SXSW 2012

This is an amazing day show with our talented and friendly friends!
The lineup is as follows:

Pong 4:00
Sexy Finger Champs 3:00
Lick Lick 2:00
Pocket Fishrmen 1:00
The Rubies 12:00
Charlie Bell 11:00

The Whip In is a unique and amazing place and I think you should come and see us play happiness in the outsides! The lineup is singularly distinctive! See you in there!

http://www.whipin.com/SXSudsWhipIn2012.htm

gabrieldoes...SXSE (South by Southeast)

This means: live music, free booze, prizes, swag, massages, desserts, delicious food at a great price, and epic times all before you lose yourself at SXSW

You won't want to miss this one! RSVP now to ensure entry!*

Music by: 
Driver Friendly 9 PM
http://www.facebook.com/driverfriendly
The Please Please Me 8 PM
http://www.facebook.com/thePleasePleaseMe
Atlas Maior 7PM
http://atlasmaior.wordpress.com/
Garrett T. Capps 6 PM
http://www.reverbnation.com/garretttcapps
Bud Cahill between sets 
http://soundcloud.com/budcahill

Sponsored by:
gabrieldoes (the masterminds)
http://www.facebook.com/gabrieldoeseverything
gabrielworks (marketing and stuff)
http://www.gabrielworks.com/
gabrielhelps (nonprofit for the kids)
http://www.gabrielhelps.com/
Airbnb (rooms to rent around the world)
http://www.airbnb.com/
Republic Tequila (to make you do bad things)
http://republictequila.com/
Leprechaun Cider (Texas hard cider for the masses)
http://leprechauncider.com/
Hops & Grain craft beer (Beer for all)
http://www.hopsandgrain.com/
360 Vodka (Vodka for everyone)
https://www.facebook.com/360VodkaATX
Zombie Temp Agency (an awesome new movie)
http://www.zombietempagency.com/
Austin Eats Food Tours (providing free food tours of Austin)
http://www.austineatsfoodtours.com/ 
Cazamance Cafe (lamb roast on site for your consumption at a crazy low price)
http://www.cazamance.com/
Delish Bakery (providing meringue cookies for you to snack on)
http://delishaustin.com/
Snack Bar (providing some awesome gift cards)
http://www.snackbaraustin.com/
CTC non-profit sustaining programs (offering up their amazing space)
http://www.ctcinternational.org/
Alex Ponce Photography (making you look sexy on camera)
http://www.facebook.com/AlexPoncePhotography
Advanced bodywork center (giving free chair massages)
http://austinbodyworker.com/
Zhi Tea (to mix with your amazing cocktails, and for zen-ness)
http://zhitea.com/

Get ready to party!

**5$ suggested donation to benefit all those sponsors involved in developing this epic party
***This event is also BYOB and 21+ Only
****RSVP does NOT guarantee entry. Once venue is at capacity we will not be allowed to admit people on the list until they leave and make room for the next amazing person

mobile.faith provides an opportunity for individuals involved in faith communities and in technology from Austin and around the globe to share how they are forging ahead in this rapidly emerging space. This gathering addresses one of the great challenges of our age: to live connected to one another through technology, and to do so in ways that are beneficial to our soulwork, connected in our communities, and useful to the world.

Speakers include: Leo Brunnick, founder and the CEO of Patheos.com; Dr. Maria A. Dixon,  assistant professor of corporate communication and public affairs at Southern Methodist University; Jason Illian, CEO/Founder at Rethink Books, former CEO of GodTube; Jonny Baker,  founder of Proost, an online worship & ministry media collective

That loud banging you'll hear downtown? That's us!

Join us for the Gazzang Bang Open House and Drum Circle! Enjoy live music & refreshments, and join in on the largest drum circle in Austin.

No drumsticks required.

Please RSVP via the link below.

Traveling to Austin for SXSW Interactive? Start your weekend off right at the WAKA Social Sport's SXSW Interactive Pre-Party #SXSWAKA

WAKA is excited to announce that we just confirmed our first ever SXSW Interactive pre-party at Shangri La in Austin, TX. 

The plan is to throw a bash to kick off the weekend and bring WAKA players from all over the country together in one fun, fabulous venue! 

Join us on for happy hour, prizes, snacks from East Side King- one of Austin’s best food trailers, and some kickball love! 

Wear your WAKA t- shirt for a FREE drink/ snack voucher! 

We can’t wait to see you there! 

It's hard to believe that we're celebrating the 5th anniversary of our pre-SXSW kickoff happy hour! As always, this is not an official SXSW event and no badge is required in order to attend. It is at a bar, so you must be 21+ in order to attend.

In our Technology Spotlight, we'll showcase three up and coming Austin technology startup companies. We don't tell you who they are beforehand, you just have to show up if you want the inside scoop. If you've been, you know we have a knack for finding some interesting stuff. 

SXSW is one of the world’s largest music festivals, which has expanded over the years to include interactive and film festivals. Here in Austin the tourists come flooding in by the thousands and the locals search for any excuse to party down!! Here’s your chance to let your hair down and celebrate sans wristbands!* In addition to the festivities, you can have a first glimpse at our SXSW exhibition, with analogue photos chosen from the SXSW Exhibition Rumble! We’ll see all you seasoned and newbie Lomographers there!

Check out all of the SXSW events and workshops at the Lomography Gallery Store Austin!

No Badges. No Wristbands. No Rules. Only at Lomography.
Please RSVP to shopaustin@lomography.com. If you’re not on the list, you will be able to attend but will have to wait in line when we reach capacity.

What do you get when you put a bunch of high-caliber, forward-thinking techies in one Downtown Austin Hot Spot with no plan but having a great time?

The Door64 Pre-SXSW Interactive Party!

• Who: Door64 members, anyone attending SXSW Interactive.
• (NO SXSW BADGE REQUIRED.)
• Music: Band to be announced. Stay tuned...
• Cost: Cheaper if you're fast, full-price if you procrastinate.
• Register: Register via Eventbrite!

What You Need: Yourself and a few hours to meet and greet/network, drink, listen to music, and just have a good time. (We all know that techies have all the fun and we don't need to do these parties to prove it. But it’s good practice to once again show the rest of the world what they are missing.)

Win one of many door prizes, including all kinds of Dell products!

FreshBooks passed the 4,000,001 user mark and we want to celebrate. 

In 1835 Texans fought and won independance from Mexico. Texas thus becoming its own independent country with its own president, congress and monetary system. In 2012 The FreshBooks team won its independence from SXSWi hotel rooms and be more texasy by staying in at 10 acre ranch, wearing western wear and throwing a party featuring the best BBQ in the Austin area.

It is going to be a pretty typical texas party with lots of free food, people recording podcasts, fun, and maybe a Clown or two.

...and even though Austin is the 31st most walkable city in the USA we would never think to ask you to make your own way here. We will have a shuttle leaving from the Conference Center to bring you to us and back home safely and full of Salt Lick BBQ. 

RSVPs are closed, this event is currently Waitlisting guests.

Whether you're a SXSW veteran or a total newbie like myself, come on down and meet other attendees for a totally chilled out night of drinks, networking and pre conference chat.

Open to everyone - so come on down and start SXSW 2012 in the way you mean to go on!

To guarantee your spot and make sure you also RSVP over on the official uberlife hangout page so you can keep up to date with fellow attendees ahead of the hangout and we'll post any updates:

Early Arrivers Hangout 

Three syllables. One website. A night of legendary celebration.

We bring you the much anticipated launch of unightus.com – an Austin-based startup that helps you find “Your Place in Nightlife.” Please join us for free drinks, great music, giveaways, and more!

We look forward to seeing you there and sharing the evening with you as we introduce our product to the Austin community.

Your friends are also welcome!

SoundCloud Open House is a showcase of innovative audio and music start-ups from across the SoundCloud app ecosystem.

Discover the best from web, iOS, Android and desktop sound creation & editing, storytelling and promotion, hosted by the world's leading social sound platform.

Entry to the exhibition space is by invitation. 
Click here to tell us when you'd like to visit.

Start SXSW right with hot coffee, vibrant conversation, and a lake view. Our community weekly mixes entrepreneurs, artists, technologists, pranksters, and teachers for benevolent conspiracy. Come on down. Share what you're looking forward to at the conference, and get the inside track from Austin locals. We look forward to meeting you and helping you out. Bring it.

More info: http://regulars.tumblr.com.

Entrepreneurs and investors, please join us for a special edition of Open Coffee Austin during SXSW Interactive. Grab a cup of coffee on Jo's patio and connect with others at different points along the way in their entrepreneurial journey.  How might you be able to help someone out who is trying to make their way? How could someone help you as you stretch for your entrepreneurial goals? You never know who you might meet. or where things can lead.

https://www.facebook.com/events/245422832202622/

From the Office of Social Recruiting Intelligence: “Your social recruiting process is barely alive… we can rebuild it.  We have the technology.  We have the capability to make the world’s best bionic (human + technology) social recruitment strategy.  Better than it was before.  Better…stronger…faster.”

Get ready for an interactive day with top talent industry thinkers from around the world.  We’ll learn the latest techniques for Better Employer Branding, Stronger Talent Communities, Faster Sourcing, Location-based / Mobile recruiting, Blogging, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, and the newest Cool Tools!

Those who have attended TalentNet Live events in Dallas, Chicago, San Antonio and Austin know that this is no ordinary conference.  This will be FAST, FURIOUS, and FUN!  Get hands-on methods for a stronger grip on social recruiting to put into practice immediately.  The future is now.

Amazingly, all this won’t cost you six million dollars.  In fact, it will cost around $60 bucks if you hurry.

Austin, Texas: home to a diverse landscape of coworking spaces, the Global Coworking Unconference Conference (GCUC), and the Coworking Space Ship’s first stop on its North American tour. It starts with a treasure hunt roving all across Austin, and ends with a party at Conjunctured coworking space.

9am-5pm: The Coworking Treasure Hunt

We have prepared a self-guided tour for you in the form of a Treasure Hunt as a part of day two of the GCUC. Follow our map and visit as many of the coworking spaces in the Austin area that you can to collect the coworking clues, for a chance to win 3 one-month tickets (up to €250/US$330 each) to any coworking space or spaces in the world, and other prizes.

The Coworking Treasure Hunt will lead your exploration of the diverse landscape of coworking in Austin.

As Austin is large and the terrain tough, it may be advisable to make a friend, team-up, rent a car, take a bus, divide the task, or simply run!

So far nine spaces are on the map: Conjunctured, CoSpace, GoLab Austin, HubAustin Coworking, Link Coworking, Perch Coworking, Soma Vida, Space 12 and Tech Ranch.

On Friday 9 March they will be ready for all visitors with smiles, information, mini-tours, and of course the ever important clues. Maps and further information coming soon.

The winners will be announced at the closing party.

6pm-11pm: The GCUC Coworking Closing Party

All conference participants are invited to Conjunctured for a final evening of information, mixing, mingling, connecting, live music, and cheers over some locally brewed beers – on Deskwanted & Deskmag of course. The party is free and open to everyone – half of the tickets are reserved for GCUC participants, but also all local coworkers and people who are interested in coworking can take part in for free.

So, you may be asking yourself, what is a mini TOC? Well, for one - it's small. The attendance for Mini TOCs are limited - at Mini TOC Austin, we'll have a maximum crowd of 200 smart, engaging bookish, techy people.

And small is good. While the focus at mini TOC is on the intersection of technology and publishing -- just like at the "big" TOCs, at Mini TOCs, the crowd is small, the atmosphere is intimate and informal, and all the emphasis is on attendees and presenters sharing the conversations.

At Mini TOC Austin, the presentations are just the jumping off point for discussions that involve everyone in attendance. We mix up the format so there will be some "thinky" idea-oriented sessions where presenters will lead discussions post-preso -- and some "do-y" technical Q+As, where attendees can ask the experts about things like digital conversion, layout and UX. It's FOO Camp meets BookCamp, meets unconference, meets TOC, meets (sorta kinda) MakerFaire.

Last year we took the Michigan Girl Geek dinners on the road to SXSW with smashing success and we're doing it again this year! Join us for a Girl Geek Brunch - SXSW Style!

Tired of being one of the only females at a tech event? You're not the only one! There's more of us! It's time all of us Girl Geeks got together, had dinner (or in this case brunch) and learned from each other. Since the evenings at SXSW can get quite busy, we decided to change it up a bit and have brunch before things get crazy.

We're meeting up this year on Friday, March 9th from 10am -12pm at the TRIO restaurant in the Four Seasons Hotel. 

TRIO has generously offered to host our group and will be offering their prix fix brunch menu with several choices. Attendees will be responsible for their own brunch as this is an un-sponsored event. 

***Men are more than welcome to attend. You just need an invite from a female attending the event! Just mention the female who invited you in the event comments.

You can learn more about Girl Geek dinners here: http://girlgeekdinners.com/

PLEASE RSVP NO LATER THAN MONDAY MARCH 5th. 

Come check out downtown Austin's premier coworking space for creative professionals and entrepreneurs! From March 9 to March 14th, GoLab Austin will be hosting a series of small talks and events for startups and creative professionals.  Seating is limited so it will be first come first serve - registration is NOT confirmation of a seat.  Its free and you don't need a badge to participate.

You can also stop by and get a little work done at GoLab Austin (really? It's SXSW!), we'll have free coworking all week!

GoLab Austin

Rx: Self Medicated Film Expo posts up for a 3rd year during SXSW

Films will run from noon til 4am each night. Check the website for Programming
WWW.RxSM.ORG

Comp booze!

Show details TBA soon!

Take A Shot & A Walk With Trover

Bottoms up! Join Trover for a 45-minute, tequila-fueled walking tour of East Austin's secret gardens, food trailers and street art. Tours leave every hour starting at 12:15 pm through 5:15 pm each day, Friday March 9 through Monday March 12. Meet outside the Liberty Tavern at the big orange balloon, south side of the Hilton, across from the Convention Center. 

