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# LoKast Social App Gains Transaction At Concerts
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/lokast-social-app-gains-transaction-at-concerts/
- Published: 2010-05-14T08:46:40.000Z
- Updated: 2010-05-14T08:46:40.000Z
- Description: First introduced at SXSW, proximity based social network LoKast is starting to gain some traction in the music community. The iPhone app has reached 125,000 downloads and 30+ bands like. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/05/lokast-social-app-gains-transaction-at-concerts.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Apps, Mobile & SMS, Social Media, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:59

[![image from cdn.venturebeat.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20133ed96f56c970b-150wi "image from cdn.venturebeat.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20133ed96f56c970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com) First introduced at SXSW, proximity based social network [LoKast](http://www.nearverse.com/lokast/?ref=hypebot.com) is starting to gain some traction in the music community. The iPhone app  
has reached 125,000 downloads and 30+ bands like Third Eye Blind are  
using it to share content with fans during their shows. 

LoKast,  
short for “local-casting,” allows users to create a profile with selected  
photos, contacts, videos, web links and music from their iPhone. When  
another LoKast user is within 300 feet, the app automatically discovers  
them and enables them to share and download content. 

Several  
bands used LoKast to distribute excluisive content during their performances at  
Coachella, and LoKast designed a special portal within the app so fans  
could download goodies from many of the DJ's performing. I'm not  
vouching for some of the acting in this video, but it provides a decent  
overview: