Bangalore: Bangalore is gearing up to make its third Twestival... a grand celebration of its culture and community spirit. Organized at Opus, Palace Road, Twestival Bangalore is expected to be the biggest in India. It will see Twitter users of Bangalore coming together to raise funds for the underprivileged across the globe with the help of Concern Worldwide.

The Bangalore Twestival will have Galeej Gurus, a famous rock band in the South perform. Also on the entertainment for the evening is Repsychled, Nakul Shenoy's Beyond Magic..., a special Gymnast show, and a DJ night with DJ Elden.

Twestival is happening in more than 175 cities around the world, thousands of people will demonstrate social media's power for social good through the second annual Twestival. The global event is a worldwide fundraising initiative that uses social media, particularly Twitter, to focus participants' talent and resources to benefit one cause for one day. All proceeds generated from the 2010 Twestival will support education and be donated to Concern Worldwide, a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organization that since 1968 has dedicated itself to reducing suffering and eliminating poverty.

Seven cities in India are participating in the second global Twestival - Bangalore, Chennai, Cochin, Delhi, Goa, Kolkata, and Mumbai. Each of these cities will host particular events and fundraise for Concern. Concern Worldwide has been in operation in India from 1999 with headquarters at Bhubaneswar. Concern's work in India is focused in the state of Orissa, one of the poorest states in the country. They also work for national level emergency relief in other states.

In 2009, Twestival India was able to raise over INR 90,000 for the nonprofits supported. Considering the ever increasing number of Indians taking to the social media platform Twitter, we expect to more than double this amount in 2010.

If you are on Twitter and in Bangalore, this is a must-attend... says Hrish Thota, lead organizer for the Bangalore event.

The most special thing about Twestival,... said Vaijayanthi KM, Regional Coordinator for India, apart from the nonprofit we support is the way we work. Twestival is 100% volunteer driven. All of us working for Twestival in India, and elsewhere too, are working professionals who believe they can use their free time for a global cause like this....

Organizing online and gathering offline allows Twestival to harness the incredible communication power of Twitter to propel participation in real events around the world,... said Amanda Rose, founder of Twestival. There is no shortage of people who are passionate and want to help. The challenge is coordination, not participation. By using social media platforms such as Twitter, Twestival is able to connect hundreds of independent local events into a powerful global initiative. At last year's Twestival, more than 1,000 volunteers and 10,000 donors raised more than $250,000 to provide clean and safe drinking water for more than 17,000 people. We know this works—and we're excited to make it work for every child in the world that deserves an education....

Bangalore Twestival will have all its event cost covered generously by Forum Nokia so that 100% of the ticket proceeds benefit the charity.

Bangalore Twestival 2010 is also privileged to work with other social conscious brands such as Kingfisher, Myntra, BlogAdda, The Writer's Block, Findnearyou.com, and our PR partners Text 100 and others who have come forward to help us make this a successful event.