2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Over the Board Chess Meetup in Tampa! Blind Tiger Cafe	Climbers of Mount Chesseverest	2:10 PM to 5:30 PM EDT
Outside the Binary Boardgame Meetup Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	3:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Outside the Binary Boardgame Meetup at Critical Hit Games Critical Hit Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	3:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
May the Fourth B – IFPA Pinball Tournament Chill Cawfee	Cawfee (Coffee) and conversations	4:00 PM to 7:00 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
Group Outing- The Mall Oviedo Mall	Gaming.net	5:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Happy Star Wars 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
Murder Mystery Walking Adventure – May the Fourth Conworlds Emporium	Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup	6:30 PM to 9:30 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
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament Balance Martial Arts & Gaming	Balance Martial Arts and Gaming	7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
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Sunday, May 5

Event name and location	Group	Time
FCCP Photowalk at the Florida Botanical Gardens Florida Botanical Gardens	Florida Center for Creative Photography	9:00 AM to 11:00 AM 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
Warhammer 40K Happy Troll Games	Clermont Nerd Games	11:00 AM to 7:00 PM EDT
You Got The Look …Lets Accessorise Hollis Garden	The Lakeland Shooters, Polk County Photography & Modeling	11:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Plotter CriCut vinyl cutting MakerSpace Pinellas	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
Blood on the Clocktower at The Collective The Collective: A Comic & Game Community	Sunshine Social Deduction Gaming	12:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Venice Strategy Board Gamers Venice	Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton	12:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Euchre Tournament!!!!! Online	Summerfield Board and Card Games and Euchre	12:00 PM to 4:00 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
Sunday Gaming Tampa Bay Bridge Center	Tampa Gaming Guild	1:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
D&D Adventurers League Critical Hit Games	Critical Hit Games	2:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Beyond the Golden Vault (tier 3, lvl 12 preferred) Campus Cards and Games	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	2:00 PM to 5:00 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
Sunday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa Whole Foods Market	Chess Republic	2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Spill the Tea Journaling & Book Club Brach Bum Brewing	Beach Bums, Brews, Events and News	2:00 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
Sunday Game Day Dented Keg Ale Works	Drunk’n Meeples West Pasco (Boardgames)	3:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Adult Game Night at Conworlds Emporium Conworlds Emporium	Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup	4:00 PM to 7:00 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
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
Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck! Online	Nerdbrew Events	7:00 PM to 11:30 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 Monday, February 26 through Sunday, March 3, 2024.

This week’s events

• Monday, February 26
• Tuesday, February 27
• Wednesday, February 28
• Thursday, February 29
• Friday, March 1
• Saturday, March 2
• Sunday, March 3

Monday, February 26

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Lets Play Pokemon! GO	Lets Play Pokemon Go Red Team	7:00AM – Monday, Feb. 26
Virtual Class: Social Media Management Beginner Boot Camp Certification	Orlando Social Media Enthusiasts	10:00AM – Monday, Feb. 26
In person at Fords Garage St Pete	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00AM – Monday, Feb. 26
Networking at Ford’s Garage	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:00AM – Monday, Feb. 26
Downtown St Pete Business Professionals Lunch	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:00AM – Monday, Feb. 26
Networking at Romi’s Tacos	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Monday, Feb. 26
Start the Week with more connections MONDAYS at Romi’s Tacos All Welcome!	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:30AM – Monday, Feb. 26
Business Networking Meeting	Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	11:30AM – Monday, Feb. 26
In PERSON Networking Lunch East Brandon Reserve your seat	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Monday, Feb. 26
Monday Business Introductions at Romi’s Taco’s	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30AM – Monday, Feb. 26
Trinity Professional Networking Lunch Start your week off with more connections!	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Monday, Feb. 26
Product-Market Fit Basics: How to Explain Your Product to Your Customers	Tampa Startup Founder 101	1:00PM – Monday, Feb. 26
The Immediate and Future Impact of Apple’s Vision Pro	Tampa XR	5:30PM – Monday, Feb. 26
February Sunset Group Shoot	Tampa Bay Beach and Sunset Photography and Modeling Classes	5:30PM – Monday, Feb. 26
Radiant Ridge Toastmasters	Toastmasters Division G	5:30PM – Monday, Feb. 26
Monday Feast & Game Night	Tampa Bay Tabletoppers	6:00PM – Monday, Feb. 26
Speakeasy Toastmasters #4698	Toastmasters District 48	6:00PM – Monday, Feb. 26
Oath Campaign – Chronicle Five	Sarasota Strategy Board Game League	6:00PM – Monday, Feb. 26
MTG: Commander Night	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Monday, Feb. 26
Monday Weekly Board Game Night! (Lazy Moon Colonial Location)	Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar	6:00PM – Monday, Feb. 26
Weekday Writing Get Down	We Write Here Black and Women of Color Writing Group	6:30PM – Monday, Feb. 26
North Port Toastmasters Meets Online!!	Toastmasters District 48	6:30PM – Monday, Feb. 26
Three Bridges Brewing Trivia Night with the Smartphone Trivia Game Show	Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice	6:30PM – Monday, Feb. 26
Let’s Play Spades	Orlando Spades Meetup Group	6:30PM – Monday, Feb. 26
🔴 How To Escape Gear Acquisition Syndrome For Photographers! Brains Over Gear🟢	Beginner Hobby and Amateur Photographers Of Tampa St Pete	7:00PM – Monday, Feb. 26
Board Game Night at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	7:00PM – Monday, Feb. 26
Lessons To Help the Introvert to Extrovert!	Tampa Self-Improvement Gaining Competence in People Skills	7:00PM – Monday, Feb. 26
Stirling Toastmasters Club #7461614	Toastmasters District 48	7:00PM – Monday, Feb. 26
Storytelling Improv- introduction and workshop	Tampa Theatrical Storytelling Improv	7:00PM – Monday, Feb. 26
Let’s Read and Discuss “The Push”	Women’s Book Club Reading Books about Women	7:00PM – Monday, Feb. 26
Members as far back as 2008 can access their photos	School is closed- Light Study PRO – A Photography Workshop	7:00PM – Monday, Feb. 26
ONLINE: Comparing Shoshin to Stoicism	Orlando Stoics	7:00PM – Monday, Feb. 26
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom)	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	7:00PM – Monday, Feb. 26
Zoom Meeting- Open Discussion Following the FL Audio Expo!	Suncoast Audiophile Society	7:30PM – Monday, Feb. 26
Mischief Walkthrough with Slangin – Hack The Box Tampa Meetup	Hack The Box Meetup: Tampa, FL	7:30PM – Monday, Feb. 26
DigiMondays	Sunshine Games	7:30PM – Monday, Feb. 26
Weekly Meetup	Beginning Web Development	8:00PM – Monday, Feb. 26
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Tuesday, February 27

