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THE Definitive Guide to SXSW Interactive 2012 Parties! (powered by GarysGuide)Now listing over 250+ SXSW Interactive Parties! If we're missing any, let us know at [email protected] .

Thursday, March 08

Friday, March 09

March 099am-5pm

#SocEnt = The Good Capitalist LOUNGE 2012!St David's Church, 301 E 8th St

No Badge Required

March 099am-11pm

Coworking Treasure Hunt & GCUC Closing Party at SXSWConjunctured, 1309 East 7th Street

March 099:30am-6pm

Circus MashimusAustin Convention Center, 500 E Cesar Chavez St, Room 3

March 099:30am-5pm

Mini TOC Austin 2012St. David's Episcopal Church, 301 E 8th St

March 0910am-5pm

South by GoLabGoLab Austin, 621 E. 6th Street, Ste 200

No Badge Required

March 0910am-12pm

SXSW Girl Geek BrunchTRIO Restaurant, 98 San Jacinto Boulevard

Women Only

March 0910am-3pm

WELCOME TO SXSW! With Wetpaint & CTR at the CNN GrillCNN Grill, 207 San Jacinto Blvd

March 0911am-5pm

Tech Career Expo @ SXSWAustin Music Hall, 208 Nueces50 amazing companies. 2000 amazing career opportunities.

March 0911am-2pm

BBQ Crash CourseEast Tent, Brush Square Park, Neches and 5th StTexas' best BBQ + Music from Beaver Nelson + Celebrity surprise from Foodspotting

Free Food

BBQ

Badge Required

March 09

11am-8pm

Austin Caravan with LaunchRock and CrossWalk

Caravan, 4701 East 5th Street

March 0911am-7pm

The CNN Grill Returns to SXSWCNN Grill, 207 San Jacinto Blvd

March 0911am-2pm

SquareSpace Food TruckSquareSpace Food Truck, 5th and NechesThe Peached Tortilla. Salt & Time. P. Terry's Hamburgers. Three Little Pigs. Izzoz

Tacos. East Side King. Man Bites Dog. Franklin Barbecue.

Free Food

March 0912-4pm

Conduit Corner: Mac n Cheese, Sundaes, Back Rubs & moreConduit Corner, 7th and CongressGourmet variations of Mac n Cheese? Ice Cream Sundaes with Oreos Cookie

Toppings?? Back-rubs??? I think I may just decide to park my wagon here for the rest of

the festival! ;)

Free Food

Desserts!

Back Rubs!

March 091-6pm

Samsung Blogger Lounge hosted by TechSetAustin Convention Center, 500 E Cesar Chavez St, Rm 19AWith the awesome dynamic duo of Brian Solis & Stephanie Agresta. Daily happy hours.

March 091-4pm

SXSW Alcatel-Lucent Trend LoungeDowntown Hilton, 500 E Cesar Chavez St, Rm 406

Appcelerator ice-cream socials, a Gig Tank beer pong tournament, Flurry hosted cocktail

receptions, IDA Singapore movie showings and more!

Badge Required

Free Food

Free Drinks

March 092-6pm

Inaugural Ping Pong TourneyDowntown Hilton, 500 East 4th Street, 4th FloorWe'll provide the paddles, balls, and tables; you bring your best ping pong skills and

Badge Required


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March 092-3pm

CoFounder Speed DatingDowntown Hilton, 500 East 4th Street

Badge Required

March 094-7pm

2012 Austin SXSWi Mobile Meet Up!The Ginger Man Pub, 301 Lavaca St

Free Giveaways

March 094-6pm

BigDoor and PacNW Meets SXSWBing Lot, 400 Congress Ave

Complimentary Food and Drink During Happy Hour Party!

Free Food

Free Drinks

March 094-7pm

SXSW Women in Wireless Lounge Party1189 E. Branch Street

March 094:30-6:30pm

SXSW ScreenBurn Arcade Extended Happy Hour Presented byFUNimationPalmer Events Center, 900 Barton Springs Road, Exhibit Hall 1

March 094:30-8pm

TaskRabbit Presents: Kickoff Backyard BBQTaskRabbit Park, 307 East 2nd StDelicious brisket f rom Franklin BBQ and a special performance by The Lumineers! And

its only 100 yards from the Convention Center short walk, big payoff! :)

Free Food

Free Drinks

BBQ

Live Music

March 09

5-6pm

WOMMA & Spredfast: SXSW Pre-Happy Hour & Happy Hour

Spredfast Headquarters, 412 Congress Avenue

March 095-6pm


Badge Required

March 095-7pm

TechMix Happy HourAnnie's, 319 Congress Ave

No Badge Required

Free Drinks

March 095pm-12am

Cooking Channel Beer GardenEasy Tiger, 709 E 6th St

Free Food

Free Drinks

Live Music

March 09

5-10pm

APPY Hour SXSWi Kickoff Party w BestBuzz, ProTexting, just.me, &

Blurtt

512 Bar, 408 E 6th St

March 095:30-2pm

North of 41 - Canada Lounge at SxSWOld School Bar & Grill, 401 E. Sixth St

March 096-9pm

AT&T Mobile App HackathonAustin Convention Center, 500 E Cesar Chavez St$46k in cash and prizes. Special guest Chicago Bears 7-time Pro-Bowl LB Lance Briggs.

