p>Tubecon is a global community-driven YouTube event that gathers YouTube creators and their followers in arena-sized public events. Tubecon was first held in August 2014 at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki. It was attended by over five thousand people. [1] Since then Tubecon has been held 25 times across four different countries (Finland, Sweden, Spain and Switzerland) with an overall attendance of more than 120,000 people attending all events. [2]
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p>Tubecon has seen an impressive increase in popularity throughout the years and so has the YouTube and online influencer community. The biggest Tubecon events have gathered over 18,000 people and featured more than 200 YouTubers? and online influencers.
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p>Tubecon event program is created in collaboration with local online influencers. It includes a variety of program elements, including Meet & Greets, Tubecon Video Awards, panels and concerts. Tubecon 2018 will take place in Finland, Sweden and Germany, and letters of intent were signed in Romania, Latvia, and Austria. [3]
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p>1 2014 1.1 Performers
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p>3.1 Finland 3.2 Sweden 3.0 Germany
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p>4.1 Finland 4.2 Spain 4.3 Switzerland
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p>5.1 Finland
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p>2014[edit]
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p>Tubecon's story began in 2014 when Finnish creators wanted to create an event in which their viewers and they could meet in a safe and enjoyable way. [4]
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p>Performers[edit]
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p>Kasmir Justimusfilms MadCraft? TCT Robin Hartwall Arena's Minecraft version on the main stage.
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p>2015[edit]
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p>Tubecon 2015 took place at Hartwall Arena in August 2015[5] with over 10,000 visitors.
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p>2016[edit]
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p>The Finnish Tubecon was held from 12-13 August 2016. The second day was sold out. The event had 18,500 people. [6]
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p>Sweden[edit]
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p>Tubecon in Sweden began on the 6th of January in Stockholm with more than 4500 attendees. They also conducted an autumn tour which began on 9 September in Vasteras, and ended on the 10th of December in Kungsbacka. About 50 YouTube creators visited 8 cities in total. [7] In 2016, more than 15,000 people attended Tubecon Sweden events.
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p>Germany[edit]
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p>The Tubecon was held in Germany at the Turbinenhalle Oberhausen on February 20 the 20th of February, 2016. Special VIP and Aftershow Tickets were also available.
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p>2017[edit]
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p>Finnish event was held at Hartwall Arena on 12-13 August with a total of 17,500 people attending. [8]
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p>Spain[edit]
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p>The first ever Tubecon Spain event took place at Madrid's wiZink Centre on 18 February. The event had more than 200 Spanish creators who attended. [9]
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p>Switzerland[edit]
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p>Tubecon Switzerland was organized for the first time at Zurich's Hallenstation on the 29th of December. The event attracted approximately 2,500 attendees. [11]
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p>2018[edit]
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p>Finland[edit]
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p>The Finnish Tubecon was held in Messukeskus Helsinki between 17-18 August for the first time. The event theme was "My Story". The event featured around 200 Finnish YouTubers?. Tubecon hosted international creators from the US, Great Britain, Germany and Thailand in the very first Tubecon World Meet. Bars and Melody, Jon Cozart, Softpomz, and MrTrashPack? were some of the international creators. A brand new TubeCity? concept was revealed during the event. This allowed different categories, like fashion, beauty, gaming and food, to have their own sections within the city-like event space. Tubecon launched Tube Academy, a new educational track, which was open to filmmakers and anyone who is interested in learning more about the production of videos and the business. [12]
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p>^ "Tubeconissa yli 5 000 nuorta". HS.fi (in Finnish). 16 August 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2015. ^ tubecon.org. "Finnish Tubecon festival spreads across France" Good News from Finland (in Finnish). 15 August 2018. ^ "TubeCon? - Hartwall Areenalla 16.8.2014!". YouTube (in Finnish). 26 May 2014. ^ "Hyva tietaa". Tubecon (in Finnish). https://nfo.so/ Archived from the Original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved on May 1, 2015. ^ "Tubecon 2017". Hartwall Arena (in Finnish). 27 January 2017. ^ "Succe for Sveriges forsta YouTube-turne!". Tubecon Sverige (in Swedish). 31 October 2016. ^ "Tubeconin suunnitelmat paisuvat". Markkinointi & Mainonta (in Finnish). 14 August 2018. ^ Kuulasmaa, Risto (6 March 2017). "Tubecon Spain - We Made a Difference". LinkedIn. "Tubecon Switzerland presented By Swisscom" Zero (in German). 29 December 2017. ^ "Youtube-Stars Gabirano und Raffa's Plastic Life Raumen ab". View (in German).
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