Alcatel-Lucent is rolling out the red carpet again and playing host at the sassy “ultra-lounge.” Devs, techies, entrepreneurs and VCs are invited to relax, recharge, drink & grub with ALU’s NG Connect team and partners. Fight the flashes on the step and repeat, cameo appearances from tech & celeb stars, and the juiciest SXSW gossip live. VentureBeat will host live interviews while the TechZulu live stream brings you the inside scooop on the latest innovations and shenanigans at SXSWi.

Swing by each day for a plethora (love that word) of brain melting content coupled with some downright delightful activities.  We've got daily open forum Q&A sessions with our lounge partners, including NXP, Mobile Monday, and Moki Mobility, Appcelerator ice-cream socials, a Gig Tank beer pong tournament,  Flurry hosted cocktail receptions, IDA Singapore movie showings... and the fun doesnt end there.

*SXSWi badge required for admittance.

Have questions? Need help? Stop by our office hours and chat with our community, business, product and engineering teams!

We had so much fun at SXSWi Mobile Meetup last year that I'm doing it again!

Are you a mobile nut, mobile blogger,mobile developer, mobile entrepreneur?  Come commensurate with your fellow mobile nuts over a few beers (or ciders or whatever).

We don't care if you carry an iPhone, Nokia, BlackBerry, Windows Phone or Android - come hang out and lets talk mobile and get to know each other. We'll gather at the Ginger Man Pub - a short 5 minute walk from the Convention Center.  They have like 50+ taps of some amazing beers and a large selection of cider as well

Brought to you thanks to the help of Nokia and Wireless Industry Partnership.

Women in Wireless Sorority House at SXSW!

WHEN: Friday, March 9th  –  Monday, March 12th
WHERE:  WiW ‘Sorority’ House
1189 E. Branch Street
Austin, TX 78702

Attending SXSW this year? Make sure to stop by the Women in Wireless house, where we’ll be hosting a pre-party ‘Lounge’ every night from 4:00- 7:00 pm. Its the perfect place to be whether you’re looking to refresh and unwind with familiar faces, or to start your night off with a bang before venturing out in Downtown Austin.  We will be giving out exclusive WiW @ SXSW T-shirts to the first 40 attendees. Wine and hors’ deouvres will also be served.

To learn more about the Lounge and to RSVP, visit the links below:

• SXSW Women in Wireless Lounge Party- March 9th: FRIDAY
• SXSW Women in Wireless Lounge Party- March 10th: SATURDAY
• SXSW Women in Wireless Lounge Party- March 11th: SUNDAY
• SXSW Women in Wireless Lounge Party- March 12th: MONDAY

Welcome to Austin y'all! Join us for some delicious grub from Franklin BBQ. They will be serving up their famous brisket while we keep the cold ones coming. We'll also have a special performance by The Lumineers!

WOMMA is teaming up with Spredfast to bring WOMMA members together at SXSW for a Happy Hour.

It's Wine Wednesday, Southern Style, except we swapped the wine for beer and Wednesday for Friday. But, the objective is still the same...to drink, network, and talk WOMM! So join fellow WOMMA members before all the craziness of SXSW kicks off and get the scoop on what SXSWi has to offer...from the Word of Mouth ambassadors who'll be there with you.

Space is limited to 50 WOMMA members, so RSVP ASAP!

As an added bonus, attendance gives you Spredfast VIP badge and status with:

• Complimentary attendance at Spredfast's SXSW Happy Hour, beginning at 6 pm at Speakasy on the Avenue, located directly below Spredfast HQ
• Entrance into Social Spot, Spredfast's VIP blogger lounge where customers and industry infuencers are invited to use the space to network, kick-back, grab a drink and/or catch up on work through their free wi-fi.

Oh how we love SXSWi. We know how to get the party started. Join Pervasive, Convio, Marketo, Oracle | RightNow and Zuora for a networking happy hour at Annie’s. Attendees will have a chance to meet and speak with the hosting teams, customers and SXSW attendees on a variety of topics. 

**No SXSW badge needed to attend.

No badge required, but attendees must have the BestBuzz app on their smartphone, and can rsvp here: http://bit.ly/BuzzSXSW

We've got free booze, swag, live music, and much more! 

We're coming to Austin and taking over Easy Tiger Bake Shop & Beer Garden for three nights! Join us for great food, great beer and live music…with a special appearance by Nadia G of Nadia G's Bitchin Kitchen on Friday & Saturday!

First come, first serve. Must be 21 and over. RSVP is for all 3 nights. 

The North of 41 lounge is back for our annual event at SxSW Interactive.  This year is going to be better than ever!  We have a ton of activities that are planned for you starting at 5:30pm on Friday March 9th.  We are located at 401 E. Sixth St. @ the Old School grill.  Canada Lounge is a 30 second walk from the Convention Center. 

We will be doing various product giveaways all weekend.  We will be hosting a number of parties including a "Welcome to Austin Party" on March 9th.  There will also be a couple of panel discussions taking place starting at 4:00pm on Sat March 10th.  For more information and to sign up for each individual event, go to our website. www.northof41.org .

We also want to thank Digby/Metabridge for hosting our VIP Lounge at the venue.  While you are there check out the cutting edge mobile e-commerce technology to come out of Digby! http://www.digby.com/

Make sure to stop in at the Canada Lounge to charge up your laptop and grab a drink with friends.  We have plenty of space for meetings and while you are in the venue, check out the companies who are displaying at the lounge.

The Showcase Companies are:
Clearfit
Empire Avenue
Syzzle
Wattpad
Yapagame

Make sure to follow us on Twitter for the latest updates. @northof41. We look forward to seeing you in Austin at North of 41.

To contact us, email:  info@northof41.org

North of 41 is an organization whose sole mission is to help entrepreneurs expand their contacts across country borders.  We bring technology from local to global!

Join Trover and local street artists for a Live Art Party!

Participating artists include; Slokeone, Kristopher Kotcher, Mez One, Micca Toone. Please check our Facebook page for additional artist announcements.

Each day a different artist will paint a Hidden Gem unique to Austin. You can even tag the walls of our urban art gallery too.

Have a drink on us while you get your art and food trailer fix on.

It does exactly what it says in the title! Here's some info from the bar themselves: Kung Fu Saloon has a variety of vintage arcade games and table games you can enjoy while celebrating with friends or just hanging out enjoying the great atmosphere.

Open to everyone - so come on down and join us for a well deserved SXSW 2012 chill out!

To guarantee your spot, make sure you also RSVP over on the official uberlife hangout page so you can keep up to date with fellow attendees ahead of the hangout and we'll post any updates there:

ListenerApproved.com presents The Listener Approved Launch Party @ SXSW on March 9th at The Mohawk in Austin, Texas.

Featuring live performances by -

Michal Menert & Paul Basic (Pretty Lights Music), Texas' own Govinda, Derek VanScoten (D.V.S*), BedRockk, The Color Pharmacy, Mr. Free And The Satellite Freakout and Sweet Bandana.

Free music, free admission, free schwag, what badge!? 

RSVP above or if you're feeling VIP head on over this way - 
http://ListenerApprovedSXSW.mogotix.com/

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Michal Menert
Fort Collins, Colorado
(Pretty Lights Music)

http://MichalMenert.com/
http://facebook.com/MichalMenert
http://twitter.com/MichalMenert

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Paul Basic
Fort Collins, Colorado
(Pretty Lights Music)

http://PaulBasic.com/
http://facebook.com/PaulBasic
http://twitter.com/PaulBasic

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Govinda
Austin, Texas

http://govindamusic.com/
https://facebook.com/govindamusic
http://twitter.com/govindamusic

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Derek VanScoten (D.V.S*)
Brooklyn, New York

http://DVSMusic.com/
https://facebook.com/DVSMusic
https://twitter.com/derekvanscoten

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BedRockk
Denver, Colorado

https://facebook.com/bedrockkmusic

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The Color Pharmacy
Minneapolis, Minnesota

http://thecolorpharmacy.com/
https://facebook.com/thecolorx
http://twitter.com/TheColorX

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Mr. Free And The Satellite Freakout
Tucson, Arizona

http://www.satellitefreakout.com/
https://facebook.com/mrfreeandthesatellitefreakout
http://twitter.com/mfsf

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Sweet Bandana
Austin, Texas

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Listener Approved 
The Sound of Eternal Revolution

http://ListenerApproved.com/
http://blog.ListenerApproved.com/
http://facebook.com/ListenerApproved
http://twitter.com/ListenrApproved.com
http://youtube.com/ListenerApproved
http://foursquare.com/ListenrApproved
http://quora.com/ListenerApproved-com
http://angel.co/Listener-Approved

You are invited to the 3rd Annual Ignite Social Media Party!

Join Jim Tobin, Jason Falls, Tim Hayden, Expion and other gracious hosts to fire up the lights of Austin!

Each March, swarms of bright minds fly into Austin, landing in one corner of town on a Friday night.  This is the place to see and meet them all at once.

Tasty BBQ, drinks, a silly photo or two, and a surprise way we'll capture the moments shared at the party! 

Two floors, one big party - Kick back downstairs or boogie on the rooftop deck of Molotov. 

Get your swerve on at the 3rd Annual Ignite Social Media Party and bring your friends (no SXSW badge required).

This event made possible by these gracious partners: 

Ignite Social Media
Social Media Explorer
Expion
44Doors

Get ready for Feast of Fun at the SXSW Queer Meetup. Follow @oilcanharrys and @feastoffun on Twitter for the hosted bar and food. 

Network with other queer/LGBT bloggers, filmmakers and musicians including Fausto Fernós and Marc Felion from the Feast of Fun podcast (www.feastoffun.com). Hosted bar for SXSW attendees, free.

Did I mention free? Food, booze and fun!

More Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/396135530401203/

Catch up with the #140conf Community while you are at SXSW. Jeff Pulver is holding a Texas style cocktail party at Lanai. The lights will be up, the music low, the energy will be high, and you can enjoy interacting in a space just right for making connections and creating lasting relationships. You decide which state is bigger, the State of NOW or the State of Texas.

What better way to kick off SXSW than going Back to the Future? Airbnb, Vayable, and Getaround invite you to jump into your time machine, Tesla, sailboat, or other transportation mode of choice to share an evening with us. 
We're celebrating the future of travel, with an ode to old-school travel, and the inspiring people and places that are alongside us as we lead the way. You'll get to meet all the great Austinites who provide places to stay and things to do in Austin during SXSW, as well as the founders and core communities of Airbnb, Vayable, and Getaround! 
We have a few surprises up our sleeves, too. So come early, enjoy a few drinks on us, snack on some appetizers, and meet some amazing people. The first 50 people to show up will get a SXSW survival pack full of things that will help sustain you through the next week (or two) of parties. 

Featuring:
DJ Kidhack

Generously powered by our friends at:
Taskrabbit
Sponsorfied
Moonshine Whiskey
Prezel Crisps          

For invites, please message us with some information about yourself at party@vayable.com. Please note that because there is limited capacity, not everyone will receive an invite. Thanks! 

Hello Somebody along with Kammok brings the musical act Seryn, named by Paste Magazine “The best live act of SXSW 2011”, to headline an evening that will be honoring Malaria No More’s battle to end malaria deaths in Africa by 2015.

This show is all ages and free. Doors Open at 7pm: Show begins at 8pm

Opening for Seryn will be Austin’s own Lamar Stockton and the Mourning Doves, a country/folk band that is made up of some of Austin’s brightest emerging musicians including violinist Brian Batch from Alpha Rev. Ryan Edgar, an emerging talent from Dallas, TX will be opening the evening. Ryan appears on the Hello Somebody compilation album that features The Rocket Summer, The Almost, and other national artists.

We will have free raffle giveaways during the night, including Hello Somebody and Kammok products and will be donating a % of profits to Malaria No More for any product sales throughout the night.

This evening is brought to you by Hello Somebody and is a Kuai Studios production. Hops and Grain brewery will have local craft beer on tap along with 360 Vodka for those over 21. Cazamance Cafe will have their incredible West African Cuisine available for purchase.

The space will be open during the day with internet hotspots for those that need a SXSW break to work/check emails. We will close the doors around 5pm for sound check and re-open doors at 7pm for the show. Tell your friends. Be early. Don't be stuck waiting in line! 

Complimentary cocktails on the Do512 tab until it runs out!  21+ Only, no exceptions! 

To RSVP, visit the link below.  PLEASE NOTE: RSVP does NOT guarantee entry.  This event will likely be at capacity and we recommend coming early.

Get Priority Entry! Download either the AirCover OR the Tabbedout app on your iPhone or Android and show it at entry to get in the “fast lane”!

App Dev Hack @ SXSW is for developers working on mobile and HTML5 apps. Developers will learn new skills, build mobile apps, compete for prizes, meet people and find teammates for new or current projects. Not your traditional hack, AppDev Hackathon features hands on training classes on the latest technologies and trends that can help developers build better apps.

The AppDev Hackathon is free to SXSW badge holders. There is a $10 at the door charge for non-badge holders.

Schedule

7:00p Check-in
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8:00p Introduction, Rules, Prizes
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9:00p Hack begins
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10:00p Bootcamp begins
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12:00a Midnight Lunch!
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1:00a Hack Continues
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6:30a Presentations begin
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8:30a Winners Announced
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9:00a Hack Ends

Locals Only - A collection of talented local artists perform at Club 606.

Lineup:

8 PM: The Smites
9 PM: Education
10 PM: Heroine
11 PM: Southbound Drive
12 AM: Hour Band

Join PromaxBDA at SXSW as we help kick off the annual Austin conference. This two-hour event will include cocktails, appetizers and special session “From Market to Make It: How Social TV Technologies are Guiding Audiences To The Content They’ll Love” with industry leaders from GetGlue, Lost Remote, and i.TV. This is an invite only event and seating is limited, so please be sure to RSVP below.