March 096-9pm

Spredfast SXSW Interactive Kickoff PartySpeakEasy, 412 Congress Avenue

March 096-8pm

The Mix at Six presented by CanWeNetworkRoial Austin, 120 W. Fifth StreetFood, drinks and networking galore

Free Food

Free Drinks

March 096-8pm

Tocquignys Annual View512 Happy HourFrost Bank Tower, 401 Congress Ave, 17th Fl

View

March 096-8pm

ListenerApproved.com Launch PartyMohawk, 912 Red River Street

No Badge Required

March 096:30pm-12am

A Celebration of American Startups at SXSWACL Live, 310 2nd StreetAnother must-attend SXSW event. Cuz srsly, where else could you be rubbing shoulders

with LinkedIn honcho Reid Hoffman, Revolution and AOL founder Steve Case, Lean

Startup maestro Steve Blank and others.

March 09 3rd Annual Ignite Social Media Part Free Food


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o o ov, es reeTwo floors, one big party. Kick back downstairs or boogie on the rooftop deck. Tasty

BBQ + Drinks

BBQ

Rooftop

No Badge Required

March 097-9pm

State of NOW (#140conf) SXSW Cocktail PartyLanai, 422 Congress AveJeff Pulver and a Texas style cocktail party

March 097-9pm

App Hackathon Presented by ZyprAustin Music Hall, 208 Nueces

March 097-10pm

Back to the Future with AirBnb, Vayable and GetAroundMadison Nightclub, 307 W 5th StThe first 50 people get a SXSW survival pack full of things to sustain you through the

next week of parties!

Free Drinks

Free Giveaways

March 097pm-1am

IsThisLost Launch PartySidebar, 602 E 7th St

March 097-10pm

AOL Ventures SxSW Party 2012Good Life Barbour Shop, 201 E. 5th St

March 09

8pm-2am

TechKaraoke SXSW 2012 - Presented by Blog World & New Media

Expo

The Stage on Sixth, 508 East 6th StLive Band Karaoke!! :) With The Dead Motley Sex Maidens and a bevy of hostesses:

Ruby Lamb of Satans Cheerleaders fame, the luminous Sarah Clark of Pearlescent,

Stella from pop-punk legends Cruiserweight, and author/Rollergirl Melicious!

March 098pm-2am

Startup Weekend, Zaarly & Twilio SXSWi PartyKingdom, 103 E. 5th St, Ste BDance into the night with DJ Christian Barbuto and DJ Remmington Steele. Did we

mention free drinks?!!!

Free Drinks

DJ

March 098-11pm

OnStar SXSW 2012 Kick-off Party, hosted by TechSetThe Parish, 214 E. 6th StWith Brian Solis, Stephanie Agresta and the TechSet gang

March 09

8-10pm

20x2

Skinny's Ballroom, 115 San Jacinto BlvdPoignant, moving & funny. 2 min each. 20 creative new media minds.

March 098pm-2am

TechStars Invades SXSW 2012Cedar Street Courtyard, 208 West 4th Street

March 098pm-2am

Silicon Beach VIP PartyThe Ranch, 710 A W. 6th St

By Invitation Only

March 098-10pm

PromaxBDA at CNN GrillCNN Grill, 207 San Jacinto Blvd

March 099pm-2am

Startups Taking Flight at SXSWScoot Inn, 1308 East 4th StreetLocal Ft Worth rockers Green River Ordinance will be performing

March 099-11pm

GuideHop Party at the Jackalope BarThe Jackalope Bar, 404 East 6th St

No Badge Required

Free Drinks

March 099pm-1am

Digital LA - Dynamite Network SXSW CocktailsOld School Bar & Grill, 401 E. 6th StFrom LaLaLand to SXSW? This one is for you!

Cash Bar

March 0910pm-2am

Nightcap 2 with Edelman Digital at DogwoodDogwood, 715 W. 6th St

Free Drinks

March 0910pm-1am

The Amsterdam House - OPENING PARTYMaggie Mae's, 512 Trinity StMake sure you RSVP on Facebook because there's a limited entrance to the party.


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Saturday, March 10

March 1012am-12am

#Secret_Wine_Party with Gary Vaynerchuk (Wine Library; Founder,Vayner Media; Author, Crush It and Thank You Economy)Secret Location, To be disclosedI cant say when. I cant say where. But if you follow @garyvee, All shall be clear!

Free Drinks

Secret Wine Party!

March 10

12am-12am

Join us for a SXSW throw down Sumo style! Hosted by App Sumo

TBD

March 108am-9:30am

SXSW Social Breakfast 2012Magnolia Cafe, 1920 South Congress Ave

March 109am-2am

SecondMarket House - Parties, Panels and More!Thirsty Nickel, 325 East 6th StreetWith Paige Craig (BetterWorks), Naval Ravikant (AngelList), David Tisch (TechStars),

Felix Salmon (Reuters), Mike Lazerow (Buddy Media), Barry Si lbert (SecondMarket),

Roger Ehrenberg (IA Ventures) & more.

March 109am-2pm

Beauty Bar XBeauty Bar, 617 East 7th StreetWomen only! (but they can bring male guests)

Women Only

March 1011am-3pm

Founders Lounge with Goodwin ProcterParkside, 301 E 6th St

Free Food

Free Drinks

March 1011am-10pm

Google VillageRainey St, 97 Rainey St

March 1011am-4pm

JuntoBox Films at Hangar Lounge, hosted by Forest WhitakerHangar Lounge, 318 Colorado St

March 1012-4pm

Ask.com Sugar RushResidence Inn, 300 E 4th StMmmmmmm dessssert! Some of the finest treats courtesy of some of Austin's own top

chefs

Badge Required

Desserts!

