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 <h2>Tickets now on sale for North Bay Python 2017</h2>
 
-<p><span class="date">Thursday, October 5, 2017</span>&mdash;We are excited to announce that <a href="https://2017.northbaypython.org/tickets">tickets are now on sale</a> for North Bay Python 2017. With just two months until the conference we have a few key dates coming up:</p>
+<p><span class="date">Friday, October 6, 2017</span>&mdash;We are excited to announce that <a href="https://2017.northbaypython.org/tickets">tickets are now on sale</a> for North Bay Python 2017. With just two months until the conference we have a few key dates coming up:</p>
 
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   <li><a href="https://2017.northbaypython.org/tickets">Tickets</a> are available at a discount until Friday, October 20.</li>