Don’t miss out on this great event -- RSVP today.

From Market to Make It: How Social TV Technologies are Guiding Audiences to The Content They’ll Love
There was a time when Content was King; but success today depends on the size, quality and engagement of the Kingdom. In other words, the audience. PromaxBDA presents this insightful discussion with leaders in Social TV, where you’ll learn about the technologies, platforms and social strategies that aggregate audiences, drive engagement and create legions of passionate fans. 

Panelists:
Alex Iskold, CEO, GetGlue
Justin Whittaker, Co-Founder, i.TV
Cory Bergman, GM, Breaking News and Editor, Lost Remote
Additional panelist to be announced

For the 5th consecutive year SXSW Interactive opens with your party…The OnStar Kick-off Party hosted by @TechSet   We will once again open SXSW Interactive on Friday night with an evening that brings together the new influencers (that's you) to celebrate everything we've done and everything we will do together. This is the only party that designed around you…literally. The venue (The Parish), the guest list, the people who meet you at the door, the entertainment, the ambiance, it's all curated to spark the experiences and memories that kick off SXSW Interactive for you and your social graph the only way we know how…by rocking it.

Join @OnStar for your chance pitch the latest idea to work with OnStar’s API. We will be showcasing the latest technology so you can get your hands-on experience first, including the Chevy at SxSW Mobile app. Download the app and see where Catch A Chevy vehicles are traveling and what’s hot at SxSW.

Find OnStar on Twitter, Google+  and Facebook.

Sign up early as the event sells out every year. Let's make this year's TechSet the most #epic event ever. 

RSVPs are currently closed for non-VIP guests.

Startup Weekend, Zaarly and Twilio have teamed up to bring you the must attend party at SXSW this year! Stop by and have some drinks on us and dance into the night with DJ Christian Barbuto and DJ Remmington Steele behind the booth. Did we mention free drinks? This is where the whos who of the startup world will be at Friday night... and hey maybe even some celebrities (wink, wink). We hope to see you there!

Also, did we mention free drinks?

More info at http://kingdomaustin.com/

 **RSVP does not guarantee entrance. First come first serve. 

DJ Christian Barbuto, DJ Remmington Steele

We're back for our third straight year at SXSW, and we cannot wait to rock out with all of you!

Join the TechKaraoke team and our sponsors (TBA) as, this time, we begin SXSW Interactive with a real bang!  We're taking over The Stage on Sixth for an evening full of live band karaoke and classic DJ karaoke (in-between sets), as well as additional surprises from our sponsors!

Savling, DwinDeal and 4Mads are proud to present “Startups Taking Flight” at SXSW. Come and meet the people behind some of the hottest new online startups. Have a drink and network with VC’S and Angels in the lounge while enjoying the sounds of local Fort Worth rockers, Green River Ordinance. Event will be held at Austin’s legendary Scoot Inn Saloon. Get ready to take flight. 

Join GuideHop crew and members in a tribute to our spiritual guide, the elusive jackalope. The conversation will lean towards fascinating, since GuideHop is a community of locals sharing the wild, unexpected elements of their hometowns.

We invite all SXSW Interactive party-hoppers (including those without badges) to enjoy free drinks at The Jackalope.

North of 41 is an organization whose sole mission is to help entrepreneurs expand their contacts across country borders.  We bring technology from local to global!

Join us for the first night in SxSW where we can meet new attendees and talk about everyone's projects and plans for the festival.

To keep in touch during SXSW join the uberlife.com hangout at:http://uberlife.com/hangouts/first-night-in-sxsw & get the app.

RSVPs for this event are currently unavailable.

FRIDAY, MARCH 9

10 PM:

The Rocket Boys is an indie rock band from Austin, Texas. The band was previously known as Homer Hiccolm & the Rocketboys. Since their formation, they have gained popularity from playing such festivals as Austin City Limits Music Festival, Next Big Nashville, CMJ, and South by Southwest.

TW: @therocketboys FB: www.Facebook.com/therocketboys

11 PM:

Zeale is a hip-hop/indie/alternative artist from Austin, Texas. He has worked with a number of artists across genres, including Los Angeles’ Awolnation and the newly reunited At The Drive-In’s Jim Ward.

TW: @zeale FB: www.facebook.com/zeale.rapz

Kick off SXSW right with some of the brightest minds in the business and join us for the second annual Night Cap with Edelman Digital!

Your co-hosts for the evening are: Kevin King, Global Practice Chair for Edelman digital, David Armano, Executive Vice President, Global Innovation & Integration and Natasha Avery, Vice President US Director Digital Recruitment (look for the pink flower).  Join them along with a cast of "Edelmanites" as we kick off the first of many sleepless nights in Austin. 

Please join the party for a hosted bar at one of Austin’s most awesome venues, The Dogwood.http://www.thedogwoodaustin.com/

Follow tweets for this event at #nightcap

This event is currently sold out.

SoundCloud Open House is a showcase of innovative audio and music start-ups from across the SoundCloud app ecosystem.

Discover the best from web, iOS, Android and desktop sound creation & editing, storytelling and promotion, hosted by the world's leading social sound platform.

Entry to the exhibition space is by invitation. 
Click here to tell us when you'd like to visit.

Alcatel-Lucent is rolling out the red carpet again and playing host at the sassy “ultra-lounge.” Devs, techies, entrepreneurs and VCs are invited to relax, recharge, drink & grub with ALU’s NG Connect team and partners. Fight the flashes on the step and repeat, cameo appearances from tech & celeb stars, and the juiciest SXSW gossip live. VentureBeat will host live interviews while the TechZulu live stream brings you the inside scooop on the latest innovations and shenanigans at SXSWi.

Swing by each day for a plethora (love that word) of brain melting content coupled with some downright delightful activities.  We've got daily open forum Q&A sessions with our lounge partners, including NXP, Mobile Monday, and Moki Mobility, Appcelerator ice-cream socials, a Gig Tank beer pong tournament,  Flurry hosted cocktail receptions, IDA Singapore movie showings... and the fun doesnt end there.

*SXSWi badge required for admittance.

The GeekRun is a social and sports gathering for those who love running and are a bit geeky too (well, it's SXSW after all)!

Participation to the GeekRun is free! Please come to the meet-up point already changed into your running gear.

We will meet up at the lobby of the Austin Hilton Hotel and from there engage on a light 30' run by the riverside. 

The GeekRun will be a way to do some physical activity during SXSW (and burn a few of those BBQ-induced calories) and socialize with fellow attendees... and why not, show off your geeky running apparel and devices.

We will run for approximately 30 minutes at a low to medium pace and the idea is to move together as a group, no one left behind. After the run we'll do a 10/15 minute stretching session and after that you can go back to your accomodation to take a shower and get ready for the first panels of the day! (SXSW panels start at 9.30 am).

The GeekRun is organized by Gianfranco Chicco from Frontiers of Interaction, an Italian conference on technology and interaction design that aims to bridge the American and European innovation hubs.

Ladies only! (You are allowed one male guest.)

A few SXSW alums walked around Austin last year looking for a place where women could hang out, be pampered (we needed a manicure!) and gather, but couldn't find it. So we decided to make it happen this year. We rented a space, gathered partner sponsors and decided to make it happen.

Please note the hours that the event runs. Your ticket allows you a pass to the entire 3 days (come and go as you please, but the manicures/massages/consultations are first-come, first-served).

RSVP via the link below.

Can capitalism really be used as a force for positive social change in the world? We think so!

 It's time we reclaim this concept from all the negative, oppressive and corrupt actions that have tarnished the reputation of a powerful economic tool!  Come meet the entrepreneurs who have proven that capitalism can be a tool to empower citizens and create sustainable and prosperous economies that work for both people and place.  

We are thrilled to have you join us for the third annual Good Capitalist Party (GCP) in Austin, Texas! This year we are bigger and better than ever with more partners, more attendees, and more good capitalists.  What started as a party in 2010 has grown into a three-day lounge experience that connects thousands of Good Capitalists from around the globe. Join us at the Good Capitalist Party Lounge located at St. David's church (only TWO blocks from the convention center!).

We have gathered some of the field’s leading organizations share the lessons and help spread the word that you can do well by doing good. You can have engaging conversations the seasoned pros of social enterprise as well as the up and comers.

The GCP lounge will feature various interactive activities, classes, fireside conversations, demos, structured networking happy hours and a few other surprises.  Meet social entrepreneurs and like-minded leaders who made a positive impact in the community while making a profit. 

GCP convenes Thought Leaders, Social Entrepreneurs, Slackvists, #SocEnt Tweeters, Social Investors & VCs, Artists, Design Thinkers, Techies, and Linchpins who want to do well while doing good.  So whether you need help to get your social venture launched or you would like to learn how to contribute your skills and experience to social enterprises, GCP is the place to be.

Come catalyze positive impact at the Good Capitalist Party Lounge with the support of amazonian tea, fair trade, locally roasted gourmet coffee and food while connecting with others.  You don’t need a SXSW badge, this party is open to the public.

Come check out downtown Austin's premier coworking space for creative professionals and entrepreneurs! From March 9 to March 14th, GoLab Austin will be hosting a series of small talks and events for startups and creative professionals.  Seating is limited so it will be first come first serve - registration is NOT confirmation of a seat.  Its free and you don't need a badge to participate.

You can also stop by and get a little work done at GoLab Austin (really? It's SXSW!), we'll have free coworking all week!

GoLab Austin

The North of 41 lounge is back for our annual event at SxSW Interactive.  This year is going to be better than ever!  We have a ton of activities that are planned for you starting at 5:30pm on Friday March 9th.  We are located at 401 E. Sixth St. @ the Old School grill.  Canada Lounge is a 30 second walk from the Convention Center. 

We will be doing various product giveaways all weekend.  We will be hosting a number of parties including a "Welcome to Austin Party" on March 9th.  There will also be a couple of panel discussions taking place starting at 4:00pm on Sat March 10th.  For more information and to sign up for each individual event, go to our website. www.northof41.org .

We also want to thank Digby/Metabridge for hosting our VIP Lounge at the venue.  While you are there check out the cutting edge mobile e-commerce technology to come out of Digby! http://www.digby.com/

Make sure to stop in at the Canada Lounge to charge up your laptop and grab a drink with friends.  We have plenty of space for meetings and while you are in the venue, check out the companies who are displaying at the lounge.

The Showcase Companies are:
Clearfit
Empire Avenue
Syzzle
Wattpad
Yapagame

Make sure to follow us on Twitter for the latest updates. @northof41. We look forward to seeing you in Austin at North of 41.

To contact us, email:  info@northof41.org

JuntoBox Films will take over Hangar Lounge for a kickoff party celebrating 2012 as our first year of filmmaking. There will be an open bar and live DJ in addition to flash pitch sessions, a registration booth, and some must-see discussions for anyone interested in the future of independent film.

Registration Booth
New users will be able to jump right in with a registration booth available on site. The Junto Genius Team will be there to help new users set up and a professional photographer will handle profile pictures.

Bring Your Ideas
A good film starts with a good pitch. The Flash Pitch session from 1:00-2:00 is where filmmakers will have the opportunity to practice their pitch in front of JuntoBox’s seasoned team of producers, who will provide instant feedback. Six Flash Pitch slots are available above in advance and six more will be available by lottery on March 10th.

Café Discussions

The State of Film Funding in 2012: How We Got Here and Where We’re Going

Film funding has never been easy, thanks to an ever-changing landscape, and the rollercoaster doesn't look to be slowing down anytime soon. Nina Yang, COO of JuntoBox Films as VP Significant Productions, and Head of Production for Significant Productions will moderate a discussion on the future of film funding.

When done right, social media has proven itself as quite possibly the most useful tool in modern marketing, especially when it comes to micro-budget and indie films. Megan Westerby, Social Media Manager for JuntoBox Films, will moderate a discussion on creating successful social media campaigns for film.

Our Superusers are the lifeblood of foursquare! Learn how you can get involved (it's more than just editing venues!).

North of 41 is an organization whose sole mission is to help entrepreneurs expand their contacts across country borders.  We bring technology from local to global!

Rx: Self Medicated Film Expo posts up for a 3rd year during SXSW

Films will run from noon til 4am each night. Check the website for Programming
WWW.RxSM.ORG

Comp booze!

Show details TBA soon!

Take A Shot & A Walk With Trover

Bottoms up! Join Trover for a 45-minute, tequila-fueled walking tour of East Austin's secret gardens, food trailers and street art. Tours leave every hour starting at 12:15 pm through 5:15 pm each day, Friday March 9 through Monday March 12. Meet outside the Liberty Tavern at the big orange balloon, south side of the Hilton, across from the Convention Center. 

We invite you to join us at SXSW for an afternoon of great food, great drinks & inspirational dialogue with some of today's leading visionaries who are breaking the mold by merging creativity with technology. Our second annual Art + Tech + Innovation salon at SXSW will include panelists Frank Warren of Post Secret, Mick Ebeling of the Not Impossible Foundation, transmedia storyteller Lance Weiler, filmmaker Vikram Gandhi (Kumaré), along with special guests to be announced.

North of 41 is an organization whose sole mission is to help entrepreneurs expand their contacts across country borders.  We bring technology from local to global!

Have questions? Need help? Stop by our office hours and chat with our community, business, product and engineering teams!

SpareFoot and Uncle Bob's present SPARE BEATS hosted by Vast and Silverton Partners, a day-to-night unofficial SXSW Interactive party and live DJ showcase. Free and open to 21+ at Molotov, with drink specials (hosted bar by Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum) and yummy Dogwood bar food. Free photo booth by Tracks.

