Date/Time
Date(s) - 2013/09/28 - 2013/09/29
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location
Pandora HQ
Categories
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From Green Day and Too Short to Dave Brubeck and MC Hammer, Oakland and the East Bay have played a major part in the evolution of punk, hip hop, jazz and other popular music.
In addition, Oakland and the East Bay have witnessed breakthroughs in music technology with many of today’s top music tech companies calling the region home
As a celebration of music, technology, and the rich history of Oakland and the East Bay, Gracenote and Pandora have teamed to host the first ever music hackathon in Oakland! Hella Hack Oakland welcomes all music lovers, code wizards and people with big ideas to come build the next generation of music applications and technologies.
When: Sept 28th-29th, 2013, from 9am on Sat till 5pm on Sun.
Where: Pandora HQ Office, 2101 Webster Street, Oakland, California.
Public Transportation: Pandora is conveniently located 2 blocks away from the 19th Street BART station in Oakland. To find your best route, visit http://www.bart.gov/stations/19th/directions.aspx
Parking: If you are driving, there are several parking lots in the surrounding area: http://www.douglasparking.com/Fox_Theater.226.0.html
Theme: Build something that helps people discover, enjoy, make and share music! Web, mobile, software, hardware, it’s all fair game. Don’t forget to add a local Oakland/East Bay flair!
How to Register: Registration is free, but spaces are limited. So register with the big yellow button to the right soon to request your seat. Please note that admission is on a first-come, first-served basis with RSVP. RSVP does not guarantee admission if capacity is reached.
Prizes: Finalists will be chosen to present in a special session at the SF Music Tech Summit on Oct 1st, where one team will be chosen to receive the Grand Prize of $1000.
Other prizes include:
- VIP tickets to Treasure Island Music Festival
- Kindle Fire HD’s
- Rdio subscriptions
- iPads
- Oaklandish swag, and more!
See the wiki for the full list of prizes from our partners.
Wiki: http://hackathon.io/hella
Twitter: @HellaHack, #HellaHack
Submitted by www.ThatTechGirl.co @LibertyMadison – For more events go to http://www.ThatTechGirl.co