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Lets Play Pokemon! GO	Lets Play Pokemon Go Red Team	7:00AM – Friday, Feb. 23
Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Saturday, Feb. 24
Free OPEN Passes to ProductWorld 2024- Live Online	Front End Creatives	7:00AM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Venice Area Toastmasters Club #5486	Toastmasters District 48	7:30AM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
v-Lean Coffee	Tampa Bay Agile	7:30AM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Sheffield Park	Suncoast Drone Club	9:00AM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Westchase Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome JOIN us and connect!	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:00AM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Tuesday Westchase Business Networking Lunch at Sea Glass Tavern	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:00AM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Westchase Professional Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00AM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Networking at SeaGlass Tavern~ All Welcome, join us!!!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:00AM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Westchase Professionals Business Networking Lunch -Grand Hacienda 11955 Sheldon	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Professional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	11:30AM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
New Tampa Networking Lunch at Glory Day’s Grill New Tampa	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	11:30AM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Networking at Glory Days Grill	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Networking at AppleBee’s St. Pete	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
New Tampa RGA Chapter ~ Glory Days Meet your next referral partner!	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Networking and Lunch	Suncoast Business Network	11:30AM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
The Business Alliance Club	The Business Alliance	11:45AM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
The Business Networking Midday Power Hour by Simply Referrals on Zoom!!	Simply Referrals Tampa Business Networking	12:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Load In Day @ Synapse Volunteers Needed	TECHnically Volunteers of Tampa Bay	1:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
$100,000 Lead Marketing System	Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events	3:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Chess club Tuesdays	Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup	4:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Professional Networking Happy Hour in Tampa Bay	Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	5:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Downtown St Pete Young Networking Professionals Mixer with RGA Network	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	5:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
St. Pete networking mixer by RGA/Tourch Designs/Cleanology/Ride em’ Cowboy	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	5:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
The Fiend of Hollow Mine, Part 1 – Poinciana – Tier 1 (APL 3)	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	5:30PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Young Professional Network & Social @ Rockpit Brewing	Young Professionals in Orlando #YPO	5:30PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Magic: The Gathering Night at Felicitous	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	6:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Weekly Open Make Night	Tampa Hackerspace	6:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
*Resched for Tues* New Members Meet & Greet	Power BI Data Geeks Support Group	6:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Disney Lorcana Night	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Weekly Tuesday Evening Online Zoom Meeting	Pinellas Writers Group	6:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Authors Anonymous – Writing Group	Authors Anonymous – Writing Group	6:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa	Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa	6:30PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Weekday Writing Get Down	We Write Here Black and Women of Color Writing Group	6:30PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Build The Game Dots and Boxes in Flutter	GDG Tampa Bay	6:30PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
D&D Adventurers League at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	7:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
🔵 How To Manage Expectations On Portrait Shoots – Call Sheets & Mood Boards 🟠	Beginner Hobby and Amateur Photographers Of Tampa St Pete	7:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
The MBA Tour: North America	Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events	7:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Dunedin Toastmasters – Guests Welcome 👍🐛	Dunedin Toastmasters 2166	7:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Cybersecurity Trivia: Security+ Exam Edition	CSNP – Orlando CyberSecurity	7:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Pythonic Monthly Meeting	The Orlando Python User Group	7:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Central Florida Computer Society TechSIG (Please join us!!)	Central Florida Computer Society	7:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Trivia Night with Trivia Nation	Trivia Night at Irish 31 Seminole	7:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show	Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice	7:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults	St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults	7:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
AMA – Ask Me Anything Related to Photography, Computers and Software	Florida Center for Creative Photography	7:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Let’s play chess at 54th Ave Kava House!	TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	7:30PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom	Shut Up & Write!® Tampa	7:45PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
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Wednesday, February 28

The big event for Wednesday is the “800-pound gorilla” of Tampa Bay tech events: Synapse Summit 2024, taking place at Amalie Arena all day. Check out what’s happening at Synapse Summit in their agenda, and if you’re interested, there are two ways to attend:

1. As a paid attendee. Tickets cost (and these numbers include the processing fee)…
   • $52 for students,
   • $104 for first responders, health care workers, teachers and military,
   • $209 for general admission tickets, and
   • $419 for VIP tickets (which include the VIP pre-party, VIP-only lounge, VIP-only programming, complimentary lunch, drinks, happy-hour, and more).
2. As a volunteer. You can attend for free in exchange for helping out at the event. Click here to find out more!

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Lets Play Pokemon! GO	Lets Play Pokemon Go Red Team	7:00AM – Friday, Feb. 23
Volunteering at Synapse Summit	Tampa Bay Techies	7:00AM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Grow Your Business with focused Referral Networking	BNI Tampa -Referral based networking	7:30AM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
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, Feb. 28
Networking at The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	7:30AM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
NPI Profit Partners Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	7:30AM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Tampa Highrisers Toastmasters	Toastmasters District 48	7:45AM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Quantum Series Part 3: Utility Scale Quantum Computing	Data, Cloud and AI in Tampa	8:00AM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup	1 Million Cups – Orlando	8:30AM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Webinar with Howest: Deploying and Hosting EBSI Nodes using Hyperledger Besu	Hyperledger Tampa	10:00AM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Midjourney Prompt Help & Advanced FAQ with A.I. Creative Compass!	Midjourney A.I. Art Meetup Group	11:00AM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
The Impact of MICA and Data Regulations on Blockchain Networks	Hyperledger Tampa	11:00AM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
In Person Networking BRANDON! Just Love Coffee Cafe – Brandon FL	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:15AM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Sun City Center Professional Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:30AM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Carrollwood Networking Lunch! Join us and win!	Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers	11:30AM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Networking at Glory Days Grill!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Brandon Networking Professionals Networking Lunch	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30AM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Brandon Business Professionals Just Love Coffee	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:30AM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Brandon Business Professionals IN Person!!!!	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30AM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Networking at Just Love Coffee!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Carrollwood Professional Networking Lunch Wednesday All Welcome JOIN us	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Sebring Florida CIO Forum	Florida CIO Forums with vTECH io	11:30AM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Lunch Hour Meetup	Sarasota Web Development Meetup Group	12:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Heart of Agile MONTHLY Coffee Corner	Heart of Agile St. Pete – Tampa – Orlando	12:30PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
The Future of Managing Startup Finance with AI & Automation	Tampa Startup Founder 101	1:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom)	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	1:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Inspiring Authors & Book Immersion Meetup	Lady Lake Memoir Writing Meetup Group	2:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Better Than AI? Discover The Master Marketer’s System To Attract Ideal Clients	Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events	3:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Playing Games in the Alley	The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play	5:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Wednesday Night Gaming	Brandon Boardgamers	5:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Bay pines toastmaster’s hybrid meeting	Bay Pines Toastmasters	5:15PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
DUG Tampa February Power Meetup : Understanding RPA- Power Automate Desktop	DUG Power Platform & Dynamics 365 – Tampa	5:30PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Felicitous Game Night w/Heritage Dim Sum	Tampa Game Nights	5:30PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Wednesday Board Game Night	Tampa Gaming Guild	5:30PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Felicitous Game Night w/Heritage Dim Sum	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	5:30PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Casual Commander Wednesdays	Sunshine Games	6:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Hobby Night – Minis Painting Tips & Tricks at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	6:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Board Game Night	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Great Big Trivia Wednesdays @ Terra Ceia Bay Country Club Palmetto 6-8PM	South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group	6:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Dungeons & Dragons One Shot Wednesdays	Clermont Nerd Games	6:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Waterdeep Dragonheist (Tier 1)	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	6:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Wine Down Wednesday – Ladies Night at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	6:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
CRITICAL THINKERS SUPPER AT AMOB LANDSIDE IN PRIVATE ROOM	Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group	6:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.tbic.us bi-monthly Meetup	Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.TampaBayInventors.org	6:30PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Game Night!	Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers	6:30PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Prose and Cons by Amanda Flower – midway	The Weirder Things Book Club	6:30PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Tampa Writers Alliance Critique Group	Tampa Writers Alliance	6:30PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Castaways Euchre Club	Castaways Euchre Club	6:50PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Members Only: Plasma Table Orientation	Tampa Hackerspace	7:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
🟪 How To Improve Your Photography By Filling The Frame – Methods That Work! 🟪	Beginner Hobby and Amateur Photographers Of Tampa St Pete	7:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
MtG Modern Constructed at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	7:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings meet In-Person and Online	Toastmasters District 48	7:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
[In-Person] Bitcoin Meetup in St.Pete	Tampa Bay Bitcoin	7:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Body Work Night- February 28th	Entrepreneur Social Club	7:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
MakerFX Monthly Membership Meeting	MakerFX Makerspace	7:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
IaC Deep Dive – Compliance and Platform Standards	Orlando DevOps	7:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
CitrusSec Meetup	Central Florida CitySec	7:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Workshop Wednesdays. Come Craft with Us.	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	7:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Nerd Night: Board Games and Beer at Deadwords Brewing	Adventures On Tap: TTRPGs and Board Games	7:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
New Beginnings & Old Rivalries	Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	7:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
How to Form Connections and Make Friends	Social Revival Event	7:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
How to Express Yourself and Connect with People	Professionals Meetup For Networking And Social Skillsets	7:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Communication – The Key to Connect	Make Contacts Meet People and Communicate	7:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Orlando Word Lab	Writers of Central Florida or Thereabouts	7:00PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Cardfight Vanguard!! OverDress Weekly	Sunshine Games	7:30PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
Carollwood Professionals Networking Lunch!	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30PM – Wednesday, Feb. 28
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Thursday, February 29

On Thursday at noon, Women Who Code will host the online event, Breaking Tech Barriers: Candid Conversations with Depop Women Engineers! This event will feature women engineers from the London-based social e-commerce company Depop, who will will unravel the mysteries of the engineering realm, debunk common misconceptions, explore the balance between undervalued and overrated skills, and generously share the invaluable lessons they’ve acquired while navigating their growth trajectories in the tech industry. Find out more and register here.

On Thursday evening, Tampa Bay Data Engineering Group will host the online event, Predictions and Use Cases for GPTs and LLMs! Tanya Cashorali, founder and CEO of the boutique data and analytics consultancy TCB Analytics, will show how to best utilize GPTs and LLMs at your workplace. Find out more and register here.

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Commander Open Play Night at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	1:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Thursday Night Gaming	Brandon Boardgamers	5:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Pathfinder Society	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective	Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup	6:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
One Piece Thursdays	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
FABulous Thursdays	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Thursday chess at 54th Ave Kava House!	TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament	Balance Martial Arts and Gaming	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Dungeons and Dragons with Donavan	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
RSVP through SweatPals: Tampa Pickup Soccer Social	Miami Fitness & Wellness Events with SweatPals	8:30PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Lets Play Pokemon! GO	Lets Play Pokemon Go Red Team	7:00AM – Friday, Feb. 23
The Business Networking Midday Power Hour by Simply Referrals on Zoom!!	Simply Referrals Tampa Business Networking	12:00PM – Tuesday, Feb. 27
Business Over Breakfast ~ Happy Hangar IN PERSON JOIN US!	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	7:30AM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	7:30AM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	7:30AM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Tampa Geek Breakfast	Emerging Tech Leaders Tampa Bay	8:00AM – Thursday, Feb. 29
LUTZ, FL – HAPPY HANGER CAFE THURSDAY NETWORKING	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	8:00AM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Tackle it in Ten – Entrepreneur Roundtables	Entrepreneur Round Table	8:30AM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Workshop – How To Hire Virtual Assistants for As Low As $7/hr	Tampa Small Business Owners – EVERYONE WELCOME	11:00AM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Clearwater Professional Networking Lunch	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:00AM – Thursday, Feb. 29
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, Feb. 29
Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:00AM – Thursday, Feb. 29
10 PowerShell tricks for Red team’s Recon	Orlando Cybersecurity Meetup	11:00AM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Clearwater/Central Pinellas Networking Lunch JOIN us and connect your business	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:00AM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited!	Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	11:00AM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	11:30AM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Lutz / Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch at Bahama Breeze!	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Lutz / Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch at Bahama Breeze!	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	11:30AM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Breakroom Bar & Grill 11:28 Doors open at 11:00am IN Person	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Thursday, Feb. 29
NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	11:30AM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Creating Momentum in Your Sphere of Influence	Tech Success Network	12:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Breaking Tech Barriers: Candid Conversations with Depop Women Engineers	Women Who Code Tampa	12:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
MIDDAY COFFEE CONNECT – Business Networking	Business-2-Beers Networking Club	12:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Introducing Hyperledger Web3j: The Ethereum Integration Library for Enterprises	Hyperledger Tampa	12:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Creating Momentum in Your Sphere of Influence	Front End Creatives	12:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Creating Momentum in Your Sphere of Influence	Career Success Academy	12:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters	Toastmasters District 48	12:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Telecom Park Toastmasters #6745	Toastmasters District 48	12:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Creating Momentum in Your Sphere of Influence	Tampa Cybersecurity Training	12:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
RPG: Pathfinder Society at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe	Meeple Movers Role-Playing Games (RPG) Group	2:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Launch Event	FUEL Orlando User Group	3:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Quantum Series Part 3: Utility Scale Quantum Computing	Data, Cloud and AI in Tampa	3:30PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Gulfport Scrabble and Social	Gulfport Scrabblers and Social	5:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
FCCP Weekly Photo Assignment 9: Water	Florida Center for Creative Photography	5:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Tomb of Annihilation (T2-APL8)	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	5:30PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Predictions and Use Cases for GPTs and LLMs	Tampa Bay Data Engineering Group	6:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Taking Over Tech: Empowering Women in the Tech Industry	Pinellas Tech Network	6:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Google Local Service Ads Demystified	Tampa SEO & Internet Marketing Meetup with Steve Scott	6:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
2nd ed. AD&D Campaign.	Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group	6:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
AWS Security Posture Tool Deep Dive and Shootout	Orlando AWS User Group	6:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
BotC night at Hourglass Brewery at the Hourglass District	Sunshine Social Deduction Gaming	6:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
February – Discussing “When Women Were Dragons” by Kelly Barnhill	Feminist Book Club – Tampa & St Pete	6:30PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Pt. 3 Learning how to use Lightburn software	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	6:30PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
OrlandoJS meetup	OrlandoJS	6:30PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Writing Meetup	Tampa Free Writing Group	6:30PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
The Taking @ Eckerd College	The Tampa Bay Movie Fans Meetup Group	6:45PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Online Travel Photography Group with Our Photo Tribe	Our Photo Tribe Workshops	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
BABOK IIBA Tampa Bay Study Group	IIBA Tampa Bay	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Follow us on Social Media Platforms	Tampa Volunteers	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Operations Automation Office Hours	Tampa Robotic Process Automation Group	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
The MBA Tour: Spotlight on Black, Hispanic, and Native MBA’s	Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Palm Harbor Toastmasters Club #8248	Toastmasters District 48	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
How websites are made: an introduction to CSS for complete beginners	Florida Software School	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Smartphone Trivia Game Show at Wilders Pizza	Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Live streaming production and talent	Live streaming production and talent	7:00PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
Pineapple Street – Jenny Jackson	St. Pete Booze and Book Club	7:30PM – Thursday, Feb. 29
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Friday, March 1