Prepare for a slew of major national acts and talented local DJs. Sounds will range from throwback hip-hop to electronic to dancehall/reggae, etc. Party with your tech startup friends! 

First 100 people to use TabbedOut will get $5 off a tab of $6 or more. Look for the offer from TabbedOut and SpareFoot! 

**RSVP on Do512 now to be automatically entered in a drawing to win free drinks from SpareFoot.**

FINAL LINEUP ANNOUNCED! 

DJ JAYCEEOH (Super 7, MASTERS— LA / NYC)
Roxy Cottontail (Bunnyjawn— NYC)
DJ Platurn (Oakland Faders— Oakland)
Get Right Kids + Thick as Thieve$ (Keep It Local— ATX)
DJ Protege + DJ Inverse (HOTT Bookings— ATX)
Table Manners Crew (Keep It Local, HOTT Bookings— ATX)

<< Look out for the official SPARE BEATS Mixtape by DJs Digg (of TMC) and Inverse. Available for free download, coming soon. >>

Yeast by Sweet Beast 2012, presented by Anne Heller of Aurora Plastics Company and Church of the Friendly Ghost, is a three-day experimental improvisation and outsider music festival, now in its 12th year. Poet, musician and filmmaker Anne Heller (of the experimental improv band Aurora Plastics Company) began the fest in the year 2000 to celebrate still being alive and to return a bit of happiness to the community by creating a manifestation of “flying the freak flag.” She organizes and funds the fest herself, paying the performing bands equally from the profits, if any. Inspired by Andy Warhol’s legendary “Exploding Plastic Inevitable” happenings, this showcase of up-and-coming tonal artists is accompanied by the film installations of video artist Paul Baker and others, creating a hypnotic ambiance throughout. 

Experimental improvisational music is “art for art’s sake,” creation as a means of intense personal expression. The bands featured in Yeast by Sweet Beast are all experienced improvisers who feel comfortable and relish the magic which is creativity in the moment. Many also perform in other musical genres. Each band gets a 30-minute set with 8 or 9 bands performing each night of the fest.

Yeast by Sweet Beast 2012 will feature Louisville, Kentucky’s Bosco Stravinsky and Houston’s Future Blondes, as well as such Austin-based experimental stalwarts as ST-37, Plutonium Farmers, Attic Ted, Book of Shadows and organic-electric soundtrack conjurers Aurora Plastics Company. Paul Baker of Sub Oslo and others will visually accompany the musical performances, in traditional Yeast by Sweet Beast fashion.

For more info visit http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yeast-by-Sweet-Beast-Fest/321347237877510

ATX Dribbble Meetup #7 (the SXSW edition) will be on Saturday, March 10th at 3PM. It will be held across Lady Bird Lake (away from the mass center of things) at Uncle Billy's Brew & Que.

http://www.unclebillys.com 
http://dribbble.com/shots/460915-ATX-Dribbble-Meetup-7

Want to get baked during SXSW? Join BakeSpace.com, TECHmunch food blogger conference & Cookbook Cafe for an afternoon of baked delights and saucy drinks with our favorite Austin food bloggers. 

Thanks to our friends at KitchenAid, we're also giving away two 7-qt. Stand Mixers and three 5-Speed Hand Mixers. Winners announced at 5:30 pm - you must be present to win.

Due to the popularity of our event... drinks will be hosted for the first hour (or until our cash runs out). Then you'll get a super discounted price of $2 beers & $3.50 for mixed drinks (best deal in town). Food will be served until we run out.

The most interesting thing we could do is organize an event specifically for app developers looking to launch and get some thoughtful attention for their app.

Our vision for App.net has been to build tools that we as developers would personally want to use, and so we are trying to put together exactly the kind of event we would want to attend. i.e. we are not charging app developers for placement, we are not getting corporate sponsorship, we are not packing the event with too many apps or people.

The goal of our showcase is to drive discovery of new and noteworthy apps, and to actually move the needle for the developers who get a chance to present.

App.net SXSW Showcase details:

App.net will provide a 10 minute presentation block to 6 app developers.
4 of the app slots are devoted to brand new apps launching
2 are for existing apps doing a significant relaunch
Capacity at the event will be small, but information about the apps at the event will be dispersed as widely as possible
We will film the presentation block and distribute the video of the presentation within 24 hoursApp.net will do our best to secure press coverage, app reviews and other promotion as part of this event.
Catered with Salt Lick barbecueAlso, Free Beer

If you are an app developer that is attending SXSW and would like the chance to present your app, please see this application form.

Interested folks should contact marketing@app.net for RSVP

We are packing the house with 200 of the sexiest current and alumni RocketSpace entrepreneurs as well as our partners from Microsoft, Pearson, AB-Inbev, Dropbox and SONY. With power in numbers, this "Greatest Hits" party will undoubtedly be one of the most epic happy hour SXSW has ever seen.   

No cell phone required as we are outfitting all of our VIP guests with RFID bracelet for instant social media syndication from photo booths and professional photographers. The bracelets also grant nightly bar access after 6pm at the Bing Lot.

Props, swag, floor sinage and activities to rock this party are not only suggested but required! We have twin 55" plsmas, wifi, and plenty of power through out so make sure to chat with us to make sure your ideas meet the minimum crazy requirement.

Women in Wireless Sorority House at SXSW!

WHEN: Friday, March 9th  –  Monday, March 12th
WHERE:  WiW ‘Sorority’ House
1189 E. Branch Street
Austin, TX 78702

Attending SXSW this year? Make sure to stop by the Women in Wireless house, where we’ll be hosting a pre-party ‘Lounge’ every night from 4:00- 7:00 pm. Its the perfect place to be whether you’re looking to refresh and unwind with familiar faces, or to start your night off with a bang before venturing out in Downtown Austin.  We will be giving out exclusive WiW @ SXSW T-shirts to the first 40 attendees. Wine and hors’ deouvres will also be served.

To learn more about the Lounge and to RSVP, visit the links below:

• SXSW Women in Wireless Lounge Party- March 9th: FRIDAY
• SXSW Women in Wireless Lounge Party- March 10th: SATURDAY
• SXSW Women in Wireless Lounge Party- March 11th: SUNDAY
• SXSW Women in Wireless Lounge Party- March 12th: MONDAY

You want to learn about Innovation, forget about Silicon Valley, focus instead  on a country called Canada!!  Bet you are surprised eh?  Canada is leading the world in tech innovation.  On March 10th at 4:15pm, come and hear first hand from our panellists about their drive to success.

Canada has alot to offer tech companies that postively impact their bottom line.  From being leaders in financial services and mobile development along with having a low cost of living, provides a perfect mix of talent and opportunity.

Make sure you stop by the North of 41 Lounge for a drink and you will learn something.  You will hear from some leading experts about the benefits associated with connecting into the Canadian Tech Eco-System.  You will hear first hand from companies and other stakeholders who have profited from having a significant presence in the Canadian marketplace.

Canada has alot to offer tech companies that postively impact their bottom line.  From being leaders in financial services and mobile development along with having a low cost of living, provides a perfect mix of talent and opportunity.

We're coming to Austin and taking over Easy Tiger Bake Shop & Beer Garden for three nights! Join us for great food, great beer and live music…with a special appearance by Nadia G of Nadia G's Bitchin Kitchen on Friday & Saturday!

First come, first serve. Must be 21 and over. RSVP is for all 3 nights. 

Are you coming to SXSW and do you love news and technology?

You must come to Awesomest Journalism Party. Ever.  

At the Palm Door (right across the street from the Austin Convention Center)

Cohosted and sponsored by The Huffington Post, Upriser, Hacks/Hackers, ONA, the Poynter Institute, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia, USC Annenberg School of Journalism, Scribd, and more to come.

Please RSVP. However, RSVPing is no guarantee of entry, as there is a capacity limit to the Marq.

At the SXSW Google Village

It's a Cajun-style crawfish boil, complete with all the fixins', plus an open bar, and fun outdoor games like Cornhole, giant Jenga, and more.

How to RSVP: 
Follow the instructions at the RSVP link.

LGBTQ Meet-Up Afterparty ::
It's a party for the official SXSWers to meet the locals, hosted by the Gay Place and AGLCC in Austin's beloved leather/bear bar. All welcome. Badged and nonbadged alike. Gay and non-gay. C'mon! You don't need no steeenkeen badges!

https://www.facebook.com/events/379814058709119/

Do you want to see some of the coolest tech on display at SxSW Interactive?  Make sure you stop by the North of 41 Lounge on March 10th at 5:15 pm  to hear 5 company CEO's pitch there company's products.  The company showcase is an on stage pitch session where companies have 3 minutes each to pitch infront of judges.  At the end of the pitch session, the judges will reserve their decisions and at this point it is up to the company participants to get as many votes as they can from SxSW attendees throughout the night.  The final score will tally the judges score for 50% and the other 50% will be from audience voting. 

We would like to thank our friends at Jetjaw.com for providing the voting system for the competition all weekend.

The participating companies are:

1) Clearfit

2) Empire Avenue

3) Syzzle

4) Wattpad

5) Yapagame

Stop by and cast your vote for your favourite company.  Final results will be revealed on Sunday March 11th, at the North of 41. 

Grab drinks with the foursquare crew, 21+ inside the foursquare court! RSVP required.

An open invitation to all SxSW attendees who can't be bothered to go back to their hotels at the end of the sessions on Saturday to come hang out for beers, chilling, chatting and the rest. Meet and get to know a whole bunch of fellow SxSW-ers from across the world and find a crew to head over to the opening party with.

To keep in touch during SXSW join the uberlife.com hangout at http://uberlife.com/hangouts/sxsw-saturday-end-of-session-drinks & get the app.

Rsvp via uberlife to guarantee your place and keep up with what else is going on at SxSW!

See everyone soon!

Join TechCocktail.com as we celebrate some of the hottest startups in all the land on the grand stage at SXSW.

To wrap up the day of activities at SXSW, Tech Cocktail will be hosting its third annual mixer style event at SXSW (check these links out in case you missed the last two years – SXSW 2011 and SXSW 2010).

Past showcased startups at our events have gotten great feedback, been funded on the spot, met new employees, investors, and some have even be acquired. Some of our SXSW showcased startup alumni include Foodspotting, Khush, Mobile Roadie, Storify, Udemy, Tango, Sifteo, Sphero, Votizen, and many more. 

This event is free with a SXSW badge.

Want some German-inspired malted beverages and other refreshments from local producers? Come to the Identity Biergarten for an informal identity and personal data networking event.

Thanks to our sponsors!
Unbound ID, Sailpoint, Gluu, oneID, Connect.ME

Librarians, Info Pros, Data Hounds, Information Enablers...

Simmer down after a day chockful of panels and awesomeness that is SXSW before gearing up for the full night ahead.

Keeping with tradition, thouough we're moving the mellow meetup to Skinny's Ballroom 
(NOT Lustre Pearl)

- talk, share, enjoy a cold beverage*, grab a taco* from the truck, amaze each other...

*free (Thanks to our fairy godmother sponsor: Serials Solutions who loves awesome kicking ass library folk)

This event is for SXSWi badgeholders + invited guests of uShip/sponsors only.

NERDS ROCK II – uShip House Party & Unofficial SXSWi Kickoff Bash with Black Joe Lewis and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.

Live Music - Free Food - Open Bar

** SXSWi Badgeholders are welcome up to event capacity! (No RSVP needed) **

Live Music
Black Joe Lewis And The HoneybearsDale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
Music curated by GoodDanny's http://dannyreisch.com/ 

Interactive performances

Edge of Imagination Station (Interactive stop-motion animation)
Aerial artists

Open bar sponsored by Tito's Handmade Vodka, Sweet Leaf Tea, Atlantico Rum
Food by East Side Kings  
Event Co-sponsors: ARC Staffing, EmPowerHR, golden frog, KPMG, Oury Clark, Wells Fargo, 10gen/MongoDB

Follow us on Twitter for updates leading up to the event! http://twitter.com/uship (#NerdsRock)

Kirtsy + Guy Kawasaki invite you to the fourth annual 

Guy Kawasaki and the girls of Kirtsy invite you to celebrate "What's Next" on stage, on tap, and on and-on-and-on in the ATX for SXSW Interactive. And to celebrate properly, we're going to seriously step it up 2012 style and relocate to the one, the only, the legendary Stubb's BBQ outdoor amphitheater. 

JOIN US!

Featuring SXSW showcase bands

The Tontons
UME
Wild Moccasins
Quiet Company
Dave Wrangler 
The Kingston Springs

A variety of excellent Samuel Adams beer will be on tap as our favorite beer of choice. (Stubbs outdoors, 6 pm to midnight). The admission is free. The beer is not. But the beer is rad.

We'll let you in on the latest in awesome midnight snacking at the Official Afterparty (Stubbs indoors, midnight to 2 am)

And watch out for all kinds of other awesomeness we have up our sleeves...

SPONSORED BY: Sam Adams, Kellogg's, 1800 Specs, BBVA Compass Stadium, RedRover app, Fishbowl Records, and your local host Culture Map. 

PRODUCED BY: The Convoy Group

ART BY: Jason McElweenie of You Might Know Me Agency

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Attendance is limited, and you must RSVP "Yes" to be on the list.

(You'll have to RSVP. So go ahead and do that right now. If you are planning to attend and bring guests, please be sure to "JOIN+" on this event page and comment the number of guests you plan to bring. We are limited by the capacity of the venue. Once the venue is full, it will be one out and one in. SO, come early!!)

Real Austinites don't need badges -- party like a local

Loku invites you to the office on Saturday, March 10 to do SXSW right and hang out with real Austinites. We can guarantee that there will be no VIP lines, no bouncers checking your badge, and no lame corporate sponsors. Just cool people, good burgers, and drinking games.

We’ll start grilling at 6p and will be going until late. There will be plenty of local beers and games, so feel free to invite your friends – the more the merrier!