March 1012-5pm

Get drunk and eat grilled cheese with GroupMeDowntown Burgers, 310 E 3rd StGroupMe was a big hit at SXSW last year, both for its app AND its now legendary grilled

cheese sandwiches with a Poundie in every bite. You dont wanna miss this ! And to

stimulate ur appetite even more, heres a pic ofBrewPRs Brooke Hammerlingholding up a GroupMe grilled cheese sandwich. Rawr! ;)

Free Food

Free Drinks

March 1012-5pm

The 2012 SXSWi ZenDen Presented By Rock HealthBe Yoga, 43 Rainey Street

Badge Required

Yoga!

March 101-4pm

Canucks + Cowboys at SxSW Canada HouseOld School Grill, 401 E. Sixth St

March 101-4pm

BOND Strategy and Influence: SXSW Art + Tech + Innovation SalonLamberts Downtown BBQ, 401 W 2nd St

March 101:30-3pm

FoundIt Scavenger HuntAustin Convention Center, 500 E Cesar Chavez St

March 102-6pm

Chevy Tweet HouseMellow Johnnys Bike Shop, 400 Nueces St

March 10

2-3pm


Badge Required

March 102-11pm

SPARE BEATS with DJ Jayceeoh + Roxy Cottontail + locals (SXUnofficial)Molotov, 719 West 6th Street


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March 102:30-7:30pm

Metabridge & Digby VIP Lounge401 E. Sixth St

March 103-6pm

Get Baked with BakeSpace.comThe Tiniest Bar In Texas, 817 West 5th StreetFor an afternoon of baked delights and saucy drinks with our favorite Austin food

bloggers

March 104-10pm

The Foodspotting SXSW Street Food Fest 2012, brought to you byCHOW.com

2nd and CongressAustin's finest food trucks, yo! Arancini, Chi'Lantro, Clem's Hot Diggity Dogs, Good

Pops, Hey Cupcake, Lucky J's, One Taco, Peached Tortilla, Yume Burger

Free Food

Free Giveaways

Food Truck

March 104-6pm

SXSW RocketSpace Greatest Hits VIP Bash @ Bing Popup SpaceBing Booster Popup Space, 400 Congress Ave

March 104-7pm

Be Brave @ SxSW323 East 6th StreetRide the bull. Take tequilla Jello shots. Down Mescal worms. Groove to some live

Mariachi.

Badge Required

March 104-7pm

Change the Ratio, the DailyMuse, Fashism & lover.ly Happy Hour @Conduit CornerConduit Corner, South Congress Ave and 7th Street

March 104-7pm


March 104:30-6pm

Skirts at South ByMoonshine Grill, 303 Red River St

Badge Required

Women Only

Free Food

Free Drinks

March 105-8pm

The Awesomest Journalism Party. Ever. Redux.Palm Door, 401 Sabine StWith Hacks/Hackers, Huffington Post, NY Times, NPR, SoundCloud, NewsCred, Paley

Center, MailChimp and others.

March 10

5-8pm

SXSW Pre-Party with Evite

Lanai, 422 Congress Ave, Ste CEvite's legendary SXSW pre-party is back. And you know what that means. Endless

Cocktails + Apps + Taco Bar = Win Win Win! And to stimulate ur senses even more,

here are some pics from last years party.

Free Food

Free DrinksTacos

March 105-8pm

PearHaven Launch Happy HourThe Madison, 307-A W 5th St

Free Drinks

Free Giveaways

March 105-7pm

Ireland @ SXSW2012Fado Irish Pub, 214 W. 4th St

March 105-8pm

Untappds SXSW Panel After PartyThe Ginger Man, 301 Lavaca Street

March 105-6pm

CoFounder Speed Dating

Downtown Hilton, 500 East 4th Street

Badge Required

March 105-8pm

Small Business, Big PartyCoyote Ugly, 501 East 6th Street

March 105-8pm

Amsterdamned @ The Amsterdam HouseMaggie Mae's, 512 Trinity St

March 105-8pm

StumbleUpon SXSW User Open Mic (Unplugged)!Karma Lounge, 105 E 5th St

March 105-6:30pm

Syncapse and Crimson Hexagon SXSW Interactive Cocktail HourSynapse Social Club, 436 West 2nd Street


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Uncorked, 900 East 7th Street

March 105:30-8:30pm

Texas Hospitality for Marketers Sponsored by EloquaClub de Ville, 900 Red River Stlive music, plenty of beer and Texas-sized fun!

Free Drinks

March 106-8pm

SXSW 2012: Happy Hour sponsored by RazorfishRoial Austin, 120 W. Fifth Street

Badge Required

Free Drinks

Rooftop

March 106pm-2am

Third Annual ReverseVC Party (Badge Reqd)TBDSXSW Larry Chiang style

Badge Required

March 106pm-2am

Tech Cocktails SXSW #Startuplife Celebration presented by .COThe Stage on Sixth, 508 East 6th StreetWith Frank Gruber and the TechCocktail gang!

Badge Required

March 106-8pm

SXSW concert with Third Eye Blind, presented by AetnaMoody Theater, 310 W Willie Nelson BlvdPreferred entry betn 5:30 and 6pm with RSVP

Badge Required

March 106-9pm

Knight Foundation Media Innovation FairEast Tent, Brush Square Park, Neches and 5th St

March 106-9pm

Top of Austin sponsored by Austin Ventures, Institutional VenturePartners, HomeAway, Spiceworks & WhaleSharkThe Austonian, 200 Congress

Free Food

Free Drink

By Invitation Only

March 106-8pm

Identity Biergarten : Personal Data Ecosystem Community DayAustin 2012

FG Squared, 621 East Sixth StGerman-inspired malted beverages and other refreshments from local producers

Free Drinks

March 106-9pm

Zagat Presents: Crawfish and CornholeBar 96 @ Google Village, 96 Rainey St

Free Food

March 106-8pm

TaskRabbit Presents: SXSW by BravoTaskRabbit Park, 307 East 2nd St

Cocktails with Top Chef Head Judge, Tom Colicchio and WWHL host, Andy Cohen.

