Bristol Twestival: Everything you need to know

Posted on: 11 February 2009 at 1711 - Comment

The date

Thursday 12 February

The time

7pm to 1am

The Place

The Lanes, 22 Nelson Street, Bristol, BS1 2LE

Tickets

Tickets to the event cost £5 with 100% going to charity: water. We will be selling tickets on the door between 7pm and 8pm but to avoid having to queue (and maybe miss out on a goodie bag!) we urge you to buy tickets in advance here

The running order

7pm - 8pm: DJ Twang
8pm - 8.30pm: Raffle part one 
8.30pm - 9.15pm: Mango Factory
9.30pm - 9.45pm: Raffle part two featuring Kerry McCarthy MP
9.45pm - 10.30pm: Fortune Drive
10.45pm onwards: Leisure Allstars

The sponsors

Sift
Bristol Bowling

The partners

BusinessZone.co.uk
10 Yetis
Bristol Design Festival
Bristol Sounds

Drinks

The first 100 people to arrive will receive a voucher which can be exchanged for a free drink at the bar. £2 specials on selected drinks will be available all night.

Food

A selection of free food will be available at the start of the evening. After that, food will be available to purchased from The Lanes’ full menu with a 50% discount off the normal price.

The raffle

Tickets to our raffle cost £1 each and 100% goes to charity: water. The following prizes are up for grabs:

  • Aardman book, poster and DVD signed by Peter Lord, David Sproxton and Nick Park donated by Aardman Animations
  • House of Commons whisky signed by Gordon Brown donated by Kerry McCarthy MP
  • A week’s stay for up to 8 people in a French villa, donated by LaFrenchPlace.com
  • Four scuba diving lessions donated by Simple Web Management and Subaquaholics
  • Trunki children’s suitcase, as featured on Dragons’ Den, donated by Trunki
  • Beaming Baby gift pack of skincare products for children plus a Imse Vims organic cotton blanket donated by DaisychainBaby.co.uk
  • Ticket to FOWA (Future of Web Apps) Dublin, a Carsonified journal and t-shirt donated by Carsonified
  • Personalised newspaper front page donated by Making The News
  • 50cm x 50cm canvas of a photograph chosen by the winner donated by Purple Dogfish
  • Half-day Ideas for Success session donated by Jack Marthleith
  • Two hours editorial photography with up to 30 images donated by Michael McKelvaney
  • A Droplet vinyl toy donated by Jam Factory
  • Two child-sized organic Fair Trade calico carrier bags donated by Mimimyne
  • A full day’s public relations strategy planning session donated by 10 Yetis
  • A copy of AntiVirus with AntiSpyware donated by Webroot
  • A full day’s business consultancy donated by jbsh LLP
  • 5 £20 restaurant vouchers and 5 sets of Invitation products (voucher book, platinum card and Cabot Circus card) donated by EatOut.co.uk and Invitation
  • Gift box of Lush soap products donated by Lush
  • Adult CoolBoard donated by CoolBoard
  • Photoshoot plus 7”x5” print donated by EPIC Photography
  • Ticket to Crossing The Avoid donated by South West Screen
  • Weight Training Technique System system donated by Alex Poole

The goodie bags

Goodies bags will be available to the first 150 people to arrive. The contents have been donated by:

Whalebags
Sift
Firebox
MOO
Bellevue Tea
Jelly Belly
eOffice

Live streaming

The Bristol Twestival will be streamed live on the internet by Sam Downie of Bristol Sounds.

4 Comments on “Bristol Twestival: Everything you need to know”

  • Tony Scott February 11th, 2009 1826

    Good luck with the Bristol Twestival!!

  • Who else wants the inside scoop on Bristol Twestival? February 11th, 2009 1911

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  • Michael McKelvaney February 12th, 2009 0947

    Cant wait for tonight, see you all there!

  • Bristol Sounds February 12th, 2009 1201

    Announcement!

    ‘Bristol Sounds’ will be broadcasting LIVE, from the Bristol Twitter Festival.. from:

    6.30pm (18:30) GMT UNTIL 11pm (23:00) GMT

    Live Video and Audio :) so come get it all if you cannot make it down.. plus all the video will be archived, and available to view again… later!

    So make sure you visit:

    http://www.bristol-sounds.com

    Thanks to Dan and all the team at Bristwestival!

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