Sat. 03/15
day shows:
- End of an Ear presents
- FM3 (China, 4pm), Gary Higgins (3pm), Paul Metzger (2pm), Nadja (1pm) at End of an Ear (free)
- Super Soul Saturday
- Mingering Mike & Dori Hadar, Wiley & The Checkmates, Ralph "Soul" Jackson, Herman Histon at Backspin Records (4631 Airport Blvd., 1pm-3pm, free instore)
- Get Whiskey Bent!
- Johnny & The Limelites (Chicago, 5:30pm), Headache City (Chicago, 4:45pm), Brimstone Howl (Lincoln, 4pm), Hibachi Stranglers (Mobile, 3:15pm), Thomas Function (Huntsville, 2:30pm), Vancougar (1:45pm), Gospel Truth (Austin, 1pm) at Trailer Space (1401 Rosewood Ave., free, all ages)
- Rob's House/Douchemaster/Die Slaughterhaus showcase
- Gentleman Jesse (Atlanta, 5:30pm), Wax Museums (Denton, 4:45pm), Baby Shakes (Atlanta, 4pm), Coathangers (Atlanta, 3:15pm), Jay Reatard (Memphis, 2:30pm), Beat Beat Beat (Atlanta, 1:45pm), Slab City (CA, 1pm) at Beerland (free, 21+)
- Slovenly Records Showcase
- The Spits (Seattle, 6pm), Rippers (Sardinia, Italy, 5pm), Hipshakes (Sheffield, UK, 4pm), Okmoniks (Tuscon, 3pm), Slab City (Imperial Valley, CA, 2pm), Nobunny (Oakland, 1pm), Terrible Twos (Detroit, noon) at Cheapo Records (free, free beer)
- Pink Reason, TV Ghost, Dead Luke, Los Llamarada, Little Claw, Electric Bunnies, Cheveau at Sound On Sound Records (free)
- Birthday Suits, The Hex Dispensers, Manikin, Daily Void, Blondsai, Cococoma at the Parlor (1pm, free)
- Lucky Flame Gallery & Legs Diamond day show and soft grand opening
- GG Elvis, LA Slumlords, Easy Action, Tokyo Sex Destruction, Micah Omega & the Neon Knights at Lucky Flame Gallery (2207 East 5th St., starts at 2pm, free, refreshments served)
- The Scoot Inn presents
- Unsane (4:30pm), Easy Action (3:30pm), Freshkills (2:30pm), special guest (1:30pm) at the Scoot Inn (outside stage)
- Slim Cessna's Auto Club (5pm), Kid Congo Powers (4pm), Pat Todd & the Rank Outsiders (3pm), Jesus Christ Superfly (2pm), Born Liars (1pm), Lonesome Losers (noon) at the Scoot Inn (inside stage)
- Fuck by Fuck You #10
- War Hammer 48K (8:25pm), Lozen (8pm), When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (7:35pm), Tia Carrera (7:10pm), Gorch Fock (6:45pm), This is My Condition (6:20pm), Boxcar Satan (5:55pm), ShellShag (5:40pm), Swastikittens (5:15pm), ShellShag (4:55pm), Monotonix (4:30pm), Jazzus Lizard (4:05pm), RTX (3:40pm), Jazzus Lizard (3:25pm), Shit and Shine (2:55pm), Megatrap (2:35pm), Apes (2:10pm), Attack Formation (1:45pm), Detroit 7 (1:20pm), Cheddar Supremacist (1:10pm), Lick Lick (12:45pm), Cheddar Supremacist (12:30pm) at the Typewriter Museum (1306 E. 6th St.)
