We are happy to have Dan Burgess, @danburgess01 joining us on Thursday night. He’ll be working the room and performing some close up magic so look out for him.

Dan Burgess in action

Dan is a Liverpool based magician who has performed both across the U.K. and internationally at corporate functions and house parties.Maybe he can add an extra bit of “magic” to your next event ?

With a DJ from 6pm, the grand raffle and auction taking place at 8pm, and Danny Morris on stage at 9pm - we’re in for an eventful evening!

Some representatives from Clatterbridge Cancer Research will be at the event and as a charity are always looking for volunteers to help out with events, or get involved. Say Hi to them if you get chance.

We rely on donations to make the raffle and auction worthwhile, and are delighted with the offers we’ve had so far, which include;

1 year membership of Screen Casts Online - courtesy of @donmcallister

A free sitting and 10 x 8 photo worth £370 - courtesy of @adamyaffe

A years pass to all Liverpool Acoustic Live gigs - courtesy of @liverpoolacoustic

A meal a month, for three months - courtesy of @cromwellswirral

A meal (details tbc) - courtesy of @hopelessboss

A meal and bottle of house wine - courtesy of Alma de Cuba (and @paversmith)

Tickets to see Everton v Birmingham, Dec 20th at Goodison - courtesy of @paversmith

A pair of first class tickets to anywhere on the Virgin network - Courtesy of @richard_baker

A case of wine - courtesy of purple wines

An original artwork from @sophiegreen

Tickets to see The Animals at the Masque - Courtesy of @panthergrrrl

Tickets to see Brand New Heavies at the Masque - Courtesy of @panthergrrrl

3 x pairs of tickets for Picturehouse at FACT - courtesy of @FACT_Liverpool

A place at a social media bootcamp - courtesy of Glow New Media

A signed copy of Pete Carr’s HD book - courtesy of @petemc

A signed copy of Sting’s Broken music - courtesy of @m8nd1’s friend Martin!

A signed copy of Buonissimo! - Gino D’Acampo’s book - courtesy of @m8nd1

A blo to go - courtesy of Voodoo

This list will be added to as we get more details

Today, we’re very happy to confirm that Danny Morris, formerly of Eton Road, will perform at Liverpool Twestival.

Danny’s manager, Paul Chadd, said “Cancer research is something which is very close to my heart. I lost
my Nan to this disease early last year and everybody knows somebody who is affected by cancer. We had
no hesitation in taking part in this event and want to help raise as much money as possible.”
The final line up for the evening is still to be announced but Liverpool Twestival organiser, Mandy
Phillips, says “this is an exciting opportunity for many local tweeps to get together to chat, drink, eat, dance
and network - not necessarily in that order!”

During his set, Danny, who will be on stage about 9pm will be performing his soon to be released single “Waiting 4 Your Heart 2 Call”

You can find out more about Danny at http://www.theoverloadtour.co.uk and follow him on Twitter at @theoverloadtour.

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More acts will be added as we confirm them.

Liverpool Twestival is just about 2 weeks away, or 14 sleeps as I prefer to think of it.

Let me introduce the organsing team;

Andy Goodwin aka @franticuk

Alison Gow aka @alisongow

Stu Robards aka @FACT_Liverpool or @thelazyupstart

We’ve had a bit of a coup this week, as the lovely and very talented @paversmith (Paver Smith) the Liverpool and Manchester based PR company have agreed to help out with Liverpool Twestival. They are, as we speak, gathering fabulous prizes for the auction and raffle. Please show them some twitter love.

Paver Smith @paversmith

Martyn Best @bestym

If you’d like to offer a prize, DM anyone of us. We’ll be delighted to take it off your hands! Tickets, meals, memberships - be creative!!

Tomorrow is the deadline for submitting our official cause, which is Clatterbridge Cancer Research. We’ve already done it of course, and we wanted to share with you some of the reasons why we love supporting @Clatterbridge.

We were asked a number of questions about the choice of the people of Liverpool, and here are the answers we, in conjunction with Clatterbridge, provided;

1. Why has your city decided to support this not-for-profit for Twestival Local?

So, Twestival Local is almost upon us. Planned for Thursday September 10th, in a city centre venue close to you, many local tweeps will get together to chat, drink, eat, dance and network - not necessarily in that order!

