The goods: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p2_e5Pa9NwdSkKQEQs3v1MA
The story: Last year, I was contracted by a marketing firm to report on marketing going on at SXSW at all the free, unofficial parties. Which means they were more or less paying me to party. And I did. With a fearless partner in crime, we tackled 65 1/2 hours of partying in one week. Check out last year’s report.
This year, I’m taking it easy. But for you, dear readers, I am compiling a spreadsheet. It’s the real way to navigate SXSW–it’s not just about bands, it’s about the swag, the free food, and how good the drinks are. So while I list a couple of links below that are good for the badgeholders and people with wristbands–this spreadsheet is for the real good stuff.
SPREADSHEET: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p2_e5Pa9NwdSkKQEQs3v1MA
Will be constantly updated. Best parties are highlighted in green. For GO.
Other good sources (some have better/different formats … the spreadsheet is the easiest for me to understand)
Official SXSW Schedule – Super awesome calendar format is great for badgeholders/wristbanders, but takes too much work to dig up what is free or needs RSVP to–use my spreadsheet instead, free-seekers!
Do512 – with tabs for Interactive, Film, Music, and Bands!
Austinist – Gallery of flyers + List of RSVPs = Excellent Resource
New Music Tipsheet Day Party List – Thorough, but not as easy to navigate
austin360 – All day & night parties
Showlist Austin – Broken down by day, easy list of bands.
Yelp Deals – even a partier has gotta eat–and cheap!
Guide to Not Drinking Too Much During SXSW – This is more important than you think…
Special Report from my friend Samantha “Cupcake” Rickman:
(I promise, the girl knows how to PARTAY and I trust her recommendations)
MY RECOMMENDATIONS – everything in yellow is my tentative schedule
Wednesday, March 18th
5:00pm: Meiko performing at Austin Convention Center SESAC Day Stage
8:00pm: Infusion performing at Prague (MUST SEE electronic act, they perform everything live)
9:00pm: Oliver Future performing at Spiros (Like Radiohead?? You’ll flip over this band)
9:00pm: Ladyhawke performing at Stubbs
11:00pm: Rob Thomas performing at Hilton Garden Inn 18th floor
11:00pm: Young Love performing at Volume (614 and east 6th) <–Lyssa’s note: they went to my high school!
12:00am: Decemberists performing at Stubbs
12:00am: Aqualung performing at Latitude 30
1:00am: Fastball performing at Aces Lounge
1:00am: Manchester Orchestra performing at Radio Room Patio (508 E 6th St)
Thursday, March 19th
7:00pm: Cold War Kids performing at Auditorium Shores (this should be amazing, they were awesome at ACL)
8:00pm: Kate Perry performing at Stubbs 8:00pm
8:0pm: Airborne Toxix Event performing at the Bat Bar in the Austin Convention Center
8:00pm: Francis and the lights performing at Emo’s Main room
10:00pm: Gomez performing at Stubbs
10:00pm: Aqualung performing at Elysium
11:00pm: Iglu & Hartly performing at La Zona Rosa
11:00pm: Meiko performing at the Parish
11:00pm: Andrew Bird performing at Stubbs
12:00am: Lucero performing at Dirty Dog Bar
1:00am: Peter Bjorn and John performing at Emo’s Main room
1:00am: Hockey performing on Maggie Mae’s rooftop
1:00am: Shwayze performing at Pangaea
1:00am til 5:00am Red Bull After Party at the Moon Tower
Friday, March 20th (For the electronic folk just go to Shiny Toy Guns then head over to Vice and stay there)
2:00pm: The Proclaimers performing at The Lone Star Lounge Austin Convention Center
5:00pm: Ben Harper & Relentless7 perfomring at The Bat Bar Austin Convention Center
6:00pm: Bob Schneider Auditorium Shores
6:00pm: Third Eye Blind performing at the Lone Star Lounge Austin Convention Center
6:45pm: Infusion performing at Aussie BBQ Brush Square Park
8:00pm: Shiny Toy Guns performing at the Bat Bar Austin Convention Center
10:45pm: Peter Bjorn and John performing at Cedar Street Courtyard
11:00pm: Evil Nine performing at Vice
12:00:am: Adam Freeland performing at 12:0
12:00am: Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears performing at The Parish
12:00am: Lady Sovereign performing at Club de Ville
12:45am: Dinosaur Jr performing at Cedar Street Courtyard
1:00pm: Palomar performing at The Tap Room
Not time designated yet:
DJ Shadow performing at Stubbs
Silversun Pickups performing at Stubbs
1:00am til 5:00am Red Bull After Party at the Moon Tower
Saturday, March 21st
8:00pm: Explosions in the Sky performing at Auditorium Shores
8:40: Razorlight performing at Stubbs
9:00pm: Anberlin performing at Cedar Door
9:00pm: Shwayze performing at The Lone Star Lounge in Austin Convention Center
9:00pm: Iglu & Hartly performing at Vice ( I freaking love this band so much and it’s my pick for #1 to see)
11:15pm: The Crystal Method performing at La Zona Rosa
12:00am: Grupo Fantasma performing at Emo’s Mail Room
12:00am: Silver Sun Pickups performing at Antones
12:30am: Perry Farrell performing at Pangea
1:00am: Black Joe Lewis & The Honey Bears performing at Buffalo Billiards
1:00am: Marcy Playground performing at Cedar Street Courtyard
1:00am: Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights performing at Habana Bar
1:00am: MSTRKRFT performing at Radi Room Patio (508 E 6th street)
1:00am: Shiny Toy Guns performing at Vice
1:00am til 5:00am Red Bull After Party at the Moon Tower
Random things that don’t fit on a spreadsheet:
Music for a Cure – Four Seasons Lobby Lounge “KGSR in the Morning” series March 16-20 offers live music, interviews, and all-you-can-eat breakfast tacos from 6:00-9:30am. Performers will include notables like Fastball, Peter Bjorn & John, Bob Schneider, Mishka, and more, full list here. Admission is $5, which is donated to the Seton Shivers Cancer Center. For more information, please call (512) 685-8130.
Red House Pizzeria Welcomes SXSW Visitors with Pizza and Drink Specials
(March 4, 2009) Austin, TX – The Red House Pizzeria located on 1917 Manor Road welcomes SXSW visitors to Eastside restaurant row. The Red House is offering half price house favorite pizzas, $1 off signature cocktails, and $2 Lone Star pints from 1pm-7pm. The Red House will be taken over by thirty-two of the best up and coming bands from all over the world. Four parties will feature acts from Texas, Australia, and Europe (some rarely seen in America) brought by Music for Listeners in the Red House bar found directly behind the pizzeria from March 18-21, 2009 – 1pm-7pm. www.musicforlisteners.com/mflatredhouse.html
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