SXSW 2010 Announces Complete Schedule With Venues
By Seraphina L.It seems just like yesterday when we were updating you on the SXSW lineup for 2010. Well, now SXSW’s music festival is just around the corner! Come March 17th – March 21st, Austin will be swarming with musicians playing official SXSW shows and non-official SXSW shows. Then there are the day parties (and after parties), so you can bet all the festival goers will be out all night as well.
SXSW has a great lineup this year and they’ve just posted the complete schedule which breaks it down into day, time, venue, and host. It can be a little daunting if you’re just beginning to plan your SXSW schedule, so we thought we’d help you out by recommending the shows below!
WEDNESDAY, March 17th:
- Brooklyn Vegan Showcase – Club de Ville – 900 Red River St. (21+) – Featuring: Dawes, Here We Go Magic, The Middle East, Bowerbirds, Califone, and Serena-Maneesh
- Rough Trade Showcase – Emo’s Jr – 603 Red River St. (All Ages) – Featuring: The Strange Boys, The Unthanks, Basia Bulat, Dylan LeBlanc, Warpaint, and Morning Benders
- KCRW.com Showcase – Galaxy Room Backyard – 508 E 6th St (21+) – Featuring: Soko, Choir of Young Believers, Fanfarlo, Ozomatli, Fitz and The Tantrums, and Miike Snow
- Autumn Tone Showcase – Jamie’s – 802 Red River St (21+) – Featuring: Blair and The Happy Hollows
- Warp Records Showcase – The Phoenix – 409 Colorado St (21+) – Featuring: Nice Nice, Pivot, Born Ruffians, Hudson Mohawke, Flying Lotus, and !!!
THURSDAY, March 18th:
- The Bowery Presents Showcase, The Current Showcase – Emo’s Main Room – 603 Red River St (All Ages) – Featuring: Peter Wolf Crier, Miles Kurosky (Ex-Beulah), Rogue Wave, Local Natives, Adam Green and The Delta Spirit
- Sub Pop Showcase – Galaxy Room Backyard – 508 E 6th St (21+) – Featuring: Jaill, Happy Birthday, Male Bonding, Avi Buffalo, Dum Dum Girls, and The Ruby Suns
- The Parish – 214 E 6th St (21+) – Featuring: Lissie, Laura Jansen, Kate Miller-Heidke, Nneka, Joe Purdy, Meiko, Greg Laswell, Cary Brothers, and Andy Clockwise
- Submerged – 333 E 2nd St (21+) – Featuring: DJ TARYN MANNINg, Dyme Def, Truckasaurus, Rainbow Arabia, Zion I, Villains, Ninjasonik, and Japanther
- Stubb’s – 801 Red River St. (All Ages) – Featuring: Robert Francis, The Besnard Lakes, The Soft Pack, Drive-By Truckers, Band of Horses, and Broken Social Scene
FRIDAY, March 19th:
- AOL + Spinner Showcase – 208 Nueces St (All Ages) – Featuring: Nikki Ric, Mayer Hawthorne & The County, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Raphael Saadiq, Smokey Robinson, and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
- Galaxy Room Backyard – 508 E 6th St (21+) – Featuring: Les Savy Fav, Freelance Whales, An Horse, The Antlers, Suckers, and Local Natives
- Klub Krucial – 614 E 6th St (21+) – Featuring: The Young, