See you tonight anytime after 6pm at Latitude 53 (details here). Bring your donation with you, or you can use the widget to the right to donate online!

Join us at 6pm at Latitude 53 for GalaGuru and Edmonton Twestival! Details at ShareEdmonton.

WHO: You and all your friends!
WHAT: GalaGuru 2010 & Edmonton Twestival (on ShareEdmonton)
WHEN: March 25, 2010 at 6 PM
WHERE: Latitude 53 – 10248 106 Street
WHY: To celebrate creative arts, technology, and education!

See you there!

Hope to see you out tonight at Original Joes Varsity Row (on 109th Street) at 6pm. Bring your donation for the Youth Emergency Shelter Society!

We’ve now got tickets available online! Please reserve yours if you’re planning to join us.

Hi everyone,

We’re going to be hosting Twestival Local at Original Joe’s on 109th Street on September 10th! As mentioned previously, we’re supporting the Youth Emergency Shelter Society. We should have online tickets soon, but feel free to simply show up with your donation (we’re asking for a $20 minimum).

Thanks!

Thanks to everyone who voted in our poll - we’re excited to be supporting the Youth Emergency Shelter Society!

Help us decide which local cause to support for Twestival Local in Edmonton! We’ve put together a poll, so please vote!

We’re excited to be hosting another Twestival in Edmonton. Over the next month we’ll get everything organized, but mark you calendars for September 10th, 2009!

Wow, what a fantastic evening! Thanks to everyone who came out tonight, and to everyone who supported Twestival. I think it’s really cool that the Edmonton community was able to participate and help make a difference for those in the world who don’t have access to safe, clean drinking water.

Our hope was to have around 50 people attend this evening, and we came very close – the final tally was 45. Everyone donated $20, which means we raised at least $900 from ticket sales. I know at least another $100 was donated online via tipjoy, so that brings us to $1000 raised for charity: water. Well done everyone!

Photos by momentsindigital (site)

Thanks once again to everyone who donated the door prizes: @sassycakes, @transcendcoffee, @bruceclarke, @NAIT, @thechadj, @Out_Inc, @cmscritic, and @tonyratcliffe. Thanks also to @sharonyeo for doing a ton of work to make tonight happen!

I’ve posted a few photos and a video here, @bruceclarke posted some much better ones here, and @tonyratcliffe posted his photos here. If you know of any others, please let me know! If you’re feeling adventurous, you can read some of tonight’s chatter at Twitter Search.

I can’t wait to hear how Twestival went in other cities – there should be lots of exciting news over the next few days. Keep an eye on @twestival for updates.

Our next Twitter event here in Edmonton will be EdmontonTweetup4. See you there!

UPDATE: We raised at least $1000 but because of the online donations and other ways to help out, our total raised may end up being higher than that. I’ll update again when I know the official numbers.

In less than 48 hours, Edmonton Twestival 2009 will be underway! I’m really looking forward to the event and I hope you are too.

One of the things we wanted to do with Twestival was showcase local organizations on Twitter. Fortunately, quite a few have stepped up to contribute door prizes! Thanks to:

• @sassycakes (site) – for contributing cupcakes and a gift certificate
• @bruceclarke (site) – for contributing an 8×10 framed print of his “Cigar Man” photograph
• @transcendcoffee (site) – for contributing two pounds of coffee
• @NAIT (site) – for contributing a $75 Ernest’s gift certificate and a NAIT water bottle
• @thechadj (site) – for contributing a car starter with basic installation
• @Out_Inc (site) – for contributing a gift basket
• @cmscritic (site) – for contributing Drupal t-shirts and other CMS swag

Want a shot at winning one of these fantastic prizes? You must register online! If you’re not comfortable entering your credit card online, register for the free ticket and bring your donation to the event.

I also wanted to thank the Calgary Twestival crew for getting an Alberta Twestival logo created:

Very cool! Here are a couple of other things created for Twestival recently:

• Donation Water Cloud – Donate and get your name on the cloud! The most generous donors will appear on the official Twestival t-shirt.
• Official T-Shirt – You can order the shirt until Monday, February 16th. I love the design!
• Twestival.fm – What’s a festival without music? Donate and tweet your favorite tunes.

I’ll be posting updates on both @mastermaq and @edmontontweetup as we get closer to show time. You can also check out the #twestival hashtag on Twitter Search.

Hope to see you on Thursday evening!