Music Technology Hackathon: Build a Creative App in 2 Days
Date: 29/30 November 2025
Location: Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary, University of London
Get ready for an epic 2 day challenge at our music technology hackathon!
Open to anyone: coders, product managers, musicians, designers, sound engineers, musicologists, and more. Join the Discord channel to speak with us and find a team.
Join us at the Centre for Digital Music and collaborate with fellow attendees in groups of 3-4 to build a creative hack from scratch. You can select a challenge from our sponsor or build a hack of your own. Each team gets to decide what they want to build.
You will get access to cutting edge technologies allowing you to build tools faster. Experts will be on hand to help you with the technical parts.
Challenge
MuseHub Challenge
Build an app or plug-in for music creators: from utilities to sound effects or libraries. The app can build on the company's open source products MuseScore or Audacity, or be dedicated to guitar players (Ultimate Guitar) or piano players (musescore.com).
Prize
MuseHub Prize
The best app or plug-in will be featured on musehub.com as the indie app of the month, guaranteeing traffic of 10k+ to your product page.
Selection Process
Register to the event, answer the few questions, and we'll be in touch to assign you with a team. IMPORTANT: registering doesn't guarantee that we'll offer you a spot, we will prioritise participants working on the official challenge.
A jury will evaluate the best hacks at the end of the hackathon.
Each team will have 3 minutes to present their hack to an international jury at the end of the event. Winners will be announced right away. This is the ideal launchpad for new ideas and future startups.
Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to showcase your skills and passion for music and technology!
Sponsor
Special thanks to MuseHub for making this hackathon possible.
About the Organisers
This event is organised by Music Hackspace, in partnership with the Centre for Digital Music.