LugRadio Live 2009 is being held at The Newhampton Arts Centre, Dunkley Street, Wolverhampton, on the 24th October 2009. (Yes, this year it's one day only!)
Use Google maps to get directions to Dunkley Street. The postcode, for your sat-nav, is WV1 4AN.
There are a number of car parks in central Wolverhampton. These include:
There is also park and ride available.
Important: do not park close to the venue, and pay attention to any parking signs in nearby areas as due to the proximity of the Molineux Stadium, they are residents only parking areas during football matches (which Saturday 24th is). You will be caught and fined. Really.
Wolverhampton and Birmingham are well connected by coaches. If you do travel to Birmingham, you can get a bus from Birmingham to Wolverhampton. See the Travel West Midlands website for bus timetables. You can also get the Metro between Birmingham and Wolverhampton.
Visit the National Express website for coach plans.
LugRadio Live 2009 is a short walk and an even shorter cab ride from Wolverhampton train station.
Wolverhampton itself is well-connected by train. See Qjump or a similar train service to get tickets and times. See Seat61 for general train/ferry travel advice to/from other European countries. MoneySavingExpert has tips on finding cheap tickets from the UK.
The nearest airport to Wolverhampton is Birmingham International (BHX), which also has a railway station with a direct train from the airport to Wolverhampton. This train journey costs around £4 and takes about 20 minutes.
The Official LugRadio Live Hotel is the Connaught.
Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton WV1 4SW. Tel: (01902) 424433 Fax: (01902) 710353 conhotel@wolverhampton.co.uk Website
Quote "lugradio 2009" to get discounted rates (£35 single, £39 double), with free wifi
There are other hotels as well. Google Is Your Friend, yes it is.
Matthew Bloch and Bytemark Hosting.
Bytemark have sponsored every LugRadio Live in the UK. They host our servers,
answer our questions, and drink Jagerbombs. Hosting company of win.
Mike Evans at MSE Design. Mike
has been the LugRadio designer since the very first time we had a
design, and he's wonderful. Call him for all your design work. Really. He's
just got married, too, so buy him a pint.
Hans-Jörg
Ehren at Linux Magazine. Our official media partners once again!
System76. Purveyors
of really, really sweet hardware to the Ubuntu world.