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Lets Play Pokemon! GO	Lets Play Pokemon Go Red Team	7:00AM – Friday, Feb. 23
Improve your communication, listening, and leadership skills	Winter Park Toastmasters – Learn while having FUN!	7:15AM – Friday, Feb. 23
Caffeine & Connections: Friday Fuel for Black Professionals	Pinellas County Black Business Meetup Group	8:00AM – Friday, Feb. 23
A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Business Networking All Welcome!	Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton	8:45AM – Friday, Feb. 23
Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Friday Morning All WElCOME	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	8:45AM – Friday, Feb. 23
A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Virtual Business Networking	Network & Social – Orlando Networking Events	8:45AM – Friday, Feb. 23
Networking over breakfast	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	9:00AM – Friday, Feb. 23
Business over Breakfast Clearwater	Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers	9:00AM – Friday, Feb. 23
FBI ~ Friday Business Introductions at Largo Family Restaurant	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	9:00AM – Friday, Feb. 23
Online Networking with Brandon Biz Pros	Brandon Biz Pros	9:00AM – Friday, Feb. 23
Toastmasters – Improve Speaking Skills & Build Confidence	Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	9:30AM – Friday, Feb. 23
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorm together	Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorming together	10:00AM – Friday, Feb. 23
International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30AM – Friday, Feb. 23
Friday International Business Introductions at McAlisters Westshore	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Friday, Feb. 23
Westshore Business Networking Lunch at McAlisters Deli Every Friday All Welcome	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Friday, Feb. 23
International Professionals Networking Meeting	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30AM – Friday, Feb. 23
Friday Business Introductions Tampa	Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers	11:30AM – Friday, Feb. 23
International Networking Westshore McAlisters Deli	Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	11:30AM – Friday, Feb. 23
International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:30AM – Friday, Feb. 23
International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:30AM – Friday, Feb. 23
International Professionals Networking Meeting	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30AM – Friday, Feb. 23
International Professionals Networking Meeting	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30AM – Friday, Feb. 23
WORKSHOP: Transform Your Business with Smart Bookkeeping!	Florida Small Business Owners	12:00PM – Friday, Feb. 23
WORKSHOP – Elevate Your Earnings: Strategic Bookkeeping Wins!	Tampa Small Business Owners – EVERYONE WELCOME	12:00PM – Friday, Feb. 23
Pokémon Tournament Battles for a Prize!	Orlando Pokemon Tournament Meet up	2:00PM – Friday, Feb. 23
WEEKLY FRIDAY NIGHT GAMING AT GAMER’S COMMAND	Brandon Boardgamers	5:00PM – Friday, Feb. 23
Board Game Night!	Clermont Nerd Games	5:00PM – Friday, Feb. 23
Lets Play Pokemon!	Lake Mary Pokemon Meetup Group Lets Play	5:00PM – Friday, Feb. 23
Friday Board Game Night	Tampa Gaming Guild	5:30PM – Friday, Feb. 23
Taps & Drafts | Casual EDH/MtG Social Night	Nerd Night Out	6:00PM – Friday, Feb. 23
Commander Night	Magic the Gathering Tampa/Brandon/St Pete	6:00PM – Friday, Feb. 23
MTG: Commander FNM	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Friday, Feb. 23
Taps & Drafts | EDH/MtG Night | Centro Ybor	Nerdbrew Events	7:00PM – Friday, Feb. 23
Modern FNM	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Friday, Feb. 23
Friday Pokemon Tournament	Sunshine Games	7:30PM – Friday, Feb. 23
Friday night game night	Indica Cafe Events	9:00PM – Friday, Feb. 23
St. Petersburg Grand Prix	The Art Of Photography – Tampa/St. Pete Chapter	8:00AM – Friday, Mar. 1
First Friday WordPress Collaboration Meetup – March 2024	West Orlando WordPress Meetup	10:00AM – Friday, Mar. 1
TBUX Virtual: Lunch Break Book Club	Tampa Bay UX Group	12:00PM – Friday, Mar. 1
Board Game Friday Night at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	5:00PM – Friday, Mar. 1
Our One-Year Anniversary Party!	Prose Society Writers Group	6:00PM – Friday, Mar. 1
First Friday social meetup!	Defcon727 – Unleashing Cybersecurity	6:30PM – Friday, Mar. 1
Dune Part 2 (IMAX)	Geekocracy!	6:45PM – Friday, Mar. 1
King Coal @ Eckerd College	The Tampa Bay Movie Fans Meetup Group	6:45PM – Friday, Mar. 1
IN-PERSON: “Stoicism and the Art of Happiness” (Chapter 3)	Tampa Stoics	7:00PM – Friday, Mar. 1
Tsudoi	Tampa Japanese Meetup	7:00PM – Friday, Mar. 1
MakerFX Makerspace Soft Arts Guild	MakerFX Makerspace	7:00PM – Friday, Mar. 1
Tabletop: Friday Board Game Night	Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)	7:00PM – Friday, Mar. 1
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Saturday, March 2

The Tampa Bay Tech Twenties and Thirties meetup group is having their first meetup on Saturday, March 2! It will be a Tech Talk & Coffee Kickoff, featuring a meet-and-greet, group discussion, and networking and collaboration — and it’ll be at the Driftwood Cafe at the end of St. Pete Pier. Find out more and register here.

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Lets Play Pokemon! GO	Lets Play Pokemon Go Red Team	7:00AM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Pokémon Tournament Battles for a Prize!	Orlando Pokemon Tournament Meet up	2:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Lets Play Pokemon!	Lake Mary Pokemon Meetup Group Lets Play	5:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Wake Up and Think Clearly Saturday morning share and discuss.	Central Florida Philosophy Meetup	7:00AM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Early Bird Ocala	Toastmasters Division G	8:00AM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Saturday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa	Chess Republic	9:30AM – Saturday, Mar. 2
FREE Fab Lab Orientation	Suncoast Makers	1:30PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Y Read: Book Read Aloud	Library Book Clubs – OCLS	1:30PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Social climbing of Mount Chesseverest	Climbers of Mount Chesseverest	2:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Meta Minds Meetup	Meta Minds Meetup Philosophy science and human experience	4:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Community Hang-out Night	Nerdbrew Events	6:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament	Balance Martial Arts and Gaming	7:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Become an FCCP Supporter Plus & Access 100+ Hours of Educational Videos	Florida Center for Creative Photography	7:00AM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Creative business minds & coffee	Orlando Innovative Business Minds: Creative Strategy Meetup	8:00AM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Tech Talk & Coffee Kickoff: Connecting Tampa’s Young Tech Minds	Tampa Bay Tech Twenties & Thirties	9:30AM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Submission Lab	We Write Here Black and Women of Color Writing Group	10:00AM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Open Fly @ The Tower	Tampa Bay Drone Club	10:30AM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Retro Computer Meetup !	Tampa Hackerspace	11:00AM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Midjourney Basics: Intro & FAQ with A.I. Creative Compass!	Midjourney A.I. Art Meetup Group	11:00AM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Navigating Success: Customer Journey tools & techniques Workshop	Entrepreneur’s Guild: Growing Your Business	11:00AM – Saturday, Mar. 2
March – N. Pinellas Book Club	Tampa Bay Coalition of Reason – disbanded	12:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG Campaign with Ray at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe	Meeple Movers Role-Playing Games (RPG) Group	12:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Ewok Bento Box	Gen Geek	12:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
5 resources I am using to rapidly scale my Amazon sales	Tampa Amazon Seller Meetup Group	1:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
NNO Book Club: Kaikeyi	Nerd Night Out	1:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Earning Your Living by Living Your Dream Preview	New Entrepreneurship Connections	1:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Star Wars Unlimited Prerelease	Critical Hit Games	2:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Game Day: First Saturday of Every Month	Indienomicon	2:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
The Wager Book Discussion	Tampa Bookworms	2:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Foxtail Coffee Altamonte Springs	Information Technology Orlando Group	3:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Outside the Binary Boardgame Meetup at Critical Hit Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	3:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
IN-PERSON: The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (Book 10)	Orlando Stoics	5:00PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Lost Mines of Phandelver: Session 5 – DM Mike	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	5:30PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Golf Group – RPG One-Shots	Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)	6:30PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
Razing Liberty Square @ Eckerd College	The Tampa Bay Movie Fans Meetup Group	6:45PM – Saturday, Mar. 2
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Sunday, March 3