Loku.com
Follow @loku on Twitter for all of our SXSW plans 

See ya’ll there!

http://www.facebook.com/events/315536261837046/

Also, check out Loku's Guide to Austin Infographic here: http://visual.ly/loku-sxsw-guide

Tom & Gary's Decentralized Dance Party is the world's funnest spontaneous street Party:http://goo.gl/W51rg 

Giftiki & Kiip have teamed up to help bring the DDP to SXSW for 2012. 
Click here to make it happen! >> http://bettertogetherddp.com/


What is a Decentralized Dance Party (DDP)?
The DDP is a portable, battery-powered Party System.
It was invented by Tom and Gary, two gentlemen from Vancouver.
It consists of hundreds of Party people, carrying boomboxes, and a DJ who wears a backpack, containing an FM radio transmitter.

All the boomboxes are tuned into the DJ’s master FM broadcast, resulting in a mobile, synchronized sound system. This portable dance Party roams the night, generating complete awesomeness, street by street and block by block, onto buses and subways, into public fountains and beyond. Inevitably interfacing with the public, together we create an infectious epidemic of fun. A roaming Party adventure that lasts all night long!

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: http://goo.gl/Mbvjo


THE THEME:
The theme is Extreme Physical Fitness.
We will burn more collective calories in one night than the Biggest Losers do in a season and the universe will implode. 

Our mission is to assemble every single piece of exercise equipment ever invented to help you Shed Pounds and Party Harder, including:
-Abcircle
-AbFlex
-Abdominizer
-AbSculptor
-Aerobislide
-Balance Ball
-BodyBlade
-ChestExpander
-DietPills
-Dr.Ho
-Gut Trimmer
-Hula Hoop
-Mannequin
-NordicTrack
-PogoStick
-Richard Simmons
-Sauna Suits
-ShakeWeight
-StairMaster
-StairClimber
-Stationary bicycle
-Stripper Pole
-ThighBuster
-ThighMaster
-Tiger Blood
-Trampoline
-TummyTrimmer
-WheelChair
-Etc!

We request that you locate all of the items above to add to our Fitness Stockpile and together we will create the craziest Fitness Freakout to ever grace the cosmos.


MUSIC:
The best of the best fat-burning anthems.

DRESS CODE:
Whatever you can burn lots of fat in, including:
Belly-tops, spandex, leg warmers, cross-trainers, sweatpants, sweatbands, headbands, banana, short-shorts, sauna suits, etc.
BRIGHT COLORS ARE MANDATORY.
http://youtu.be/y0qSCLoF_QA

THE DETAILS:
In order to Maximize our Collective Party Potential, please share this invite with everyone who knows how to Party, and join our:
Twitter http://bit.ly/gXKU4j
Mailing List http://bit.ly/dUUP9U
Facebook Page http://goo.gl/ZybdP
(so we can share the starting time/location and other special things)

THE BANANA TASK FORCE:
We’re recruiting Ten Elite Partiers to round out our Elite Banana Task Force. All ten will be equipped with banana suits in order to help us prepare the boomboxes, facilitate the madness and other Elite Party Tasks. Want in? Send us a non-traditional resume:
http://bit.ly/fn1TWs

THE STARTING LOCATION:
The Party’s Starting location will be announced THE NIGHT BEFORE THE EVENT via Twitter, Facebook and Mailing List.

ALL-AGES:
DDPs are hosted exclusively in public spaces and completely open and we take pride in creating the most inclusive Party possible. EVERYONE, of every AGE, BACKGROUND and STYLE is welcome.
People show up to DDPs with their kids and parents all the time. Homeless people join in. It's all good. The more diversity the better. Music is the universal human language, dance is the universal human movement, and Partying is the universal human release.

ALCOHOL:
We DO NOT encourage or condone alcohol consumption. But if you choose to disregard the law and our heartfelt advice, please be discreet (e.g. pop bottles) and don’t ruin this for everyone else. Thank you.

This alcohol policy is fully explained in the PARTY MANIFESTO: http://bit.ly/exgmki

RESPECT:
When we are Partying, be respectful of people and property and please don’t litter. We have worked hard to build a good name for ourselves and the DDP. We have also maintained a good rapport with police forces across the country and because of this, they have always helped us out and allowed everyone to have a good time. It is essential that we maintain these things if we want to continue to do these Parties. SPREAD THE WORD.

GET A BOOMBOX:
To tune in to our Party Broadcast. You can find them at thrift stores for $5-10 or on ebay:http://goo.gl/Bf31q
We will provide as many boomboxes as possible, but it’s first-come-first-serve and they always run out and the more the merrier!
How To Select And Prepare A Boombox: http://tinyurl.com/2bk2ulo

BOOMBOX DONATIONS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED!
PLEASE EMAIL OUR AUSTIN FRIEND SHAWN IF YOU HAVE ANY :)
berkeleynative@gmail.com


MORE FUN STUFF TO BRING:
Beach balls, balloons, mini trampolines, hula hoops, jump ropes, ROLLERBLADES, razor scooters, sound systems, Party lights, Large Cumbersome Objects To Party With, musical instruments, etc!


Love,
Tom and Gary

Even MORE info: http://www.facebook.com/events/232276226865281

An opportunity for any women attending SXSW Interactive 2012 who feel like hooking up for a few cocktails at the Four Seasons near the start of the conference.

A chance to meet fellow women in tech, hang out and then head to one of the many parties going on that night - perhaps stop off for some food on the way:

To confirm your place, see who else is booked on and get any updates in the run up, RSVP on the uberlife hangout:

Girls in tech

World Domination Comes to Austin, Texas!

Join me and a group of fun people in Austin for an informal meetup on Saturday night. It's totally FREE to come, but please only request a ticket if you'll definitely be there—space is limited to the first 150 200 awesome people.

We'll be at the Geisha Room (formerly The Marq) on the corner of 5th and Congress from 7-9pm. After 9pm, the DJ will crank up the music for a performance -- everyone is welome to stay. 

Special thanks to Betty Jean Bell for coordination help. We'll also be adding food and drink sponsors in the final days before the party. 

See you there!

-@chrisguillebeau

Blip is partnering with one of their best video producers--Rooster Teeth, and their flagship property Red vs. Blue, the genre defining video game sitcom now entering its 10th season.

This will be the first live performance of the show, something that has never been attempted before.

Open bar, event open to any badgeholders.

21+

Michigan State Alumni Association and Pure Michigan are partnering to host an event for any MSU Alumni as well as anybody who is from the State of Michigan. Food and drinks will be free while it lasts.

We'll be party rocking and "Flopping" like it's hot all night long! Kegs, piñatas, swag on swag on swag, delish Tex/Mex food, live music, dance parties, and surfer tanks are just a few of the things attendees will be able to enjoy. Belly is the hottest and fastest growing customer loyalty platform in Austin and we're excited to share our launch with SXSW attendees.

Free for all Belly users and you can sign up when you get to Lucy's. Check-in all over Austin and earn points redeemable for the most awesome rewards on the planet. No exaggeration.

Maybe you're an experienced ExpressionEngine developer. Maybe you just want to learn about EE or CodeIgniter. Maybe you manage a site built in EE. If any of these words make sense to you just come to the party. We'll sort it out over drinks.

Seriously though, the EE community is amazing and we love being a part of it. So come eat, drink and swap war stories with your fellow designers and developers.

Who knows… if we’re lucky maybe there will be an old-timey gunslinger duel outside the bar at some point… that happens all the time in Texas, right?

Ask.com loves you, so you get free beer! RSVP required at Do512.

Celeb appearances, luge, hosted bar & DJ.

Respect the DJ! Local and nationally know turntablists, radio DJs, and electronic DJs mix it up all night long!

Free Entry with RSVP on Do512!

SG + SX2012 

suicide girls party + live casting 
featuring:SG hopeful casting with missy suicide

music by:

kay leotard

the harms

DJ mahealani 

warm leatherette

first 100 people through the door receive a 1 year membership to suicidegirls.com


sponsored by: suicide girls  l  sailor jerry  l  hotel vegas 

The Copyblogger team is throwing another unforgettable SxSW party this year, only this time, the one and only Brian Clark will be spinning awesome '80s music for the duration of the open bar happy hour. Held at Stubb's newest venue, The Rattle Inn, the Computer Blue party will feature several floors of great people, music, and of course, cocktails.

A free open bar will be held from 8:30 - 9:30pm. Last year's event had lines around the block, so be sure to arrive early if you want to join the fun!

This event is free, although you must RSVP via the link below in order to attend. See you there!

Free with RSVP on Do512!

THE OCTOPUS PROJECT head up mobile music startups, vivogig and DejaSet's Mobile Music Invasion unofficial (no badge wrist band required) SXSW Interactive party with FREE DRINKS.

Prepare for a sensory overload as vivogig projects photos taken by the crowd on their soon-to-be released band photography app and DejaSet shoots the gig audio directly to your phone!

BANDS
- Octopus Project 
- Fresh Millions
- Sphynx
- DJ Joe Mirasole from The Bright Light Social Hour (DJ Set) 
And more...

VIVOGIG (www.vivogig.com)
shoot, share and vote on your favorite live music photos. You can upload your gig pics to the website right now and through the app at SXSW. 

DEJASET (www.dejaset.com)
Bands can record and immediately sell recordings of their set the minute they put down their guitars. Fans get to re-live the experience with the sound from the actual show! 

MEDIA PARTNERS: 
KSTW (http://ktsw.txstate.edu/)
Eye In The Sky Collective (http://eyeintheskycollective.com/)

Cha Cha, @MensHumor and Lamebook.com are joining forces to kick off SXSW 2012 with a BANG…bzzt…brrrfft…boop as their mutual modems connect whoever's in town with a night of merriment, music, free booze and lots of dorky internet stuff.

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Featuring music from:

DJ CHRIS ROSE (formerly Car Stereo [Wars])

NEILIYO
http://neiliyo.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Neiliyo

DJ HOT BRITCHES
http://hotbritches.tumblr.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hot-Britches/219200902027?sk=wall

And a phantastic photo booph from ANNIE RAY.

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RSVP at http://www.ThatInternetParty.com/

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Extra special thanks to our sponsors: 

Cha Cha
http://www.chacha.com/

Greatest Common Factory, 
http://gcfactory.com/

GladPost
http://www.gladpost.com/

CultureMap Austin
http://austin.culturemap.com/

SATURDAY, MARCH 10

10 PM:

One of Michael Jackson’s nephews, Austin Brown is a singer, dancer, producer, and songwriter based in Los Angeles. A blend of soul, rock and pop, Brown co-founded the independent record label The Royal Factory and premiered a track on an episode of “Lopez Tonight”.

TW: @AustinBrown FB: www.facebook.com/TheRealAustinBrown

11 PM:

Fusing indie rock with the heat of the humid south, Quiet Hounds

released their first album in 2011. Shrouded in mystery the past few months, the band finally unveiled their identities in February 2012 during a show at The Goat Farm in Atlanta.

TW: @quiethounds FB: www.facebook.com/quiethounds

Must be 21+ to attend. Invitation is non transferable.

Enjoy Dos Equis® Responsibly, © 2012 Cervezas Mexicanas, White Plains, NY

RSVP via the link below.

All night party at secret venue!

Come and enjoy the close of winter, and get in the mood for SXSW at the World of Dance Austin House Party. The World of Dance will consist of Individually styled rooms allowing you to wander freely and sample some of the best atmosphere here in Austin.

- Club Classics
- British House Tunes
- Trance and Techno
- Industrial 

Full Bar.
Venue will be revealed by email a few days before the party.
A proportion of each ticket sold will benefit SafePlace, a local Austin charity working to end abuse

SoundCloud Open House is a showcase of innovative audio and music start-ups from across the SoundCloud app ecosystem.

Discover the best from web, iOS, Android and desktop sound creation & editing, storytelling and promotion, hosted by the world's leading social sound platform.

Entry to the exhibition space is by invitation. 
Click here to tell us when you'd like to visit.

Alcatel-Lucent is rolling out the red carpet again and playing host at the sassy “ultra-lounge.” Devs, techies, entrepreneurs and VCs are invited to relax, recharge, drink & grub with ALU’s NG Connect team and partners. Fight the flashes on the step and repeat, cameo appearances from tech & celeb stars, and the juiciest SXSW gossip live. VentureBeat will host live interviews while the TechZulu live stream brings you the inside scooop on the latest innovations and shenanigans at SXSWi.

Swing by each day for a plethora (love that word) of brain melting content coupled with some downright delightful activities.  We've got daily open forum Q&A sessions with our lounge partners, including NXP, Mobile Monday, and Moki Mobility, Appcelerator ice-cream socials, a Gig Tank beer pong tournament,  Flurry hosted cocktail receptions, IDA Singapore movie showings... and the fun doesnt end there.

*SXSWi badge required for admittance.

The GeekRun is a social and sports gathering for those who love running and are a bit geeky too (well, it's SXSW after all)!

Participation to the GeekRun is free! Please come to the meet-up point already changed into your running gear.

We will meet up at the lobby of the Austin Hilton Hotel and from there engage on a light 30' run by the riverside. 

The GeekRun will be a way to do some physical activity during SXSW (and burn a few of those BBQ-induced calories) and socialize with fellow attendees... and why not, show off your geeky running apparel and devices.

We will run for approximately 30 minutes at a low to medium pace and the idea is to move together as a group, no one left behind. After the run we'll do a 10/15 minute stretching session and after that you can go back to your accomodation to take a shower and get ready for the first panels of the day! (SXSW panels start at 9.30 am).

The GeekRun is organized by Gianfranco Chicco from Frontiers of Interaction, an Italian conference on technology and interaction design that aims to bridge the American and European innovation hubs.

