First Round of WordCamp Sacramento 2016 Tickets On Sale September 1

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WordCamp Sacramento 2016 Tickets

Releasing Tickets In Batches

In 2015, we hosted the inaugural WordCamp Sacramento. As the only Northern California WordCamp, we knew tickets would go fast and we were right. Tickets went on sale at 10:00 am and by 12:20 pm all 150 tickets had sold out completely!

For 2016, we have moved the event to a larger venue — The Harper Alumni Center at Sacramento State — and will have more than double the amount of tickets available. We’re also going to be releasing the tickets in three batches instead of all at the same time. We’ll also be staggering the times that tickets go on sale to accommodate those who work full time jobs and may not be able to buy tickets during their workday.

The First Batch Of Tickets

The first 125 tickets go on sale Thursday, September 1 at 10:00 am Pacific.

WordCamp Sacramento is again the ONLY Northern California WordCamp and we do expect all tickets to sell out again. Please don’t take this warning lightly. Last year many people missed out on a fantastic event and were very upset that tickets sold out so quickly and they were unable to secure one for themselves.

If you want to be part of this year’s event, we highly recommend that you:

  • Add the ticket sale date and time — Thursday, September 1 at 10:00 am — to your calendar.
  • Set up a reminder to alert you 10 minutes before tickets go on sale.
  • Make sure your peers, co-workers, team member, or friends who are also interested in going do the same.

Tickets are non-refundable. Tickets are transferable only through October 7, 2016.

How Much Are Tickets For WordCamp Sacramento And What Does A Ticket Include?

WordCamp Sacramento 2016 Tickets are only $40.00.

The low $40.00 ticket price includes:

  • Full access to all WordCamp Sessions happening on October 22 and October 23, 2016.
  • Two tracks of learning sessions each day.
  • Catered lunch and water and coffee all day both days of the event.
  • WordCamp Sacramento 2016 event t-shirt (choose men’s or fitted women’s sizes).
  • Entry to the WordCamp After Party with drinks and snacks, directly following the event on Saturday (at the same location).
  • Opportunities to network with other business owners, designers, developers, agency owners, and site owners.
  • Awesome event stickers donated from StickerGiant.
  • Opportunties to visit sponsor booths and learn more about tools and services that can help your business or improve your site.

Why Are Tickets So Cheap?

Extremely affordable tickets lowers the barrier of entry for attendance as much as humanly possible and allows anyone in our community to attend WordCamp. This helps build our community and encourages people who might not be able to afford higher ticket prices to join in and share their experiences with WordPress. A large community with diverse perspectives is good for local events and activities.

Ideally, WordCamps would all be free, like WordPress itself. In reality, though, when an event is free, a lot of people sign up and then when the day comes they might change their mind, forget, or just want to sleep in. A small ticket cost provides incentive for people who’ve registered to show up on the day. Why does this matter? As WordCamps get bigger, they sell out, and people who wish they could attend are turned away in favor of the early birds. If the early birds don’t show up, you wind up with empty spaces that could have been filled by the late-wishers.

We think of WordCamp tickets not as being comparable to conference tickets (for many WordCamp lineups, you’d have to pay hundreds of dollars at a regular conference), but as being just enough to get people out of bed on that sleepy WordCamp morning.

9 thoughts on “First Round of WordCamp Sacramento 2016 Tickets On Sale September 1”

  1. Hello,

    A heads up–in the section titled “First Batch of Tickets,” there is a bullet item which states “Wednesday, September 1” is the first day of sales. You may want to adjust this. 😉

    I look forward to purchasing my ticket next week!

  2. Last year was amazing. I am sure this year it’s going to be even better. Looking forward to getting my tickets next week also.

  3. It is posted that ticket sales with be through the URL on this page however I am not seeing a URL published anywhere. Will the URL be added at the time the sales are available?

  4. I am a brand new WordPress user and this is the first WordCamp I will be attending.

    I realize this a painfully “newbie-like” question, but do attendees typically bring a laptop or not? (I can hear your eyeballs rolling out there – please be nice! We all start somewhere.)

    • Last year was my first year. I brought my laptop but suddenly realized that there was no time to be on it really. unless you type fast and are going to take notes and such, I’d say leave it at the hotel because WC is too amazing and interactive to be on a laptop imo. ( Yes I did see other people using small chromebooks/laptops ) for note taking.

    • Randall — some attendees do bring their laptops (and spots with a table are coveted!), but most don’t. It really depends on how you like to take notes. Some people type away through every presentation and some take a few key notes in a notebook. Others tweet out everything they want to remember and reference it via Twitter later (#wcsac). And some just listen intently, only making a note here and there. There is no right or wrong way to do it 🙂 But with that said, I’ve found that I meet more people when I’m not buried behind a computer at events like these!

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