Twestivals are being planned to happen simultaneously in cities all over the world tomorrow (Thursday 12th February) evening and Leeds is not going to miss out.

Charity

A twestival is an event where local twitter users band together to raise money to fight global problems. All the money from tomorrow’s event will be donated to charity : water, a non-profit organisation bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations.

From the twestival homepage:

We all know that Twitter can be a powerful communications tool. It can connect, mobilize and inform people around the world instantly.

Those of us on Twitter know of its ability to organically create interesting communities from those people who find and follow each other. It is proven from the first Twestival that bringing the Twittersphere together for a special event is not only a memorable night; it has momentum to bring about social change.

Fun And Prizes

It’s definitely a worthy cause but the evening should be a lot of fun too!

Attendees will get to meet some of the faces behind the avatars and I know from previous events like Barcamp and Ignite there are some clever and funny people that get involved in nights like this.

Get your hands on a load of raffle tickets, because there are some great prizes on offer. I’ve got my eye on the rib eye steaks from @cwildman, yum!

As well as the raffle, there will be Wii tournaments and a chance to play with a FriiSpray but I suspect that the networking opportunities will be most valuable to some. Quite a few of Yorkshire’s top 50 Twitter users are going.

Having SEO problems with your site? Maybe you can bribe The Hodge with a charity donation in exchange for some advice.

Other people attending have expertise in Ruby programming, machine learning, photogrpaphy and food and wine matching. Of course, I’ll be happy to answer questions on web development issues for you.

Tickets

Buy your tickets online for just five quid and raffle tickets at a pound each.

You’ll need to bring your own drinks along too, but if you are coming, let me know and maybe you can have one of my beers!

See you there!

Creative Commons licensed photo by rhosoi.