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Lets Play Pokemon! GO	Lets Play Pokemon Go Red Team	7:00AM – Friday, Feb. 23
Pokémon Tournament Battles for a Prize!	Orlando Pokemon Tournament Meet up	2:00PM – Friday, Feb. 23
Lets Play Pokemon!	Lake Mary Pokemon Meetup Group Lets Play	5:00PM – Friday, Feb. 23
Warhammer 40K	Clermont Nerd Games	11:00AM – Sunday, Feb. 25
Thaliondor Practice Day!	Thaliondor: Fantasy and Medieval Combat	11:00AM – Sunday, Feb. 25
Board Games at Big Storm in Odessa	Beyond Catan, A Group of Board Game Geeks	12:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 25
Venice Strategy Board Gamers	Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton	12:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 25
Sunday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa	Chess Republic	2:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 25
D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	2:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 25
D&D Adventurers League	Critical Hit Games	2:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 25
Sunday Pokemon League	Sunshine Games	4:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 25
Sunday Game Day	Drunk’n Meeples West Pasco (Boardgames)	4:30PM – Sunday, Feb. 25
Lankhmar: City of Adventure	Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group	5:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 25
Gospel Karaoke and Bible Study	Indica Cafe Events	6:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 25
Open Game Night	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	6:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 25
A Duck Presents NB Movie Night	Nerd Night Out	7:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 25
Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck!	Nerdbrew Events	7:00PM – Sunday, Feb. 25
SIGN UP NOW to Serve meals to the hungry at Trinity Cafe (new location)	► Tampa Bay Young Professionals Group	8:20AM – Sunday, Mar. 3
IHOP Restaurant CRITICAL THINKERS SUNDAY BRUNCH	Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group	9:00AM – Sunday, Mar. 3
Plotter CriCut vinyl cutting	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	12:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 3
RPG: Twilight 2000 – a Post WWIII Survival RPG at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe	Meeple Movers Role-Playing Games (RPG) Group	12:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 3
Steel MIG Welding Safety and Basic Usage (Members Only)	Tampa Hackerspace	1:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 3
Sunday Gaming	Tampa Gaming Guild	1:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 3
February Book Club	One Fantasy At A Time	1:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 3
T-Shirts and Caps printing	Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group	2:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 3
Winter Park Chess Meetup	Winter Park Social Chess Club	2:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 3
Dune 2	Gen Geek	2:45PM – Sunday, Mar. 3
St. Pete Arthouse Cinema Club- “2024 Oscar Nominated Shorts: Documentary”	St. Pete Arthouse Cinema Club	3:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 3
Adult Game Night at Conworlds Emporium	Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup	4:00PM – Sunday, Mar. 3
Continuing adventures in the setting of Symbaroum.	St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group	5:15PM – Sunday, Mar. 3
Sew Awesome! (Textile Arts & Crafts)	Tampa Hackerspace	5:30PM – Sunday, Mar. 3
IN-PERSON: A Walking Meditation – Causeway Trail	Tampa Stoics	5:30PM – Sunday, Mar. 3
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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 11 through Sunday, December 17, 2023.

This week’s events

The big event of the week is the 3rd Annual End of Year Tech Meetup, the meetup of Tampa Bay tech meetups, happening Thursday, December 14th at Embarc Collective from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Join Tampa Bay’s tech scene as we get together, mark the end of another year, catch up, and celebrate the growth of “The Other Bay Area!” Find out more and register here.

• Monday, December 11
• Tuesday, December 12
• Wednesday, December 13
• Thursday, December 14
• Friday, December 15
• Saturday, December 16
• Sunday, December 17

Monday, December 11

Event name and locale	Group	Time
State of the Word Watch Party 2023 (Online)	WordPress Tampa Bay	10:00AM – Monday, Dec. 11
State of the Word Watch Party 2023 (Slack)	WordPress Orlando	10:00AM – Monday, Dec. 11
Networking at Ford’s Garage	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:00AM – Monday, Dec. 11
In person at Fords Garage St Pete	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00AM – Monday, Dec. 11
Downtown St Pete Business Professionals Lunch	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:00AM – Monday, Dec. 11
Networking at Cafe’ Delanie	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Monday, Dec. 11
Start the Week with more connections MONDAYS at Romi’s Tacos All Welcome!	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:30AM – Monday, Dec. 11
Business Networking Meeting	Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	11:30AM – Monday, Dec. 11
Monday Business Introductions at Romi’s Taco’s	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30AM – Monday, Dec. 11
In PERSON Networking Lunch East Brandon Reserve your seat	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Monday, Dec. 11
Intro to Unreal Engine	Tampa Bay Community Network – Media Center	4:00PM – Monday, Dec. 11
Radiant Ridge Toastmasters	Toastmasters Division G	5:30PM – Monday, Dec. 11
Speakeasy Toastmasters #4698	Toastmasters District 48	6:00PM – Monday, Dec. 11
Monday Feast & Game Night	Tampa Bay Tabletoppers	6:00PM – Monday, Dec. 11
Ankh Gods of Egypt – with Tomb of Wonders	Sarasota Strategy Board Game League	6:00PM – Monday, Dec. 11
MTG: Commander Night	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Monday, Dec. 11
Monday Weekly Board Game Night! (Lazy Moon Colonial Location)	Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar	6:00PM – Monday, Dec. 11
Intro to the Babylock Embroidery Machine (Members Only)	Tampa Hackerspace	6:30PM – Monday, Dec. 11
North Port Toastmasters Meets Online!!	Toastmasters District 48	6:30PM – Monday, Dec. 11
Three Bridges Brewing Trivia Night with the Smartphone Trivia Game Show	Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup	6:30PM – Monday, Dec. 11
Stirling Toastmasters Club #7461614	Toastmasters District 48	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 11
Orlando DevOps Holiday Social	Orlando DevOps	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 11
Board Game Night at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 11
Members as far back as 2008 can access their photos	School is closed- Light Study PRO – A Photography Workshop	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 11
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom)	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	7:00PM – Monday, Dec. 11
DigiMondays	Sunshine Games	7:30PM – Monday, Dec. 11
Weekly Meetup	Beginning Web Development	8:00PM – Monday, Dec. 11
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Tuesday, December 12

