Remember we announced that the wonderful event company What a Giggle were coming to Plymouth Twestival? Well we can now officially announce that they are bringing with them a giant Scalextric set.

Here’s what they say:

“What a Giggle’s Scalextric track is unlike any other available in the UK today!

“Race up to 2 cars at one time on the same lane… so overtaking becomes an art and with extra pit stops, lap-counters, ramps and all the accessories you would expect to see on a real racing circuit!”

So if you’re a budding Jenson Button or think you can beat Top Gear’s The Stig then make sure you’ve booked your ticket to Plymouth Twestival. You can do that here.

We’re salivating at the thought of what Domino’s Pizza Plymouth have promised to deliver us at Plymouth Twestival next week.

They’ll be free pizza to sample, an auction prize of a year’s supply of pizza and a guess your height in pizzas competition stall. But the big question that everyone’s asking is, will Domino’s Danny make be making an appearance?

Book your Twestival ticket today to find out!

Meet the local volunteers giving their time and skills to make Plymouth Twestival happen.

• General enquiries: Rob Pickstone (@RobertPickstone) of Business Link
• Press enquiries: Katy Creates (@KatyCreates) of pr dogs
  Email: katy.creates@prdogs.com or Tel: 07595 282230
• Fundraising and sponsorship enquiries: Chris Penberthy (@Chris_Penberthy) freelance/Red Foundation
• Plymouth Twestival design/logo enquiries: Jason Stanley (@JasonWStanley)

Volunteer Team:

• Martin Bush (@MarttheArt) , Martin Bush Gallery
• Lisa George (@LisaBGeorge) , freelance pr and events
• Richard Honey (@Traumatic_Cleanup) , Traumatic Cleanup
• Sam Joseph (@samajose) of Machine Media (@machinemedia)
• Jon Anderson (@AC_Jon), Business Link
• Martin Ellis (@MartBEllis), Business Link
• John Taynton (@prdogs)

This list is far from comprehensive. Thanks also goes to all the local Twitterers who’ve offered sponsorship, pizza, entertainment, a venue, their time, talent and contacts - you’re all brilliant.

If you want to get involved in Plymouth Twestival it’s not too late. Get in touch with one of our volunteers or email twestival.plymouth@gmail.com and one of us will get back to you as soon as possible.

Now let’s sell some more tickets!

The Herald and thisisplymouth.co.uk are always the first for Plymouth news and pioneering the use of the latest online media, from Google Buzz to Twitter, so we’re delighted to announce them as official media sponsors of Plymouth Twestival 2010.

Twestival Global 2010 charity Concern release Twestival video featuring Moby’s God Moving Over the Face of the Waters. To watch it click here.

Tickets to Plymouth Twestival can be purchased here.

Plymouth Twestival is in today’s edition of the Plymouth Herald.

“SOCIAL networkers in Plymouth are being invited to meet their virtual friends in the flesh at a charity festival.

The city is joining hundreds of cities across the world on Thursday March 25 by holding a Twestival Global event to raise money for Concern Worldwide.

A Twestival is a global charity fundraising event organised using the online micro-blogging service Twitter and other social media networks.

Over 200 cities across the world will be taking part in the event but this is the first time Plymouth has hosted its own Twestival.

Lead organiser Katy Creates said: “A Twestival is a fantastic opportunity to use social media networks for social good. Plymouth Twestival is being run entirely by volunteers from all walks of life brought together through social media networking event Devon Social Media Cafe.

“My thanks goes out to all those volunteers and sponsors for their help and support so far.

“Everyone is welcome to attend the Twestival, even non-Twitterers. It’s going to be a really fun night and I hope everyone will be inspired to dig deep to donate money. It’s a great cause and there’s also a little friendly rivalry between other local Twestivals in Cornwall and Exeter so we really want to beat their fundraising targets.”

To read the full article click here.

Tickets to Plymouth Twestival can be purchased here.

Plymouth is the first Twestival city in the world to produce its own Twestival Global t-shirts.

The American Apparel t-shirts feature the Plymouth Twestival logo designed by Jason Stanley (@jasonwstanley) and are 100% high-quality cotton.

You can purchase the t-shirts here.

100% of the profit goes to Concern Worldwide.

Tickets to Plymouth Twestival can be purchased here.

Tickets for Plymouth’s first ever Twestival are now on sale for a fabulous price of just £10!

The fundraising event is taking place in the hospitality suite of Home Park, Plymouth Argyle, on Thursday 25^th March and it all kicks off at 7pm.

For £10 guests receive incredible value, including:

· Three fantastic local bands

· Auction

· Raffle

· Other entertainment

· Free draw into £500 art voucher

· Free Child entry to Dartmoor Zoological Park

· Access to two bars

· Be part of Plymouth’s groundbreaking social media event

· Your £10 goes directly to the charity Concern

The dress code for the evening is smart-casual. Although no one will complain if you turn up in your football kit.

Volunteers will be based at the club shop and in the Car Park to guide guests to the hospitality suite.

