Last night I attended my first “Silicon Valley Rocks!” event. In a word, Silicon Valley Rocks! is: ageekconcertbenefitingmusicinschools.
The concert was at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, and eight tech industry filled bands were in the line-up to play.
When I walked in, there was an all girl band crooning about, “HTML5 and double-u, double-u, double-u…” Way to give geeks a sexy little tune to hum as they program away!
Everyone had a drink in hand, and the clothes ranged “fancy” black hoodies, to Randi Zuckerberg’s silver sequined skirt.
The highlight of the night was when a Bon Jovi double hailing from Google popped on the stage and had the crowd seriously rocking out to, “Shot Through the Heart” and “You Give Love a Bad Name.” Ooowwwoooo!!
Throughout the night, it amused me endlessly to watch the attendees networking in the sidelines. Only in this industry do people come to a rock concert to exchange business cards, talk shop, and play the “who’s who” game of Silicon Valley. Seriously people, put those phones down. What? Never? Okay, nevermind.
It was a great night filled with fantastic people and a lot of talent… Looking forward to next year already.
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