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Venice Area Toastmasters Club #5486	Toastmasters District 48	7:30AM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
Tuesday Westchase Business Networking Lunch at Sea Glass Tavern	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:00AM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
Westchase Professional Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:00AM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
Networking at SeaGlass Tavern~ All Welcome, join us!!!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:00AM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
Westchase Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome JOIN us and connect!	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:00AM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
Networking at Glory Days Grill	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
New Tampa Networking Lunch at Glory Day’s Grill New Tampa	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	11:30AM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
Networking at AppleBee’s St. Pete	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
Professional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	11:30AM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
Don`t repeat my mistakes on your Data road | Gulnar Albushova	Orlando Power BI User Group	12:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
Holiday Power Happy Hour	Orlando 100k Network Meetup Group	5:30PM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
Weekly Open Make Night	Tampa Hackerspace	6:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
The Basics of UX UI Design	Ironhack Tampa – Tech Careers, Learning and Networking	6:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
Disney Lorcana: Rise of the Floodborn League Round 1	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
Learn About Podcasting and How to Monetize Your Interest!	Tampa eMarketing Groups	6:30PM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
Florida Podcasters Association General Meeting!!!	Florida Podcasters Association	6:30PM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
YEA Young Entrepreneur Meetup! Seminar & Networking	Young Entrepreneurs of America YEA Meetup Group	6:30PM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
Holiday Party 🌴🎅🕎 – Guests Welcome 👍🐛	Dunedin Toastmasters 2166	6:30PM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa	Loner Seekers Euchre – Tampa	6:30PM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
December Book Club Meeting	Oldsmar Reads Between The Lines	6:30PM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
Weekly Group Meetings – All Writers Welcome!	Pinellas Writers	6:30PM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
The Sarasota Creative Writers	The Sarasota Creative Writers Meetup Group	6:30PM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
Woodshop Safety (Members Only)	Tampa Hackerspace	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
Special Guest: JIMMY SONG – Meet & Greet Book Signing	Tampa Bay Bitcoin	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
Pizza Python	The Orlando Python User Group	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
Lakeland Note Investing Meetup Group	Lakeland Note Investing Group	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults	St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
Trivia Night with Trivia Nation	Trivia Night at Irish 31 Seminole	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show	Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
D&D Adventurers League at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
AMA – Ask Me Anything Related to Photography, Computers and Software	Florida Center for Creative Photography	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
Let’s Meetup and Discuss “Mexican Gothic” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia	Central Florida Books and Brews	7:00PM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
Let’s play chess at 54th Ave Kava House!	TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	7:30PM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom	Shut Up & Write!® Tampa	7:45PM – Tuesday, Dec. 12
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Wednesday, December 13

On Wednesday evening, Tampa Bay Science Data Group will feature this presentation: Item Response Theory – Using data and models to recognize good questions. Here’s the abstract:

Item response theory is part of the field of psychometrics, concerned with the design and administration of questionnaires and tests. Using models and methods from IRT, we can learn which items or questions give us less information about the latent trait we want to measure (for instance, student subject knowledge). We will briefly go over the basics of a 2-parameter logistic models, generate some synthetic data, fit some models on that data and interpret the results. We’ll also take a look at why some standardized tests aren’t very good at differentiating students of different abilities and the impact this has on predicting student scores using supervised learning.

Find out more and register here.

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. 13
Networking at The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	7:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Downtown St Pete Professionals Networking Breakfast	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	7:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
NPI Profit Partners Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	7:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Tampa Highrisers Toastmasters	Toastmasters District 48	7:45AM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Technical Meetup Group hosted by IBM – 2023 Accomplishments and 2024 Plan	Data, Cloud and AI in Tampa	8:00AM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
East Coast Bootstrappers Breakfast®	Bootstrappers Breakfast® – Tampa Bay Area	8:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup	1 Million Cups – Orlando	8:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
FREE Tele-Class with Nancy Matthews – *WOW* Wednesday	Women’s Prosperity Network | Orlando Chapter	9:00AM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Midjourney Prompt Help & Advanced FAQ with A.I. Creative Compass!	Midjourney A.I. Art Meetup Group	11:00AM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Networking at Glory Days Grill!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Carrollwood Networking Lunch! Join us and win!	Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Brandon Business Professionals Just Love Coffee	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Networking at Just Love Coffee!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Brandon Business Professionals IN Person!!!!	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Brandon Networking Professionals Networking Lunch	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Business Networking Lunch	Bradenton/Sarasota Networking Meetings and Mixers	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Sarasota Business Networking Lunch All Welcome, Just purchase Lunch!	Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton	11:30AM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Free Webinar: Is Bing worth your time and energy?	Tampa SEO & Internet Marketing Meetup with Steve Scott	12:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Pitch Lounge: Get Feedback on Your 1-Minute Pitch Idea from Startup Experts	Tampa Startup Founder 101	1:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Webinar:How Performant Node Infrastructure Drives Enterprise Blockchain Adoption	Hyperledger Tampa	1:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom)	Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	1:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Inspiring Authors & Book Immersion Meetup	Lady Lake Memoir Writing Meetup Group	2:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
The Ultimate 2024 Client Acquisition Marketing Guide	Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events	3:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
SwanCitySec Meetup	Central Florida CitySec	5:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Playing Games in the Alley	The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play	5:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Board Gaming – In Person	Brandon Boardgamers	5:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Creative Community Meetup at Melrose – A.I. Powered Technologies	Orlando Video & Post Production Meetup	5:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Bay pines toastmaster’s hybrid meeting	Bay Pines Toastmasters	5:15PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
DUG- Tampa December Power Meetup – Advanced Networking	DUG Power Platform & Dynamics 365 – Tampa	5:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Felicitous Game Night w/Heritage Dim Sum	Tampa Game Nights	5:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Wednesday Board Game Night	Tampa Gaming Guild	5:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Whiskey Tech Wednesdays	Defcon813	6:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Chess Club Every Wednesday	Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup	6:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Board Game Night	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Hobby Night – Minis Painting Tips & Tricks at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	6:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Dungeons & Dragons One Shot Wednesdays	Clermont Nerd Games	6:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Learn to Play Wingspan at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	6:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Board Game Night at Deadwords Brewing	Brews N Board Games	6:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
TBDSG: Item Response Theory – Using data and models to recognize good questions	Tampa Bay Data Science Group	6:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.tbic.us bi-monthly Meetup	Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.TampaBayInventors.org	6:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Holiday Movies and Specials Trivia	Geekocracy!	6:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
December Digital Camera Basics – Online	Our Photo Tribe Workshops	6:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Tampa Writers Alliance Critique Group	Tampa Writers Alliance	6:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings meet In-Person and Online	Toastmasters District 48	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
[Virtual] Tampa Bay Bitcoin Meetup: News, Markets, & Community	Tampa Bay Bitcoin	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Call for presenters	Broward Drupal Users Group	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Let’s Talk Design & Animation	Central Florida: Motion Design Meetup	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
MakerFX Embrilliance Study Group	MakerFX Makerspace	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Castaways Euchre Club	Castaways Euchre Club	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Wasteland Wednesdays Gaslands Refuelled RPG Story	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Nerd Night: Board Games and Beer at Deadwords Brewing	Adventures On Tap: TTRPGs and Board Games	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
New Beginnings & Old Rivalries	Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
End of Year Dinner	Chan’s Book Club of Tampa Bay	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
How to Express Yourself and Connect with People	Professionals Meetup For Networking And Social Skillsets	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
The Short Attention Span Storytelling Hour	Writers of Central Florida or Thereabouts	7:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Cardfight Vanguard!! OverDress Weekly	Sunshine Games	7:30PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Understanding Linux	Women In Linux	8:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
AWS 2023: re:Invent re:Cap!!!	Florida AWS Security Users Meetup Group	8:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
Code challenge Monthly coding session	Orlando Lady Developers Meetup	8:00PM – Wednesday, Dec. 13
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Thursday, December 14

The 3rd Annual End of Year Tech Meetup, happens Thursday! Find out more and register here.

