Google Maps for those Ready to Rock

The European Festival Map is a Google Map of all the summer's musical festivals throughout Europe.

You can use the map to find your nearest festivals. When you click on a festival's marker you can find out the dates of the festival and click through and get details about tickets and the festival line-up from ChooseFest.


Festival Searcher is another Google Maps based guide to all of the music festivals taking place this summer.

The map markers are colour-coded by month so that you can get a quick overview of what festival is taking place when. I assume the size of the markers relates to the size of the festival displayed.


Télérama has produced a Google Maps guide to festivals taking place in France this summer. As well as being able to view the locations of all the festivals on Google Maps there is a comprehensive guide with detailed previews.

It is possible to search the map by location, type of music and by date. It is also possible to get driving directions to any of the festivals and to view Street Views of locations.

Mississauga Culture on Google Maps

The City of Mississauga in Ontario, Canada has today launched Mississauga Culture on the Map. The Mississauga Culture on the Map uses Google Maps to provide a comprehensive source for all things arts and culture in Mississauga.

The upcoming cultural events can be searched by location and by category. Results of a search for events appear both on the map and in the map sidebar. Registered users can submit culture-related events and they will be added to the map.

Hat-tip: Street View Funny

What Films Are Showing Nearby?

The Reel Box can show you which films are currently running at your local cinemas.

Once you share your location with The Reel Box the list of films running in nearby movie theatres is listed in the side-panel. If you roll over the movies in the side-panel the cinemas that are currently showing the film are displayed on a Google Map.

As an added bonus you can even watch the official trailer for each selected film.

Find Live Music Events with Google Maps

Music by Map helps music lovers discover upcoming gigs by location. The site uses Google Maps to show nearby venues with upcoming events.

The map uses a color-coded map marker system to indicate when gigs are taking place. A green marker shows an event happening today, orange markers show events happening this week and the blue markers indicate events coming up later.

The events shown are powered by songkick.com. If you select an event from the map you can click through to read the full details about the concert on the songkick website.

GeoConferences on Google Maps

One of my New Year's resolutions is to get to more geo-related conferences this year. Luckily for me Quarry One Eleven has created this Geoconferences Map.

The Google Map is fairly basic but it lets you zoom in on a location and find upcoming geoconferences nearby. You can also sort the results shown on the map by month. If you know of a conference that is missing you can get it added to the map by contacting Quarry One Eleven via their website.

Nearby Facebook Events on Google Maps

Eventivore uses Google Maps to let you search and find nearby events and can also help you find if any of your Facebook friends are attending the event.

To find nearby events to your location you just need to enter your zip code. If you wish to find events for a specific date (for example New Year's Eve) you can also add a date range to filter the results.

If you mouse-over an event's map marker you can view details of the event in a small information window. If you click on an events map marker you will be taken to the event's Facebook page where you can view further details and discover which of your Facebook friends (if any) are attending.

The Where and When of Google Maps

ImpromptuDo is an interesting experiment in presenting time based events listings. It allows users to find events happening around them right now or lets them plan ahead and find events happening later.

ImpromptuDo is a Google Maps based application that can show you events happening around you based on a set number of hours. Using the map you can centre on your current location. You can then use the slide control to view events happening within the next 1 to 24 hours.

What's Happening with Google Maps

SocialVents is a Google Map for nearby events that will work for any location. The map gives access to a massive live database of events from a variety of different sources.

The events shown on the map can be refined by location and date. If you select an event on the map details about the event, such as where and when it takes place, are loaded into the map sidebar.

It is also possible to post an upcoming event to the SocialVents map by completing a short form.

Finding and Sharing Events on Google Maps

Juntos! is a neat events finder and organiser application for Facebook.

Using the application it is possible to find all sorts of events that are happening around your location. Alternatively if you planning a vacation or visiting another town or city you can use Juntos! to search for events at your destination and refine the results shown by date.

Juntos! can also be used to share and promote your own events. If you share an event with Juntos! the event will appear on your Facebook events page and on the Juntos! application.

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Ghostly Artists on Google Maps

The record label and art company Ghostly International has created a Ghostly International - Live Map so that you can follow all their currently performing artists.



The Live Map lets you select an individual artist from the map sidebar and view all their upcoming events on a Google Map. When you select an artist from the sidebar an information window opens with a brief bio of the selected artist.



You can click individual map markers on the map to find out what date the artist will appear at the chosen venue.



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Find Local Events with Google Maps

WeGooo is a Google Maps based application for finding nearby events.



Once you enter a location WeGooo displays a Google Map of the location with a time-line of nearby events. You can browse the events in chronological order from the time-line or find events by location by selecting a venue's marker on the map.



It is possible to change your location on the map by dragging the 'That's me' marker to a new position. If you select an event from the time-line the map will also display a route from your current location to the selected venue.