Badge Required

Free Drinks

March 106-8pm

#sxswLAM: Librar* Drinkup SXSWi 2012Skinny's Ballroom, 115 San Jacinto Boulevard

March 106-9pm

SalesForce VIP Beer and BBQGables Park Plaza Rooftop Terrace, 115 Sandra Muaraida Way, #431

March 106-10pm

Power Up Party with GREE and Alternative PressPalmer Events Center, 900 Barton Springs Road, West Canopy

Badge Required

Free Drinks

Live Music

March 106-8pm

Radio-Television-Film at UT Austins SXSW PartyProgress Coffee, San Marcos St

March 106pm-2am Loku SXSW Party: Grill & ChillLoku Global HQ, 1605A E. 7th St

March 106:30-8:30pm

Texas MBA ignites SXSW Startup VillageVince Young Steakhouse, 301 San Jacinto Blvd

March 107-10pm

Blip By BlipwestCedar Street Courtyard, 208 West 4th StreetBlip.tv (or as the startup is now known as simply Blip) will be showcasing the first live

performance by Web Series legends Red vs Blue.

Badge Required

Live Show

March 107pm-3am

SecondMarket House PartyThirsty Nickel, 325 East 6th Street

By Invitation Only


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March 107-10pm

SecondMarket VIP PartyThirsty Nickel, 325 East 6th Street

By Invitation Only

March 107pm-2am

Belly & Lucys Ride the Rewards Wave PartyLucy's Retired Surfers Bar, 506 West Avenue

March 107pm-12am

AppSumos SXSW Pre-PartyTBD

March 10

8-9:30pm

Copyblogger Media Presents: The Computer Blue Party

The Rattle Inn, 610 Nueces StFree open bar from 8:30 to 9:30 with the one and only Brian Clark spinning awesome 80s

tunes.

Free Drinks

DJ

March 108pm-12am

Girl+Guy Party SXSW 2012Stubb's Austin, 801 Red RiverWith the man himself, Guy Kawasaki and featuring The Tontons, UME, Wild Moccasins,

Quiet Company, Dave Wrangler and The Kingston Springs.

March 108-11pm

Ask.com Bash at SXSWHangar Lounge, 318 Colorado Street

Free Drinks

March 108-11pm

Waggener Edstrom SXSWi PartyMalverde, 400-B West 2nd St

Handcrafted food & drinks and breakout band of the year, Austin's own Quiet Company

Free Food

Free Drinks

Live Music

March 108pm-12am

The 2012 SXSW ExpressionEngine PartyOpal Divines, 700 West 6th Street

Free Drinks

March 108-11pm

The Interactive Opening Party presented by frog design andMicrosoftPalmer, 900 Barton Springs Road

Badge Required

March 108-10pm

Adometry SXSWi Party Cupcakes & CocktailsStubb's BBQ, 801 Red River St

By Invitation Only

Cupcakes

Free Drinks

March 108pm-12am

CrossWalk House Party Featuring RACCTC House & Gardens, 1102 E Cesar Chavez St

March 108pm-2am

Turntable Does SXSW 2012 presented by Pepsi and powered byIntelND, 501 North IH-35

March 109pm-1am

Saturday Night Party with Magnolia PicturesOld School Bar & Grill, 401 E. Sixth St

March 1010pm-2am

The Cloud Lounge sponsored by HPThe Belmont Lounge, 305 6th St

March 1010pm-2am

SecondMarket Open PartyThirsty Nickel, 325 East 6th Street

Sunday, March 11

March 1110am-12pm

Sunday Brunch with TripIt at SXSWCarmelo's Restaurant, 504 East 5th Street

Free Food

March 1110am-3pm

Silicon Prairie Cereal BarHalcyon, 218 W. 4th Street

March 1111am-4pm

Refuel Austin Day Party - With Yammer, SocialVibe and theMIXagencyThe Hangar Lounge, 318 Colorado St

March 1111am-3pm

SXSWi Hangover Party w/ Austin Ventures, HomeAway,Whaleshark

By Invitation Only


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The Rattle Inn, 610 Nueces St

March 1111am-4pm

Silicon Beach Showcase @ SXSWValhalla, 710 Red River

March 1111am-1pm

Sunday Brunch With Contently, Ben Parr and Unlimited Mimosas!Paggi House, 200 Lee Barton Drive

March 1111am-3pm

Midas Green Tech: Stick Your Finger In It (Free Food, DrinkSpecials)Love Goat, 2716 Guadalupe St

March 1111am-3pm

MKE Shindig @ SXSW 2012Cedar Street Courtyard, 208 W 4th St

March 1111am-12pm

2012 SXSW ScreenBurn Press Brunch Presented by theEntertainment Software AssociationScreenBurn Arcade - Palmer Events Center, 900 Barton Springs Road, ExhibitHall 1

Badge Required

Press Only

March 1112:30-2:30pm

Chevrolet Presents: Allhat IV @ SXSWGuero's Taco Bar, 1412 S Congress AveThe best breakfast tacos Austin has to offer

March 1112:30-4pm SxSW Community Builders MeetupAuditorium Shores at Town Lake Metropolitan Park, 920 W. Riverside Dr

March 111-6pm

Boxee SxSW Kegger 2012 - Sponsored by SlingBox & Turntable96 Red River St5 kegs + 100lbs of Salt Lick BBQ + Moon Bounce + Photo Booth + Slip n Slide = Are

you ready to partayyy?!