- The 857 Collective and Transmission Entertainment present Mess With Texas 2
- The Breeders (8:40pm), Islands (7:45pm), Black Mountain (6:50pm), Neon Neon (6:10pm), Atlas Sound (5:25pm), Two Gallants (4:45pm), Darker My Love (4:10pm), Grand Ol Party (3:35pm), White Denim (2:25pm), Shearwater (1:45pm), Aloha (1:15pm), Mellowdrone (12:45pm) at Waterloo Park (main stage, 1301 Trinity St., noon-10pm, free, all ages)
- NOFX (8:50pm), Lucero (8:05pm), Dead to Me (7:25pm), Municipal Waste (6:45pm), Fucked Up + special guest (5:50pm), Jay Reatard (5:15pm), Pissed Jeans (4:40pm), The Night Marchers (featuring John Reis, 3:55pm), Howlin Rain (3:20pm), Wooden Shjips (2:40pm), Annihilation Time (2:05pm), Moonrats (1:30pm), The Selmanaries (1pm) at Waterloo Park (second stage, 1301 Trinity St., noon-10pm, free, all ages)
- Simian Mobile Disco (8:45pm), Matt & Kim (7:55pm), No Age (7:10pm), Yeasayer (6:25pm), Gil Mantera's Party Dream (5:40pm), Brian Posehn (5:15pm), Human Giant (5pm), Leo Allen (4:50pm), Paul F Tompkins (4:35pm), Hard N Phirm (4:20pm), Eugene Mirman (4:05pm), Jon Benjamin & Jon Glaser (3:55pm), Reggie Watts (3:45pm), The Fun Bunch (3:30pm), Kimya Dawson (3pm), Janeane Garofalo (2:45pm), Jonah Ray (2:35pm), Earles & Jensen (2:25pm), Todd Barry (2:10pm), Matt Braunger (2pm), Panther (1:30pm), Monotonix (1pm), The Coathangers (12:15pm) at Waterloo Park (third stage, 1301 Trinity St., noon-10pm, free, all ages)
- An Aquarium Drunkard, Daytrotter, Gorilla Vs Bear, Largehearted Boy, My Old Kentucky Blog and You Ain't No Picasso present Hot Freaks III
- Islands (5pm), Peelander-Z (4pm), A Place to Bury Strangers (3pm), Film School (2pm), The Whigs (1pm), Bad Veins (noon) at the Mohawk (outside stage)
- White Hinterland (4:30pm), David Bazan (3:30pm), The Acorn (2:30pm), Le Switch (1:30pm), Frankel (12:30pm) at the Mohawk (inside stage)
- Lykke Li (4:30pm), White Rabbits (3:30pm), List Christee (Kevin Barnes DJ set, 3pm), Bodies of Water (2:30pm), The Jealous Girlfriends (1:30pm), Lyrics Born (12:30pm) at Club Deville
- AP Magazine and Flower Booking present
- Beat Union (4:40pm), Oreska (3:50pm), III Scarlet (3pm), Delux (2:10pm), St. Aliva's Cartel (1:20pm), TAT (12:30pm) at Emo's (inside stage)
- Chiodos (5:15pm), Scary Kids Scaring Kids (4:30pm), The Matches (3:45pm), Portugal the Man (3pm), The Maine (2:15pm), Foxy Shazam (1:30pm) at Emo's (outside stage)
- The Rocket Summer (4:35pm), Man Man (3:40pm), Sonny (2:50pm), Forever the Sickest (2pm), Gaslight Anthem (1:10pm), Charlotte Sometimes (12:20pm) at Emo's (annex)
- All Time Low (4pm), Anthony Green (3:15pm), Does It Offend You Yeah? (2:30pm), Georgie James (1:45pm), The Valley Arena (1pm) at Emo's (lounge)
- Todd P presents
- Wizardzz (8pm), Health (7:30pm), Old Time Relijun (7pm), Mika Miko (6:30pm), Crime Novels -vs- Clipd Beaks (6pm), Tiny Masters of Today (5:30pm), Psychedelic Horseshit (5pm), White Mice (4:30pm), Little Claw (4pm), Teenage Moms (3:30pm), Northampton Wools featuring Thurston Moore (3pm), Greg Ashley (2:30pm), Pterodactyl (2pm), Shooting Spires (1:30pm), New Bloods (1pm), Finally Punk (12:30pm), Cheveau (noon) at Ms. Bea's (1104 E. 6th St., free)
- Paste and Stereogum present the Dell Lounge
- Kevin Barnes DJ set (5pm), HEALTH (4pm), No Age (3pm), Blitzen Trapper (2pm), High Places (1pm), Fuck Buttons (noon) at Volume Night Club (612 E. 6th St., free, RSVP here)
- Okay Mountain Presents Asthmatic Kitty and Friends
- {{{Sunset}}} (4:45pm), Cryptacize (4pm), Son Lux (3:15pm), Smoke Detector (2:45pm), Grampall Jookabox (2pm) at Okay Mountain Gallery (1312 E. Cesar Chavez, Ste. B (at Navasota))
- The Porchlight Pop Fest
- Zookeeper (7pm), Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin (6pm), The Little Ones (5pm), Joan of Arc (4pm), Headlights (3pm), Peel (2pm), Zykos (1pm), special guests (noon) at the Salvage Vanguard Theater (2803 Manor Rd., free)
- Pop Culture Press party
