They had to shut us out in the end )

A big thankyou to all those that braved the Manchester wind last night and hit the first Flowerytweetup outside of London. We managed to comsume our alcohol and meet some new and interesting people, great to hear from the NSPCC are looking to embrace social media and new technoilogies to help drive out their message to a wider audience.

Of course a big thanks to @paulfabretti (gabba) @Journey9_UK @stewarttownsend for sponsoring the bar and drinks at #flowerytweetup last night and a impromptou drop in from Jamiesons whisky who managed to ply us all full of FREE geourgous doubles, yummy on a cold night.

So keep an eye out for the next Manchester event in January, and look forward to seeing you all soon, in the meantime download the latest app from http://www.creativetourist.com/app to get the best out of Manchester its great for people like me who live hear….as well.

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If you live in London, you can spend every day/evening attending events, meeting fellow “Silicon Roundabout” startups and if you are very lucky, you might even bump into a fabled VC or London’s very own “Super” Angel.

But not everyone lives in London and not every single successful VC, startup or serial entrepreneur is based in London which is why my friends and I (#flowerytweetup) have been hosting regional startup events in Manchester and Brighton, but oddly we’ve never hosted an event in Bristol?

So Mark Panay (@redeye) from ContactZilla, Angus Fox (@nuxnix) from Twitter’s Developer Nest and I (@ssethi) decided that it would be a good idea to organise an informal get together of local digital startups and investors in order to share experiences and ideas in a very cool venue with a few drinks and some music.

Or as Mark put it simply and elegantly  ”An evening about how to get shit done outside of London“.

So we have gathered a small line up of start-up Founders and Angels, both locally and from London, who’ve already raised money, built their business and made a few mistakes, who are prepared to answer your questions and impart some of their experience.

So if you fancy coming along, please RSVP to get into the venue and redeem it for a free cocktail courtesy of Ruth at Amoeba.  There will also be a limited free bar courtesy of Coull and Zubworld (Thanks for your support guys).

And finally … even though this event is free, I would ask you all to please consider donating a small amount to the Everyman Male Cancer Campaign.

So go here for a ticket and venue details now

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So Friday 15th October, 200+ geeks gathered at the Odeon cinema in Covent Garden to watch The Social Network, a film focused on depicting the birth and growth of facebook. Well here at the Flowerytweetup HQ we wanted to make sure our friends got the best seats in the house with some drinks to help keep the conversation flowing.

Well as you can see, we had 200+ in a fully packed screen 5 and from the tweet stream it seems everyone had a great night, met some interesting people and also appreciated the wine and beer.

Thanks to our helpers on the night, getting 200 people into the cinema, allocating tickets and making certain they had a drink within 45 minutes was a challenge, but they did a great job and go check  out the pictures from the night from our lovely one and only @dalmaine as well.

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Watch the video above for a taster of what you can expect from Voodoo Spell… Oh, did we mention that Baron Samedi will be joining us for the evening as well? Mwah! Ha! Ha! Ha!

Book your tickets now!

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To make your evening extra spooky, Trader Vic’s have mixed up some unique cocktails especially for our Halloween party. You will also be able to visit the ‘Potion Corners’ where our ghastly staff will serve you with samples of Elements 8 and Appleton Rum to warm your undead soul.

Places are limited, so book your tickets now for the best Halloween party in town!

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November 11th 2010 – 6.00 Pm till Late

So we have the first Flowerytweetup Manchester, bringing the flowery apparel back home. Please join us for a few drinks provided by The man in the shirt, Journey 9 and Gabba in the first gathering of flowery loving northern based digital thinkers.

The idea is that you must be wearing flowery apparel to attend, and enjoy stimulating conversations with people from digital backgrounds, academia, creative, banking, music etc all walks of life, that will mean rather than attending a closed focus networking event you are at one which is open wide and has a vast reach in terms of getting up to date with the latest technology or whats happening in a sector.

We have a private room and bar, with no background noise so you can chat and talk in great surroundings whilst sharing information and making new contacts.

So want to come ? Be part of the first event ?

