http://twestival.com/

 

 

 

Tweet. Meet. Give.

 

 

 

On 12 February 2009 100+ cities around the world will be hosting Twestivals which bring together Twitter communities for an evening of fun and to raise money and awareness for charity: water.

 

 

 

Join us by hosting a Twestival in your city, attending an event, or participating online.

 

 

 

The Twestival is organized 100% by volunteers in cities around the world and 100% of the money raised from these events will go directly to support charity: water projects.

 

 

 

In September 2008, a group of Twitterers based in London UK decided to organise an event where the local Twitter community could socialize offline; meet the faces behind the avatars, enjoy some entertainment, have a few drinks and tie this in with a food drive and fundraising effort for a local homeless charity.

 

 

 

The bulk of the event was organized in under two weeks, via Twitter and utilized the talents and financial support of the local Twittersphere to make this happen.

 

 

 

Around the world similar stories started appearing of local Twitter communities coming together and taking action for a great cause. Twestival was born out of the idea that if cities were able to collaborate on an international scale, but working from a local level, it could have a spectacular impact.

 

 

 

By rallying together globally, under short timescales, for a single aim on the same day, the Twestival hopes to bring awareness to this global crisis.

 

 

 

charity: water is a non profit organization bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations by funding sustainable clean water solutions in areas of greatest need.

 

So... is anyone going to a Twestival? I've provided a list of Twestival locations:

 

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Twestival Americas

 

* Atlanta @deannatroupe

 

* Austin @michellegreer

 

* Baton Rouge @davidlink

 

* Boston @justinmwhitaker

 

* Calgary @ctwestival

 

* Chicago @mjcarter

 

* Cleveland @paultofu

 

* College Station TX @robyfitzhenry

 

* Columbus @1datarecovery

 

* Dallas @vargasl

 

* Denver @chuckblakeman

 

* Detroit @llaurentsmith

 

* Edmonton @mastermaq

 

* Fort Collins @gengreen

 

* Galveston @markmayhew

 

* Halifax @robertsnell

 

* Hampton Roads VA @twestival_hr

 

* Houston @gracerodriguez

 

* Hull @jonmoss

 

* Kansas City @cindyfw

 

* Kelowna @hlooman

 

* Las Vegas @lvtwestival

 

* Lima @limatwestival

 

* Los Angeles @twestival_la

 

* Madison @madtwestival

 

* Miami @miamitwestival

 

* Milwaukee @webmedia

 

* Minneapolis @andrewkorf

 

* Moncton @jonreid

 

* Montreal @adelemcalear

 

* New Orleans @seocopy

 

* New York @tobyd

 

* Philadelphia @melitami

 

* Pittsburgh @hmaust

 

* Richmond VA @blarner

 

* Rosario @facus

 

* Rio de Janeiro @lesilva

 

* São Paulo @fernandosouza

 

* San Francisco @twestivalsf

 

* Seattle @d2k

 

* Somers CT @liana_marie

 

* South Padre @southpadrelive

 

* Springfield NJ @kenshane

 

* St.John's @[bleep]ergirl

 

* Toronto @twestivalto

 

* Vancouver @YVRtwestival

 

* Washington @peterlamotte

 

* Wichita @wichitacindy

 

 

 

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Twestival Asia Pacific

 

* Bangalore @chaitanyak

 

* Beijing @davidfeng

 

* Brisbane @lexiphanic

 

* Christchurch @siftnz

 

* Colombo @twestival_ams

 

* Dhaka @ekushey

 

* Hong Kong @twestivalhk

 

* Kolkata @rohitsonika

 

* Melbourne @melbtwestival

 

* Mumbai @monikkinom

 

* Quezon City @silvakreuz

 

* Shanghai @shanghaitwtr

 

* Sydney @sydneytwestival

 

* Taipei @svgirlintaiwan

 

* Wellington @br3nda

 

 

 

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Twestival Europe

 

* Amsterdam @amstwestival

 

* Barcelona @tomhayton

 

* Belfast @icedcoffee

 

* Berlin @chiron08

 

* Birmingham @brumtwestival

 

* Bremen @analythis

 

* Brighton @brightwest

 

* Bristol @bristwestival

 

* Brussels @brutwestival

 

* Bucharest @buchatwest

 

* Cardiff @cardiffwebscene

 

* Chisinau @vultoor

 

* Cluj-Napoca @psaico

 

* Copenhagen @cphtwestival

 

* Cornwall @arengrimshaw

 

* Dublin @dubtwestival

 

* Edinburgh @edtwestival

 

* Frankfurt @twestival_de

 

* Galati @razvanc

 

* Geneva @snowbroader

 

* Gothenburg @gbgtwestival

 

* Hamburg @zeniscalm

 

* Helsinki @prash

 

* Lecce @ermes

 

* Lisbon @jnogueira

 

* Liverpool @lpooltwestival

 

* London @ldntwestival

 

* Lugano @wisequeen

 

* Malmö @secretlaunch

 

* Manchester @manctwester

 

* Mannheim @ripanti

 

* Munich @talkabout

 

* Newcastle @tynetwestival

 

* Oslo @smilespray

 

* Oxford @oxtwestival

 

* Paris @wearesocialfr

 

* Plymouth @plymtwestival

 

* Reading @rdgtwestival

 

* Rome @rossella76

 

* Ruhrgebiet @kalaydo

 

* Stockholm @sthlmtwestival

 

* Vienna @mountaindan

 

 

 

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Twestival Middle East

 

* Beirut @hervecuviliez

 

* Dubai @dubaitwestival

 

* Jerusalem @charliekalech

 

* Tel Aviv @ahoova[/hide]

 

I will TRY to make it to the Brisbane Twestival, and maybe I'll see some of you there!

 

 

 

Currently, the Brisbane Twestival is set to be held at the Metro Arts centre on Edward Street(I r haz inside scoop :D.

 

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So what exactly happens at the events? Giving water? Or is it just a massive gathering of people?

So what exactly happens at the events? Giving water? Or is it just a massive gathering of people?

Naw, there's ticket sales for different things, and the money from those goes to the charity. I don't really know much about what happens at the event. I'm sure more information will be disclosed the closer we get to the day.

Whats Twitter?

 

I've heard of it before.

Whats Twitter?

 

I've heard of it before.

 

www.twitter.com

Poppycock! Newcastle's not even on the bloody map.

 

 

 

Twitter is like a Myspace but more for photography and whatnot. (to my understanding)

Poppycock! Sydney's not even on the bloody map.

 

 

 

Twitter is like a Myspace but more for photography and whatnot. (to my understanding)

 

No no no no no no no! Hardly any photography. Maybe 1 photo in 50 posts. It's all very text-oriented.

 

You write short 140-character posts about what you're doing right now, and share it with the world!

EDIT: double posted. stupid IE7 playing tricks on me

twitter is a microblog. Like a Facebook status update - you write a few words about what you're doing at the time.