Last week saw the halfway point for 2015, yay! This seems like a good time to update you on WordCamp happenings in the first half of this year.
There have been 39 WordCamps in 2015 so far, with events organized in 17 different countries and on 5 continents. More than 14,000 people have registered for WordCamp tickets so far this year, isn’t that amazing?
WordCamp Europe was held in Seville, Spain just a few weeks ago, with close to 1,000 registered participants and over 500 live stream participants. You can watch Matt Mullenweg’s keynote Q&A session from WordCamp Europe right now on WordPress.tv.
WordPress.tv has published 537 videos so far in 2015 from WordCamps around the world. Some of the more popular 2015 WordCamp talks on WordPress.tv include Tammie Lister: Theme, Don’t Be My Everything from WordCamp Maui, Jenny Munn: SEO for 2015 – What’s In, What’s Out and How to Be In It to Win It (For Good) from WordCamp Atlanta, Fabrice Ducarme: Les Constructeurs de Page pour WordPress from WordCamp Paris, Ben Furfie: How to Value Price Websites from WordCamp London, and Morten Rand-Hendriksen: Building Themes From Scratch Using Underscores (_S) from WordCamp Seattle. Check them out!
Lots of great WordCamps are still to come
WordCamp US is currently in pre-planning, in the process of deciding on a host city. The following cities have proposed themselves as a great place to host the first WordCamp US: Chattanooga, Chicago, Detroit, Orlando, Philadelphia, and Phoenix. It’s possible the first WordCamp US will be held in 2016 so we can organize the best first WordCamp US imaginable.
At this time, there are 28 WordCamps, in 9 different countries, that have announced their dates for the rest of 2015. Twelve of these have tickets on sale:
- WordCamp Columbus, Columbus, Ohio: July 17-18
- WordCamp Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania: July 18
- WordCamp Boston, Boston, Massachussetts: July 18-19
- WordCamp Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: July 24-26
- WordCamp Asheville, Asheville, North Carolina: July 24-26
- WordCamp Kansai, Kansai, Japan: July 25-26
- WordCamp Fayetteville, Fayetteville, Arkansas: July 31-August 2
- BuddyCamp Brighton, Brighton, UK: August 8
- WordCamp Vancouver, BC, Vancouver, BC, Canada: August 15-16
- WordCamp Russia, Moscow, Russia: August 15
- WordCamp Norrköping, Norrköping, Sweden: August 28-29
- WordCamp Croatia, Rijeka, Croatia: September 5-6
- WordCamp Krakow, Krakow, Poland: September 12-13
- WordCamp NYC, New York City, New York: October 30-November 1
The other 16 events don’t have tickets on sale yet, but they’ve set their dates! Subscribe to the sites to find out when registration opens:
- WordCamp Pune, Pune, India: September 6
- WordCamp Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa: September 10-11
- WordCamp Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland: September 12
- WordCamp Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, Utah: September 12
- WordCamp Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania: September 19
- WordCamp Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada: September 19-20
- WordCamp Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland: September 19-20
- WordCamp Tampa, Tampa, Florida: September 25-27
- WordCamp Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island: September 25-26
- WordCamp Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California: September 26-27
- WordCamp Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark: October 3-4
- WordCamp Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada: October 3-4
- WordCamp Hampton Roads, Virginia Beach, VA, USA: October 17
- WordCamp Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Michigan: October 24
- WordCamp Portland, Portland, OR: October 24-25
On top of all those exciting community events, there are 26 WordCamps in pre-planning as they look for the right event space. If you have a great idea for a free or cheap WordCamp venue in any of the below locations, get in touch with the organizers through the WordCamp sites:
- WordCamp DFW: Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas
- WordCamp Rio: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- WordCamp Saratoga: Saratoga Springs, New York
- WordCamp Sofia: Sofia, Bulgaria
- WordCamp Austin: Austin, TX
- WordCamp Ottawa: Ottawa, Canada
- WordCamp Charleston: Charleston, South Carolina
- WordCamp Chicago: Chicago, Illinois
- WordCamp Albuquerque: Albuquerque, New Mexico
- WordCamp Prague: Prague, Czech Republic
- WordCamp Seoul: Seoul, South Korea
- WordCamp Louisville: Louisville, Kentucky
- WordCamp Omaha: Omaha, Nebraska
- WordCamp Grand Rapids: Grand Rapids, Michigan
- WordCamp East Troy: East Troy, Wisconsin
- WordCamp Mallorca: Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- WordCamp Edinburgh: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- WordCamp Orlando: Orlando, Florida
- WordCamp Mexico City: Mexico City, Mexico
- WordCamp Netherlands: Utrecht, Netherlands
- WordCamp Phoenix: Phoenix, Arizona
- WordCamp São Paulo: São Paulo, Brazil
- WordCamp Manchester: Manchester, United Kingdom
- WordCamp Tokyo: Tokyo, Japan
- WordCamp Lima: Lima, Peru
- WordCamp Seattle: Beginner: Seattle, WA
Don’t see your city on the list, but yearning for a local WordCamp? WordCamps are organized by local volunteers from the WordPress community, and we have a whole team of people to support new organizers setting up a first-time WordCamp. If you want to bring WordCamp to town, check out how you can become a WordCamp organizer!