Event name and locale	Group	Time
12 Secrets of Professional Humor Writing	Writers of Central Florida or Thereabouts	6:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Business Over Breakfast ~ Happy Hangar IN PERSON JOIN US!	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	7:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	7:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 14
LUTZ, FL – HAPPY HANGER CAFE THURSDAY NETWORKING	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	8:00AM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Learning Tokens @ Hyperledger Besu – 3rd. Session	Hyperledger Tampa	11:00AM – Thursday, Dec. 14
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. 14
Clearwater Professional Networking Lunch	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:00AM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited!	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:00AM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Clearwater/Central Pinellas Networking Lunch JOIN us and connect your business	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:00AM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited!	Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	11:00AM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch	Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	11:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Leads Club Meeting	South Shore Leads Club	11:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Lutz / Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch at Bahama Breeze!	Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	11:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Breakroom Bar & Grill 11:28 Doors open at 11:00am IN Person	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Lutz / Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch at Bahama Breeze!	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 14
NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	11:30AM – Thursday, Dec. 14
The Business Alliance Club	The Business Alliance	11:45AM – Thursday, Dec. 14
2023 Lunch n’Learn – End to End Machine Learning Challenge	Orlando Machine Learning and Data Science	12:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters	Toastmasters District 48	12:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Telecom Park Toastmasters #6745	Toastmasters District 48	12:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Soul Yoga	Zen City Brews Events and News	12:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Exploring GenAI with watsonx.ai: Unleash the power of foundation models	Data, Cloud and AI in Tampa	1:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Commander Open Play Night at Armada Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	1:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
RPG: Pathfinder Society at Meeple Movers	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	2:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Technical Meetup Group hosted by IBM – 2023 Accomplishments and 2024 Plan	Data, Cloud and AI in Tampa	3:30PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Gulfport Scrabble and Social	Gulfport Scrabblers and Social	5:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
3rd Annual End of Year Tech Meetup	Tech Success Network	5:30PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
3rd Annual End of Year Tech Meetup	Tampa Bay Artificial Intelligence Meetup	5:30PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
3rd Annual End of Year Tech Meetup	Coders, Creatives, and Craft Beer	5:30PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
3rd Annual End of Year Tech Meetup	Tampa Devs	5:30PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
3rd Annual End of Year Tech Meetup	Career Success Academy	5:30PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
3rd Annual End of Year Tech Meetup	Tampa Bay Apple Coding Meetup	5:30PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
3rd Annual End of Year Tech Meetup	Tampa Cybersecurity Training	5:30PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
End of Year Social	Tampa Bay UX Group	5:30PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
3rd Annual End of Year Tech Meetup	Front End Creatives	5:30PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
3rd Annual End of Year Tech Meetup	Tampa Bay Techies	5:30PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Tomb of Annihilation (T2-APL7)	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	5:30PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
It’s a Holiday Ugly Sweater Party with Young Professionals in Orlando!	Young Professionals in Orlando #YPO	5:30PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Nerdy Needs (Casual Thursday Commander Night)	Magic the Gathering Tampa/Brandon/St Pete	6:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Pathfinder Society	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective	Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup	6:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
“This is How You Bury Your Ancestors” by Silk Jazmyne Hindus	Kitchen Table Literary Happy Hour: Sips and Stories	6:30PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Woodshop Tool Sign Off-Jointer, Planer, & Bandsaw (Members Only)	Tampa Hackerspace	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Live streaming production and talent	Live streaming production and talent	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Palm Harbor Toastmasters Club #8248	Toastmasters District 48	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
December Meet-Up (Holiday Party with Computer Coach)	Tampa Bay InfraGard Meetup Group	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Holiday Dinner – West Orlando WordPress	West Orlando WordPress Meetup	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Orlando Devs Holiday Party	Orlando Developers Meetup	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
One Piece Thursdays	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament	Balance Martial Arts and Gaming	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Thursday chess at 54th Ave Kava House!	TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Grandpa Beck Games Demo	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Smartphone Trivia Game Show at Wilders Pizza	Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup	7:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
Weekly Hacks	Hacktivate – Hackathon Meetup Group	8:00PM – Thursday, Dec. 14
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Friday, December 15

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Improve your communication, listening, and leadership skills	Winter Park Toastmasters – Learn while having FUN!	7:15AM – Friday, Dec. 15
Caffeine & Connections: Friday Fuel for Black Professionals	Pinellas County Black Business Meetup Group	8:00AM – Friday, Dec. 15
Focused conversation: Conference talks (and other ways to show off what we know)	Write the Docs Florida	8:30AM – Friday, Dec. 15
A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Business Networking All Welcome!	Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton	8:45AM – Friday, Dec. 15
Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Friday Morning All WElCOME	Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	8:45AM – Friday, Dec. 15
A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Virtual Business Networking	Network & Social – Orlando Networking Events	8:45AM – Friday, Dec. 15
Business over Breakfast Clearwater	Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers	9:00AM – Friday, Dec. 15
Networking over breakfast	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	9:00AM – Friday, Dec. 15
FBI ~ Friday Business Introductions at Largo Family Restaurant	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	9:00AM – Friday, Dec. 15
Online Networking with Brandon Biz Pros	Brandon Biz Pros	9:00AM – Friday, Dec. 15
Virtual Coffee	Project Codex	9:00AM – Friday, Dec. 15
Toastmasters – Improve Speaking Skills & Build Confidence	Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	9:30AM – Friday, Dec. 15
International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday	Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 15
Westshore Business Networking Lunch at McAlisters Deli Every Friday All Welcome	Tampa Bay Networking and Events	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 15
Friday Business Introductions Tampa	Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 15
International Professionals Networking Meeting	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 15
International Networking Westshore McAlisters Deli	Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 15
International Professionals Networking Meeting	Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 15
Friday International Business Introductions at McAlisters Westshore	Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 15
WINTER PARK: Join us for outrageous connection, growth and networking too!	Powerful Women Networking	11:30AM – Friday, Dec. 15
Titan Holiday parties 2023 | Clearwater	Amazon Seller Meetup | Clearwater, Florida	5:00PM – Friday, Dec. 15
WEEKLY FRIDAY NIGHT GAMING AT GAMER’S COMMAND	Brandon Boardgamers	5:00PM – Friday, Dec. 15
Board Game Night!	Clermont Nerd Games	5:00PM – Friday, Dec. 15
Friday Board Game Night	Tampa Gaming Guild	5:30PM – Friday, Dec. 15
Taps & Drafts | EDH/MtG Night	Nerdbrew Events	6:00PM – Friday, Dec. 15
MTG: Commander FNM	Critical Hit Games	6:00PM – Friday, Dec. 15
Learn to Play Codenames (a party game) at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	6:00PM – Friday, Dec. 15
Nihongo De Okay	Tampa Japanese Meetup	6:00PM – Friday, Dec. 15
Taps & Drafts | Casual EDH/MtG Social Night	Nerd Night Out	6:00PM – Friday, Dec. 15
GROWTH MINDSET	Self-Perfected Orlando	6:00PM – Friday, Dec. 15
MakerFX Makerspace Woodshop Guild	MakerFX Makerspace	7:00PM – Friday, Dec. 15
Dirty Dancersizing Class	Business Networking and Other Events	7:00PM – Friday, Dec. 15
Karaoke Night at Conworlds Emporium	Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup	7:00PM – Friday, Dec. 15
PVP Boardgame Showdown	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	7:00PM – Friday, Dec. 15
ONLINE: Conversation with William O. Stephens, Ph.D.	Orlando Stoics	7:00PM – Friday, Dec. 15
Friday Pokemon Tournament	Sunshine Games	7:30PM – Friday, Dec. 15
Weekly Meetup	Plant City Web Development Group	8:00PM – Friday, Dec. 15
Regular weekly meetup	Plant City Marketing Group	8:00PM – Friday, Dec. 15
Friday night game night	Indica Cafe Events	9:00PM – Friday, Dec. 15
International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday	Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	11:30PM – Friday, Dec. 15
Monthly Cell Phone Photo Showcase	Florida Center for Creative Photography	11:59PM – Friday, Dec. 15
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Saturday, December 16

