Remote creation of a playback queue for a future event

A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein instructions executable by one or more processors to cause a computing device to perform functions comprising:

• receiving, via a control interface displayed on a graphical display, input data representing a request to create a playlist for an event at a particular future time and date and a designation of multiple invitees to the event;
• in response to receiving the input data, sending, via a network interface to a cloud computing system comprising one or more cloud servers, instructions representing the request to create the playlist for the event at the particular future time and date and the designation of multiple invitees to the event, wherein the instructions cause the one or more cloud servers to send, to multiple second mobile devices corresponding to the multiple invitees, one or more respective invitations to the event, wherein each invitation indicates:
• (i) a future time and date for the event and (ii) a link to a web interface, the web interface including user interface controls to add audio tracks from a media library of a streaming media service to the playlist for the event, wherein each second mobile device of the multiple second mobile devices comprises a display;
• before the event, receiving, via the network interface from the cloud computing system, data indicating that at least one invitee added audio tracks from the media library of the streaming media service to the playlist for the event;
• displaying, on the graphical display, a graphical indication of the at least one invitee that added audio tracks from the media library of the streaming media service to the playlist for the event;
• and
• during the event, causing, via the network interface, the playlist to be queued in a queue of a media playback system for playback by one or more playback devices of the media playback system, wherein each playback device of the one or more playback devices (i) excludes a display and (ii) comprise a respective amplifier to drive one or more speakers.

A computing device comprising:

• at least one processor;
• a network interface;
• data storage having stored therein instructions executable by the at least one processor to cause the computing device to perform functions comprising:
• receiving, via a control interface displayed on a graphical display, input data representing a request to create a playlist for an event at a particular future time and date and a designation of multiple invitees to the event;
• in response to receiving the input data, sending, via the network interface to a cloud computing system comprising one or more cloud servers, instructions representing the request to create the playlist for the event at the particular future time and date and the designation of multiple invitees to the event, wherein the instructions cause the one or more cloud servers to send, to multiple second mobile devices corresponding to the multiple invitees, one or more respective invitations to the event, wherein each invitation indicates:
• (i) a future time and date for the event and (ii) a link to a web interface, the web interface including user interface controls to add audio tracks from a media library of a streaming media service to the playlist for the event, wherein each second mobile device of the multiple second mobile devices comprises a display;
• before the event, receiving, via the network interface from the cloud computing system, data indicating that at least one invitee added audio tracks from the media library of the streaming media service to the playlist for the event;
• displaying, on the graphical display, a graphical indication of the at least one invitee that added audio tracks from the media library of the streaming media service to the playlist for the event;
• and
• during the event, causing, via the network interface, the playlist to be queued in a queue of a media playback system for playback by one or more playback devices of the media playback system, wherein each playback device of the one or more playback devices (i) excludes a display and (ii) comprise a respective amplifier to drive one or more speakers.