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The New Yorker on Google Maps

The New Yorker has released a New York events listings phone application for both the Android and the iPhone.



The Goings on About Town app provides listings for music, movies, art, theatre and other events in New York. The app includes a 'My Location' feature that uses Google Maps to show you what events are occurring around your current location.



The app also allows users to search listings by date, to access restaurant reviews from the New Yorker and includes recommended places from New York artists and writers.



Via: Read Write Web



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Google Maps at the Fringe

The world's largest art festival the Edinburgh Fringe is due to start on Friday.

With over 2,000 different comedy, musical and theatrical shows taking place in over 250 different events what is needed is a Google Maps guide to the Fringe.

Enter stage right - Gigglemaps.

Using Gigglemaps you can click on any Edinburgh Fringe Festival venue and view the next five performances. The map includes a menu that allows you to filter the venues by category, such as comedy, cabaret etc.

Gigglemaps

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What to Do with Google Maps

Leukedingenkaart

Thanks to some rather liberal legislation it has never been that hard to find fun things to do in the Netherlands. However if do find yourself at a loss for something to do in the country then Leukedingenkaart has lots of suggestions.

Leukedingenkaart is a real-time searchable Google Map of upcoming events in the Netherlands. Leukedingenkaart scans Twitter for events and displays them on a map. If you are looking for something to do in your area you can just drop a map marker on your location and the latest events will automatically be displayed on the map.

You can define a radius for the maximum mileage you want to travel and you can also filter the events by entering a search term.

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Europe's Summer Festivals on Google Maps

Festival Searcher

Festival Searcher is your Google Maps guide to all of the music festivals taking place in Europe this summer.

The map markers are colour-coded by month so that you can get a quick overview of what festival is taking place when. I assume the size of the markers relates to the size of the festival displayed.

Telerama's French Summer Festival Guide

Télérama has produced a Google Maps guide to over 800 festivals taking place in France this summer. As well as being able to view the locations of all the festivals on Google Maps there is a comprehensive guide with detailed previews.

It is possible to search the map by location, type of music and by date. It is also possible to get driving directions to any of the festivals and to view Street Views of locations.

Scotland Interactive Festivals Map

Creative Scotland are using Google Maps to show over 280 festivals happening in Scotland this summer.

It is possible to refine the festivals shown on the map by selecting a month from a drop-down menu. If you click on a map marker you can get more details about the festival at that location.

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New York City Street Fairs on Google Maps

I Love NYC Street Fairs

If you love New York City street fairs as much as I Love NYC Street Fairs then you will love this Google Map. The map shows the dates and location of every street fair in Manhattan from April through November.

Streets with planned fairs have been colored on the map and all the fairs, color-coded by month. If you click on the link beneath the map you can view a Google My Map of the fairs, which includes a sidebar with all the fairs listed in chronological order.

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Gigging with Google Maps

ShowHopping

ShowHopping uses Google Maps to help you find upcoming gigs and shows listed on Last.fm.

To find out what is on in your town you just need to enter your location and the dates that are you are interested in. You can narrow your search by adding the names of bands and artists that you are particularly interested in. You can also widen your search by increasing the distance from your location that you are interested in.

The results of your search are displayed on the map and also listed in a slide-out sidebar. The list view sorts the results by venue and by date.

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Something for the Weekend in New York

The Weekend Map

Are you struggling for something to do in New York this weekend? Then you should consult The Weekend Map, your guide to everything happening in the Big Apple at the weekends.

The Weekend Map displays events happening in New York from Friday through to Sunday, on a Google Map. The listed events on the map are categorised into festivals, music eating, farmers markets etc. It is also possible to filter the events by day.

If you click on a mapped event an information window opens with details about the event. Each event also includes a link to click through for further details.

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Design Events on Google Maps

A.N.D.

The A.N.D. project has created a Google Map to show the location of upcoming events in London, New York, Moscow and Tokyo in the fields of contemporary design, photography and architecture.

As you might imagine the A.N.D. project has put some thought into the design of their map. The map markers represent iconic buildings in each of the four cities. For example, New York's map marker is the Empire State building and London's is Big Ben.

If you click on one of the four building markers the map zooms to your chosen city and displays the upcoming events. Each of the event markers includes a label with the name of the event.

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International Women's Day on Google Maps

Pegwoman

To celebrate International Women's Day it seems that Pegman has unfairly been given the day off work and Pegwoman has been told she has to fill in. If you look at Google Maps Street View today you will see that Pegman has been replaced with Pegwoman.

Join me on the Bridge

March 8th is the centenary of International Women’s Day. To celebrate the occasion people will be coming together on bridges all over the world, from the Millennium Bridge in London, the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, to the Grand Barriere Bridge joining Rwanda and Congo.

Google is collaborating with Women for Women International on their 'Join me on the Bridge' campaign. Part of this collaboration includes this Google Map to help you find a bridge event near you.

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