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# Announcing Hella Hack Oakland, The East Bay’s First Ever Music Hackathon
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/announcing-hella-hack-oakland-the-east-bays-first-ever-music-hackathon/
- Published: 2013-09-09T14:15:08.000Z
- Updated: 2013-09-09T14:15:08.000Z
- Description: Gracenote and Pandora are teaming up to host the first ever music hackathon in Oakland, CA. “Hella Hack Oakland” will bring together up to 150 coders, developers and designers on. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/09/announcing-hella-hack-oakland-the-east-bays-first-ever-music-
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Gracenote  
and Pandora are teaming up to host the first ever music hackathon in Oakland, CA. “Hella Hack Oakland” will bring together up to 150 coders, developers and designers on September  
28-29, 2013 at Pandora’s Oakland HQ. Finalists will  
present to a panel of all-star judges during [SF Music Tech](http://sfmusictech.com/?ref=hypebot.com) on October 1.

Musc tech and API partners include rdio, Dolby, The Echo  
Nest, Mashape, Oaklandish and KALX Radio Berkeley, with more being added. Hypebot is the official media sponsor for this event.

Often overshadowed by San Franciso's more famous music and tech scenes, Oakland  
has a rich music histor of its own, Green  
Day, MC Hammer, Too Short and Dave Brubeck all got there start there in iconic venues like Yoshi’s, The  
Paramount and 942 Gilman The East Bay is also building a reputation as a strong area for startups.

Hella Hack Oakland details:

- **When:**September 28-29, 2013 (doors will open on September 28 at  
9am PT)
- **Where:** Pandora Headquarters  
Office, 2101 Webster Street, Oakland, California
- **How:** Participating in  
the hackathon is free. To register for the event, visit [http://oakland.hellahack.com ](http://hellahackoakland.splashthat.com/?ref=hypebot.com)  
  - Three  
  finalist teams will be chosen to present in a special session at the SF Music  
  Tech Summit on October 1\.
  - The winning Hella Hack Oakland team will be  
  crowned by the judges and given the grand prize of $1000
- **What:**  
  - Beginning  
  September 28, hackers will have 24 hours to design and build the next  
  generation of music applications
  - On September  
  29, teams will present their hacks to a panel of judges and event partners  
  will award prizes for best hacks using their APIs

Interested sponsors  
should contact Danielle Washington at [dwashington@gracenote.com](mailto:dwashington@gracenote.com).