We are pleased to announce that we will once again be the official web hosting sponsor of BarCamp Saskatoon 2012, a user-generated conference primarily focused around technology and the web.
BarCamp will take place on Saturday, November 3, 2012 from 12-8pm at VendAsta Technologies (220 3rd Ave S).
Registration is now open at: http://barcampsaskatoon.org/
Varial got its start in the web hosting industry by hosting websites for bands and musicians and while we now host tens of thousands of websites for clients of all shapes and sizes, we don’t forget our roots.
Our local music blog, Ominocity, will be presenting 3 events this weekend to share some art and culture with our community:
Park(ing) Day – 20th Street in Saskatoon will be transformed into a sustainable, bike-friendly complete street featuring public parks, art exhibitions, dance performances, live music, movie screenings, yoga and exercise classes, food trucks, and pop-up retail stores. Ominocity has booked 16 performers for the event to fill the streets with song and music all day. Park(ing) Day is a free event that will be held from 10am to midnight on Friday, September 21st.
CFCR FM-Phasis – Ominocity has partnered with Saskatoon community radio station CFCR to sponsor this weekend’s FM-Phasis fundraising drive, which accounts for much of the station’s operating budget. Ominocity will be presenting the following two CFCR shows, both $5 at Amigos:
Friday, September 21st – Shooting Guns w/ Foggy Notions and Way Out West DJ’s
Saturday, September 22nd – Quadrant Khan, Dislexik, Form and Economics
If you find yourself in Saskatoon this weekend, we hope to see you out!
Last week we had the pleasure of not only attending Saskatoon’s MoSo conference and music festival, but partnering with the event to host our own “secret party” under the banner of our award-winning arts and music blog.
The conference, which focused on the topics of mobile and social, brought together over 400 attendees and was a resounding success. The music festival featured over 50 performers in a multitude of venues. Big thanks to the organizers who worked incredibly hard to bring an event of this magnitude to the prairies!
Be sure to check out Ominocity for photos, videos, and a review of the event!
Our award-winning local arts and music blog Ominocity, will be hosting a top secret MoSoFest patio party at Amigos on Saturday, June 16th from 3:30-4:30pm featuring a performance by Mitch Lysak of Volcanoless in Canada. The party is free to attend and you’re all invited!
Please see our Facebook event for more information and to RSVP.
Ominocity, our local music blog, has announced OMFEST, an indie music festival to celebrate its first anniversary.
OMFEST takes place on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at Louis’ Pub (93 Campus Dr, Saskatoon, SK) and begins promptly at 6 p.m.
Advanced tickets are available exclusively at http://www.ominocity.com/tickets
Thread Saskatoon put together an excellent video tour of The Two Twenty during the wild grand opening party that saw over 600 visitors on November 10th. Collective Coffee‘s Jackson Weibe gives a tour of the building and its notable tenants while the party was in full swing.
The Two Twenty, the co-working building where our new office is located is having a grand opening party Thursday evening feature indie rock, DJ’s, and other artistic performances. Come get a tour of our new office and take in a very unique event!
Details on the grand opening party can be found at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=299189296760939
We are pleased to announce another event sponsorship for the fall — the YYJFreelanceCamp to be held on Saturday, October 22nd from 9am to 5pm at InHub Coworking Space in Victoria.
YYJFreelanceCamp is an event where you can meet local freelancers, entrepreneurs, and small business owners to learn from their experience, and offer your own words of wisdom.
For more information on YYJFreelanceCamp and to register please visit: http://brandscaping.ca/freelancecamp/
Following yesterday’s announcement that we will be sponsoring BarCamp Saskatoon, we thought this would be as good a time as any to announce another event that we will be sponsoring this fall — the Halifax Pop Explosion.
Halifax Pop Explosion is an international music festival and conference that presents 150 bands in 18 venues over 5 days to over 17,000 fans and industry delegates from around the world.
Varial is pleased to be a long time sponsor of the Halifax Pop Explosion and encourages you to take part in the event which will be held in Halifax on October 18 – 22, 2011.
For more information and to view this year’s festival lineup, please visit: http://halifaxpopexplosion.com/
We are pleased to announce that we are now an official sponsor of BarCamp Saskatoon, an event designed to bring together people who love technology to talk and to learn.
This year’s BarCamp is being held on Saturday, November 5, 2011 from 12pm-9pm at VendAsta.
For more information please visit: http://www.barcampsaskatoon.org/