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SXSW 2013 Features
Highlights from Austin Food & Wine Festival
What a difference a year can make.The Austin Food & Wine Festival launched in 2012 with some hiccups, including a crowded grand tasting and sparse daytime programming, but organizers C3 Presents and Food & Wine magazine worked out most of the kinks for the second annual event, the bulk of ...
An Austin celebration for Eeyore, for the 50th time
A chance of rain didn’t deter thousands from descending Saturday on Pease Park for the 50th renewal of Eeyore’s Birthday Party, which over the years has become an only-in-Austin institution. The smell of roasted turkey mingled with the earthy aroma of incense, and tie-dyed hippies rubbed shoulders with half-dressed fairies, ...
Jim Gaffigan’s family-friendly stand-up is no family matter
I’m trying to decide if Jim Gaffigan, playing the Paramount Theatre on Saturday, the final night of the 2013 Moontower Comedy and Oddity Festival, is a loner or a control freak. Raising five kids seems like an odd choice for a loner, and he’s way too personable to be a ...
Austin Food & Wine Festival returns this weekend with new chefs, new venue
Get your aprons, shot glasses and wine slings ready. The Austin Food & Wine Festival returns for its second year this weekend, and of all the new pieces to the festival puzzle, perhaps none will be as noticeable as the venue for the daytime events. The inaugural event was mostly ...
Gallaga: SXSW Interactive still a fast-growing, big tent of wonders
Given the recent history of South by Southwest Interactive, the number shouldn’t have been surprising. And then it was. By the end of the tech-themed part of the SXSW festival on Tuesday, it had reached 30,621 total attendees, surprising even festival organizers, who had estimated Interactive would grow by only ...
Music on our minds: Our team shares their favorite SXSW music moments
Whoa. It’s going to take a while to process this South by Southwest, which seemed to be filled with high after high (we’re talking of the musical variety, but you know). Whether you stalked Justin Timberlake, won the Prince lottery, or spent five days discovering new music, it was impossible ...
A SXSW big and small, fit for a music lover
Both the grandiose and intimate sides of South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival were seen Saturday night, as the festival ended with anticipated performances from Justin Timberlake, Prince and the Smashing Pumpkins, while hundreds of lesser-known acts filled smaller stages, and rumors of other surprise shows continued to swirl. ...
Green Day, Usher, an odd Flaming Lips and more as SXSW continues to surprise
Fader Fort filled with surprises Friday night It was a capacity crowd and anticipation was running high by 6:30 p.m. Friday night at the Fader Fort by Converse on East Fifth Street. The line to get in was hundreds deep and stretched back pretty darn close to the highway. The ...
Rising star Mac DeMarco talks old guitars, new tour, inspiration
On Tuesday evening at a party at the bucolic East Austin nursery Tillery Park, an enthused fan approached Montreal singer-songwriter-rocker Mac DeMarco, 22, for a handshake after DeMarco’s brief, somewhat troubled set.“Here, shake this one,” said DeMarco, extending his left hand in lieu of his slightly mangled right hand. “This ...
Surprises, speculation keep SXSW festgoers on their toes
South by Southwest Music Festival is always full of surprises. Some are the not-to-be missed, sure-thing kind: the not-so-secret news that Justin Timberlake will headline the MySpace Secret Shows at Copper Tank Saturday night with Questlove and DJ RJD2. His royal highness, Prince, will be at La Zona Rosa for ...
SXSW Music and Film Saturday highlights
SXSW Music Saturday highlights Bloody Mary breakfast. The folks at Tito’s are sponsoring a complimentary Bloody Mary breakfast with tacos while supplies last for music and platinum badgeholders and artist wristbands. 10:30 a.m. Ballroom D, Austin Convention Center. SXSW Interview: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. Longtime music journalist John Norris will ...
Memorable moments emerge, crowds swell for day parties, unexpected stars found
It’s good to be Dave Grohl Dave Grohl continued his Week of Grohl Thursday night with a marathon set from the Sound City Players, a giant tribute to rock and pop formed as part of his “Sound City” documentary, which screened in Austin this week as well. The documentary focuses ...
SXSW Saturday: Cram in some jams
Well, it’s Saturday at last. You probably know what that means — there’s only one full day left of this year’s South by Southwest to discover a band on the cusp of breaking out, bump into a celebrity (is Grumpy Cat still the star of the fest or will we ...
Grulke remembered as SXSW Music gets under way with awards, Dave Grohl
In his keynote speech to the 2013 South by Southwest Music Conference, Dave Grohl offered a message of survival based on his experience with Nirvana and the Foo Fighters: “the musician comes first.” During his speech, Grohl laid out a personal history of music fandom that echoed Bruce Springsteen’s talk ...
A Green Day film, Chuck D and Bootsy Collins talk, a full night at Auditorium Shores on Friday
SXSW Music Friday highlights Events require a badge, wristband or RSVP unless noted. Check sxsw.com for the complete schedule. Full Irish Breakfast. You’re advised to bring your ears and your appetite (and your music or platinum badge). You’ll hear live music from Irish acts and be served an Irish breakfast. ...
SXSW guests and other visitors find peace, quiet at Capitol
Anahita Tajmaher curled up on the cool grass of the Capitol grounds. “We just wanted some open space,” said the New Yorker who was in town for South by Southwest. “I came here two years ago. Not too many people have discovered it yet.” In fact, dark-clad visitors for the ...
Allah-Las will play their California sounds at least 14 times this week
A couple of weeks before South by Southwest, the Allah-Las decided they wanted to get off the grid. When a scant few days were left before the onset of the festival, the California quartet made plans to duck out for south of the border for a few days. “Mexico is ...
SXSW crowds flock to see bands, music-inspired films
As the second day of South by Southwest Music spilled into anticipated night events, buses began to fill with festgoers heading downtown, cars circled the Austin Convention Center trying to find parking and pedestrians did their SXSW best to pack sidewalks, spilling onto streets. Lines formed outside venues waiting to ...
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