Happy Hour & Social
The Best Conversations Happen After Hours
BSides Tampa isn't just sessions and villages. Some of the best connections happen when the talks end and the drinks start.
2026 Happy Hour: MOSI takeover
We're taking over the main exhibit area at the Museum of Science & Industry. Drinks, networking, and full access to MOSI exhibits.
Happy Hour
This year BSides Tampa is taking over MOSI's main exhibit area for Happy Hour, starting at 5:30 PM after sessions wrap. Grab a drink, network, and decompress with the community after a full day of sessions, villages, and CTF. Swap stories, and meet people you only know from Twitter or Discord.
Wander the exhibits while you mingle. The Tesla coil, dinosaur simulator, and more are open to participants during the takeover.
Drink tickets are first-come, first-serve while supplies last. The bar stays open after that.
It's casual and inclusive, and it's one of the things people remember most about BSides Tampa.
Happy Hour Venue
MOSI
Museum of Science & Industry
4801 E Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33617
Saturday, May 16, 2026 · 5:30 PM
Kicks off after sessions wrap
Main exhibit area takeover
Tesla coil, dinosaur simulator, and more open to participants
~6 miles from the Marshall Center
No shuttle. Carpool encouraged
More than networking
We don't call it “networking.” Networking is swapping business cards at a vendor booth. This is community: people who do security talking to other people who do security, without an agenda.
Past participants have found mentors, co-founders, job opportunities, and lifelong friends at BSides Tampa social events. That doesn't happen because we engineered it. It happens because the environment is right.
“I continue to value that opportunity to network and celebrate with the rest of the local cybersecurity community.”
- BSides Tampa 2025 participant
See You There
Happy Hour and social events are included with your admission.