You’ve heard “it’s five o’clock somewhere,” right? Well, how about “It’s Friday somewhere?” OK, so that isn’t exactly true, but you get what we’re saying — why wait for Friday to find things to do, especially when Tampa Bay has something hopping every night of the week? Check out what’s on tap in Tampa Bay for the next week — and why not start right now?

Florida Man Poems Book Talk with Tyler Gillespie at USF St. Petersburg 140 7th Ave. S., St. Petersburg Wednesday, Sept. 5: 6:30 p.m. Photo via Richie Marini
Friends Trivia at 3 Daughters Brewing 222 22nd St. S., St. Petersburg Wednesday, Sept. 5 7 p.m. Photo via production still
Hops & Table Tops Game Night at Pair O’Dice Brewing in Clearwater 4400 118th Ave. N., Ste. 208 Clearwater Wednesday, Sept. 5: 7 p.m. Photo via publicdomainpictures.net
Join a trivia night The games are free, but you should sign up in advance. Order a drink or a snack, though — it’s just polite! Our favorite? Any Tampa Bay Dream Team trivia night. Photo via Cfohlin, Wikimedia Commons/CC2.0
The Office Trivia at Flying Boat Brewing 1776 11th Ave. N., St. Petersburg Wednesday, Sept. 5: 7 p.m. Photo via Flying Boat Brewing
Wine Club Wine Tasting with the Ybor City Wine Society at Ybor City Wine Bar 1600 E. 7th Ave., Ybor City Wednesday, Sept. 5: 7 p.m. Photo via Quinn Dombroski via Wikimedia Commons CC
Boucheron 2018 at the Vinoy Renaissance 501 5th Ave. NE, St. Petersburg Thursday -Sunday, Sept. 6-9 Photo via Wikimedia Commons/CC3.0
Bernie Sanders’ campaign manager Jeff Weaver at Tiger Bay St. Petersburg Yacht Club, 11 Central Ave., St. Petersburg Thursday, Sept. 6: 11:30 a.m. Photo via Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons/CC2.0
First Friday Art in the Heights Tempus Projects, 4636 N. Florida Ave., Seminole Heights Friday, Sept. 7: 6 p.m. Photo via pixabay
The Forgotten War at the St. Petersburg Museum of History 335 2nd Ave. NE, St. Petersburg Opens Friday, Sept. 7: 10 a.m. Photo via Associated Press
The Bends; sixth anniversary art show and concert in St. Petersburg. 919 1st Ave. N., St. Petersburg Friday, Sept. 7: 8 p.m. Photo via The Peach Moon
Traveling Food Dude send off party at Sail Pavilion in downtown Tampa. 333 S. Franklin St., Tampa Friday, Sept. 7: 7 p.m. Photo via Adam Vosding
Drag Brunch at Iberian Rooster’s Subcentral 475 Central Ave., St. Petersburg Saturday, Sept. 8 Photo via Erika Wagner
Austim-friendly skateboarding camp at Skatepark of Tampa. 4215 E. Columbus Dr., Tampa Saturday, Sept. 8: 10 a.m. Photo via U.S. Air Force
Spaddy’s throwdown 5206 N. Florida Ave., Tampa Saturday, Sept. 8: 7 p.m. Photo via pixabay
Crafty Fest at ARTPool in St. Petersburg 2030 Central Ave., St. Petersburg Saturday, Sept. 8 and Sunday, Sept. 9: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Photo via cltampa.com
Meet Clyde Butcher at The Dali Museum One Dali Blvd., St. Petersburg Saturday, Sept. 1: 1 p.m. Photo via Clyde Butcher
Gulfport area beach cleanup Gulfport Beach Saturday, Sept. 8 Photo via publicdomainpictures.net
Second Saturday ArtWalk St. Petersburg Saturday, Sept. 8: 5 p.m. Photo via publicdomainpictures.net
Second Saturday at Soft Water Studios 515 22nd St. S., St. Petersburg Saturday, Sept. 8: 5 p.m. Photo via Si Griffiths via Wikimedia Commons/CC
Sean Birdsell going away show at The Bricks Ybor City 1327 E. Seventh Ave., Tampa Sunday, Sept. 9: 4 p.m. Photo via Ray Roa
Mimosas and Masterpieces at The Dali Museum One Dali Blvd., St. Petersburg Sunday, Sept. 9: 11 a.m. Photo via Peter Dutton via Flickr/CC2.0
Gale Massey speaks at the Mirror Lake Library 280 5th St. N., St. Petersburg Monday, Sept. 10: 5:30 p.m. Photo via Gale Massey
Gulfport Fresh Market Beach Blvd. S., Gulfport Tuesday, Sept. 11: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Photo by ColombianosEnBrisbane via Wikimedia Commons/CC