SeeSawAustin

By: Gregg Thompson On Saturday morning, SXSW revelers were awoken by crashes of thunder and brilliant flashes of lightning mimicking the lights and sounds of SXSW showcases the night before. Instead of the comfortable 60′s and low 70′s of the previous day, music fans were greeted by 40 degree temperatures and a 30 mph north [...]

Poor Sunday typically bears the sad burden of being a pretty boring day during SXSW. By then the festival is officially over, the sponsors have packed up all of their free t-shirts (and more importantly their free booze), and everyone is in bed nursing their hangovers. One if usually pretty hard-pressed to find any events [...]

Beatles Complete on Ukulele Free Wednesday and Thursday from 12-6pm Jaime’s Patio — 802 Red River The 3rd Beatles Complete on Ukulele Festival is the first-ever ukulele marathon to be held in Austin in SXSW’s 22-year history. Festival organizer/record producer Roger Greenawalt, will man the uke for all 185 Beatles songs, accompanied by over 60 [...]

Written by: Laurie Lyons I wish this guide were a little more detailed, but I ran out of time this year. However, when the lovely Lettuce Ladies from PETA asked me to post it, I certainly couldn’t resist. Most spots are listed in last year’s guide that I wrote for another website. If you have any [...]

Written by: Laurie Lyons and Sinclair Fleetwood With thousands of visitors and locals jamming themselves into every nook and cranny of downtown Austin each year during SXSW, things can occasionally get a little uncivil. Add in excessive amounts of free booze and the occasional bad weather day, and people can begin to forget some basic [...]

This isn’t a complete listing of parties, of course, just ones that we highly recommend! Beatles Complete on Ukulele Free Wednesday and Thursday from 12-6pm Jaime’s Patio — 802 Red River The 3rd Beatles Complete on Ukulele Festival is the first-ever ukulele marathon to be held in Austin in SXSW’s 22-year history. Festival organizer/record producer [...]

Written by: Laurie Lyons Hotel San Jose, which sets the standard for boutique hotels in Austin, is celebrating it’s 10 Year Anniversary tonight, and wants you to celebrate with them.  At the celebration you can see a special screening of “The Last Days of the San Jose,” brought to you by Alamo’s Rolling Road Show. This [...]

Written by: Laurie Lyons and Sara Kennedy This is just a sampling of the great parties and events that you can find at SXSWi this year, most of which are free (and don’t require a badge), super fun, and have free goodies. And don’t forget to check back for the insane list of music parties! [...]

Written by: Dani Dudek SXSW is a self proclaimed celebrity gawker (notice I don’t use the term stalker)’s dream (ok, let’s more accurately call it “cream”) come true. In 2009 there were the regulars: Rachael Ray, Perez Hilton, Richard Linklater, Sandra Bullock, Matthew McConnaughey, Bob Schneider (does dating Sandra Bullock qualify you as a celeb?), [...]