Free Food

Free Drinks

BBQ

No Badge Required

March 111-3pm

Klout and Barefoot Wine SXSW PartyThe Parish, 214 E. 6th StKlout Score of minimum 45 required for this perk

Free Food

Free Drinks

By Invitation Only

March 111-2pm

Big Guns of Internet MarketingCapital City Trap & Skeet Club, 8707 Linden Lane

March 111pm-4am BuzzMedia PureVolume HousePureVolume House, 2nd and Trinity

March 112-10pm

Backplanes Managers Hack at SxSW 2012St. Cecilia Hotel, 112 Academy DriveGlobal digital music hackathon. Food and beverage service throughout via Austins best

food trucks.

Free Food

Free Drinks

Food Truck

March 112-5pm

ProductTank Drinks - SXSW EditionLittle Woodrow's, 520 W 6th St

No Badge Required

March 112:30-4pm

Foodzy Lunch & Press Meetup during SXSWiMaggie Mae's, 512 Trinity Stsnacks, drinks and product demos

Free Food

Free Drinks

March 113-7pm

The Daily Pool Party @ SXSWAshton Austin, 101 Colorado StreetThats right, yo. Its a pool party! With TheDaily, Sonar, RecordSetter and others. Now

whos up for a cannonball?!

Pool Party!

March 113-7pm

Glomper recharge hangover partyLaunch787, 606 E 3rd St

Free Food

Free Drinks

No Badge Required

March 114-7pm

Yelps Interactive Event & Mobile Lounge LaunchViolet Crown Social Club, 1111 E 6th StFeaturing local beer fave Independence Brewery and the ever popular (and rightly so)

Makers Mark

Free Drinks


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4-7pm

Women in Wireless Lounge, 1189 E. Branch Street

March 114pm-12am

The Undutchables @ The Amsterdam HouseMaggie Mae's, 512 Trinity St

March 114-7pm


March 11

4:30-8pm

TaskRabbit Presents: Fryday

TaskRabbit Park, 307 East 2nd StBananas, pickles, Oreos, and Twinkies, oh fry!

Free Food

Free Drinks

March 115-7pm

South by Streetwise - SXSW Startup Happy HourThe Side Bar, 602 East 7th Street

March 115-8pm

Chinwags Great British Tea Party at SXSW 2012Brush Square Park East Tent , 409 E 5th StCan't get enough of British afternoon tea? Well this one is for you, good sir!

Free Food

Free Drinks

March 115-7pm

SXSW Eco Startup Showcase Launch PartyLanai, 422 Congress Ave, Ste C

March 115-10pm

2nd Annual SXSWi Mobile Rodeo with Appcelerator and BestFitBestFit Mobile Offices, 200 Academy Drive, Ste 200

Mechanical Bull!

Free Drinks

DJ

March 115-8pm

E-commerce HoedownCoyote Ugly, 501 East 6th Street

March 115-8pm

Disqus at SXSW: Quesadillas, Margaritas & MoreIron Cactus Mexican Grill & Margarita Bar, 606 Trinity St

March 115-7pm

Gokit Official SXSW Launch PartyCopa Bar & Grill, 217 Congress Avenue

March 115:30-9pm

Ross Road Rules - Mix + Pitch PartyBeauty Bar, 617 East 7th Street

March 115:30-8:30pm

Skillshare and American ExpressRusty's, 405 E 7th St

Hang out with the good folks from SkillShare for some free food, free drinks and lots of

skil lshares from the likes of Lean Startup Maestro Eric Ries, Union Square Ventures

Partner Brad Burnham and Buddy Media Founder & CEO Mike Lazerow. Im feeling

smarter already!

Free Food

Free Drink

March 116-9pm

Party At Trovers Live Graffiti Gallery!East Side Drive In, 1001 East 6th Street

Free Food

Free Drinks

Food Truck

March 116-9pm

Cocktails with Goodwin ProcterParkside, 301 E 6th St

Free Drinks

March 116pm-12am

Made in NY: AustinFast Company Grill at Cedar Door, 201 Brazos StreetNYC Represent! Mini S ideTours, A fake tattoo parlor by Tatt. ly, Mind-blowing new 3D

from Shapeways, A couple of yellow cabs and much much more. Organized by the NYTech Meetup. An Absolute Must Attend!

No Badge Required

March 116-9pm

Wileys SXSW Author PartyHangar Lounge, 318 Colorado St3 hours of free food and drinks. Space limited to 300.

Badge Required

Free Food

Free Drinks

March 116-10pm

SXSW ScreenBurn Power Up Party Presented by GREE, BandsPresented by Alternative PressPalmer Events Center, 900 Barton Springs Road

Live Music

March 116-10pm

Zagat and Google Present Beer-tails, Bites & BluesClive Bar (Google Village), 609 Davis StUni ue beer cocktails small bites from artisan urve ors and live music from

Free Food

Free Drinks

Live Music


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March 116-8pm

OMG DIY BBQJMueller BBQ, 1502 S. 1st StBest brisket on Earth, paired with beef ribs and pork ribs, blonde ale and delicious IPA.