- Radar Bros. (6:30pm), Antietam (5:45pm), The Stems (4:45pm), The Rite Flyers (4pm), The Service Industry (3pm), Magic Christian (featuring Eddie Munoz, Clem Burke, and the Flamin' Groovies' Cyril Jordan, 2pm), The Slits (1:15pm), The Cowsills + The Susan Cowsill Band (noon) at the Dog and Duck Pub (406 West 17th St., free, all ages)
- EXFU/Easy By Fuck You
- Ripe (1:00pm), S-S-S Sepctres (Brooklyn/1:50pm), Shapes Have Fangs (2:40pm), Hello Lovers (3:30pm), CAVEDWELLER (4:20pm), The Gospel Truth (5:10pm), Sweet Lee Morrow (6:00pm), Poor People (6:50pm), Red X Red M (7:40pm), IT LIVES (Brooklyn/8:30pm), Fresh Kills (Brooklyn/9:20pm) at Tweedy's House (noon into night, free)
- Fader/Levi's present
- 2 Live Crew (7:35pm), Spank Rock (6:45pm), Santogold (6pm), BLK JKS (5:15pm), Telepathe (4:30pm), Hood Headlinaz (3:45pm), Lykke Li (3pm), David Banner (2:15pm), Dri (1:30pm) with Bloody Beetroots, the Fools Gold DJ's: A-Trak, LA Riots, Nick Catchdubs, Jokers of the Scene, & Friends at The Fort (204 E. 4th St., 1pm-8pm, 21+, invite-only, RSVP here)
- The Nylon Guess Lounge
- Special guest DJs (9pm), Lykke Li (7pm), White Rabbits (5:20pm), Deadly Syndrome (4:40pm), J*Davey (4pm), Totally Radd (3:20pm), Young Lords (2:40pm), The Delta Fiasco (2pm), DJ B the Beat (between sets) at JellyNYC's Texas Garage (421 W. 3rd St., RSVP here)
- Filter Magazine's Showdown at Cedar Street
- Special guest (6pm), Sea Wolf (5pm), Grand Archives (4pm), DeVotchKa (3pm), Castledoor (2:15pm), Switches (1:30pm), Longwave (12:45pm), Gran Ronde (noon) at Cedar Street (208 W. 4th, invite or badges only)
- The Garden Party
- Kimya Dawson (6:45pm), Okkervil River (6:05pm), She & Him (5:15pm), Thurston Moore and the New Wave Bandits (4:30pm), J Mascis (3:50pm), Sons And Daughters (3pm), Lightspeed Champion (2:20pm), Laura Marling (1:40pm), Noah And The Whale (12:50pm), Emmy The Great (noon) at the French Legation Museum (802 San Marcos St., noon-8pm, RSVP to events@pressherepresents.com)
- Misc. Music Showcase
- Half Japanesse (9pm), Aliens (8pm), Peelander-Z (7pm), S-T-B (6pm), Damage Pants/iKiLLCaRS (5pm), Sado-Massachusetts (4pm), Inverted Colors (3pm), Illinois Payson (2pm), No Mas Bodas (1pm) at Counter Cafe (626 N. Lamar at 6th St., free)
- Cream Vintage presents
- TBA (7pm), The Mercers (6pm), The Teeth (5pm), Mr. and Mrs. Mays (4pm), The Steps (3pm), The Hymns (2pm) at Cream Vintage (2532 Guadalupe, free)
- Four on the Floor Party
- De Nova Dahl (10pm), The Always Already (9:15pm), The Burning Hotels (8:30pm), The Show is the Rainbow (7:45pm), Astronautilis (7pm), Black Tie Dynasty (6:15pm), AM Syndicate (5:30pm), So Many Dynamos (4:45pm), The Vivian Girls (4pm), 33 Black Angles (3:15pm), The Nobility (2:30pm), David Israel (1:45pm), The Mediums (1pm), They Mean Us (12:15pm), Catalina Rose (11:45pm) behind Parts & Labour (1604 S. Congress Ave., free)
- Meowpoww Media and Skope Magazine present
- Haunting Oboe Music, The Model UN, The Tangle, The Fever Dreams, Gold Teeth and Gucci at Triple Crown Tattoo Parlor (1157 Chicon St., free, free drinks, tattoo giveaways)
- 8-track Mind Records presents
- The Beltholes (4:45pm), Sally Crewe & The Sudden Moves (3:45pm), Chris Brokaw (2:45pm), Future Clouds & Radar (1:50pm), The Summer Wardrobe (1pm) at the Longbranch Inn (free)
- Vice Scion Electro Show
- Chromeo (3:05pm), Digitalism (2:05pm), Mixhell (1:10pm), Black Moth Super Rainbow (12:30pm), Mixhell (noon) at Stubb's
- Waterloo Records presents
- Half Japanese (6pm), Carbon/Silicon (5pm), Ola Podrida (4pm), Times new Viking (3pm), Saviours (2pm) at Waterloo Records (free, free beer)
- KVRX and Impose present: Seriously, Don't Mess With Texas
- The Dodos (8:30pm), The Ohcees (8pm), The Apes (7:30pm), Panther (7pm), O'Death (6:30pm), Follow That Bird (6pm), Headlights (5:30pm), Ponytail (5pm), Cassettes Won't Listen (4:30pm), Brazos (4pm), Red Rocket (3:30pm), Tacks The Boy Disaster (3pm), Yellow Fever (2:30pm), Daniel Francis Doyle (2pm), Fiasco (1:30pm), {{{Sunset}}} (1pm), Bearsuit (12:30pm), Foot Patrol (noon) at the UT Communications Courtyard (2500 Whitis St.)
