Beatles Revolution to host charity ‘Twestival’

By Melissa Arseniuk

Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009 | 5:10 p.m.

Forty years after John Lennon staged a Bed-In for Peace, Beatles Revolution is preparing to host a tweet-in for charity.

Micro-bloggers who use Twitter to log and share short dispatches with each other are being invited to attend a “Twestival” at the Fab Four-themed lounge on Feb 12.

The three-hour tweeting session is being held in hopes of raising money and awareness for the non-profit group, charity: water, which works to provide safe, clean drinking water in developing countries.

“Social tweet-ups like this are a great way to meet the faces behind the avatars while raising money for a good cause,” event organizer, William Crozer, said.

“Twestival is organized 100 percent by volunteers, and 100 percent of the event proceeds will go directly to charity: water to hopefully impact thousands of lives,” he added.

The party at the Mirage is just one Twestival benefiting the water-conscious charity. Similar events are being organized in 170 cities worldwide. It is, however, the only one being held in Las Vegas.

While revelers tweet, meet, and give a good cause, Revolution will provide the parched microbloggers with free “twee-tinis” from 7 until 10 p.m.

All proceeds from the door -- cover starts at $20 -- will go to charity: water, along with money collected through raffles and donations. Organizers promise a range of “high-end packages, services and goods” will be raffled off throughout the evening.

Global sponsors include Live Earth, Amiando.com, TipJoy.com, and Mashable.com, while a handful of Vegas-based supporters, including Crozer’s Ikea-importing company, Modern LV, and The Light Group, have also thrown their support behind the event.