You have a B2C start-up in Media+Tech (Music, e-sport, Gaming, Podcast, AR/VR, Streaming, etc.)? You would like to showcase it at Les Ardentes Music Festival and reach more than 140.000 attendees ? You have something concrete to show ?
Here is what Wallifornia MusicTech could do for you.
From July 9th to July 12th, we give the opportunity to be part of our Wallifornia Park in the middle of the Festival Les Ardentes. This is a rare opportunity for rapid and mass exposure to the public, all this within a music context!
You are interested ? Apply here before March 31st.
ABOUT LES ARDENTES
Les Ardentes festival was founded in 2006 in Liège, Belgium.
Starting off as more of an electro-rock festival, the event has evolved over the years putting on pop, rock, electro and hiphop artists. In just a few years, Les Ardentes has established itself as an essential festival in Belgium and one of the main event in Europe for Urban Music. From 25 000 attendees for the first edition, the festival reached a record breaking 100 000 festival-goers over four days last year, attracted by the festival’s quality line-up, wild atmosphere, top of the range site and reception!
ABOUT WALLIFORNIA
Wallifornia is a sunny MusicTech & eSport Tech hub based in Liège (Belgium), where startups, music & e-Sport professionals, investors, coders and hackers develop together the future of the music & the e-Sport industries. Once a year, to kick-off the Music Festival Les Ardentes, Wallifornia gathers 750+ attendees around keynotes, panels, pitch competitions, match making sessions, acceleration program, hackathon, demos, performances and of course, epic parties. During Les Ardentes, Wallifornia is also THE place to be for gamers. The 135.000+ attendees are welcome in the gaming zone and in the Wallifornia Park to shine challenging each others.
Interview with Ryan Maule from SOCAN
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Interview with: Sarasara
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Our Conference program is here !
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Conversation with Gianfranco Ceccolini, founder of MOD devices
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Questions to Paul O’Brien, CEO of Mediatech Ventures
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Acceleration Program 2019 batch : here are the 15 selected start-ups !
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Wallifornia MusicTech Hackathon 2018 Winners and Believe Digital Incubator
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