- Urban Outfitters party
- Plants and Animals (3pm), Blood on the Wall (1pm), Sian Alice Group (noon) at Urban Outfitters (2406 Guadalupe, free)
- Spiderhouse presents More Bad Music for Bad People
- Amplified Heat (8pm), Sons of Hercules (7pm), The Dirty Novels (6pm), Toko-Ri Get High (5pm), Magic Christian (4pm), Apache (3pm), Thee Makeout Party (2pm), Orange Sunshine (1:30pm), Dzjenghis Khan (1pm), DJ sets by Scorpio, Mamma Casserole at Spiderhouse (stage one, free)
- New York Night Train, Social Registry, Cake Shop Day Party
- The War on Drugs (8:30pm), Dan Melchior Un Das Menace (8pm), Puddin Tang (7:30pm), Bandit Teeth (7pm), Shellshag (6:30pm), Knyfe Hyts (6pm), SSSSpectres (5:30pm), Pterodactyl (5pm), Services (4:30pm), Freshkills (4pm), Hopewell (3:30pm), Doug Armor (3pm), Mike Bones (3:20pm), Tall Firs (2pm), Crystal Stilts (1:30pm), Inoculist (1pm), Minetta (12:30pm) at Spiderhouse (stage two, in the courtyard, free)
- Viva Radio presents
- Mika Miko, Greg Ashley, Blues Control, special guest, DJs Gaslamp Killer, Markus with a K, Ripley (Wooden Shjips), Max Wowch, CFCF at American Apparel (1325 S. Congress Ave., 1-6pm, RSVP to sxsw@viva-radio.com)
- KEXP Live in Austin
- Blitzen Trapper (8pm), The Raveonettes (6pm), Tapes N Tapes (4pm), These New Puritans (2pm), Positive Vibrations with Kid Hops (11am) at the KLRU Studios (Guadalupe and Dean Keeton, see map here, free)
- Team Grizzly Records party
- Darla Farmer (5pm), Teenage Cool Kids (4pm), The Indelicates (3pm), Johnny Foreigner (2pm) at Pangaea Boutique (2712 B Guadalupe St.)
- SxSeattle
- Fleet Foxes (4:30pm), The Shackletons (3:45pm), Feral Children (3pm), Holy Ghost Revival (2:15pm), The Cops (1:30pm), Sirens and Sailors (12:45pm), Throw Me the Statue (noon) at the Palm Door (401 Sabine St., free Northwest food, open bar, gift bags, raffle pizes)
- The Current Live at SXSW
- Blitzen Trapper (5:30pm), John Doe (4:15pm), Nicole Atkins (3:30pm), Tokyo Police Club (2:15pm), The Heavy (1pm), Wye Oak (11:45am), Lightspeed Champion (11am) at the Free Yr Radio Broadcast Corner (7th and Red River, free, broadcast live on the Current)
- Backwoodz Underground Hip Hop presented by UGHH.com and Brooklyn Surfer
- Invizzibl Men (Karniege & Marq Spekt), Creature, Hicoup, Super Chron Flight Brothers, C-Rayz Walz, 77Klash, DJ Jayceeoh at the Music Gym (815 East 6th St., noon-3pm)
- Strategies of Beauty v. 2.0
- Mom (7:30pm), Emil Abraham (6pm), Dust Congress (4:30pm), Florene (3pm) at Chain Drive (504 Willow St., outside stage, free)
- Benko (8:30pm), The Heavenly States (7:45pm), The Zanzibar Snails (7pm), Daniel Francis Doyle (6:15pm), Jetscreamer (5:30pm), Shiny Around the Edges (4:45pm), Wildlife (4pm), Aidan Baker (3:15pm), Headdress (2:30pm), A Pink Cloud (1:45pm), Delicious Food (1pm) at Chain Drive (504 Willow St., inside stage, free)
- Friend Island or The Hometapes + Absolutely Kosher Party
- Megafaun, Bear in Heaven, Stars Like Fleas, Pattern is Movement, Slaraffenland, The Gang, Sybris, Pidgeon at Gallery Lombardi (602A W. 7th St., noon-6pm)
- 127 (Tehran, Iran, 6pm), Zona Tango (Buenes Aires, Argentina, 5pm), Las Macinas Ocultas (Houston, 4pm), Men Who Pause (Dehli, India, 3pm), Wino Vino (Austin, 2pm), Hypernova (Tehran, Iran, 1pm) at the Rhizome Collective warehouse (300 Allen St., 1pm-8pm, free, donations accepted)
- OHN (2pm) at the Apple Store (at the Domain, 11410 Century Oaks Terrace, free)
- Rachael Ray presents
- Holy Fuck (5pm), The Stills (4pm), Scissors For Lefty (3pm), The Cringe (2pm), The Raveonettes (1pm), Autovaughn (noon), DJ Efren Ramirez at the Beauty Bar (noon-6pm)
- Music by the Slice 2008
- Joseph Arthur (6:45pm), Earlimart (6pm), The Submarines (5:15pm), Castledoor (4:30pm), The Spinto Band (3:45pm), The Watson Twins (3pm), The Morning Benders (2:15pm), Le Loup (1:30pm), Ola Podrida (12:45pm), Laura Gibson (noon), in between: Trainwreck Riders (early) Wiretree (late) at Home Slice Pizza (1415 South Congress, free)
- TucsonScene.com/A Fine Tooth Day Party
- Tally Hall, Via Audio, Colourmusic, What Laura Says Thinks and Feels, Golden Boots, Mostly Bears, The Deludes, The Swim, ...music video?, The Holy Rolling Empire at Sonny's Vintage (2928 Guadalupe St., next to Antone's Records, 11am-7pm, free, RSVP here or email tucsonscenesxsw@live.com with SONNYS RSVP in the subject)
- A Prelude to Heat Death Pt. 2, presented by Quite Scientific and friends
- Chris Bathgate (4:30pm), The Explorer's Club (3:30pm), The Cotton Jones Basket Ride (2:30pm), Frontier Ruckus (1:40pm), War on Drugs (12:50pm), A Weather (noon) at Lambert's (401 W. 2nd St., 10:30pm)
- Blackland Records presents
- The Soundtrack Of Our Lives (5pm), Hymns (4pm), Joseph Arthur (3pm), The A-Sides (2pm), Pleasant Grove (1pm) at Red Fez (209 W. 5th St.)