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

Free Food

Free Drinks

BBQ

March 116-9pm

iH3 - Interactive Health Happy HourHCB, 701 Brazos St

Free Food

Free Drinks

Live Music

March 116-9pm

LaunchSquad PartyTBD

March 116-9pm

LaunchSquads Off the Record SXSW Happy HourMoonshine Grill, 303 Red River Street

March 116-9pm

SXSW Startup Drinkup - Sponsored by Roqbot, LaunchBit & MITAlumniToulouse, 402 E 6th St

March 116:30-7pm

SideTour Presents: Grab a cocktail with Chad Dickerson, CEO ofEtsyCedar Door, 201 Brazos Street

March 117-11pm

FLUENT Party RockMaria Maria La Cantina Patio, 415 Colorado St4 hour open bar + Cupcakes by Hey Cupcake + Live performance by MOBB DEEP + DJ

Mikey Millions. Now, thats a party!!

Free Drinks

Cupcakes

Live Music

March 117-10pm

The Interactive + Film Fusion Party presented by MeeboThe Stage on Sixth, 508 East 6th StLive music from local rockers the John Evans Band

Badge Required

Live Music

March 117-8:30pm

Dewey Awards CeremonySt David's Bethell Hall, 301 E 8th St

Free Food

Free Drinks

Live Music

March 117-10pm

SXSW SoundCloud MeetupTreehouse Pub (above Coyote Ugly Bar), 501 E 6th St

March 117-10pm

The 3rd Annual SOBCon Party at SXSW Presented by GoToMeetingand SafeCigThe Dogwood, 715 W 6th St

By Invitation Only

March 118-10pm

SapientNitro Official SXSW PartyRoial Austin, 120 W. Fifth StreetFeaturing DJ Spider, fun & geeky prize ... and of course free booze!

Badge Required

Free Drinks

March 118pm-2am

Livefyre SXSW Fyre BashThe Fyre Pit, 141 Red River StreetParty in the Parking Lot? Check. Bonfires? Check. Fire Dancers? Check. At tractive Tech

Nerds? Check Check Check!!! ;)

No Badge Required

March 11

8pm-1:30am

PBS Party celebrating @MasterpiecePBS Sherlock

The Parish, 214 E 6th StAll ya need to know is that the stunning & gorgeous Lara Pulver is going to be there.

Don't know who that is? Lemme Google that for ya ;)

Free Food

Badge Required

March 118-11pm

Apigee, Heroku, Twilio and Urban Airship Present GET.DOWNSXSWThe Pure Volume House, 504 Trinity St

Live Music

March 118pm-12am

Social Business Party! Sponsored by IBM & AscendantTechnologyPapi Tino's, 1306 E 6th St

Badge Required

March 11

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March 118-10pm

SecondMarket VIP Happy HourThirsty Nickel, 325 East 6th Street

By Invitation Only

March 118:30pm-12am

Austin Affiliate Marketing Party @ SXSWPersonal Wine Red Room Lounge, 306 E 3rd St Ste A

Free Drinks

No Badge Required

March 119pm-2am

CNET Presents Delta SpiritMaggie Mae's, 323 East 6th Street

Live Music

March 119pm-2am

The Crowdtap VIP Party 2012 SXSWs Cant Miss Party ReturnsHaven, 409 Colorado

Aerial Dancers + VJ Culture + Food Trucks + Hipster Orchestra = One Hot, Hot, Hot

Party!

Free Food

Aerial Dancers!

Live Music

By Invitation Only

March 119pm-2am

Mashable SXSWi House 2012Buffalo Billiards, 201 6th StWanna hang with blogging god Pete Cashmore? Well of course you do!

Badge Required

March 119-11pm

SXOI - An Open Innovation Mixer at SXSWLanai Rooftop Lounge, 422 Congress Avenue, Ste C

Free Food

Free Drinks

Rooftop

March 11

9pm-1am

HGTVGardens.com Launch Party at SXSW

The Ghost Room, 304 W 4th StHang out with Rebecca Woolf (GirlsGoneChild) and Chris Lambton (Bachelorette,

HGTV's Going Yard)

Free Food

Free DrinksFood Truck

March 119pm-12am

Cheezburger and Bing Present: KEEP CALM AND INTERNET219 West, 612 W 6th St

March 119pm-12am

Tom Hanks Electric City Party with White Denim and Blaqstarr504 Trinity St, Corner of Trinity & E 5th St

March 1110pm-1am

SoDA Latitudes MixerMaggie Mae's, 323 E 6th StLocal indie rockers The Wheeler Brothers will perform

Free Drinks

Live Music

March 11

10pm-2am

SecondMarket Open Party

Thirsty Nickel, 325 East 6th Street

Monday, March 12

March 128am-11am

AbelsonTaylor SXSW Interactive Cocktail BrunchMarriott Courtyard Downtown Austin Rooftop, 300 E 4th St

March 129:30am-

11:30am

Student Startup MadnessMaria Maria La Cantina Patio, 415 Colorado St

March 1212-10pm

Eat. Drink. Be Human with Skype.Parking Lot, E 7th St

March 121-11pm

Warby Parker Citizens CircusFrench Legation Museum, 802 San Marcos StFifteen live bands. Lawn games. Food trucks, Vintage clothing purveyors. Cocktails.

Trapeze Artis ts. Song belters. Vic torian Vaudeville. Burlesque performances. Now

THATS what I call a party! ;)

Live MusicFree Food

Free Drinks

March 123-4pm

IEEE/FIRST Robotics SXSW 2012 Meet Up Reception w/ DeanKamen & Maywa DenkiAustin Convention Center Exhibit Hall 3/4, 500 E Cesar Chavez St

Hang with Segway Founder Dean Kamen!

