The Engadget Show with Steve Ballmer tapes Thursday, October 22nd -- here's how to attend (or livestream it)!

If you've heard that the next Engadget Show will be featuring a live, one-on-one interview with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (on the Windows 7 launch day, no less) -- you've heard correctly. Additionally, our good friend Bit Shifter will be there providing chiptune jams, and Paris and Outpt will be on hand for some brain searing visual art. And of course, the editors of the site will sit down for a roundtable discussion of the week in news. If you'd like to join us for the live taping, you can -- just check out the info below. If you can't make it in the flesh, don't worry. We'll be livestreaming on the day-of, and we'll also have a full, edited version of the Show available just a few days later for download via the site, iTunes, or the Zune Marketplace.

The Show will take place at the Times Center, part of The New York Times Building in the heart of New York City at 41st St. between 7th and 8th Avenues. Tickets are -- as always -- free to anyone who would like to attend, but seating is limited, and tickets will be first come, first served... so get there early! Here's all the info you need:

• There is no admission fee -- tickets are completely free
• The event is all ages
• Ticketing will begin at the Times Center at 12:30PM on Thursday, October 22nd, and the show begins at 2:30PM
• You cannot collect tickets for friends or family -- anyone who would like to come must be present to get a ticket
• Seating capacity in the Times Center is about 340, and once we're full, we're full
• The venue is located at 41st St. between 7th and 8th Avenues in New York City (map after the break)
• The show length is around an hour

If you're a member of the media who wishes to attend, please contact us at: engadgetshowmedia [at] engadget [dot] com, and we'll try to accommodate you. All other non-media questions can be sent to: engadgetshow [at] engadget [dot] com.

If you can't make it to the live event, we'll have a stream here on Engadget (provided by USTREAM) which coincides with the taping. Just tune your browser to Engadget at 2PM on the 22nd to catch it. You can also hit USTREAM proper, where the Show will be featured.

Subscribe to the Show:

[iTunes] Subscribe to the Show directly in iTunes (M4V).
[Zune] Subscribe to the Show directly in the Zune Marketplace (M4V).
[RSS M4V] Add the Engadget Show feed (M4V) to your RSS aggregator and have it delivered automatically.

[MarcusMaximus Posted Oct 13th 2009 4:02PM]

Dude, seriously, hide your iPhone.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 13th 2009 4:43PM]

Thanks

[maty Posted Oct 13th 2009 3:59PM]

I'm just going to watch in the hope we'll see some monkey-rage action from the Ballmeister!

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 13th 2009 4:04PM]

Remember Josh, don't say the "I" word and definitely don't say the "A" word....

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 13th 2009 4:15PM]

Jenny Craig. Just because you are a billionaire doesn't mean you give up on life. Go on a diet.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 13th 2009 4:31PM]

Cancer obviously works, too.

[Smitten Jones Posted Oct 13th 2009 4:35PM]

I can't shake the notion that this whole Engadget Show is the start of something big. I'm not talking about the October 22nd one in particular. Just call me a dreamer.

[Gray Posted Oct 20th 2009 8:24PM]

until they fuck it up of course.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 13th 2009 4:48PM]

Those in the front row don't forget your ponchos. Suffering succotash.

[worldspawn Posted Oct 13th 2009 5:00PM]

creepy* :O

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 13th 2009 5:02PM]

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[swissguy Posted Oct 13th 2009 5:07PM]

Will the introduction of each Engadget Show be a foreshadowing of the next show's guest?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 14th 2009 11:55AM]

*insert chesy techno tune here*

[boot2skull Posted Oct 20th 2009 7:27PM]

This never gets old. :D

[Banksta3 Posted Oct 13th 2009 5:35PM]

Shit Bifter sucks.

[Imran Posted Oct 14th 2009 6:17AM]

Very clever, did you come up with that yourself?

[artshark Posted Oct 13th 2009 6:04PM]

I heard if you and don't clap, Stevie B will personally rip your head off and drink your blood

[HatefulHater Posted Oct 13th 2009 8:18PM]

He is so fat

[Imran Posted Oct 14th 2009 6:16AM]

You mean phat.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 13th 2009 6:40PM]

Hey, that guy on the screen looks like me

[badis Posted Oct 13th 2009 7:33PM]

That dude behind looks like LL Cool J

[BeeQAL Posted Oct 13th 2009 9:24PM]

Yo don't that dude on the screen behind Ballmer look like a slightly older looking LL Cool J?

[scottkrk Posted Oct 13th 2009 9:30PM]

It will be interesting to see if Josh asks the hard questions or turns to jelly? He seems to be turning into a bit of a M$ apologist.

BTW everyone in the audience will get a free copy of windows ultimate and there is even a good chance you will all get a Zune so M$ drones turn out in support of your great leader.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 14th 2009 8:31AM]

This Ballmer guy strikes me as an idiot. He looks like he's more concerned with golf and sucking down burgers and milk shakes than cutting edge technology. He's so not helping MS in their current condition. Bring Gates back!

[Kid Red Posted Oct 14th 2009 10:32AM]

I see Widow fanboys drooling at the chance to see monkey boy in person, or streamed on a widescreen monitor (which is needed to show his fat ass).

And ah no, Engadget is not an Apple fanboy site obviously, so stop whining in Apple threads that they always post about Apple.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 20th 2009 7:15PM]

Am I the only one going to this in hopes of scoring a free copy of Windows 7?

I'm hoping The Engadget Show will take on the gift-giving ways of Oprah.

[DrWaffles Posted Oct 20th 2009 7:17PM]

Quick, everyone hide the chairs!

[boot2skull Posted Oct 20th 2009 7:28PM]

Too bad this couldn't be filmed at the MS store opening here in Scottsdale. I feel left out not being in a cool city like NYC.

[KeegdnaB Posted Oct 20th 2009 7:40PM]

I'll be watching it live provided I'm not in the process of installing 7 at the time. All depends on when the UPS guy arrives (and of course the rest of the people in my house are out of town so I don't have an extra laptop lying around)

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 20th 2009 7:52PM]

Awesome! Ill be there! Just one question, can the audience bring their own cameras to take pictures? Thanks!

[Chris Murphy Posted Oct 20th 2009 8:05PM]

Does anyone know how long the line for tickets was for the first show? I plan on getting there at 12:30, but I'm wondering what the line will be like....

[SexMurderArt Posted Oct 20th 2009 8:23PM]

is that LL Cool J?

[va jj Posted Oct 20th 2009 8:31PM]

hey is that they guy who can shoot lasers from his fingers?

[ridley182 Posted Oct 21st 2009 12:30AM]

Nah, Ballmer is the guy that can shoot excrement from his mouth. He's filthy rich though so it evens out.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 20th 2009 9:42PM]

who is this Ballmer guy you speak of. ;-)

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 20th 2009 10:29PM]

Ballmer needs a nice party dress to go with that sass.

[ridley182 Posted Oct 21st 2009 12:36AM]

I can't wait to hear what he says about the Zune HD. It's been way more than a month and we still don't have any sales numbers (knowing how MS loves to pimp sales numbers whenever they can this can only mean really bad news.) All we know is that it is being outsold by the iPod Nanos, iPod Classic and even the Sansa players on Amazon.

[Hominator1 Posted Oct 21st 2009 3:16AM]

i'm in the same boat as chrism, anyone know how early i'll have to get in line to make sure i get tickets?

[Kid Red Posted Oct 21st 2009 9:18AM]

Who cares?

(mirroring the typical troll comments found in a mac thread from a pc user)

[SystemsAnalyst Posted Oct 21st 2009 9:40AM]

Thanks for looking out for the people who wanted to come, but can't because we have to go to work. Nice...

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 21st 2009 1:23PM]

how bad do you think the lines will be?