Scenes from the GeekWire Gala: 1,000 geeks celebrate the holidays in epic fashion

Jessica Keener Photography — Photos by Jessica Keener

More than 1,000 Seattle geeks, tasty food, cold drinks, great conversation and an epic impromptu dance floor inside one of the coolest venues in the city — yep, the GeekWire Gala had it all.

We had so much fun hosting all of you Wednesday night at the newly-renovated Museum of History & Industry in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood for one of our favorite events of the year.

As in years past, we enjoyed great toasting the top Newsmakers of the Year and anointing them with snazzy black and red GeekWire soccer scarfs. We’re also grateful to all of you who contributed to our charitable partner, Seattle Children’s Research Institute.

Of course, this night wouldn’t have been possible without our great sponsors. A huge thanks to our Gold sponsors (WhitePages, McAdams Wright Ragen, MOZ, Wave Broadband, Knoll), Silver sponsors (DoubleDown, PicMonkey, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, First Tech Credit Union, Car2Go, MOHAI, Rally Software, Parllay, ) and supporting sponsors (Vertafore, Vitamin T, First Aid Shot Therapy and Protingent).

We have photos and social media reaction below. Here are a few tweets from the night (you can also check out this sweet Tagboard to see more):

Seriously awesome time at the #gwgala last night. #lovethiscommunity. Thanks for a great night @geekwire! pic.twitter.com/bAZGLIuNqg

— Chet Kittleson (@chetkittleson) December 5, 2013

https://twitter.com/jennihogan/status/408637141652996096

https://twitter.com/Socially_Smart/status/408650287117647873

https://twitter.com/DiamondElinor/status/408611480469118976

https://twitter.com/kylekesterson/status/408500753758568448

https://twitter.com/mjtwit/status/408489639264002048

https://twitter.com/blueboxjesse/status/408480075164557312

And here’s what went down in the photo booth. (Full gallery here.)

And finally, here’s a big collection of photos from the night. Click on any image to open a gallery. Big thanks to Jessica Keener for taking these lovely shots.