twestival local - Tweet.Meet.Give. - March 24, 2011

Hi guys,

BrumTwestival team here.

We want to say a huge thank you to all of those who came last night. We had a fantastic turnout and a great evening. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

Just to give you an update on totals so far; we've raised a fantastic £771.15 all of which will be going towards this year's chosen charity, Birmingham Childrens Hospital.

If you didn't make it along to last nights event, we've set up a Just Giving site to allow you to donate even more money. http://justgiving.com/brumtwestival 

We will be accepting donations until 31st March and it would be fantastic if we could hit the £1,000 mark. So dig deep guys - we can do it.

Thank you again to all our sponsors, bmi baby, Birmingham Airport and Sun on the Hill. Without their help, this year's event would not have taken place.

Have a great weekend and we'll see you next year

BrumTwestival team

Well its here!! After 2 months of planning, numerous meetings, phone calls, tweets and emails, BrumTwestival 2011 has finally arrived.

• Large glass house red/white or rose
• Any bottled lager
• Pint of Carling, Strongbow or Worthingtons
• Pepsi/Diet Pepsi or Orange Juice

…as if one wasn’t enough!

1. The chance to win fantastic prizes in the BrumTwestival raffle including an overnight stay in the Rotunda Penthouse, Sunday lunch at Hotel Du Vin, a goody bag from Harvey Nichols, £100 to spend at names.co.uk and much more!
2. Great music from DJ Steve Nicholls (@steve_nicholls). Tweet him your request in advance! (and if you would like to DJ let us know - we're always open for more!)
3. A live acoustic set from singer and guitarist Kristy Gallacher. Part of @atalentedbunch
4. The chance to win 3 pairs of tickets from BMI Baby and Birmingham Airport – this year’s BrumTwestival sponsors!
5. Freebies – well, a free drink courtesy of our sponsors and a free copy of Dirty Bristow mag!
6. Lee Allen Photography (@Leeallenphotos) will be on hand to take some great photos of the event as he has done in previous years
7. @IAmBirmingham will be at the event filming the proceedings so look out for the cameras!
8. The opportunity to see a man scream! Following on from @probablydrunk’s brave chest wax last year, Jack Soars, Marketing Manager for Metro Bar & Grill and The Sun on the Hill will be getting his legs waxed (if we hit his fundraising target!)
9. You will be part of a global event with people in over 100 cities worldwide raising money for local charities on one single day for Twestival!
10. You will get to meet all of those people you have only ever @ replied or DM’d before! Bring your flyers, your business cards and your money and be ready to meet new people!
11. Finally, and most importantly, all the money raised at BrumTwestival will be going to Birmingham Children’s Hospital to support their fundraising efforts for a new heart facility.

Oops – that’s 11! And I’m sure there’s even more so come join us on Thursday 24th March! Buy your tickets online now!

If anyone else has anything to contribute - if you want to DJ, take photos, do any filming or do something embarrassing to raise money – we want to hear from you! Please do drop us a line or just leave us a comment and we’ll see you on the night!

Find out what people are saying about BrumTwestival and who else is coming by checking the #brumtwestival hashtag on Twitter or visiting www.brumtwestival.co.uk

With less than a week until BrumTwestival kicks off, we're now laying down the final plans for the big night.

As part of the evening's activities, you'll get the chance to buy tickets for our fabulous raffle, which includes prizes such as tickets to the ballet at The Hippodrome, dinner for two at The Chameleon, a beauty hamper from Harvey Nichols and an overnight stay at the top of The Rotunda courtesy of Staying Cool, to name a few.

We're also excited to announce that we have another great prize, which has been donated by Namesco. The Worcester-based internet services provider, which specialises in domains and hosting, is giving one lucky BrumTwestival attendee £100 to spend at names.co.uk. So if you've been meaning to register that domain name or start writing that blog for ages, this is definitely one for you!

BrumTwestival takes place next Thursday 24th March at the Sun on the Hil. If you haven't already booked your tickets, do it now! If you want to donate something for the raffle too, get in touch - taratomes@hotmail.co.uk.

• Dinner for two people (up to £100) at The Chameleon
• A goody bag from Harvey Nichols
• 2x tickets to see Batman Live at the NIA
• A pair of tickets to Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo at the Birmingham Hippodrome
• An Assemblage gift set from Bodhi
• A colour, cut and blow-dry at Benjamin Ryan hairdressers
• Free teeth-whitening treatment at Brackenwood Cosmetic Dentistry
• A Sunday lunch for two at Hotel Du Vin
• A selection of products from Crabtree and Evelyn
• An overnight stay in the penthouse at Staying Cool
• A pair of train tickets to London on any date, courtesy of London Midland Trains