If you would like to be part of Plymouth Twestival and do your bit for charity, social media and the city of Plymouth, please click on the green ‘tickets’ button at the top of the page or click on the link below.

If you are not able to make the event but would like to purchase an apology ticket, please click on the same link.

It promises to be a fantastic evening so hopefully we will see you there.

Click here to buy a ticket

This video (produced by the Twestival Global team) explains what a Twestival is and why you should get involved.

Tickets to Plymouth Twestival can be purchased here.

We’re very excited to confirm we have local celebrity, Graham Barton, lending his expertise, experience and charismatic to the Plymouth Twestival charity auction.

Graham will act as auctioneer for the night and hopes to get the Twestival crowd bidding big bucks for the amazing items on offer.

Graham has featured on BBC One’s Homes Under the Hammer and BBC Two’s Uncharted Territory. He is currently auctioneer at Westcountry Property Auctions.

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We’re still collecting donations for the auction - if you can donate anything and would like to show your support for Plymouth Twestival and Concern Worldwide then get in touch!

Tickets to Plymouth Twestival can be purchased here.

What a Giggle, one of the UK’s leading entertainment and events providers, are the latest local company to show their support for Plymouth’s first Twestival.

The Plymouth and Cheltenham based company provide everything from rodeo bulls to sumo suits to coconut shies for events - they even have bouncy castles big enough for adults to jump around on. Although sadly we’re not sure we can squeeze one into the venue.

More details to follow but in the meantime you can follow these lovely people on Twitter here.

Tickets to Plymouth Twestival can be purchased here.

Want to come face to face with a tiger? Or tickle a capybara’s tummy? Or maybe you’d like to have a meerkat sit in your lap?

Come to Plymouth Twestival and you can now bid for these unique experiences and many more.

Dartmoor Zoological Park is sponsoring Plymouth Twestival by donating over £1000 worth of items for the fundraising auction including 2 ‘Keeper for the Day’ experiences, 5 Family Annual Memberships and 10 Annual Memberships.

DZP is a unique family-owned zoo on the edge of Dartmoor set in 33 acres of beautiful parkland just 20 minutes from Plymouth City Centre. We’re delighted that they have shown their social media spots and stripes by supporting Plymouth Twestival Global 2010.

Click here to follow Dartmoor Zoological Park on Twitter.

Click here to read the zoo keeper’s blog.

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NEWSFLASH (for meerkat fans) - check out the live meerkat webcam!

Tickets to Plymouth Twestival can be purchased here.

We’re delighted to announce that local film-producers Machine Media (@machinemedia) are supporting Plymouth Twestival. They specialise in web-based broadcast-quality films and will be showcasing their beautiful Plymouth promo film at the event as well as filming the Twestival.

Sam Joseph, (@samajose) producer at Machine Media said: “We’re passionate about raising the profile of local businesses through social media and so we’re thrilled to be working with Twestival Plymouth.”

Machine Media have an impressive client list and have worked with companies of all sizes including the Army, British Heart Foundation and the Treasury Bar group. To see examples of their recent work take a look at their website.

Tickets to Plymouth Twestival can be purchased here.

Using social media for social good…

When you choose to support Plymouth Twestival and Concern Worldwide where does your money go?

This pack (prepared by @Chris_Penberthy) explains in more detail the difference your support will make to the thousands of children across the world who don’t have access to education.

Many children are simply too poor to go to school. They are often forced into child labour to help support their families.

As an alternative, Concern runs its own schools offering ‘non-formal education’. Through intensive schooling these can take children who have fallen behind into formal education.

Concern also runs drop-in-centres for working and street children where they are taught literacy and numeracy.

The average cost of providing learning for an out of school child through non formal education or drop in centres is just £50/year.

Plymouth Twestival is raising money for Concern’s work in providing schools and learning environments for out of school children. We would like to raise at least £4,000 at Plymouth Twestival in order to provide this essential basic education for 800 or more children.

To do this we need your help.

If you are a business or organisation based in Plymouth or the surrounding area and you want to show your support for Concern whilst reaching the vibrant and diverse local community that Plymouth’s social media scene embraces then we’d love to hear from you.

We still need sponsorship for drinks upon arrival at the event and food during the evening as well as donations for our auction and raffle - from a couple of bottles of wine to a £500 work of art - if you have something to donate get in touch.

Download the pack here.

Tickets to Plymouth Twestival can be purchased here.

Local artist and gallery owner Martin Bush is generously offering attendees of Plymouth Twestival with a FREE opportunity to win a £500 token prize for the Martin Bush Gallery and Studio.

As part of the ticket price, attendees will be automatically entered into a free draw with the winner able to purchase a painting from Martin’s Gallery to the value of £500 or use the token to contribute towards a painting worth more than £500.

This fantastic giveaway is greatly appreciated by all of those organising Plymouth Twestival and with so many great pieces of art to be found at Martin’s Gallery, there is going to be one very lucky winner.