March 124-8pm

The Social Revolucin Latino Lounge and Revolucionario AwardsMaria Maria La Cantina Patio, 415 Colorado St

Free Food

Free Drinks

Live Music


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March 124-6pm

StyleMuse & Centzy Happy HourBing Lot, 400 Congress AveWell, what better place than SXSW to bring about a t ruce in the increasingly intense

east-coast-west-coast rivalry that is Silicon Alley vs Silicon Valley. And helping ensure a

smooth evening will be an open bar, free food and lots of swag!

Free Food

Free Drinks

Swag!

March 124-6pm

MediaTemple Cocktail HourCedar Door, 201 Brazos Street

March 124-7pm


March 124:30-7pm

TaskRabbit Presents: Detox DayTaskRabbit Park, 307 East 2nd StComplimentary yard yoga all afternoon and freshly squeezed juice. Mmmmm heaven!

Yoga!

March 125-7pm

StumbleUpon Explore More Happy HourKarma Lounge, 105 E 5th St

Free Food

Free Drinks

Free Giveaways

Live Music

March 125-8pm

SoJoLife Launch Party and the Best of BritishWest Tent, Brush Square Park, 409 E 5th St

Fish & chips, y'all, fish & chips!

Free Food

March 125-9pm

Global Accelerator Network and Venture Asheville with Cisco MixerSoho Lounge, 217 East 6th Street

March 125-9pm

The Stuff You Should Know Variety Show at SXSWFado Irish Pub & Restaurant, 214 West 4th St

No Badge Required

Free Drinks

March 125-8pm

Y Combinator Startup SaloonCoyote Ugly, 501 East 6th Street

Free Food

Free Drinks

March 125-8pm

FilmFresh PartySkinny's Ballroom, 115 San Jacinto Boulevard

March 12

6-9pm

Party At Trovers Live Graffiti Gallery!

East Side Drive In, 1001 East 6th Street

March 126-9pm

Silicon Valley Bank + New Enterprise Associates SXSW PartyParkside, 301 East 6th StreetInvite-only for founders of startup clients of SVB and/or friends of NEA

By Invitation Only

March 126-11pm

Bazaarvoice PartyLustre Pearl, 97 Rainey St

Free Food

Free Drinks

Live Music

March 126-9pm

10th Annual SXSW Nuclear Tacos NightEast Tent, Brush Square Park, Neches and 5th StNuclear Tacos!!! And ya know what THAT means ... tears of joy! ;)

Free Food

Tacos

March 126-8pm

Digital Vision @ SXSWMalverde, 400B W 2nd St

March 126-11pm

Interactive MixerThe Stage on Sixth, 508 E. 6th St

March 126-8pm

After Hours Party with Adobe EvangelistsRadisson Town Lake Ballroom, 111 E Cesar Chavez

March 126pm-1:30am

The Barbarian Group & Tumblr present: #RobotripSXSWThe Mohawk, 912 Red River StreetIts gonna be big. Two venues big. At The Mohawk and Club DeVille. With Tim Sweeney,

Mathew Dear (live band), Bear In Heaven, Orthy, DJ Mike Simonetti, WAVVES, Kool

Keith, Japandroids, Sleep Over, Beach Fossils, Oberhofer, The Young, Grape St, The

No Badge Required

Live Music


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March 126-8pm

Mobile Monday Austin SXSW (Unofficial) Social EventFogo de Chao, 309 East 3rd Street

Free Food

Free Drinks

March 126-9pm

Mohr Davidow SXSWi PartyTop of the Austonian, 200 Congress Ave

By Invitation Only

March 126-7pm

GSD&M Presents: Ad Student MixerGSD&M, 828 W. 6th Street

March 126-8pm

Party Fresca (Salsa)Casa Chapala, 101 San Jacinto

March 126:30-9:30pm

Code Blue - The Health 2.0 | Startup Health SXSW partyHangar Lounge, 318 Colorado St

Free Drinks

March 126:30-11pm

Pecha Kucha celebrates SXSW121 W 6th St

March 127-10pm

gdgt Live in AustinAustin Music Hall, 208 NuecesIf you love gadgets, you won't want to miss this. Free stuff + drink tickets.

Free Giveaways

No Badge Required

March 12

7-11:30pm

IndieGoGo Presents STARRY NIGHT at SXSW!

Icenhausers, 83 Rainey StreetMusic and Cocktails (sponsored by Dripping Springs)

Free Drinks

March 127pm-12am

GSD&M Presents: The Industry PartyGSD&M, 828 W. 6th StreetWith Heartless Bastards, The Apache Relay and Motopony. No badge required with

RSVP.

Live Music

No Badge Required

March 128pm-12am

Techweek SXSWi Innovate+Chicago PartyCopa Bar & Grill, 217 Congress Ave

Windy City Representing!

Badge Required

Free Drinks

March 128pm-2am

Oklahoma Interactive Oklahomas Buffalo LoungeFriends, 208 E 6th St

Free Food

Free Drinks

March 128pm-2am Major Rager - Presented by GroupMe & ServeCedar Street Courtyard, 208 West 4th Street

March 128-10pm

Designers United at SXSWThe Ginger Man Pub, 301 Lavaca Street

March 128pm-2am

Formspring PartyBandpage HQ, 604 E 7th StWith the hottest up and coming artists including Austin natives Electric Touch as well as

Vonnegutt, DJ Axis Powers, Delon, Gemini Club, Envy Corps, The Jessie Rose Trip and

I Fight Dragons.