Cure Your Interactive Hangover with three of Austin's Hottest Startups! 

Cure your hangover with three of Austin's hottest new startups!  Forecast, GroupWink, and PublikDemand are throwing a VIP breakfast party on Sunday, March 11 from 9:00am. - 12p.m.

We know the first weekend of SXSW Interactive can be a rough one.  Join us on Sunday morning at the Austin 360 Condo's for Austin's BEST breakfast tacos, mimosas, advil, water, Red Bull, and everything else you need refuel for the rest of your Interactive weekend!

Forecast - www.foreca.st

GroupWink - www.groupwink.com

PublikDemand - www.publikdemand.com

Ladies only! (You are allowed one male guest.)

A few SXSW alums walked around Austin last year looking for a place where women could hang out, be pampered (we needed a manicure!) and gather, but couldn't find it. So we decided to make it happen this year. We rented a space, gathered partner sponsors and decided to make it happen.

Please note the hours that the event runs. Your ticket allows you a pass to the entire 3 days (come and go as you please, but the manicures/massages/consultations are first-come, first-served).

RSVP via the link below.

Can capitalism really be used as a force for positive social change in the world? We think so!

 It's time we reclaim this concept from all the negative, oppressive and corrupt actions that have tarnished the reputation of a powerful economic tool!  Come meet the entrepreneurs who have proven that capitalism can be a tool to empower citizens and create sustainable and prosperous economies that work for both people and place.  

We are thrilled to have you join us for the third annual Good Capitalist Party (GCP) in Austin, Texas! This year we are bigger and better than ever with more partners, more attendees, and more good capitalists.  What started as a party in 2010 has grown into a three-day lounge experience that connects thousands of Good Capitalists from around the globe. Join us at the Good Capitalist Party Lounge located at St. David's church (only TWO blocks from the convention center!).

We have gathered some of the field’s leading organizations share the lessons and help spread the word that you can do well by doing good. You can have engaging conversations the seasoned pros of social enterprise as well as the up and comers.

The GCP lounge will feature various interactive activities, classes, fireside conversations, demos, structured networking happy hours and a few other surprises.  Meet social entrepreneurs and like-minded leaders who made a positive impact in the community while making a profit. 

GCP convenes Thought Leaders, Social Entrepreneurs, Slackvists, #SocEnt Tweeters, Social Investors & VCs, Artists, Design Thinkers, Techies, and Linchpins who want to do well while doing good.  So whether you need help to get your social venture launched or you would like to learn how to contribute your skills and experience to social enterprises, GCP is the place to be.

Come catalyze positive impact at the Good Capitalist Party Lounge with the support of amazonian tea, fair trade, locally roasted gourmet coffee and food while connecting with others.  You don’t need a SXSW badge, this party is open to the public.

Stop by the foursquare court for free breakfast tacos, coffee, and pain relievers, courtesy of GA. 10 am 'til we run out!

Please join us for the fourth annual SXSW Found Type Photowalk. As in previous years, our plan is to meet in the lobby of the Hilton Austin (close to the escalators) and depart around 10:00 am. We may head west toward Congress Avenue and wander south across the bridge over Town Lake—or maybe we’ll see what strikes our fancy. Let’s see what lettering and typography lurks beyond the downtown core, shall we? All photographers and types of equipment (including iPhone toting, Instagram users) are welcome.

Additional info and the latest details at: http://www.flickr.com/groups/foundtypesxsw2009/

From the frosted classics to the kid stuff, be bowled over by a serious cereal selection and a chance to meet – and eat – with folks from all over the Silicon Prairie. Whether you're a fruit-flavor craver or a loyal Cap'n cruncher, you'll have plenty of options to choose from.

Grab a cup of joe, take a breather and catch up on all the SXSW happenings at the Silicon Prairie Cereal Bar.

About CloudCamp

As an informal, member-supported gathering, CloudCamp relies entirely on volunteers to help with meeting content, speakers, meeting locations, equipment and membership recruitment. We also have corporate sponsors that provide financial assistance with venues, food, drink, software, services and other valuable donations

If you are interested in helping or sponsoring, contact Dave Nielsen (dave at platformd dot com)

Schedule:
- See http://www.cloudcamp.org/workshop

Organizer:
- Dave Nielsen 

Interested in more about CloudCamp?
-  http://www.cloudcamp.org/schedule

Come check out downtown Austin's premier coworking space for creative professionals and entrepreneurs! From March 9 to March 14th, GoLab Austin will be hosting a series of small talks and events for startups and creative professionals.  Seating is limited so it will be first come first serve - registration is NOT confirmation of a seat.  Its free and you don't need a badge to participate.

You can also stop by and get a little work done at GoLab Austin (really? It's SXSW!), we'll have free coworking all week!

GoLab Austin

We’ve all been there. Sunday morning. You’ve made it through the first SXSW weekend. It’s time to Refuel and Engage.

Join Yammer, SocialVibe and theMIX agency, as we get away from the hustle and bustle of the convention center and unwind at the Hangar. Refuel is the place to connect with social media and social business professionals and luminaries, marketing mavens, digital advertisers and brand representatives. Enjoy networking and specialty cocktails in the Runway Lounge or bounce to the beat on the Refuel Rooftop. Regardless of what you're looking for, Refuel will satisfy your mood.

DJs on the Refuel Rooftop:

SPECIAL GUEST DJ (New York)

Joaquin Bartra (Palms Out Sound, San Francisco)
twitter.com/joaquinbartra
soundcloud.com/joaquinbartra

Mess Kid (Freshmore, New York)
twitter.com/messkid
soundcloud.com/messkid

Rx: Self Medicated Film Expo posts up for a 3rd year during SXSW

Films will run from noon til 4am each night. Check the website for Programming
WWW.RxSM.ORG

Comp booze!

Show details TBA soon!

Our platform and engineering teams will be holding court. This is your chance to ask all those burning questions about our API!

Yes we will have a horse!

The morning after you dance yourself redonk at That Internet Party 2), you're gonna want to drink some free beer and eat some delicious BBQ to recover whilst listening to some old-school country jams from SHOOT THE JUKEBOX.

We're providin' that at Men's Humor's HANGOVER HOEDOWN. Stop on by, eat some 'que and have a brewskie on us.

Special Thanks to our sponsors Greatest Common Factory and CultureMap Austin!

On 3/11 and 3/14- Presskit.to Demo Days, 12-4pm

We’ll be grilling, listening to and playing tunes, filming IAtv sessions, and doing Presskit.to product demos out of our bandwagon on the 11th and 14th (location TBD, but we plan to be as close to 6th street as possible). 
Come on by to build your very own FREE press kit (available exclusively to SXSW attendees) and say hi! There might even be a bear hanging around…

About Presskit.to:
Presskit.to enables creative individuals to organize, protect, and share their creative identities while on the go. By making your portfolio immediately accessible, Presskit.to will ensure that you never miss another opportunity to impress! For more information, please check out our press release.

Request an Invite at http://presskit.to

RSVP for our party on March 11th and automatically be entered to win a free trip to SXSW

RSVP below for PulsePoint’s rooftop party at Parkside on Sunday, March 11th and automatically be entered to win a free trip to SXSW. This trip includes an Interactive Badge, hotel accommodations from March 10th-March 12th at the Hyatt Regency, and a flight voucher up to $500! Total Value of $3000! Don’t miss out on this great opportunity. RSVP today!

The Fresh From the Underground collective (KOOP 91.7fm)) is hosting a showcase at Cherrywood on Sunday, March 11, 2012. 

The showcase starts at 1 PM and runs until 10 PM and will reflect FFtU's interest in local and national underground music. The total sensory experience will include DJs, video artists, and bands. And it's FREE! Here's a partial listing, with a schedule to follow. 

//Performance Artists//
OVEREVO - 2:45

//Bands//
Jack Topht - 3:00 - One Man Rap-a-tack (Buffalo NY)
Barbara Andrea Arriaga - 3:30 Solo Cellist 
Messy Sparkles - 4:00 - Electronic Fun Time 
Attic Ted - 4:30 - Masked Mayhem from San Marcos
Dr. Bleep - 5:00 - Electronic bleeps and squeaks from the Bleep Labs
Night Viking - 6:00 - Improve Art Rock Legends
Smokey Emery - 6:30 - Tape Loop Drone
Roo - 7:00 - Super Stripped Down Rock
Silent Land Time Machine - 7:30 - Sound Scapes
Ichi Ni San Shi - 8:00 - Just plain good rock band
How I quit Crack - 8:30 - Black Light Torch Singer
Porno Helmut - 9:30- Audio Visual Lobotomy (Dallas)

//Video Artists// After Dark
Otis Ike
Normal Dubb

<<don't recognize any of these artists? then this is even more for you! immerse yourself in underground music. and good times duh>>

http://www.facebook.com/events/281618528578206/

Take A Shot & A Walk With Trover

Bottoms up! Join Trover for a 45-minute, tequila-fueled walking tour of East Austin's secret gardens, food trailers and street art. Tours leave every hour starting at 12:15 pm through 5:15 pm each day, Friday March 9 through Monday March 12. Meet outside the Liberty Tavern at the big orange balloon, south side of the Hilton, across from the Convention Center. 

Join Co-hosts Richard Binhammer & David Armano for their fourth installment of the most popular brunch of SXSW, Allhat IV "Mootown's Greatest Hits". 

Limited drink tickets & the best breakfast tacos Austin has to offer. 

*Follow the conversation on Twitter at #allhat.
**Boots not included. Hats optional but recommended.
***No baseball caps unless you are Peter Kim or Jim Storer (Apologies Michael Brito, get a cowboy hat). 
****BYOHS (bring your own hot sauce and be prepared to share).

RSVP is currently full and is only open for waitlisting.

The Purevolume House
Open Bar, RSVP Required

Badge Pickup:   
Sat 3/10 – Sun 3/11 12pm – 6pm   
Mon 3/12 12pm – 5pm  
Tue 3/13 – Fri 3/16 2PM – 10PM

Come out and meet good people, have some food, and have a few drinks.  
It'll feel like a family BBQ, without all the drama. 

RSVP now, and we'll send out more updates as the date gets closer.

Are you ready for the fourth Worldwide InstaMeet?! This time around, we're asking everyone to go on a photowalk together. Join members of the Instagram Team for a very special South by Southwest photowalk! We'll be meeting at 1:30 PM next to The Boiling Pot at 6th & Sabine. Details to come!

For more information keep an eye on our InstaMeets page at http://blog.instagram.com/instameets.

We'll be featuring some of our favorite images & group shots on our blog once the big day has arrived, so be sure to join your city's meetup group and use the tips above to spread the word about your InstaMeet!

Have questions? Need help? Stop by our office hours and chat with our community, business, product and engineering teams!

10 Minute VC, Austin Edition 2012

Are you an entrepreneur, someone thinking about becoming an entrepreneur, or a talented maker who would like to join a startup? Join Blumberg Capital and Intel Capital in Austin for 10 Minute VC, Texas-style. On Sunday, March 11th, Christine Herron,Carey Lai, and Lucy McQuilken from Intel Capital, along with David Blumberg, Bruce Taragin, Jon Soberg, and Ankur Jain of Blumberg Capital, will be your hosts in Austin. We'll be available for 10-minute chats, and you set the agenda. Feel free to give us your quick pitch, ask questions, or just start a relationship. If you can't get a meeting time, then come join us for a drink - Vince Young's has five local beers on tap and the bar will be open.

Make sure to register to attend as capacity for both meeting and mixing is (sadly) limited. Grab your time slot (just one person per team needs to do this) when you register, and plan to arrive at least 10 minutes early so that the good folks at Venture Further can get you checked in and on deck. See you in Austin!

Sunday March 11th 2-7pm

StrangeTribe Productions and Soul of the Boot Entertainment present

*BUGS & BRASS*
featuring

Ursula 1000 (NYC) 5p
Austin Knight Brass Band (ATX) 4p
J Boogie (SF) 2p
Live Art by B.e. Strange

+ Special Guests & Second Line TBA

21+ : $10 Cover : Free crawfish while supplies last : Doors @ 2p.

No Rsvp : No Badge : No Drama : Come Early : Dirty La Style 

Facebook Link: https://bitly.com/bugsNbrass

Yeast by Sweet Beast 2012, presented by Anne Heller of Aurora Plastics Company and Church of the Friendly Ghost, is a three-day experimental improvisation and outsider music festival, now in its 12th year. Poet, musician and filmmaker Anne Heller (of the experimental improv band Aurora Plastics Company) began the fest in the year 2000 to celebrate still being alive and to return a bit of happiness to the community by creating a manifestation of “flying the freak flag.” She organizes and funds the fest herself, paying the performing bands equally from the profits, if any. Inspired by Andy Warhol’s legendary “Exploding Plastic Inevitable” happenings, this showcase of up-and-coming tonal artists is accompanied by the film installations of video artist Paul Baker and others, creating a hypnotic ambiance throughout. 

Experimental improvisational music is “art for art’s sake,” creation as a means of intense personal expression. The bands featured in Yeast by Sweet Beast are all experienced improvisers who feel comfortable and relish the magic which is creativity in the moment. Many also perform in other musical genres. Each band gets a 30-minute set with 8 or 9 bands performing each night of the fest.

Yeast by Sweet Beast 2012 will feature Louisville, Kentucky’s Bosco Stravinsky and Houston’s Future Blondes, as well as such Austin-based experimental stalwarts as ST-37, Plutonium Farmers, Attic Ted, Book of Shadows and organic-electric soundtrack conjurers Aurora Plastics Company. Paul Baker of Sub Oslo and others will visually accompany the musical performances, in traditional Yeast by Sweet Beast fashion.

