w00tstock
| Location(s) |
United States
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|---|---|
| Date(s) | October 19, 2009 (v1.0) October 20, 2009 (v1.0.1) October 21, 2009 (v1.1) May 7, 2010 (v2.0) May 8, 2010 (v2.1) June 6, 2010 (v2.2) June 7, 2010 (v2.3) July 22, 2010 (v2.4) September 16, 2010 (v2.5) September 17, 2010 (v2.5.1) October 27, 2010 (v2.6) October 29, 2010 (v2.7) October 31, 2010 (v2.8) November 2, 2010 (v2.9) November 3, 2010 (v2.10) July 21, 2011 (v3.0) |
| Website | w00tstock.net |
w00tstock, billed as "3 Hours of Geeks & Music," is a special event[1] featuring music, comedy, readings, short films, and demonstrations. Shows in 2009 (v1.x) took place in two locations: the Swedish American Hall in San Francisco, California on October 19 and 20;[2] and Largo in Los Angeles, California on October 21.[3] Shows for 2010 (v2.x) took place at: The Moore Theater in Seattle, Washington on May 7; The Aladdin Theater in Portland, Oregon on May 8; Park West in Chicago, Illinois on June 6; The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 7; 4th & B in San Diego, California on July 22 (scheduled to coincide with the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International); The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, California on September 16 and 17;[4] Largo, The Coronet Theater in Los Angeles, California on October 27; and, Best Buy Theater in New York City, New York on October 29. A 2011 (v3.0) show has been scheduled for the Balboa Theatre in San Diego, California for July 21.[5]
[edit] The versions
Though the headliners for the show are Adam Savage, Wil Wheaton, and Paul and Storm, each evening’s performance includes a different group of special guests and is subtitled with a different version number.
[edit] v1.x
[edit] v1.0: Monday, October 19, 2009
Swedish American Music Hall, San Francisco, California
Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Wil Wheaton. Special guests: Kasper Hauser, Kid Beyond, and Molly Lewis.
[edit] v1.0.1: Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Swedish American Music Hall, San Francisco, California
Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Wil Wheaton. Special guests: Kid Beyond, and Molly Lewis.
[edit] v1.1: Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Largo, Los Angeles, California
Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Wil Wheaton. Special guests: Josh A. Cagan, Hard 'n Phirm, Jeff Lewis, and Molly Lewis. Special appearances: Felicia Day and Sandeep Parikh.
[edit] v2.x
On November 03, 2009, Wil Wheaton stated in a post on his blog "When we sold out two shows in San Francisco, and only had 20 or so seats left vacant in Los Angeles — where it is notoriously difficult to get people to come out to see shows — we knew that in the future, there will be w00tstock v2.x."[6]
Paul and Storm revealed via their Twitter feed on February 2, 2009, that “w00tstock 2.x is officially in play. Details very soon...” [7]
[edit] v2.0: Friday, May 7, 2010
Moore Theater, Seattle, Washington
Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Wil Wheaton. Special guests: Jason Finn, Hank Green, Molly Lewis, LoadingReadyRun, MC Frontalot, and Stephen Toulouse.
[edit] v2.1: Saturday, May 8, 2010
The Aladdin Theater, Portland, Oregon This show was originally billed as "2.0.1" before the extra 2.x cities were announced.[8]
Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Wil Wheaton. Special guests: Back Fence PDX, Jason Finn, Matt Fraction, Hank Green, Molly Lewis, LoadingReadyRun, and Stephen Toulouse.
[edit] v2.2: Sunday, June 6, 2010
Park West, Chicago, Illinois
Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Wil Wheaton. Special guests: Bill Amend, Trace Beaulieu, Tim Cavanagh, Bill Corbett, Jason Finn, Molly Lewis, Kevin Murphy, Len Peralta, and Peter Sagal.[9]
[edit] v2.3: Monday, June 7, 2010
The Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Wil Wheaton. Special guests: Trace Beaulieu,[10] Tim Bedore, Bill Corbett, Neil Gaiman, Kevin Murphy, Molly Lewis, Len Peralta, Jason Finn and John Scalzi.