Live Music

March 128-8pm

Milyoni Mobile Munchies @ SXSW 2012Volstead Lounge at Hotel Vegas, 1500 East 6th Street

March 128:30pm-2am

SAY Media SXSWi PartySpeakEasy, 412 Congress AveFeaturing Cults, Wallpaper, Quiet Life, Bear in Heaven, Quiet Company and Mister

Loveless. Curated by SAY and TastemakerX.

March 129pm-2am

3rd Annual GeekyBeach Party SXSW12Roial Austin, 120 W. Fifth StreetOpen Bar, Swag, Girls in Bikinis, Wait just a minute, did someone say Girls in Bikinis?!!

Free Drinks

Free Giveaways

Girls In Bikinis!

March 129pm-2am

Zya Launch Party Presented by Intel AppUpSix Lounge, 117 W. 4th StDrinks + celebrity DJs

Free Drinks


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9-11:30pm

Buffalo Billiards, 201 East 6th Street

March 129-11pm

Digital Audio Meet-Up at Skinnys BallroomSkinny's Ballroom, 115 San Jacinto Boulevard

March 1210pm-1am

The Finishing Dutch - CLOSING PARTYMaggie Mae's, 512 Trinity St

March 12

10pm-2am

Thrillist Rocktails

The Rattle Inn, 610 Nueces StLive Band Karaoke! Hosted by Asher Roth and Rooftop Sets by The Hood Internet,Brenton Duvall and Valida.

Karaoke

Tuesday, March 13

March 139am-11am

Do.coms Hangover Breakfast 2012Pig Vicious bacon food truck, 6th and Trinity

March 1310am-12pm

The Great British BreakfastCedar Street Courtyard, 208 West 4th Street

Admit it, after loading up on nuclear tacos and BBQ briskets all weekend, u might just be

pining for a good ol fashioned english breakfast, no?

Free Food

March 1312-11pm

Sx Fusion II: Where Music and Tech CollideJoe's Crab Shack, 600 East Riverside DrNoms by Joe's Crab Shack + Make Your Own SxFusion T-Shirt by Kong

Free Food

March 131-7pm

Hype Machines HYPE HOTEL presented by Feed The Beat504 Trinity StFeaturing lineups curated by Aquarium Drunkard, My Old Kentucky Blog, Gorilla vs Bear,

I Guess Im Floating, Nialler 9, No Modest Bear, Yours Truly, Song by Toad and

CreamTeam

Live Music

March 133-3pm

Twittamentary SXSWi Mar 13 ScreeningHilton Hotel Austin, 500 E 4th St Austin, TX 78701

March 133-7pm

SXSW 2012 MusicTech MeetupThe Belmont Lounge, 305 W. 6th St

March 134-6pm

Planet Quebec VIP Kick-Off ReceptionSpill, 212 E. 6th St

Free Food

Free Drinks

March 134-6pm

SXSW Block PartyAustin Convention Center, 500 E Cesar Chavez St, Exhibit Hall 3/4

Free Drinks

March 134-7pm

HomeAway Presents: Party in the ParkBrush Square Park, 409 East 5th StreetFree beer, wine, and food-truck inspired buffet. Bands include George DeVore, The

Midgetmen, La Snacks and Dawn Over Zero.

Badge Required

Free Food

Free Drinks

March 134:30-8pm

TaskRabbit Presents: March Madness PartyTaskRabbit Park, 307 East 2nd StCelebrate day one of March Madness with cold beers and a pop-a-shot tournament

Free Drinks

March 135-12pm

Pandora Discovery DenAntone's, 213 West 5th Street

March 135-7pm

Pandora Happy Hour CasinoAntone's, 213 West 5th Street

March 136-9pm

The Interactive Awards Pre-Party and Ceremony Presented by HPHilton Austin Downtown, 500 E. 4th St, 6th FloorPresenting first ever SXSW Interactive Hall of Fame award to HappyCog founder, Jeffrey

Zeldman

Badge Required

March 13-

3rd Annual SXSW MusicTech Happy Hour Free FoodFree Drinks


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- ,Margaritas + mexican food + conversations

March 136-11pm

Quantum Collective Southwest InvasionThe Chuggin' Monkey, 219 East 6th Street

March 136pm-2am

mixtape marketing & Bearded Pony present Make Fuzzy TracksSXSW PartyKey Bar, 617 W 6th St

March 136:30-9:30pm

Code for America @ SXSW: Brigade Launch PartyAustin City Hall, 301 West 2nd Street

March 137-10pm

Panache SXSW Annual Preview Party @Scoot InnScoot Inn, 1308 E 4th St

No Badge Required

Live Music

March 138:30pm-2am

The Interactive Closing Party Presented by (mt) Media TempleStubb's Austin, 801 Red River StPerformances by Kasabian, Miike Snow and more

Badge Required

Live Music

March 139-11pm

Pond5 Media Makers Soire SXSW 2012Maggie Mae's Rooftop, 323 East 6th Street , Rooftop

Free Food

Free Drinks

Live Music

March 139pm-12am

EFF SXSW Mashup PartySix Lounge, 319 Colorado St

DJ

March 139pm-12am

Robert Rodriguez and AMD Official SXSW Interactive Event WithSpecial Performances by Chingon & Tito and TarantulaACL Live at the Moody Theater, 310 W Willie Nelson Blvd

Tuesday, March 14

March 142am-6am

Austin NEVER Sleeps Official After PartyTBD

March 148pm-2am

Sony Electronics + stache media SXSW ShowcaseRED 7, 611 East 7th St

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