Tickets for DemoCamp 18 (which I announced yesterday in this article) are getting snapped up very quickly. The first batch of 100 General tickets — those are the free ones — are gone, and all the sponsorships have also been purchased. I’m glad to see that the community’s still into DemoCamp!
Here’s a breakdown of the tickets, which are available at DemoCamp’s EventBrite site:
| Ticket Type | Cost | Number Remaining |
|---|---|---|
| Community Supporter These for people who’d like to “give back” and help DemoCamp by sponsoring it with a paid ticket. You’ll be helping build Toronto’s tech community for a little more than the cost of a Venti latte at Starbucks. | $5.00 + 99-cent fee | 67 |
| Community All-Star These for people who’d like to “give back” even more and help DemoCamp by sponsoring it with a slightly more expensive paid ticket. It’s still cheaper than going to the movies, and you’ll probably learn more! | $10.00 + 99-cent fee | 24 |
| General Free admission! Maybe you’re a student. Or perhaps you want to see what DemoCamp’s all about. Or perhaps you’ll save your money for drinks at the venue. It’s all good. Alas, this first set of 100 tickets got snapped up in less than 24 hours after the announcement. | Free | Sold Out |
| General (June 24th release) This next batch of free admission tickets — another 100 — will be made available on June 24th. | Free | 100 General tickets will be made available on June 24th |
| Sponsor If you’re a company or a generous individual, you can really help out the Toronto tech community by purchasing a sponsorship. Compared to other conferences and gatherings, these sponsorships are dirt cheap. Unfortunately, they all got snapped up within 24 hours of the announcement. | $200.00 + $5.00 fee | Sold Out |
We’re doing our level best to keep these events free. None of the DemoCamp stewards — me, Leila Boujnane, David Crow, Jay Goldman, Greg Wilson — make a cent off DemoCamp; our stewardship is a strictly volunteer effort. All the money goes towards covering the cost of the venue.
As we say on the ticket purchase site:
Keeping DemoCamp free is an important part of what makes the event so accessible and we hope to be able to do so for as long as possible. As the turnout has increased and the venues have grown, the cost of mounting the event has also increased. If you feel that DemoCamp brings you $5 or $10 worth of knowledge, fun, experience, or community, skip that Starbucks run and buy one of the Community Supporter or Community All Star tickets. Thanks!
A new block of free tickets will be made available on June 24th, but there are still a good number of $5 and $10 tickets still available as of this writing. If I were you, I’d get my ticket now.
Buy me a birthday beer and hey, you’ll have emotional support aplenty.
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