The particular focus of Twestival Local is that we get to choose which local charity we support. (I’m secretly pleased as I suggested this in the feedback after the Feb event).

A twtpoll is currently in existence which is gathering votes on which local charity most deserves our support. All names on the list have been suggested via Twitter, and most have accounts on Twitter too. The ten charities, in no particular order are;

Rhys Jones Memorial Fund

North West Cancer Research Fund - Follow on Twitter @NWCRF

Wirral Autistic Society

Liverpool Unite

Clatterbridge - Follow on Twitter @clatterbridge

KIND

NACC

Claire House - Follow on Twitter @clairehouse

Zoe’s Place

Neurosupport

Voting closes at Midnight on Tuesday 17th August. Please vote - it’s important that your voice is heard.

As we have more details about Twestival Local, we’ll update this blog and of course, tweet excessively.

We already have one lovely prize thanks to @cromwellswirral and will be asking for more over the course of the next few days. If you’d like to donate anything for the prize draw or auction, please @ or DM @lpooltwestival, @m8nd1, @franticuk, @alisongow or @thelazyupstart (AKA The Organising Team).

Also, if you’d like to volunteer on the night to do door duty, bucket shaking or any other random jobs then please get in touch.

Mand (@m8nd1)

Charity:Water

So Twestival has been and gone, for 2009 at least. It seems a good night was had by all, with music, eating, chatting, drinking, raffling and a little bit of dancing too. The atmosphere was great at Leaf, with approximately 80 people attending Liverpool Twestival.

The name tags (albeit basic!) did their job of introducing @twitter names, and opening lots of conversations such as “ooh, I follow you”, which in any other setting may seem a little strange…

Many photographs  and videos were taken and there were smiles a plenty.

Last night’s event raised £507 exacty through a variety of auction prizes, door donations and raffle ticket sales. Amazing that it only took 3 weeks to pull this event together, and to be able to give that amount of money to Charity:Water to support their work in getting clean drinking water to as many people as possible.

The music was a real talking point with Sparkwood & 21 opening the night, 6ix Toys headlining and The Lapis finishing off.

6ix Toys

Here is a selection of blog posts, pics and videos from the night;

FACT Blog

Peter Goodbody’s Pics

Matt Thomas’s Pics

Pete Carr’s Pics

Jennifer Welch’s Pics

6ix Toys Video by Alison Gow

P3dro’s Blog

If you find any more, please add them to this posting via comments.

The Lapis playing at Liverpool Twestival

Blimey..

It was only a short while ago that Twestival and Liverpool Twestival were borne, but it has come around so fast!

Tomorrow from 6pm will see Liverpool’s first ever Twestival. This event is reliant on so many peoples goodwill, generousity and kindness, and that alone will make for an awesome night.

Just to whet your appetite for the grand auction and raffle, listed below are the prizes - have a good look, decide what you want, and what you’re prepared to donate to Charity:Water to get them.

Raffle tickets will be sold on the door at £2 s a strip, and donations will be happily accepted.Auction prizes can be paid for on the night only, via Paypal, Card, Cash or Cheque.

So, here goes:

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Courtesy of Stephen Fry

Signed copy of Oscar Wilde’s book, with stunning foreword written by Stephen Fry himself. Signed by Stephen Fry.

Starting price: £10

Two pairs of  Stephen Fry’s socks, worn.

Starting price: £10

Courtesy of Pete Carr

Framed photographic print – Dale St in the snow.

Starting price: £10

Courtesy of Peter Goodbody

Framed photographic print – Liverpool Bay, Iron Men and the last ever visit to Liverpool from the QE2.

Starting price: £10

Courtesy of Don McAllister

Charter membership of www.screencasts.com (value $199).

Starting price: £10

Courtesy of Art in Liverpool, Ian Jackson:

Lomography Holga 120 CFN Colorflash Camera

Starting price: £10

Courtesy of Ark Spa Fitness

Relax and pamper yourself with lunch and a treatment for two at Liverpool’s urban retreat, ARK.  This city centre spa and gym facility is based at Liverpool’s leading style hotel, Radisson SAS Hotel Liverpool.