GET YOUR TICKET HERE NOW LIMITED SPACE

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Darkness falls across the land, the midnite hour is close at hand. Creatures crawl in search of blood, to terrorize your neighbourhood.

In conjunction with Trader Vic’s London, Flowerytweetup has gone all spooky. Join us on Sunday 31st October for the best Halloween party in London town.

Trader Vic’s will be transformed into a ghastly space featuring spooky entertainers, staff in 20s style halloween make up,  hidden cemeteries, a man with a snake, tarot readers and lots more. Dance the night away with a special DJ, spinning the best heart thumping, spine tingling tunes.

As you can imagine this is going to sell out quick due to the nature of the clients at this prestigious address, there will be a mixture of Park Lane residents, footballers, musicians and the London Entrepreneur scene so a real chance to mix your networking skills in a fancy dress outfit.

Entrance fee is £25 per person and includes a complimentary ghoulish cocktail. To maintain the horrific atmosphere, fancy dress is compulsory. So put away the flowery shirts and scour the depths of your imagination for the perfect costume.

Would you like a ticket ? Then register NOW as limited places as this is the biggest and largest halloween party in town.

And whosoever shall be found, without the soul for getting down. Must stand and face the hounds of hell, and get the next round in…

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Starting next Thursday 7th October is Location week, where we want you to take part in making a moment in history around location, so we ask you to make a stamp, grab your badges and lets get London on the map for not only being the largest twitter base and user but also for being at the forefront of location.

What do I have to do ?

Sign up and attend #superswarmLDN next Thursday which kicks off the whole week, get a free drink a chance to win the last Two Golden tickets to the end of Location week, the private screening of the film based around the rise of Facebook, “The social network” get your tickets HERE for this event.

Why ?

You can be part of a historical moment in location history that’s why Gain your superswarm badge without attending and paying for some large conference, then at the end of the week take part in the biggest Places checkin with tagged friends, you can say you were there, made it happen and get the badges to prove it.

You said a week ?

Yes in between the start and end we want to create mini events, competitions, basically crowdsource YOU to pull location gatherings together around the UK, be creative be funky and lets together get the UK leading the way.

In a nutshell put the UK on the map for location, start at SuperSwarm end at Facebook Places and enjoy some beer, popcorn, meet great people and what is according to Jemimah Kiss a four pokes out of five film to watch.

So sign up now to SuperSwarm and buy your tickets for the private screening of “The Social Network” quickly, be there or be Square.

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The geekiest film of the decade is coming to London on Friday October 15th.  The film is of course “The Social Network about Mark Zuckerberg and his creation of Facebook.

Like us, I’m sure you planned to see it at some point? Well we thought, why not make the London screening of the film a premiere social event and invite 200 of our Facebook friends to come and watch it with a few other people you may know.

So we’ve booked the Odeon Cinema in Covent Garden for a private premiere screening on Friday 15th October, the day it’s released!

If you fancy watching it with 200 other geeks and having a few (alcoholic) drinks, then please book your tickets now. It will only cost you £20 zuckerbucks.

Please Note: Of course we will be wearing our flowery shirts but that is not a prerequisite of your attendance. We look forward to seeing you there.

PLEASE GO HERE TO PURCHASE A TICKET

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sunshine #flowerytweetup

Don’t forget tomorrow night is the big sunshine night )

Flowery apparel, network with some of Londons finest and meet people from Nokia, GiffGaff, BBC and Stardoll to name a few of the companies that will be joining us.

So thanks to Soho Sanctum who are providing the roof garden for us, we cant promise lovely weather but I have the voodoo doll out ready and attempting to bring in the sun, as a nice gesture of thanks please could you go and vote for the Sanctum as well in the Lifestyle awards.

Also would you like to help choose the music for the evening ? Then go click HERE and select some tracks for the playlist now.

And lastly, the hashtag is #flowerytweetup I know long as it is, but for those of you are 4SQ lovers, please check in when you get to the venue and lets cause a SWARM and hopefully gain a lovely badge.

Don’t forget venue details below, please bring your business cards, smile and flowery good looks.

Date: 16th September

Location : Sanctum Soho Roof Garden – London

Time – 7.00 – Late

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