For more info visit http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yeast-by-Sweet-Beast-Fest/321347237877510

Turn your Sunday into a "Fun-day" and enjoy games, win giveaway prizes, beast with kegs on kegs on kegs, try to crack open our Belly piñata and dance your pants off to some of the illest beats in town! This party is free for Belly users, so sign up and check-in when you get to Wahoo's.

We're serious about the Day Rage, too. Music provided by Zak Downtown, TJ Mizell, and DJ Fresh Direct.

RSVP does not guarantee entry. Come early with the downloaded Belly app raised high above your head for Priority Admission.

WHAT: Backplane and Spotify present the Managers Hack, a global hackathon dedicated to building the future of digital music distribution.

WHERE: St. Cecilia Hotel in Austin, Texas

WHEN: March 11, 2012 from 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. (rain or shine)

WHO: Platforms, apps and technologies emerging from the Managers Hack will be presented to a group of the top managers in the music industry including:

• Troy Carter
• Scooter Braun
• Jay Brown
• Additional participation from technology and music industry leadership to be announced

HOW: If you're in Austin, sign up to attend via this Eventbrite page. Details about global participation, interactive and live event streaming will be provided on Twitter @thebackplane.

BROADCAST: Live web cast produced by R to Z Studios; featuring play-by-play commentary from Randi Zuckerberg and the R to Z Studios

Schedule

Hackathon – 2:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Presentations – 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Awards – 9:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Food and beverage service throughout via Austin’s best food trucks.

Coverage about the event

TechCrunch: http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/06/backplane-to-hold-music-hackathon-at-sxsw-with-top-industry-managers-as-judges/

Come join the new geosocial app, Glomper, for their recharge/hangover party event!! Take a breather with some free noms, free drinks and charge up your phones!

Free noms by verts. (german inspired kebaps)

Free rum tasting and drinks by Treaty Oak Distilling

Free non alcoholic beverages provided by Sweet Leaf Tea

Take photobooth photos courtesy of generation domination

Shop local vendors 

DJ High Voltage

Gift bags for first 100 attendees!

Learn more about what Glomper has to offer!

Since SXSW Interactive is all about, you know, interacting, we've partnered with Sonar and RecordSetter to help you connect with people you don't already know but should! First, Sonar will recommend three personalized "Can't Be Missed Connections," and then RecordSetter will help you break the ice by challenging you to set world records. Wear the most floaties ever worn on one arm, or join the largest simultaneous group cannonball, or find some crazy record for you and your new connections to beat.

Just sign up for a Sonar account here: http://sonar.me and they'll send you an email before the party with the names of three people who you don't already know, but should! 

We're headed out to Austin for SXSW again this year, and we'd love to meet you. Come find us at Halcyon coffeeshop to recharge at the end of the weekend with some caffinated beverages.

Ross by Southwest presents the Ross Road Rules second Annual Mix & Pitch Party at South by Southwest Interactive in Austin, Texas. An eclectic mix of University of Michigan students will be making the 24 hour bus ride from Ann Arbor to Austin to sharpen the best start-up ideas UofM has to offer. Co-presented with the X RIZE Foundation, the Mix & Pitch Party will mix in the ten best and most entertaining pitches, live judging from a panel of VCs and entrepreneurs (including serial entrepreneur Jay Adelson), live DJ, and hoppy beer. Come on by and hang out with some of the most creative people in Tech and experience all the weirdness SXSWi has to offer.

Women in Wireless Sorority House at SXSW!

WHEN: Friday, March 9th  –  Monday, March 12th
WHERE:  WiW ‘Sorority’ House
1189 E. Branch Street
Austin, TX 78702

Attending SXSW this year? Make sure to stop by the Women in Wireless house, where we’ll be hosting a pre-party ‘Lounge’ every night from 4:00- 7:00 pm. Its the perfect place to be whether you’re looking to refresh and unwind with familiar faces, or to start your night off with a bang before venturing out in Downtown Austin.  We will be giving out exclusive WiW @ SXSW T-shirts to the first 40 attendees. Wine and hors’ deouvres will also be served.

To learn more about the Lounge and to RSVP, visit the links below:

• SXSW Women in Wireless Lounge Party- March 9th: FRIDAY
• SXSW Women in Wireless Lounge Party- March 10th: SATURDAY
• SXSW Women in Wireless Lounge Party- March 11th: SUNDAY
• SXSW Women in Wireless Lounge Party- March 12th: MONDAY

Cal@SXSW 2012 is an inaugural lounge with events uniting, celebrating, and strengthening an influential and growing community of Berkeley alumni in the arts, entertainment, media, technology, and business at the SXSW Conferences and Festivals.

Cal Alumni Panel Conversation on Startups and Entrepreneurship starts at approx. 5:30 p.m.
-Todd Dipaola '01 (President and Co-Founder of inMarket) confirmed.
-Ryan Buckley (Co-Founder and COO of Scripted.com) '04 confirmed. 
Alumni Recognition Ceremony
Hosted Happy Hour Networking Reception until 7:30 p.m.

Stay posted with the latest info, join our community, and let your friends know: 
Twitter: @CalAtSXSW
Facebook Event:  http://on.fb.me/CalSXSW2012FB 
Facebook Group:  http://www.facebook.com/groups/CalAtSXSW

Presented by the Cal Alumni Club of Austin (http://www.facebook.com/groups/150566671634917)

Sponsors
Cal Alumni Association (http://alumni.berkeley.edu/)
inMarket (http://www.inmarket.com)
Scripted (http://Scripted.com)
Schaaf-PartnerCentric (http://www.schaafpc.com).

Gifts in Kind
Third Workshop (http://www.facebook.com/ThirdWorkshop)
Cal Alumni Club of Austin (http://www.facebook.com/groups/150566671634917/).

No SXSW badge required.

Bananas, pickles, Oreos, and Twinkies, oh fry! We'll be frying up delicious snacks and cold brews to wash it down. Join us!

We're coming to Austin and taking over Easy Tiger Bake Shop & Beer Garden for three nights! Join us for great food, great beer and live music…with a special appearance by Nadia G of Nadia G's Bitchin Kitchen on Friday & Saturday!

First come, first serve. Must be 21 and over. RSVP is for all 3 nights. 

The team behind Wonder Women! The Untold Story Of American Superheroines, a 2012 SXSW Film Festival premiere, will host a community event benefitting the Girls Empowerment Network (GENaustin).

Attendees will have the opportunity to: 
·         See snippets from the documentary Wonder Women! The Untold Story Of American Superheroines. 
·         Listen to a Q&A with Wonder Women! Director Kristy Guevara-Flanagan and Producer Kelcey Edwards, moderated by Mary Celeste Kearney, Associate Professor of Radio-Television-Film and Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. 
·         Enter a superheroine/superhero costume contest. 
·         Enjoy food and refreshments. 
·         See superheroine artwork created by girls in GENaustin programs. 

The event is free and open to the Austin community, a SXSW badge or film pass is not required to attend. Staff from GENaustin will be on hand to collect $5.00 donations for the organization. Created in 1996, GENaustin,www.genaustin.org, supports and guides girls as they navigate the unique pressures of girlhood.

Wonder Women! The Untold Story Of American Superheroines traces the fascinating evolution and legacy of Wonder Woman. From the birth of the comic book superheroine in the 1940s to the blockbusters of today, WONDER WOMEN! looks at how popular representations of powerful women often reflect society’s anxieties about women’s liberation. WONDER WOMEN! goes behind the scenes with Lynda Carter, Lindsay Wagner, comic writers and artists, and real life superheroines such as Gloria Steinem, Shelby Knox and others who offer an enlightening and entertaining counterpoint to the male dominated superhero genre.

Join Streetwise Media as we host a startup happy hour at SXSW Interactive!

Everyone is welcome for some mixing and mingling with cocktails and beers. We'll have team members from Streetwise Media's local innovation news sites: Boston's BostInno, D.C.'s recently launched InTheCapital, and our soon-to-launch New York site InTheEmpire.

See you there!

(RSVP via the link below.)

Even the data's bigger in Texas.
Carnegie Mellon University's H. John Heinz III College invites you to network with us during SXSW 2012 and learn about our research and education initiatives strategically positioned at the intersection of information systems and entertainment industry management.

Data Talk, Music & Food -- Enjoy an open bar, Texas-syle dinner, and conversation with marketing executives and big data experts from CMU, PepsiCo, the Pittsburgh Technology Council, R/GA, and Thomson Reuters. In addition, CMU Professor Ari Lightman will moderate a panel on the impact big data analysis has on developing winning marketing strategies.

The event will culminate with a performance by the uniquely entertaining Austin band The White Ghost Shivers, a six-piece amalgam of blues, hillbilly swing, country and jazz.

Request an invitation by March 1st: http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/bigdatablowout/invite-request.html

Devolver Digital presents Austin High - an exclusive sneak preview of GoneoffDeep Production's Austin High and performances by selected artists from the movie's soundtrack.

Lineup:
Grimy Styles
Soul Track Mind

Free with RSVP.

Hot damn, it's time for the first (but soon-to-be-legendary) OMG DIY BBQ @ SXSW, brought to you by the rule-breaking rascals at DIYthemes.com.

We've hand-picked the best brisket on Earth, paired it with beef ribs that SHAME steakhouse filets, and thrown in some pork ribs that make vegetarians reconsider.

Toss in a couple of great brews from central Texas (a blonde ale and a delicious IPA), and friends—we've got ourselves an epic BBQ.

And the best part? We want to share it with you for FREE.

But there's a catch...

Only the first 100 attendees will get free BBQ and beer. 

There's only so much BBQ and beer to go around, ya know? And if you're not one of the first 100 people to arrive, you're gonna be a sad panda when you get a whiff of the brisket.

Anyway, if you like Thesis, code, nerds, free barbecue, and free beer, this event will probably be the single greatest experience of your life. And if it's not, then you can always drink until it is :D

HealthTap and HCB Health bring you the 2nd Annual Interactive Health Happy Hour. Join us for a fun-filled evening of spirited conversation with entrepreneurs, developers, marketers, and key opinion leaders from healthcare marketing, mobile health, patient advocacy and more.

·      Connect with the top influencers in health

·      Enjoy live music from local artists

·      Dig in to Tex-Mex appetizers sponsored by Massive Health and locally-produced libations, like Deep Eddy Sweet Tea Vodka

·      Sprint for t-shirts in the iTriage Big Wheel Races

·      Capture the moment with Flipbook photobooth keepsakes

·      Lounge in a fresh, industrial space with amazing panoramic views of Austin

·      Get there in just a 5 minute walk from Austin Convention Center

Sunday, March 11 from 6-9pm

6pm Doors Open

6:15 to 7:15 The New Maps

7:30 HealthTap Demo in HCB Health offices

8 pm Neiliyo

RSVP today – we sold out in just over 48 hours last year. Tell your friends. Please use #iH3 for social content, and bring your fun. 

See y'all in Austin. 

At the SXSW Google Village.

Join us for unique beer cocktails, small bites from artisan purveyors, and live music from Bluesqueezebox
And don't forget to check out Zagat.com/SXSW for exclusive digital content on many of Austin's top restaurants.

People look to Zagat as the definitive source for curated reviews on dining, nightlife, and shopping.  This year, we're bringing our knowledge of all the best places to Austin for South By Southwest, and we're throwing a Texas style bash to celebrate!
Doors at 6pm.  RSVP is required.  Admission subject to capacity.

In today's world, technology is more than just a convenience; it is a vessel through which visionaries can tackle tough problems, raise their voices, and improve lives. The 2012 Dewey Ceremony and AIR-Interactive Awards celebrates the potential of technology for good - and those who are driving the change!

The Dewey Winburne Community Service Awards
Dewey Winburne, a co-founder of the SXSW Interactive Festival, was a teacher who spent much of his energy training at-risk youth to make use of digital technology. Dewey believed that the new media revolution could help level the playing field between the haves and the have-nots in our society. SXSW Interactive honors his vision each spring with the Dewey Winburne Community Service Award.

In 2012, ten honorees from around the country and the globe will be recognized for their contribution to society through technology.

AIR-Interactive
The Accessibility Internet Rally, started in Austin in 1999, is a web-development competition that teaches the importance of making information technology accessible for all people - including those with disabilities. Each year, teams of volunteer web developers come together to learn accessible design skills and to build a website for an artist, musician, or non-profit organization in their community.

In 2012, seven teams are competing from Austin and across the nation in this dynamic program.

Join us at 7:00 pm on Sunday, March 11 at St. David's Church (301 East 8th St) to honor these outstanding community activitists! Plus, enjoy the music of Mother Falcon, a local favorite, after the ceremony!

Appetizers will be served at 7:00pm; a cash bar with a selection of beer and wine will be available.

Admission to the Dewey Ceremony does NOT require a SXSW badge. The public is welcome!

Are you a Catholic interested in new media? If so, come join the Austin Catholic New Media meet-up. We will be meeting in the Bishop’s Hall at St. Mary’s Cathedral. The meet-up will focus on networking and discussing the role of new media in the new evangelization. For more information, please visit us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AustinCNM or our website.

http://www.austincnm.com/index.php/2012/03/interactive-catholics-unofficial-sxsw-2012-meetup/

Ossuary Industries Showcase Featuring 8 Metal Bands For $10

Ossuary Industries is proud to fulfill the invitation to present the first all underground metal showcase of the SXSW!

Ossuary Industries Showcase Featuring Two Stages / All Ages:
Ingurgitate
Grotesque Formation
Scattered Remains
Pillcrusher
VBT [Vaginal Bear Trap]
Blastperversion
Spectral Manifest
Human Chunks

Get all the buddies and come kick it with us at Headhunters in support of the sickest set of music happening out there. Enjoy this metal entertainment with good times and stiff drinks during this opening weekend of SXSW, and the start of spring break!

