# TOWN CON INFORMATION

TOWN CON is a celebration of tilde.town's 11 year anniversary featuring a day of talks, art, and music by townies.

this year (2025), town con takes place OCTOBER 18-19th.

For those wishing to congregate in the non-cyber world, we'll be gathering at ~vilmibm's house in BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA. If you are interested in the physical event please be sure to read through the PHYSICAL EVENT section below.

## DIGITAL EVENT

TOWN CON's primary locus of reality will be here on the server in a text-mode environment. This environment will be supplemented with audio/video feeds as needed.

Works submitted by townies will all be slotted into a viewing schedule to run throughout the 24 hours of the event. The text-mode environment will either show the submitted work or have a pointer off to where it can be consumed in a browser.

## JAMS

Throughout the event townies are encouraged to cluster and collaborate on various creative **JAMS**. Re-run this tool and select _Propose a creative jam_ if you want to suggest one. Suggested jams:

- music jam
- game jam
- jam jam
- ???

### live music jam

A benefit of being at ~vil's house is: they have a music studio! It's very small and people will inevitably sleep in it but it means we will have a sound system to plug into and several instruments. There will multiple guitars and electric basses as well as various synthesizers. Feel free to bring your own sound making devices.

## PHYSICAL EVENT

**please rsvp to this event by re-running this command and selecting the RSVP option**

Arrival on the 17th is encouraged! There's nothing structured but it means you can get settled and meet other townies as they show up.

On the 18th we'll be plugged into the digital event together and on the 19th we'll do field trips.

### VENUE and LODGING

The venue this year...is ~vilmibm's house. It's a weird choice but let's roll with it. I'm not going to list my address openly but for planning purposes you can use the North Berkeley BART Station as a map point.

I'll message my address directly to people as they confirm their attendance.

Instead of paying for a venue I intend to purchase a fleet of air mattresses and bedding for folks. My house isn't massive but it should be able to fit up to 20 people. There are couches and some private areas for couples. There's also backyard space if you really feel like camping.

If you don't feel like sleeping in such, ah, cozy arrangements Berkeley features several hotels. Any of the hotels on Shattuck near the University are reasonably priced and walking distance to my place.

So far town con has cost **$0**. I'll update this as I start buying stuff for the event. If you want to chip in:

- paypal: `nateksmith@pm.me`
- venmo: `@vilmibm`

### PARKING

My neighborhood is very easy to park in. I also have a driveway if you want to stow your car in it.

### FOOD

Another perk of not renting a venue means I can spend freely on food for us; it's my intention to purchase food piles for each meal during the con for attendees.

### TRANSPORTATION

BART goes from the airport to right near my house. I have a car and can provide rides to people, too, if needed as my schedule permits.

### ACTIVITIES

The second day of MEAT EDITION is for field trips. Some suggestions:

- vilmibm-led Internet Archive HQ tour
- go play retro video games and look at lots of old computing magazines at a retro game museum
- go to a thrift store
- go to a museum
- go into the woods
- just hang out and play synths (field trip of the mind)

## COMMS

For any kind of emergency during the event please contact me via my cell phone. My number can be found at `~vilmibm/phone.txt`.