- The 40 Watt Club presents
- The Dumps (5:30pm), Dead Confederate (5pm), All the Saints (4:30pm), Sleepy Horses (4pm), Def Judges (3:30pm), The Dexateens (3pm), Mouser (2:30pm), Dark Meat (2pm), Quiet Hooves (1:30pm), Summerbirds in teh Cellar (1pm), Leticia Wolf (12:30pm), King of Prussia (noon) at the Side Bar (602 E. 7th St., free food and drink)
- E. 4th Blend
- Lifeline (1:15am), Green Mountain Grass (12:25am), The Blue Hit (11:30pm), Clever Monkeys (10:40pm), Groove Movement (10:10pm), Zeale 32 (9:10pm), Phranchyze (8:50pm), The Hour Band (7:50pm), QN5 All-Stars/Pack FM and Substantial (6:50pm), DertyBird (5:50pm), The River Hymn (5pm), The Heros (4pm), Lower Life Forms (3pm), The Word Association (2pm) at The Compound (1300 E. 4th St., noon-2am, free with an RSVP here)
- Leisure Tourniquet presents
- Stars Like Fleas, Bear in Heaven, Fin Del Mar, Tambersauro, The Minetta, The Noise Revival Orchestra Experience, My Education, Rossi Mission, Kayo Dot, Caston Deluca (between sets) at Hot Mama's (2401 E. 6th St.)
- The High Class Elite (5:30pm), Red Fang (4:30pm), The Chumps (3:30pm), Rockland Eagles (2:30pm) at 604 E. 6th St. (above Emo's Lounge, 18+, free breakfast 10am-1pm)
- Go Entertainment presents An Evening of Euphony
- Danny Malone (7pm), Whitman (5:15pm), Dead Trees (3:30pm), All Hail (1:30pm), Monster Mass (12:20pm) at the Hole in the Wall (stage 1)
- Golden Bear (6pm), The Model U.N. (4:30pm), Zykos (2:15pm), Aimee Bobruck (1pm) at the Hole in the Wall (stage 2)
- Yatagarsu (8pm), Naught for 3 (7pm), Peach Cake (6pm), The Bill Jefferys (5pm), Asleep Dream Audience (4pm), Binary Marketing Machine (3pm), La Snacks (2pm), Transmography (1pm) at the Opera House (2209 K South 1st St., behind End of an Ear)
- Put Your Balls Out There
- The Kinktet, Le Sexy, Sexy Tales, Fransisco the Man, Buttons and Bows, Big Ol Tire Fire at Clementine Coffee Bar (2200 Manor Rd., starts at 3pm, all ages, free)
- Reaching the Top
- Elisa Ferrari, David Israel, Clint Niosi, Foundling, C. Depp at Thunderbird Coffee (1401 Koenig Lane, starts at 3pm, free, all ages)
- Lazy Saturday presented by If I Like It
- Spain Colored Orange (6pm), Donny Hue & the Colors (5pm), Hollywood Gossip (4pm), The Antlers (3pm) at Quacks Maplewood (1400 38 1/2 St., starts at 3pm, free, all ages)
- S.A.F. Records/Mushpot Records party
- The Slits (3:45pm), Die! Die! Die! (3pm), Junius (2:15pm), Sholi (1:30pm), Laromlab (12:45pm), Please Quiet Ourselves (noon) at 219 West (219 W. 4th St., doors at 11:30am)
- Do512, GamePlan and Sweet Leaf Tea present The Big One
- Man Man (9:15pm), The Von Bondies (8:15pm), Portugal the Man (7:15pm), Wild Orchid Children (6:20pm), The Viet Minh (5:30pm), Carlis Star (4:30pm), Meridianwest (3:40pm), Low Line Caller (3pm), DJ Thibault (2:30pm), Capitol K (between sets) at the Do512 Compound (2208 S. Lamar, behind Strut, 3pm-10pm, free with rsvp here)
- Chicken Ranch and Friends Day Party
- Willie Heath Neal (5pm), The Clutters (4pm), We Were the States (3pm), Mr. Lewis and The Funeral 5 (2pm), Slim Cessna.s Auto Club (1pm) at Bull McCabe's (714 Red River St.)
