With WordCamp Nashville 2012, Music City, USA, joins cities across the globe this year that are bringing together developers, bloggers, designers, marketers and creative professionals to share knowledge and exchange ideas.
The events are hugely popular. Tickets for this weekend’s WordCamp San Diego, sold out in less than 12 hours. WordCamp Atlanta sold all its 350 tickets in one month and opened another block of tickets assuming some folks wouldn’t show. Tickets sold out for the Birmingham event, prompting organizers to post cautions on the event website that those showing up without a ticket could not expect to get in. WordCamp Phoenix also sold out earlier this year.
WordCamp Nashville will be held Saturday, April 21, at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film. The venue space is donated and attendance is limited to 250. We expect tickets to sell quickly once the speaker line-up is announced next week.
WordCamps are casual, locally organized conferences that include sessions on how to use WordPress more effectively, beginning plugin and theme development, advanced techniques, security, content strategies, etc. Each one is a bit different but the sense of community and shared interest is common. So is a heavy dose of fun.
Activity is picking up across the world, with many WordCamps selling tickets and others still looking for the right venue. WordCamp Netherlands, again in Utrecht, takes place this weekend. Here’s a quick look at some other events:
- WordCamp Ponce (Puerto Rico), April 28
- WordCamp Milano: May 4-5
- WordCamp Milwaukee: June 2-3
- WordCamp Kansas City: June 1-3
- WordCamp NYC: June 9-10
- WordCamp Fayetteville: July 27-29
Organizers in Reno, Nevada; Vilnius, Lithuania; Orange County, California; Maritimes, New Brunswick, Canada; Boston, Massachusetts; Montreal, Canada; Chicago, Illinois; Toronto, Canada; the Philippines; Madrid and Seveilla, Spain; Washington, D.C.; Baltimore, Maryland; Seoul, South Korea; Istanbul, Turkey; Curitiba, Brazil; and Sydney, Australia, are looking for venues.
To get an idea of the types of sessions typically seen at WordCamps, check out the WordCamp channel at WordPress.tv