Starting price: £10

Courtesy of Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

Two tickets to African Soul Rebels 2009: Starring Baaba Maal, Oliver Mtukudzi & Extra Golden

The fifth tour under the African Soul Rebels umbrella presents three different perspectives on the continent’s musical riches (west, south and east).

• Wednesday, 4 March 2009 7.30pm

Starting price: £10

Raffle Prizes:

1. Courtesy of www.photofunstudio.com: a personalised spoof magazine cover which you can see an example of on the night. Designed to your personal specification for any event, a great gift!

2. Pokens x 5

In the real world, with your poken you instantly connect with new friends across online social networks when and where you meet them

3. Courtesy of Liverpool Chinese Business Association – a lovely bottle of pink champagne

4. Courtesy of Blackwell Bookshop – a £10 book voucher, can be spent online or in store.

5. Courtesy of Bar Circo (Meal for Two and bottle of wine)

6. Sitting and print courtesy of Yaffe Fusion Art @adamyaffe

7. Leaf Tea Shop and Bar @leafteashop (2 tickets for Tea tasting masterclass)

8. Conference place at SOLSTICE conference, held in June 09 x 2.

Solstice is one of 74 national Centre’s for excellence in Teaching and Learning based at Edge Hill University and this year’s 4^th conference is named: Innovation, Research and Development – it’s all in the blend.

9. Leather bound USB Pen Drive, branded with Edge Hill University.

@m8nd1

Panic is starting to set in…

Will it be a good night?  Will anyone turn up?  Will we raise any money?

Well, too late to do much about it now!!

Raffle prizes have been coming in thick and fast today as detailed below, the twitter community really is amazing - and I have started to wonder what we could achieve given 6 months to plan like London!!

Art in Liverpool:

Lomography Holga 120 CFN Colorflash Camera

Art in Liverpool

www.photofunstudio.com: a personalised spoof magazine cover

Designed to your personal specification for any event, a great gift!

4 sleeps to go to the first ever Twestival, and to Liverpool’s part in that. Quick reminder:

6pm - Leaf Tea Shop and Bar - Thursday 12 Feb

A busy week has flown by with many conversations about sound tech stuff, sponsorship, raffle prizes and radio interviews galore.

We have been able to secure some sponsorship from ICDC, International Centre for Digital Content whose principal aim is to find new ways of using digital technology that will help organisations to develop and grow. Focusing on the regeneration of Merseyside and the North West, ICDC help businesses and other organisations to understand how digital technology can benefit them.

The final lineup is confirmed and the running order will go something like this (roughly!):

6pm Doors Open - Paul Nolan DJ (@paulnolan1980)

7pm Sparkwood & 21 play live.

8pm Live Auction and raffle - compered by Don McAllister (@donmcallister)

9pm Headline act - 6ix Toys

9.45pm Paul Nolan DJ (@paulnolan1980)

10.30pm The Lapis

These times are for guidance only!

In addition, planned for the evening we have:

Live streaming to www.ustream.tv (All Twestival sites will be using Ustream - get signed up before you get there!)

Filming for a short DVD of Liverpool Twestival (thanks to @FACT_Liverpool)

Bubblino courtesty of @amcewen - Bubblino will blow bubbles whenever anyone tweets with the #LivTwest hashtag

Live Auction and Raffle - you’ve got to be in it to win it - all prizes will go on the night!

Also on the night, we’ll have writers from BadFormat! magazine, and a new North West magazine called Wireless, who’ll be gathering thoughts and soundbites from attendees to do a write up on the event.

There are about 50 tickets remaining, and remember, you don’t need to be a twitterer to come along so if you haven’t got yours yet - then just click the tickets link at the top of the page!

@m8nd1

Note: Andy Mac will no longer be playing at Liverpool Twestival due to other commitments.

Today saw confirmation that 6ix Toys are going to headline the Liverpool Twestival. The guys were approached after seeing some local twitterers tweeting that said they were ‘amazing’.

Regulars at Alma de Cuba, the 7 piece band have a funky jazz sound, which reminds me of James Brown and will definitely get you moving. Recent guests on Craig Charles funk and soul show, 6 music and Jazz FM the guys will bring real energy to Liverpool Twestival, and I’m so looking forward to having a boogie!

They add to the existing line up of Sparkwood & 21, The Lapis, Pencil In and our DJ’s for the night, Andy Mac and Paul Nolan.

@m8nd1