- Bust Magazine and Simian Records present Hangover Lounge and Craft Party
- Heloise & the Savoir Faire (5pm), Mika Miko (4pm), special guest (3pm), Grand Ole Party (2pm), DJ sets by Elijah Wood, Sheila B at Habana Annex (708 E. 6th St., free, free bloody marys, free massages)
- High Times Doobie Awards
- Blue Cheer (4:30pm), Pyrx (3:15pm), Sun Salutation (2:30pm), The Lions (1:45pm), Honky (1pm), Blower (12:15pm) at the Red Eyed Fly ($10, free beer)
- The Center for Art Rock Policy presents the 4th annual BIZARRE-B-Q
- Muppletone (6:30pm), Bee vs. Moth (5:30pm), Mostly Dead (4:30pm), Opposite Day (3:30pm), The Invincible Czars (2:30pm) at the Carousel Lounge
- Topple Records presents The Ides of Topple
- El Paso Heist (5pm), Taco Leg (4pm), Graham Weber (3pm), Schatzy (2pm), Nortone (1pm) at the Vortex (2307 Manor Rd., free)
- Reveille Magazine/Eclectone Records SXSW Day Party
- Doomtree featuring P.O.S. (4:30pm), Kid Dakota (3:45pm), Cloud Cult (3pm), Big Ditch Road (2:15pm), The Alarmists (1:30pm), Romantica (12:45pm), Hojas Rojas (noon) at the Molotov Lounge (719 W. Sixth St., free)
- Strategies of Beauty v. 2.0
- Daniel Francis Doyle, Jetscreamer, The Zanzibar Snails, Benko, Shiny Around the Edges, Headdress at Chain Drive (504 Willow St., free, 1-9pm)
- PureVolume presents
- Ivoryline (7pm), Take the Crown (6pm), Dr. Manhattan (5pm), Hearts of Palm (4pm), Middle Class Rut (3pm) at the PureVolume Ranch (2nd St. next to the convention center, RSVP here)
- Freddie Steady's Frontier A Go-Go - 8th Annual Rock 'N' Roll Hootenanny
- Kenny And The Kasuals (7pm), Fever Tree Rising (6pm), The Freddie Steady 5 w/ Chris Gerniottis & Mike Claxton (5pm), The Ugly Beats (4pm), Eve & the Exiles (3pm), Jenny Wolfe & The Pack (2pm), The Boss Martians (1pm) at Antone's Records (2928 Guadalupe)
- Twangfest/KDHX-FM party
- Wussy (5pm), Blue Mountain (4pm), Waco Brothers (3pm), Chuck Prophet (2pm), The Redwalls (1pm), Kevin Gordon (noon) at Jovita's (1619 S 1st St., inside stage)
- TBA (5:30pm), Sarah Borges (4:30pm), Jon Hardy and the Public (3:30pm), TBA (2:30pm), Tommy Womack (1:40pm), Tim Easton & The Whipsaws (1:30pm), The Whipsaws (12:30pm), Steve Poltz (noon) at Jovita's (1619 S 1st St., outside stage, free with with invite, which you can download here beginning March 1st for a limited time)
- Dead City Records showcase
- Electric Frankenstein (5pm), Amen (4pm), ADHD (3pm), Shit City High (2pm), Kansas City Faggots (1pm) at the Ale House (310 E. 6th St., entrance in alley between 6th and 7th, free)
- Headhunter's presents
- Brewtality Inc (1am), Black Irish (12:30am), Carbide (midnight), Knocked Out Stiffs (11:30pm), Oklahomos (11pm), TBA (10:30pm), New Disaster (10pm), Broken Teeth (9:30pm), The Valentine Failures (9pm), Gentlemen's Social Club (8:30pm), Bricks ATX (8pm), Rubber Monster (7:30pm), Duke (7pm), Peyton Gin (6:30pm), Splithoof (6pm), Devola (5:30pm), Sabbath Crow (5pm), Ese (4:30pm), Adrenaline Factor (4pm), Sunglasses & Mushrooms (3:30pm), Full Stride (3pm), The Ramifications (2:30pm), The Grinding Wheels (2pm), Head Panic (1:30pm), Under the Gun (1pm), Bass Line Bums (12:30pm), Expiration Unknown (noon) at Headhunters (free)
- Border Sessions
- Jumbo, Boombox, Auditivo at the Mexican American Cultural Center (600 River St., main stage, 5-10pm, free)
- LatinTron DJs, Legazy, Linda Lopez, Maria de Negro, Nebline, Sin Sombra, Television Skies, Wolves at the Door, Yokomono at the Mexican American Cultural Center (600 River St., small stage, 5-10pm, free)
- Treasure City Hip Hop show
- DJ Orion, Earthworms, Doomsday Device, 2Mex, CO2, Damp Heat, Lady Legacy, Grimnasty, Megaphone at Treasure City Thrift (1720 E. 12th St., noon-6pm, free, BYOB)
- Whoopsy Magazine day party
- Rainbows are Free (7pm), 127 (Tehran, 7pm), The Blind Pets (6:30pm), Muchos Backflips (6pm), Johnny Nobody (6pm), Amplified Heat (5:30pm), The Boss Martians (5pm), Los Platos (5pm), Born in the Flood (4:30pm), The Swayback (4pm), Anti-Porduct (4pm), Pearlene (3:30pm), Schwervon (3pm), Sahndon Sahm (3pm), PJ and the Bear (2:30pm), ADHD (2pm), The Dickins (2pm), The Sleepers (1:30pm), The Naked (1pm), The Burn-Ups (1pm) at Trophy's (free)
- Higher Publicity party
- The Oh Sees (4:45pm), Gowns (4pm), Grouper & Inca Ore (3:25pm), Scary Mansion (2:5pm), The Mae Shi (2:10pm), KIT (1:40pm), S-S-S Spectres (1pm), NRSZ (12:30pm) at West's Art Music and Wine (408 Josephine St.)
