NYC Twestival Media Inquiries & Press Pass Requests

Some thoughts about our logo

Because we want the New York Twestival to be as unique as the city itself, we’ve taken the liberty of designing a logo for our city’s push to raise funds for Concern Worldwide by planning New York’s involvement in second-annual global philanthropy event

Channelling the identity of the global Twestival logo with a consistent color scheme and typeface, our visual representation of the event features the New York City skyline from afar and the Twestival logo spanning the Brooklyn Bridge. No other city can offer such a cunning depiction of itself.

We are so excited to have our local sponsors CNN and PopChips on board for 2010.  Though we plan to have some exciting new sponsors to announce soon, the global Twestival sponsors, PayPal, Amiando, and GoToMeeting, also deserve thanks for unwavering support.

Tickets are on sale now for the early-bird rate of $30 per person, and it just wouldn’t make sense if you didn’t Tweet about your purchase using the hashtag #nyctwestival. Take to the 2010 New York Twestival with our logo’s tagline: “Tweet. Meet. Give.”

Tickets are now available for NYC Twestival 2010! A limited number of early bird tickets are available: get yours while you still can! Buy tickets now!

What can you look forward to at this Twestival?

• A great time! Good Units is a huge, fantastic space with room for 2,000+ digerati: we’re going to FILL IT UP!
• Our brilliant sponsors will be there! We’re allowed to tell you that PopChips and CNN will be there, but you’ll have to stay tuned to this page and @nyctwestival to hear what our other amazing sponsors we have in store!
• Great tunes! World-class DJs and musical acts will keep you on your feet throughout the night!
• A great cause! 100% of ticket sales go directly to Concern Worldwide.

Want to support this fantastic cause and have fun doing it? Buy tickets now!

Hey everyone! Twestival Global is back - and bigger than ever! Last we heard, more than 300 cities around the world are planning to hold Twestivals on March 25th, 2010. New York City’s Twestival promises to be one of the biggest: almost 2000 people will be able to join us in breaking in one of the hottest new venues in the city, Good Units!

We’ll have more on that soon, as well as information on Concern Worldwide (the organization we’ll be supporting), our amazing sponsors and the very, very cool entertainment lineup, but we wanted to let you know about a few opportunities to get involved RIGHT NOW:

1. Join us! We’re looking for people to fill a huge number and variety of roles, from technologists to graphic designers - even dearly devoted generalists. Take just a moment to volunteer and we’ll put you to work!

2. Buy a ticket! Early bird tickets will go on sale Wednesday. They’re sure to sell out quickly: to be notified when they go on sale, @ message us on Twitter: Tweet This.

3. Sponsor us! Do you know a company that wants to get involved with Twestival? Support from our amazing sponsors allows us to donate 100% of ticket sales to Concern Worldwide. Shoot us an email - we’re open to all kinds of arrangements: NYCTwestival@gmail.com

We look forward to seeing you on the 25th, if not sooner!

-The NYC Twestival team (@nyctwestival)

About Twestival

Twestival (or Twitter Festival) is a global celebration of technology’s power to unite people and achieve social good. On 12 February 2009, the first Twestival Global was held in 202 cities around the world to support charity : water. Over 1,000 volunteers and 10,000 donors raised over $250,000, which charity : water used to construct more than 55 wells and bring clean water to 17,000 people. New York’s 2009 Twestival brought together more than a thousand people, raised more than $24,000 for charity : water, and brought a great deal of attention to a relatively new organization. On 25 March 2010, Twestivals will be held in more than 300 cities around the world, with every penny raised from ticket sales and donations directly benefiting the education programs of Concern Worldwide.

About Concern Worldwide

Concern Worldwide is an international humanitarian organization transforming the lives of the world’s poorest, most marginalized children through access to education. Founded in 1968 to meet the needs of people living in extreme poverty, for whom every day is a fight for survival, Concern is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organization dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of poverty. Concern’s work is informed by a vision for change and their education programs target the poorest people in the poorest countries in the world, with particular emphasis on reaching out-of-school children such as girls, orphans, street children, working children, children affected by conflict, children affected by HIV and AIDS, and children with disabilities. Concern’s education programs currently reach over 700,000 people in 25 countries across the regions of Africa,  Asia, and the Caribbean. Follow @concern on Twitter to get a glimpse of their staff tweeting from around the world; including their efforts on the ground in Haiti.

For more information on this event, please contact: NYCTwestival@gmail.com or @NYCTwestival.

The organizers wanted to take this opportunity to thank those of you who have purchased a ticket to NYC Twestival.

We’re excited about Saturday night and thrilled with the amount of money we have raised so far for CampInteractive.

100% of the money raised will go directly towards helping underprivileged youth gain invaluable skills, heighten their academic standing, and begin to realize more of life’s possibilities.

Here are a few details regarding tomorrow nights event:

Please note that the event runs from 6pm-10pm.

We encourage you to arrive early as the bowling lanes get booked up fast and we want to ensure you get to enjoy the full Brooklyn Bowl experience.

The Bowling Tournament starts at 7pm. If you would still like to enter a team, please feel free to get in touch as we have a few slots still available.

In addition to bowling we’re also psyched about the performances we have lined up for you.
Brooklyn Bowl is an incredible live music venue and we think we’ve pulled together a great line up:

6pm-7pm
Ghostly DJ Jakub
http://www.moodgadget.com/about

7pm-7:30pm
Singer/songwriter Nick Howard
http://nickhowardmusic.com/

7:30pm-8pm
Ghostly DJ Jakub

8pm-9pm
Eclectic Method
http://www.eclecticmethod.net/

HEADLINE ACT

9pm-9:30pm
The XYZ Love Affair
http://www.myspace.com/thexyzaffair

9:30pm-10pm
Ghostly DJ Jakub

And of course, don’t forget that your Twestival ticket also gets you into the Flavorpill Highrollers afterparty, which includes performances by Glass Candy with Eamon Harkin & Justin Carter DJ Mike Simonetti.

In case you wanted to bring friends, tickets are still available, but only for a short time. You can purchase additional tickets here:

http://www.amiando.com/nyctwestival.html

Thanks to all of our supporters, partners and sponsors for helping pull together tomorrow nights event.
Special thanks to Flavorpill, Brooklyn Bowl, SeamlessWeb and to our supporting partners.

Twestival is a non-profit event 100% organized by volunteers to raise money for CampInteractive.

Thank you and see you tomorrow!

Toby Daniels
Lead Organizer, NYC Twestival

NYC Twestival has to give thanks to a great sponsor, Seamless Web.

To learn more about the special way Seamless Web is donating to NYC Twestival, check out the great piece on Mediaite. It was written by our fearless leader, Toby Daniels, and is about social cause marketing featuring NYC Twestival and Seamless Web. Everyone should give it a read!

NYC Twestival has some great talent lined up for the night, and we’d like to introduce you to our DJ for the evening, DJ Ghostly.

Also known as Jakub Alexander, he has run his own label for 5 years and turned unknowns into iTunes staff favorites year after year. That music has been placed in current commericals for Prada, Oil of Olay, Nokia, LG Mobile, Banana Republic just in the past year. While he’s regularly spinning indie/rock/electronic every Friday and sometimes Saturday, to show his diversity, Jakub is also the Music Editor at one of the biggest boutique design blogs in the world. He’s done A+R for Ghostly International for 4 years+ now and worked at the company for about 8 years

His DJ History (11 years of DJ experience)
- DJed with multiple large indie acts (DFA, Roger O Donnell of The Cure, Diplo, RJD2 etc.)
- Resident DJ at American Apparel, Urban Outfitters, and boutique shops
- Corporate gigs (GM, Java, W Hotel, etc.)
- 3 wine bar, small plate residences
- 4 bar residences - Held a DJ spot with Matthew Dear for 3+ years

Find him on Twitter at @moodgadget, but more importantly, find him spinning at Saturday night’s NYC Twestival at Brooklyn Bowl!