w00tstock

w00tstock
w00tstock
Dates	October 19, 2009 (v1.0); October 20, 2009 (v1.0.1); October 21, 2009 (v1.1); May 7, 2010 (v2.0); May 8, 2010 (v2.1); June 6, 2010 (v2.2); June 7, 2010 (v2.3); July 22, 2010 (v2.4); September 16, 2010 (v2.5); September 17, 2010 (v2.5.1); October 27, 2010 (v2.6); October 29, 2010 (v2.7); October 31, 2010 (v2.8); November 2, 2010 (v2.9); November 3, 2010 (v2.10); July 21, 2011 (v3.0); July 12, 2012 (v4.0); July 18, 2013 (v5.0); July 24, 2014 (v6.0); July 9, 2015 (v7.0)
Location(s)	United States San Francisco, California (v1.0, v1.0.1, v2.5, and v2.5.1); Los Angeles, California (v1.1 and v2.6); Seattle, Washington (v2.0); Portland, Oregon (v2.1); Chicago, Illinois (v2.2); Minneapolis, Minnesota (v2.3); San Diego, California (v2.4, v3.0, v4.0, v5.0, v6.0, v7.0); New York City, New York (v2.7); Boston, Massachusetts (v2.8); Austin, Texas (v2.9); Dallas, Texas (v2.10);
Website	www.w00tstock.net

w00tstock is a touring variety show billed as "3 Hours of Geeks & Music". It was created in 2009 by Wil Wheaton, Adam Savage and Paul and Storm.^[1]^[2] The first shows took place in 2009 in San Francisco and Los Angeles, and as of July 2015, a total of 20 shows had been presented.

The name is a play on words combining Woodstock, the notable 1969 counterculture music festival, and w00t, an Internet slang word that expresses excitement.

The versions[]

Though the headliners for the show are Adam Savage, Wil Wheaton, and Paul and Storm, each evening’s performance includes a different group of special guests and is subtitled with a different version number.

v1.x[]

v1.0: Monday, October 19, 2009[]

Swedish American Music Hall, San Francisco, California

Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Wil Wheaton. Special guests: Kasper Hauser, Kid Beyond, and Molly Lewis.

v1.0.1: Tuesday, October 20, 2009[]

Swedish American Music Hall, San Francisco, California^[3]

Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Wil Wheaton. Special guests: Kid Beyond, and Molly Lewis.

v1.1: Wednesday, October 21, 2009[]

Largo, Los Angeles, California^[4]

Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Wil Wheaton. Special guests: Josh A. Cagan, Hard 'n Phirm, , and Molly Lewis. Special appearances: Felicia Day and Sandeep Parikh.

v2.x[]

On November 3, 2009, Wil Wheaton stated in a post on his blog "When we sold out two shows in San Francisco, and only had 20 or so seats left vacant in Los Angeles — where it is notoriously difficult to get people to come out to see shows — we knew that in the future, there will be w00tstock v2.x."^[5]

Paul and Storm revealed via their Twitter feed on February 2, 2010, that “w00tstock 2.x is officially in play. Details very soon...” ^[6]

v2.0: Friday, May 7, 2010[]

Moore Theater, Seattle, Washington

Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Wil Wheaton. Special guests: Jason Finn, Hank Green, Molly Lewis, LoadingReadyRun, MC Frontalot, and Stephen Toulouse.

v2.1: Saturday, May 8, 2010[]

Hank Green performing at The Aladdin Theater in Portland.

The Aladdin Theater, Portland, Oregon This show was originally billed as "2.0.1" before the extra 2.x cities were announced.^[7]

Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Wil Wheaton. Special guests: Back Fence PDX, Jason Finn, Matt Fraction, Hank Green, Molly Lewis, LoadingReadyRun, and Stephen Toulouse.

v2.2: Sunday, June 6, 2010[]

Park West, Chicago, Illinois

Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Wil Wheaton. Special guests: Bill Amend, Trace Beaulieu, Tim Cavanagh, Bill Corbett, Jason Finn, Molly Lewis, Kevin Murphy, Len Peralta, and Peter Sagal.^[8]

v2.3: Monday, June 7, 2010[]

The Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Wil Wheaton. Special guests: Trace Beaulieu,^[9] Tim Bedore, Bill Corbett, Neil Gaiman, Kevin Murphy, Molly Lewis, Len Peralta, Jason Finn and John Scalzi.

v2.4: Thursday, July 22, 2010[]

4th & B, San Diego, California

Scheduled to coincide with the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International.

Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Wil Wheaton. Special guests: Marian Call, Jason Finn, Matt Fraction, Chris Hardwick, Molly Lewis, Len Peralta, Phil Plait, RiffTrax, Jamy Ian Swiss.

v2.5: Thursday, September 16, 2010[]

The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, California^[10]

Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Wil Wheaton. Special guests: Bonnie Burton, Jamais Cascio, Jason Finn, Molly Lewis, Mike Phirman.

v2.5.1: Friday, September 17, 2010[]

The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, California

Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Wil Wheaton. Special guests: Molly Lewis, Mike Phirman, Phil Plait, Jamy Ian Swiss.

v2.6: Wednesday, October 27, 2010[]

Largo, The Coronet Theater, Los Angeles, California

Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Chris Hardwick (substituting for Wil Wheaton). Special guests: Garfunkel & Oates, Molly Lewis, Mike Phirman, Eric Schwartz, Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon. Special appearances by Dr. Demento and Weird Al Yankovic.

v2.7: Friday, October 29, 2010[]

Best Buy Theater, New York City, New York

Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Jonathan Coulton (substituting for Wil Wheaton). Special guests: Marian Call, Drew Curtis, Jason Finn, Grant Imahara, MC Frontalot.

v2.8: Sunday, October 31, 2010[]

Wilbur Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts

Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Bill Corbett & Kevin Murphy (both substituting for Wil Wheaton). Special guests: Marian Call, Grant Imahara, Marc Abrahams.

v2.9: Tuesday, November 2, 2010[]

Paramount Theater, Austin, Texas

Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Neil Gaiman (substituting for Wil Wheaton). Special guests: Bill Amend, Molly Lewis, Jason Finn, Stephen Toulouse, Mary Jo Pehl, Rooster Teeth.

v2.10: Wednesday, November 3, 2010[]

Grenada Theater, Dallas, Texas

Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Paul F. Tompkins (substituting for Wil Wheaton). Special guests: Bill Amend, Molly Lewis, Jason Finn, Stephen Toulouse.

v3.x[]

v3.0: Thursday, July 21, 2011[]

Balboa Theatre, San Diego, California^[11]

Scheduled to coincide with the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International.

Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Wil Wheaton. Special guests: Amy Berg, Ernest Cline, Molly Lewis, RiffTrax, John Roderick, Jason Finn, Mike Phirman

v4.x[]

v4.0: Thursday, July 12, 2012[]

Balboa Theater, San Diego, California^[12]

Scheduled to coincide with the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International.

Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Wil Wheaton. Special guests: Bonnie Burton, Marian Call, The Doubleclicks, Rob Reid, John Roderick, Patrick Rothfuss, John Scalzi, Joseph Scrimshaw. Surprise guests: LeVar Burton, Molly Lewis, Grant Imahara.

v5.x[]

v5.0: Thursday, July 18, 2013[]

Balboa Theater, San Diego, California

Scheduled to coincide with the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International.

Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Wil Wheaton. Special guests: Strong Bad, Homestar Runner, Nathan Sawaya, Patrick Rothfuss, Molly Lewis, Jonah Ray, Garfunkel & Oates, Aisha Tyler. Surprise Guests: George RR Martin, Neil Gaiman, Grant Imahara.

v6.x[]

v6.0: Thursday, July 24, 2014[]

Balboa Theater, San Diego, California ^[13]

Scheduled to coincide with the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con International.

Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Wil Wheaton. Special guests: Marian Call, Blind Joe Jeffers, Matthew Inman, Mega Ran, Rob Paulsen, April Winchell. Surprise guests: Cecil Baldwin.

v7.x[]

v7.0: Thursday, July 9, 2015[]

Balboa Theater, San Diego California

Scheduled to coincide with the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International.

Featuring: Paul and Storm, Adam Savage, and Wil Wheaton. Special guests: Molly Quinn, Phil Plait, Uke Box Heroes (Miracle Laurie and Christopher May), Patrick Rothfuss, Alton Brown. Surprise guests: Cecil Baldwin, Alison Haislip, Yuri Lowenthal, Laura Bailey. Finale guests: Greg Benson, Marian Call, The Doubleclicks, Molly Lewis, Hal Lublin, Joseph Scrimshaw, Anne Wheaton.

v8.x[]

v8.0: Thursday, July 21, 2016[]