- South By San Jose
- special guest (8pm), Uh Huh Her (7pm), Amy Cook (6pm), Kelley Stoltz (5pm), Black Joe Lewis (4pm), Wild Light (3pm), Bukka Allen (2pm), Allen Oldies (1pm) at Jo's Coffee (1300 S. Congress, free)
- The Political Party and He Said She Said presents
- Shinobu (4:30pm), Western Front (3:45pm), We Versus The Shark (3pm) at Monkeywrench Books (110 E. North Loop, outside, free, all ages)
- Teenage Bottlerocket (2:30pm), The Femurs (1:45pm), Low Red Land (1pm) at Room Service Vintage (107 E. North Loop, free, all ages)
- Matt Kurz One (12:30pm), Scout's Honor (11:45am), The Monocles (11am) at Monkeywrench Books (110 E. North Loop, outside, free, all ages)
- Chicago Invades Austin
- Million Dollar Mano featuring Hollywood Holt, Mic Terror, Vyle, Shala
Esquire (4-6pm), Willy Joy (3pm), Zebo (2pm), Bird Peterson (1pm) at Complete Clothing (106 E. 8th St., free, free beer)
- The Party's Over Productions presents
- Git Some (CO), Autokinoton (CO), Killing California (CA), Sofakingdom (MPLS), Battlefields (MN), Kingdom Of Magic (CO), Mustangs And Madras (CO) at Plush (617 Red River, 2pm, free, 21+)
- Blue Room Music Group presents Hip Hop Radio II
- All Natural (8:25pm), Terminology (8pm), Doujah Raze (7:35pm), Question (7:10pm), Def in The Family (6:45pm), Nick D (6:20pm), Feddi (5:55pm), Headcrack (5:30pm), Zeale (5:05pm), Chief (4:40pm), Sway (4:15pm), DDC (3:50pm), AMI (3:25pm), Modern Man (3pm), host Crop Diggie, DJ Flo-Rok at Firehouse Lounge (605 Brazos, free, 21+)
- Black and Greene Records party
- Drug Rug (7:45pm), Viva Viva (7pm), Netherfriends (6:15pm), Sam Champion (5:30pm), Tiny Animals (4:45pm), Bryan Scary & The Shredding Tears (4pm) at the Jackalope (404 E. 6th St., 200 canvas B&G tote bags filled with K-Swiss shoes, K-Swiss Track Jacket, Stencil Art Book, sampler, etc)
- SFXSXSW
- Chuck Prophet (5:30pm), Loquat (5pm), Built for the Sea (4:30pm), The Dodos (4pm), Port O'Brien (3:30pm), Nyles Lannon (3pm), LoveLikeFire (2:30pm), Sugar and Gold (2pm), Mud (1:30pm), The Heavenly States (1pm), Bart Davenport (12:30pm) at Bourbon Rocks (508 E. 6th St., non-badge-holders RSVP here)
- GRUV presents Rockstar Music Lounge
- Tomasina Abate (8pm), Drum Jam (6:30pm), Shock of Pleasure (5pm), Death Is Not A Joyride (3:30pm), Greg Vendetti (2pm) at Gruv (101 W. 5th St.)
