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Venue

We are absolutely delighted with our venue. The big Bristol party on 12 February will take place at The Lanes, a brand new independent bar, diner and, best of all, bowling alley near Broadmead. We’ve secured exclusive access to the space between 7pm and 1am and yes, that includes the five fabulous bowling lanes so you’ll all be able to don those oh so attractive shoes!

Tickets

Tickets for the Bristol Twestival are now on sale for only £5 each. 100% of your money goes direct to charity: water. They are available via a page on event ticketing website Amiando which has kindly waived all fees for each city Twestival. To get your ticket to the Bristol Twestival, click here.

Charity

All city Twestivals are raising money for the same cause; charity: water.

Right now 1.1 billion people on the planet don’t have access to safe drinking water. That’s one in six of us. Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of all sickness and disease and kill more people every year than all forms of violence including war.

Many communities in developing nations often have a plentiful supply of clean drinking water just below the ground, but no way to get to it.

This is where charity: water and its partner organisations come in. Drilling a well can cost from $4,000 - $12,000 but many living on less than $1 a day cannot afford one in their community, even if the money is combined.

100% of the money raised by all city Twestivals including Bristol will go direct to charity: water.

Raffle

The centrepiece of our evening will be an amazing raffle with all proceeds going to charity: water. We’ve been inundated with prizes and we express our sincere thanks to everyone who has donated. Here’s what we have so far:

• A copy of Cracking Animation and a poster signed by company founders Peter Lord and David Sproxton and Nick Park, the Oscar winning creator of Wallace and Gromit donated by Aardman Animations.
• Trunki children’s suitcase, as featured on Dragons’ Den, donated by @Trunki.
• Beaming Baby gift pack of skincare products for children plus a Imse Vimse organic cotton blanket donated by @DaisychainBaby.
• Personalised newspaper front page donated by @makingthenews.
• 50cm x 50cm canvas of a photograph chosen by the winner donated by @RachaelWyatt.
• Half-day Ideas for Success session donated by @jackmartinleith.
• A Droplet vinyl toy donated by @JamFactory.
• Two child-sized organic Fair Trade calico carrier bags donated by @MimiMyne.
• A full day’s public relations strategy planning session donated by @10Yetis.
• 10 copies of AntiVirus with AntiSpyware donated by Webroot.
• A full day’s business consultancy donated by @johnbradford.

Sponsor

The Bristol Twestival could not happen without the kind generosity of our lead sponsor Sift, a company established in the city 1996.

Through its three divisions - Sift, PracticeWEB and Sift Media - the company leads the way in creating and maintaining community-driven websites, a perfect sponsor for an event inspired by Twitter.

Media partner

Our official media partner is BusinessZone.co.uk which provides free, practical and no-nonsense guidance to small business entrepreneurs. Combined with its sister website UK Business Forums, BusinessZone.co.uk represents one of biggest online communities of entrepreneurs in the UK. You can follow BusinessZone.co.uk on Twitter here.

Goody bags

We are currently gathering lots of fantastic treats for the official Bristol Twestival goody bags. They will be available to the first 150 people to come to the party and the cost is included in the price of your ticket.

And it’s not just the stuff in the bag you’ll want to arrive early for; even the bags themselves are worth having! They are made of 100% cotton so can be used time and time again. Kindly donated by Bristol-based Whale Bags, they fit perfectly perfectly with the ethos of the Twestival.

Food and drink

We are currently in discussions with several companies over providing a selection of food and drinks on the night. This will be included in the price of your ticket. We will be making an announcement very soon.

Music

Several music acts will be performing on the night and the cost will be included in your ticket. We intend on showcasing some of Bristol’s newest musical talent. More will be revealed soon.

We’re still looking for support so if you can help in any way either tweet at @bristwestival or email bristwestival@googlemail.com.