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Saturday, March 6, 2010
SXSW is coming! And it’s FREE!
It’s March 6 and no doubt some of you are freaking out about what you’re gonna do when the Monster of Mid-March makes Austin its towelboy. You know a festival is jampacked when you have to take a nap midway through reading the schedule. Mr. Chad Swiatecki, our gatekeeper at party central, has amassed an exhaustive list of free daytime parties during SXSW. Unlike the official SXSW site, Chad’s list allows you to search by band name. (What’s up with your site, Southby?) Some parties require an invitation or an RSVP. Some are open to the public.
What we’ve done here is list just a few of the parties each day that are free and open to the public. No badges or wristbands required.
WEDNESDAY March 17
Big Texas Jumpstart III, noon at Creekside Lounge, with The Gary, Goes Cube, The Hounds Below, Vandaveer, The Midgetmen, Wax Fang, Ezra Furman & The Harpoons, Everybody Was In The French Resistance… Now!
Kanine Records party noon at Music Gym (815 E 6th). Blind Man’s Colour, Grooms, Drink Up Buttercup, UME, Pepper Rabbit, Beach Fossils and more.
THURSDAY March 18
Chicken Ranch Records Day Party, noon at the Liberty, with The Safes, The Minutes, Distant Seconds, Beautiful Supermachines, Yuppie ‘ricks, Willie Heath Neal, Blue Aeroplanes, Mr. Lewis and The Funeral 5, Automusik.
BrooklynVegan/AnSo noon at Spider House with Human Eye, Tyvek, Thee Oh Sees, Golden Triangle, Cheeseburger, Jim Jones Revue, Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, Kid Congo Powers, A Sunny Day In Glasgow and more.
Shake Some Action! Party, noon at Karibu Ethiopian Restaurant, with Truman Peyote, Numerators, Air Waves, Coasting, Million Young, Mantles, Twin Sister, Lovvers, Weed Diamond, Diamond Rings and many more.
Japan Nite Preview, noon at the Typewriter Museum (1306 E. Sixth St.) with Chatamonchy, Omodaka, Dolly, Maki Rinka and many more bands from Japan.
FRIDAY March 19
Raji World party, 12 p.m. at Jovita’s, with Canja Rave, Kasey Anderson, Billy Harvey, Ivan Julian, Suzanna Choffel, Nakia, McLemore Avenue, The Lost Soul Revue, Richard Barone, Steve Poltz, Triple Cobra, Bluebonnets, Victoria Williams and Michael Des Barres.
Village Voice Media party, 1-5 p.m. at La Zona Rosa, The xx, Superchunk, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Surfer Blood. (Crazy long lines expected.)
South by South Mess, 4 p.m. at 21st St. Co-op (707 West 21st Street), with Andrew WK, A Sunny Day in Glasgow, Electric Electric, Ume, DD/MM/YYYY, Maps and Atlases and many more. Goes until 4 a.m.
Hexadecagon Project 7:30 pm & 9 pm at Whole Foods upstairs plaza with Octopus Project.
SATURDAY March 20
Under the Radar/ JanSport party, noon at Emo’s Annex East with Vivian Girls, Sondre Lerche, The Veils, Plants and Animals, Avi Buffalo, Everything Everything, and The Invisible.
Alternative Press Day Party, noon at Emo’s (all three locations), with Circa Survive, Sum 41, The Rocket Summer (acoustic), Never Shout Never, Hey Monday, The Cab, Lights, many more.
More more more: Waterloo Records parking lot at 6th and North Lamar has free shows every day from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., as does Cheapo’s Records a couple blocks north. South by San Jose, in the parking lot of the Hotel San Jose, and Home Slice Pizza across the street both host four days of free fun. The Continental Club, Opal Divine’s Penn Field, Amelia’s, the Longbranch, Jovita’s and several more clubs are hosting free shows each day of SXSW music.
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