[edit] v2.4: Thursday, July 22, 2010
4th & B, San Diego, California
Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Wil Wheaton. Special guests: Marian Call, Jason Finn, Matt Fraction, Chris Hardwick, Molly Lewis, Len Peralta, Phil Plait, RiffTrax, Jamy Ian Swiss.
[edit] v2.5: Thursday, September 16, 2010
The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, California
Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Wil Wheaton. Special guests: Bonnie Burton, Jamais Cascio, Jason Finn, Molly Lewis, Mike Phirman.
[edit] v2.5.1: Friday, September 17, 2010
The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, California
Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Wil Wheaton. Special guests: Molly Lewis, Mike Phirman, Phil Plait, Jamy Ian Swiss.
[edit] v2.6: Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Largo, The Coronet Theater, Los Angeles, California
Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Chris Hardwick (substituting for Wil Wheaton). Special guests: Garfunkel & Oates, Molly Lewis, Mike Phirman, Eric Schwartz, Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon. Special appearances by Dr. Demento and Weird Al Yankovic.
[edit] v2.7: Friday, October 29, 2010
Best Buy Theater, New York City, New York
Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Jonathan Coulton (substituting for Wil Wheaton). Special guests: Marian Call, Drew Curtis, Jason Finn, Grant Imahara, MC Frontalot.
[edit] v2.8: Sunday, October 31, 2010
Wilbur Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts
Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy (both substituting for Wil Wheaton). Special guests: Marian Call, Grant Imahara, Marc Abrahams.
[edit] v2.9: Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Paramount Theater, Austin, Texas
Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Neil Gaiman (substituting for Wil Wheaton). Special guests: Bill Amend, Molly Lewis, Jason Finn, Stephen Toulouse, Mary Jo Pehl, Rooster Teeth.
[edit] v2.10: Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Best Buy Theater, New York City, New York
Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Paul F. Tompkins (substituting for Wil Wheaton). Special guests: Bill Amend, Molly Lewis, Jason Finn, Stephen Toulouse.
[edit] v3.x
[edit] v3.0: Thursday, July 21, 2011
Balboa Theatre, San Diego, California
Featuring: Paul and Storm, TBA
[edit] References
- ^ "W00tstock FTW!". Wired.com. 2009-10-20. http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/10/w00tstock-ftw/. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
- ^ "w00tstock v1.0.1". Popdose.com. 2009-10-22. http://popdose.com/w00tstock-v1-0-1/. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
- ^ "W00tstock In LA Tonight Only". lalawag.com. 2009-10-21. http://lalawag.com/2009/10/21/w00tstock-in-la-tonight-only/. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
- ^ "New w00stocks a’ Comin!". Paul and Storm. 2010-08-12. http://www.paulandstorm.com/archives/new-w00stocks-a-comin/. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
- ^ "07/21/11 – w00tstock 3.0 – San Diego, CA – Balboa Theatre - w00tstock". w00tstock. 2011-03-21. http://w00tstock.net/2011/07/21/072111-w00tstock-3-0-san-diego-ca-balboa-theatre/. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
- ^ "the obligatory w00tstock post - WWdN: In Exile". Wilwheaton.typepad.com. 2009-10-28. http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2009/11/the-obligatory-w00tstock-post.html. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
- ^ "Twitter / Paul and Storm: w00tstock 2.x is official". Twitter.com. 2010-02-02. http://twitter.com/paulandstorm/status/8560510210. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
- ^ "in which w00tstock 2.0 and 2.0.1 are announced - WWdN: In Exile". Wilwheaton.typepad.com. 2010-02-18. http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2010/02/in-which-w00tstock-20-and-201-are-announced.html. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
- ^ 7:30pm (2010-06-06). "06/06/10 – Chicago, IL – Park West – w00tstock". W00tstock.net. http://w00tstock.net/2010/06/06/060610-chicago-il-park-west/. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
- ^ "Twitter / Paul and Storm: Confirmed for w00tstock Mi". Twitter.com. 2010-03-19. http://twitter.com/paulandstorm/status/10733238901. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