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Wake Up and Think Clearly Saturday morning share and discuss.	Central Florida Philosophy Meetup	7:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 16
Early Bird Ocala	Toastmasters Division G	8:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 16
Bird Photography @ Hillsborough River	Tampa Bay Photo Walks	9:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 16
Hunters Creek Toastmasters	Toastmasters Division E	9:30AM – Saturday, Dec. 16
Saturday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa	Chess Republic	9:30AM – Saturday, Dec. 16
🌐 SAT 12/16 at 10 AM ONLINE PHOTOGRAPHY CRITIQUE PROGRAM	The Art Of Photography – Tampa/St. Pete Chapter	10:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 16
Coffee, Board Games, & Scrabble	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	10:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 16
Midjourney Basics: Intro & FAQ with A.I. Creative Compass!	Midjourney A.I. Art Meetup Group	11:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 16
Code, Coffee, and Brunch	Orlando DevOps	11:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 16
Dungeons & Dragons for Teens Bi-Weekly	Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup	11:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 16
Bravo Group Campaign Continues	Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)	11:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 16
Jane Austen’s Birthday!	The Jane Austen Book Club	11:00AM – Saturday, Dec. 16
A Day at the Races . . . Horse Racing at Tampa Bay Downs	Florida Center for Creative Photography	11:30AM – Saturday, Dec. 16
Weekly Workshop	Pinellas Community Code Workshop	12:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 16
Meet & Greet	Dropshipping Entrepeneurs of Tampa Bay	12:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 16
Table read screenplays	Screenwriters of Tomorrow/Today, Critique Meetup	12:30PM – Saturday, Dec. 16
FREE Fab Lab Orientation	Suncoast Makers	1:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 16
Board Games!	Babcock Ranch Board Games	1:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 16
Advanced Laser Cutter Skills (Members Only)	Tampa Hackerspace	2:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 16
NETWORKING SKILLS WORKSHOP: Learn How to Create More Win-Win Outcomes!	Beast Mode Networking Orlando	2:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 16
ONLINE: Science Saturdays: Dr. Albert Ellis & REBT, Part 2	Socrates Cafe – “The unexamined life is not worth living”	3:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 16
ONLINE: Science Saturdays: Dr. Albert Ellis & REBT, Part 2	Orlando Stoics	3:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 16
Game Project Therapy (Virtual)	Tampa Games Developer Guild	4:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 16
Game Night at Gamers Guild – Mid December	New Port Richey Casual Games and Fun Socializing Group!	4:30PM – Saturday, Dec. 16
White Elephant Gift Exchange at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	5:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 16
Geeks Go to the Florida Botanical Gardens Christmas Display	Geekocracy!	5:30PM – Saturday, Dec. 16
Christmas in the Wild	Gen Geek	6:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 16
Community Hang-out Night	Nerdbrew Events	6:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 16
Tampa Hackerspace Board Game Night / Potluck / White Elephant – Holiday Edition	Tampa Hackerspace	6:30PM – Saturday, Dec. 16
Critical Hit Games Reverse White Elephant Gift Party	Critical Hit Games	7:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 16
Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament	Sunshine Games	7:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 16
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament	Balance Martial Arts and Gaming	7:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 16
Friendmas- All you can Eat KBQ/SUSHI!	Gaming.net	8:00PM – Saturday, Dec. 16
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Sunday, December 17

Event name and locale	Group	Time
Wild Iris Cafe Breakfast Meet!	Dunedin Professional Meetup	8:00AM – Sunday, Dec. 17
Dunedin Causeway	Suncoast Drone Club	9:00AM – Sunday, Dec. 17
Intro to Star Trails Photography Workshop: 3/3 – Post-Processing Star Trails	Florida Center for Creative Photography	9:00AM – Sunday, Dec. 17
Indian Shores Library Booksale	Indian Shores Library Read and Feeds	9:00AM – Sunday, Dec. 17
🌐 SUN 12/17 at 10 AM ONLINE PHOTOGRAPHY CRITIQUE PROGRAM	The Art Of Photography – Tampa/St. Pete Chapter	10:00AM – Sunday, Dec. 17
CRITICAL THINKERS SUNDAY Meetup AT Members Ken’s Residence on Siesta Key	Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group	10:00AM – Sunday, Dec. 17
Warhammer 40K	Clermont Nerd Games	11:00AM – Sunday, Dec. 17
Venice Strategy Board Gamers	Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton	12:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 17
RPG: Pathfinder Extinction Curse Bk2 “Legacy of the Lost God”	Meeple Movers Gaming Group	12:30PM – Sunday, Dec. 17
Sunday Gaming	Tampa Gaming Guild	1:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 17
Family Open Make Day	Tampa Hackerspace	2:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 17
Sunday Chess at Grassroots Kava House in Ybor	Chess Republic	2:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 17
D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games	Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	2:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 17
D&D Adventurers League	Critical Hit Games	2:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 17
Keys From the Golden Vault (tier 2, lvl 8 preferred)	Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	2:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 17
St. Pete Arthouse Cinema Club – “Falling Leaves” – Dec 17 2023, 03:00 PM	St. Pete Arthouse Cinema Club	3:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 17
iNugGits Launch Party	Intro to Robotics iNugGits STEM Academy	3:30PM – Sunday, Dec. 17
Sunday Pokemon League	Sunshine Games	4:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 17
IN-PERSON: A Walking Meditation – Causeway Trail	Tampa Stoics	4:30PM – Sunday, Dec. 17
Lankhmar: City of Adventure	Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group	5:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 17
Resched: Downtown Tampa Winter Village and Riverwalk! Enjoy Hot Cocoa, Skate…	► Tampa Bay Young Professionals Group	5:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 17
Open Game Night	Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup	6:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 17
Gospel Karaoke and Bible Study	Indica Cafe Events	6:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 17
Find Your Funny Toastmaster	Toastmasters Division E	6:30PM – Sunday, Dec. 17
Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck!	Nerdbrew Events	7:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 17
Office Hours	Solana – Tampa	8:00PM – Sunday, Dec. 17
NerdBrew Karaoke @ MacDinton’s!	Nerd Night Out	9:30PM – Sunday, Dec. 17
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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