London Music Technology Hackathon

Overview

This hackathon challenges you to create an audio or music technology hack within 24 hours. You can build an app, plugin, or interactive tool related to music creation. The event focuses on combining music, technology, and creativity, welcoming coders, musicians, designers, and storytellers.

Requirements

Teams should have 3 to 5 members and all participants must be at least 18 years old. The hackathon is open to participants worldwide, excluding standard exceptions. You need to build a working prototype of a music technology project, which can be based on sponsor challenges like MuseHub or Audiotool, or your own idea. Submissions must include a project description, a demo video up to 3 minutes, a link to your code or prototype, team details, and specify which challenge track your project belongs to.

Prizes

There are over £1,500 in cash prizes, plus additional awards. The winner for the Muse Hub challenge gets their app featured on the site's landing page. The Audiotool winner receives promotion on the Nexus page and up to $5,000 in Google Cloud credits. The ABRSM challenge winner gets £1,500 in cash. There's also a prize for another challenge category, offering a platinum ticket to SXSW London.