- Ms. Led (Seattle, 6pm) at Lovejoys
- Faux Pas Productions, The Letter R, and Royal Artist Group present
- Joey John (5:05pm), Exit Clov (4:05pm), Hoots and Hellmouth (3:15pm), NLX (2:25pm), Kim Taylor (1:35pm), Buffalo Beard (12:50pm), Casavettes (12:10pm) at Lovejoys (free, free beer)
- La Luz Home & Fashion and Sweet leaf Tea present
- Fiction, Ghost Night, Carlis Star, Mermaid Blonde, Stella Rose, The Frontier Brothers at La Luz Home & Fashion (2009 South First St., noon-6pm)
- Ash MF D presents The Laid-Back South Austin Throwdown
- Jungle Rockers, (5:30pm), Slowtrain (4:45pm), A Few Nice Things (4pm), Faceless Werewolves (3:15pm), Thee LA Gentlemen Callers (2:30pm), Secret Weapons (1:45pm), Poor People (1pm) at 2310 S.Lamar (in the park behind Electra Beauty Lounge, noon-7pm, free, free beer)
- Kaiser Records day party
- Hickoids, Pocket FishRMen, The Memphis Morticians, Bamboulah at Room 710
- Rajiworld + 1
- AJ Croce, Amy Cook, Andrew Collberg, Billy Harvey, Canopy, Friends of Dean Martinez, Mario Matteoli, Nakia and his Southern Cousins, Rosie Flores, The Waymores at the Enchanted Forest (1412 W. Oltorf, 2pm-9pm)
- B.O.S. Music & Authentic Records present
- The Nadas, Dick Prall, Oneside, The Josh David Band, Ben Arnold at Mother Egan's (715 w. 6th St., 11:30am-5:30pm, invite-only)
- PBJ Records presents
- Surf Arson (4pm), Manus (3pm), Judith Miller Band (2pm), Cullen Lane (1pm) at Friends Bar (208 E. 6th St., free)
- Genuine Recordings Austin Texas day party
- Two High String Band (8pm), Troy Campbell (7pm), Beaumont La Grange (6pm), Green Mountain Grass (5pm), Unfortunate Heads (4pm), Tea Merchants (3pm) at Central Market North (4001 North Lamar Blvd., free)
- R.O.O.T. Foundation SXSW Acoustic Showcase
- Yvette Narlock (4:35pm), Kate Reid (4:15pm), Benjamin Weintraub (3:55pm), Jackie Bristow (3:35pm), Shannon Hurley (3:15pm), Sheila Swift (2:55pm), Elam McKnight (2:35pm), Bill Reveles (2:15pm), Marina V (1:55pm), Melody Mann (1:35pm), D Trevlon (1:15pm), Jamie Blythe (12:55pm), Nell Bryden (12:35pm), Bob Bogdal (12:15pm) at Austin Java (12th & Lamar)
- Austin Blues Showcase
- Michael Holt & Trophy 500, Zapata!, Andy MacIntyre & Primal Force, Spencer Thomas Band, Matthew Robinson and the Central East Bend, Texas East Side Kings at Kenny Dorham's Backyard (1106 East 11th St.)
- Love. on the Lawn
- Ginger Leigh Band (10pm), Andrea Parodi and Massimiliano Larocca (9pm), Band of Heathens (8pm), Suzanna Choffel (7pm), Tiffany Shea (6pm), Caldwell Shine (5pm), Shelley King (4pm), John Pointer and Erin Ivey (3pm), Atash (2pm), Lisa Richards (1pm) at Love. (1000 S. 1st St)
- Hobble (9pm), Al Shire & the Henchmen (8pm), Philo Beateux (7pm), Barry Whitesnake (6pm), Klink (5pm), The Gay Nashvillians (4pm) at Key Bar (617 W. 6th St., free, 21+)
- Jonathan Terrel (ATX, 7:30pm), Johnny Cashdraw and his Brokeback Band (ATX, 6pm) at Zen (1303 S. Congress Ave., free)
- The Hit Sheet and ASCAP present Quirky Somethings
- Hafdis Huld (5:30pm), Jack Savoretti (5pm), Jason Trachtenburg (4:30pm), Jacob Golden (4pm), Cathy Davey (3:30pm), Jaymay (3pm), Bo Pepper (2:30pm),
(2pm), Foy Vance (1:30pm), Sonya Kitchell (1pm), George Stanford (12:30pm), Jay Clifford (noon) at Momo's (618 W. 6th St.)
- 8 Systems (10pm), Moss Bluff (9pm), People Skills (8pm), The Joy Bus (7pm), The S.I.G.I.T. (6pm), Sunspot (5pm), The Hoodrats (4pm), Lovemound (3pm), Leo Rondeau (2pm) at Bikinis Sports Bar and Grill (6901 N. IH-35, exit 239)
- DJ Ashen Presents an EssentiaL Media Group Showcase
- Peachcake (12:45am), Nude (11:55pm), National Product (11:05pm), The Working Title (10:15pm), Action Action (9:25pm), You Me and Everyone We Know (8:35pm), Barely Blind (7:45pm), By All Means Necessary (6:55pm), The Real You (6:05pm), The Lives of Famous Men (5:15pm), No One Goes Home (4:25pm), Eudora (3:35pm), Blameshift (2:45pm), Veara (1:55pm), The Summer Set (1:05pm), The Finalist (12:15pm) at Beso Cantina (307B W. 5th St.)
- The 9th Annual Texas Rock Fest
- Five venues and stages, day and night. I do not have time to list it all, please see the schedule here.
- Red Gorilla Music Fest
- Seven venues, day and night. I do not have time to list it all, please see the website here.