The Martin Bush Gallery and Studio is located in an impressive ex-dockyard building on Royal William Yard, Plymouth. The paintings exhibited range from vibrant, energy driven pieces to some that are more serene and impulse the mind to new levels of fulfilment.

Click on the links below to find out more

Martin’s Website

Martin’s Twitter Page

Tickets to Plymouth Twestival can be purchased here.

Plymouth Twestival is delighted to announce that The Delahays will be playing at this year’s event.

The Plymouth based 4 piece band have a fantastic reputation and have built both a group of loyal followers and string of venues that want them back. The band’s driving ambition is to create a new and exciting blend of music suitable for the past, present and future.  This certainly looks like it is being achieved.

“With so many indie rock bands popping up all over the place, it’s great to see one local act in particular branching out in a rather different direction. While the Delahays are not without their indie influences, they veer more towards funk and hip hop with the occasional jazz overtones, creating a fusion of sound that is not only pretty original in these parts it’s also winning them friends and fans wherever they play”

Click on the links below to find out more:

The Delahays

Twitter Page

Facebook Page

MySpace Page

Plymouth Twestival wanted all the acts to be from the Plymouth area, to be advocates of social media and to be very, very good. We are delighted to have hit the jackpot with all three!

A big thank you goes out to all of the bands and here’s looking forward to the 25^th March…

Tickets to Plymouth Twestival can be purchased here.

Plymouth Twestival is delighted to announce that Francis and the Drakes will be playing at this year’s event.

The band were recently featured in a campaign by Jamie Oliver to find new and original UK acts. They also spent much of 2009 touring the highly praised Arlington Road sessions, finishing it off in style by playing live on New Years Eve for BBC Radio Devon.

“Francis and the Drakes are four proud Plymothians, playing harmonious acoustic ramshackle and roll. The most important ingredient of the bands live shows is in the obvious fact that this is a band that just love playing together - you can feel it. The band write original songs that have their roots in the people and places of the Westcountry, and in particular, Plymouths close association with the sea.”

Click on the links below to find out more:

Francis and the Drakes

Band Website

Twitter Page

Facebook Page

MySpace Page

One more announcement will be made tomorrow revealing the final act of our superb line-up…

Tickets to Plymouth Twestival can be purchased here.

Plymouth Twestival is delighted to announce that Kitty and the Lost Boys will be playing at this year’s event.

As they have a cracking reputation, many of you will already know all about them. They were recently chosen as BBC Radio 1’s Switch’s house band  of the week and they recieved rave reviews following their performance at the Red Stripe Music Awards 2009:

“Kitty and the Lost Boys took to the stage and kicked the show into another gear. Fronted by the gorgeous Kitty, the band looked great together and delivered a tight performance, wowing the crowd with some great lyrics and Blondie influenced vocals.”

 Click on the links below to find out more:

Kitty and the Lost Boys

Twitter Page

Facebook Page

MySpace Page

Tickets to Plymouth Twestival can be purchased here.

We are delighted to annouce Plymouth Argyle as the host venue for Plymouth Twestival 2010.

As the biggest football club in Devon and an organisation that likes to support the local community, Argyle were delighted to be involved in Plymouth’s first ever Twestival. They are also fully supportive of the chosen charity Concern and are excited to be hosting a Social Media event.

Further details on directions, parking and timing will be released in the lead up to the event.

Tickets to Plymouth Twestival can be purchased here.

We are delighted to now have an official logo for Plymouth Twestival 2010. A big thank you goes to Jason Stanley for designing it. We hope you all like it.

Calling all people living in and around Plymouth! Welcome to the Official Blog for Plymouth Twestival 2010 – using social media for social good.

On Thursday 25^th March a fundraising event will take place in Plymouth to help raise money for Concern Worldwide (@concern). This money will help people living in extreme poverty achieve major improvements in their lives - improvements they can sustain without ongoing support. Around the globe hundreds of local Twestival (Twitter + Festival) events will be taking place with coverage being broadcast over the internet – Plymouth is delighted to be one of the participating cities.

Event Details

The main focus of the event will be around raising money through a charity auction. There will be plenty of top class entertainment provided as well as some delicious refreshments. The items for auction, entertainment and refreshments will all be provided by local individuals and organisations – Plymouth is a fantastic city and we want to utilise it to ensure that our very own Twestival is a massive success with plenty of money being raised.

A series of blog posts will be used to provide official and detailed updates about the event. Please read this blog for updates, use Twitter to follow us or keep an eye out for #plymtwest

How can you get involved?

Please contact Katy Creates on 07595 282230 or email katy.creates@prdogs.com if you would like to:

· Help out as a volunteer on the night

· Become a main sponsor of the event

· Provide an item that can be used as part of the auction

· Provide refreshments

· Provide entertainment

· Other

Ticket details will be released shortly as a blog post.

Those organising the event are volunteers and it is impossible to approach every possible person or company that may be interested. If would like to get involved then please, please, please get in touch.

There is one more thing we can all do – spread the word (virtually and non-virtually)!

Thank you.

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