More Info: http://www.facebook.com/events/106424859483025/

The Purevolume House
Open Bar. RSVP Required

Badge Pickup:   
Sat 3/10 – Sun 3/11 12pm – 6pm   
Mon 3/12 12pm – 5pm  
Tue 3/13 – Fri 3/16 2PM – 10PM

Livefyre & Janrain are proud to present: SXSW FYRE BASH 2012

Anyone and everyone. Just come party.

Hey everyone! On March 11, 2012 we are throwing a massive SXSW party in Austin. Here is what you need to know:

A parking lot the size of a football field. Austin's very own DJ Markus. Two Bonfires. Two bars. Fire Dancers. Lots of attractive tech nerds.

That’s right everyone, we’re throwing our first official Fyre Bash of 2012. So instead of queuing up in a tent or some low-ceiling basement on 6th Street, come shotgun a beer under the stars.

Join the Livefyre crew, along with our wonderful sponsor Janrain, for a good old-fashioned backyard get-together. But with more exposed flame.

Hope to see you there!

Los Chidos Narritive Film Premiere Party
with Music from Frontera Bugalú (juarez/El Paso) Cumbia/salsa

Join 58Phases, Offers.com, Jutera, Marketing Clique, and Schaaf-PartnerCentric for an affiliate marketing gathering during SXSW. All affiliate marketers welcome.

Hosted bar. No badge required.

CNET presents Delta Spirit

Listen up and live it up!  RSVP now and join our CNET Editors. 

Delta Spirit kicks off their 2012 tour with their new album at SXSW. The group combines unconventional instruments such as trash cans lids and orchestral bass drums, multi-instrumentalism and spiritually themed lyrics into a hybrid of rock and northern soul. 

The event is open to everyone aged 21 and over, on a first come first served basis. RSVP does not guarantee admission if capacity is reached at Maggie Mae's. 

We'd like to invite you to join us as our guest at the foursquare SXSW party. 

9pm - late

DJ Set by Bo Bliz

Note: We're expecting a ton of our users and friends to join us throughout the evening, so come early. Space is limited and there will be a line. Admittance is not guaranteed.

Please come early! See you in Austin! 

Last year's hottest party at SXSW Interactive is back! Crowdtap launched at SXSWi 2011 with a bang and an amazing event covered by CNN, check it out here. We've since been named as Mashable's Up and Coming Social Media Startup of the Year and are coming back to where it all started. 

This year we are back with what will surely be the top party of SXSWi 2012; however, due to overwhelming response last year, this party will be VIP-invite only for leading marketers at brands and agencies.

If you already received an invite, continue on and register yourself and a guest (full contact info needed). If you have not received an invite, feel free to e-mail vip@crowdtap.com with your full info and if we can accomodate you, we will. We will send out an e-mail to all those on the final list by a week prior to the event and confirm details.

Heading to SXSW for the annual pilgrimage? Great, so is TopCoder and we cordially invite you to join us for:

SXOI - An Open Innovation Mixer !!!

Into Open Innovation, Crowdsourcing and the Future of Work? Then this is the networking event for you. 

Pros Include:

• Location! Lanai Rooftop Lounge - What better place to toast "Open" Innovation than atop an "Open" rooftop lounge in the heart of downtown Austin?
• Free - Drink, Food, Music, Fun ... Free
• Prizes - Good ones like free trips to the TopCoder Open!

This event is closed for RSVP.

Come hang out with Rebecca Woolf from http://www.girlsgonechild.net, Chris Lambton of Bachelorette fame and host of HGTV's Going Yard along with the rest of the HGTV.com family.  The bar will be open and we'll have plenty of eats from Austin food truck The Peached Tortilla.

HGTVGardens wants to meet you in your backyard. Or front yard. Or community garden. You can find us wherever you want to get your hands dirty. Master gardeners, passionate amateurs and newbies can all find inspiration in our gorgeous photography and clever ideas. Once your creative fire is lit, lean on the  pros behind the site to answer your questions, provide technical and emotional support and introduce you to each other for conversations that get way down into the details.

304 W 4th St  Between Lavaca & Guadalupe

The Blowout with Flosstradamus & J. Boogie
presented by Soundtracking, StumbleUpon, and Popdust

Featuring the Popdust VIP Lounge with Photobooth by Annie Ray & Soundtracking's 1st birthday.

Open Bar begins at 9pm with Sailor Jerry

RSVP Required

Entry not guaranteed if venue reaches capacity

Party Pics by: NickyDigital.com (http://www.nickydigital.com)
Another Event Production by: Big Sky Media (http://www.bigskyhq.com)

Yeast by Sweet Beast 2012, presented by Anne Heller of Aurora Plastics Company and Church of the Friendly Ghost, is a three-day experimental improvisation and outsider music festival, now in its 12th year. Poet, musician and filmmaker Anne Heller (of the experimental improv band Aurora Plastics Company) began the fest in the year 2000 to celebrate still being alive and to return a bit of happiness to the community by creating a manifestation of “flying the freak flag.” She organizes and funds the fest herself, paying the performing bands equally from the profits, if any. Inspired by Andy Warhol’s legendary “Exploding Plastic Inevitable” happenings, this showcase of up-and-coming tonal artists is accompanied by the film installations of video artist Paul Baker and others, creating a hypnotic ambiance throughout. 

Experimental improvisational music is “art for art’s sake,” creation as a means of intense personal expression. The bands featured in Yeast by Sweet Beast are all experienced improvisers who feel comfortable and relish the magic which is creativity in the moment. Many also perform in other musical genres. Each band gets a 30-minute set with 8 or 9 bands performing each night of the fest.

Yeast by Sweet Beast 2012 will feature Louisville, Kentucky’s Bosco Stravinsky and Houston’s Future Blondes, as well as such Austin-based experimental stalwarts as ST-37, Plutonium Farmers, Attic Ted, Book of Shadows and organic-electric soundtrack conjurers Aurora Plastics Company. Paul Baker of Sub Oslo and others will visually accompany the musical performances, in traditional Yeast by Sweet Beast fashion.

For more info visit http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yeast-by-Sweet-Beast-Fest/321347237877510

SUNDAY, MARCH 11

10 PM:

Blackberry Smoke is a hybrid of southern rock and country that formed in the South in 2004. In 2011, the six-man band was signed to Zac Brown’s record label Southern Ground.

TW: @blackberrysmoke FB: www.facebook.com/blackberrysmoke

11 PM:

The music of the electro-pop duo Cherub ranges from ballads to club bangers, and uses old drum machines and keyboards. Their influences include Prince, Zapp and Roger and contemporary artists like Pharrel and the Dream.

TW: @Cherublamusica FB: www.facebook.com/cherublamusica

12:00AM DJ Chris The Kick
1:00AM DJ Chris The Kick
2:00AM John Gomi (DJ)
3:00AM John Gomi (DJ)

The Purevolume House
2nd & Trinity St, Austin, TX
Open Bar
RSVP Required

Badge Pickup:  
Sat 3/10 – Sun 3/11 12pm – 6pm   
Mon 3/12 12pm – 5pm 
Tue 3/13 – Fri 3/16 2PM – 10PM

SoundCloud Open House is a showcase of innovative audio and music start-ups from across the SoundCloud app ecosystem.

Discover the best from web, iOS, Android and desktop sound creation & editing, storytelling and promotion, hosted by the world's leading social sound platform.

Entry to the exhibition space is by invitation. 
Click here to tell us when you'd like to visit.

Alcatel-Lucent is rolling out the red carpet again and playing host at the sassy “ultra-lounge.” Devs, techies, entrepreneurs and VCs are invited to relax, recharge, drink & grub with ALU’s NG Connect team and partners. Fight the flashes on the step and repeat, cameo appearances from tech & celeb stars, and the juiciest SXSW gossip live. VentureBeat will host live interviews while the TechZulu live stream brings you the inside scooop on the latest innovations and shenanigans at SXSWi.

Swing by each day for a plethora (love that word) of brain melting content coupled with some downright delightful activities.  We've got daily open forum Q&A sessions with our lounge partners, including NXP, Mobile Monday, and Moki Mobility, Appcelerator ice-cream socials, a Gig Tank beer pong tournament,  Flurry hosted cocktail receptions, IDA Singapore movie showings... and the fun doesnt end there.

*SXSWi badge required for admittance.

The GeekRun is a social and sports gathering for those who love running and are a bit geeky too (well, it's SXSW after all)!

Participation to the GeekRun is free! Please come to the meet-up point already changed into your running gear.

We will meet up at the lobby of the Austin Hilton Hotel and from there engage on a light 30' run by the riverside. 

The GeekRun will be a way to do some physical activity during SXSW (and burn a few of those BBQ-induced calories) and socialize with fellow attendees... and why not, show off your geeky running apparel and devices.

We will run for approximately 30 minutes at a low to medium pace and the idea is to move together as a group, no one left behind. After the run we'll do a 10/15 minute stretching session and after that you can go back to your accomodation to take a shower and get ready for the first panels of the day! (SXSW panels start at 9.30 am).

The GeekRun is organized by Gianfranco Chicco from Frontiers of Interaction, an Italian conference on technology and interaction design that aims to bridge the American and European innovation hubs.

* and some boys

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Badges not required * RSVPs mandatory

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If you're a female developer or someone who wants to get more female developers involved in your
organization, Austin All-Girl Hack Night and Girl Develop It invite you to come have brunch with
us, talk about dev, and hopefully make some new friends! We'll be serving a full breakfast,
including coffee and breakfast cocktails, thanks to our gracious sponsors: Etsy, Bocoup, spire.io,
Headspring, and TEKsystems.

Please RSVP so we can get you on the guestlist, and we'll see you March 12th!

Ladies only! (You are allowed one male guest.)

A few SXSW alums walked around Austin last year looking for a place where women could hang out, be pampered (we needed a manicure!) and gather, but couldn't find it. So we decided to make it happen this year. We rented a space, gathered partner sponsors and decided to make it happen.

Please note the hours that the event runs. Your ticket allows you a pass to the entire 3 days (come and go as you please, but the manicures/massages/consultations are first-come, first-served).

RSVP via the link below.

Can capitalism really be used as a force for positive social change in the world? We think so!

 It's time we reclaim this concept from all the negative, oppressive and corrupt actions that have tarnished the reputation of a powerful economic tool!  Come meet the entrepreneurs who have proven that capitalism can be a tool to empower citizens and create sustainable and prosperous economies that work for both people and place.  

We are thrilled to have you join us for the third annual Good Capitalist Party (GCP) in Austin, Texas! This year we are bigger and better than ever with more partners, more attendees, and more good capitalists.  What started as a party in 2010 has grown into a three-day lounge experience that connects thousands of Good Capitalists from around the globe. Join us at the Good Capitalist Party Lounge located at St. David's church (only TWO blocks from the convention center!).

We have gathered some of the field’s leading organizations share the lessons and help spread the word that you can do well by doing good. You can have engaging conversations the seasoned pros of social enterprise as well as the up and comers.

The GCP lounge will feature various interactive activities, classes, fireside conversations, demos, structured networking happy hours and a few other surprises.  Meet social entrepreneurs and like-minded leaders who made a positive impact in the community while making a profit. 

GCP convenes Thought Leaders, Social Entrepreneurs, Slackvists, #SocEnt Tweeters, Social Investors & VCs, Artists, Design Thinkers, Techies, and Linchpins who want to do well while doing good.  So whether you need help to get your social venture launched or you would like to learn how to contribute your skills and experience to social enterprises, GCP is the place to be.

Come catalyze positive impact at the Good Capitalist Party Lounge with the support of amazonian tea, fair trade, locally roasted gourmet coffee and food while connecting with others.  You don’t need a SXSW badge, this party is open to the public.

Stop by the foursquare court for free breakfast tacos, coffee, and pain relievers, courtesy of GA. 10 am 'til we run out!

Come check out downtown Austin's premier coworking space for creative professionals and entrepreneurs! From March 9 to March 14th, GoLab Austin will be hosting a series of small talks and events for startups and creative professionals.  Seating is limited so it will be first come first serve - registration is NOT confirmation of a seat.  Its free and you don't need a badge to participate.

You can also stop by and get a little work done at GoLab Austin (really? It's SXSW!), we'll have free coworking all week!

GoLab Austin

The North of 41 lounge is back for our annual event at SxSW Interactive.  This year is going to be better than ever!  We have a ton of activities that are planned for you starting at 5:30pm on Friday March 9th.  We are located at 401 E. Sixth St. @ the Old School grill.  Canada Lounge is a 30 second walk from the Convention Center. 

We will be doing various product giveaways all weekend.  We will be hosting a number of parties including a "Welcome to Austin Party" on March 9th.  There will also be a couple of panel discussions taking place starting at 4:00pm on Sat March 10th.  For more information and to sign up for each individual event, go to our website. www.northof41.org .

We also want to thank Digby/Metabridge for hosting our VIP Lounge at the venue.  While you are there check out the cutting edge mobile e-commerce technology to come out of Digby! http://www.digby.com/

Make sure to stop in at the Canada Lounge to charge up your laptop and grab a drink with friends.  We have plenty of space for meetings and while you are in the venue, check out the companies who are displaying at the lounge.

The Showcase Companies are:
Clearfit
Empire Avenue
Syzzle
Wattpad
Yapagame

Make sure to follow us on Twitter for the latest updates. @northof41. We look forward to seeing you in Austin at North of 41.

To contact us, email:  info@northof41.org

Free Milwaukee Beer, free Milwaukee Brats, free Milwaukee Music
Come down and experience Milwaukee at SXSW!  Featuring performances by
Milwaukee artists Fresh Cut Collective and I'm Not a Pilot, MIlwaukee
tech startups, and more!

Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/events/352878271400822
Twitter: @MKEShindig

Come learn: 1) how to put together a baller 4sqDay meetup and 2) how we can help make it awesome!

South By Cirrus Logic

11:30am  - BugGIRL
12:30pm - The EarthTone Players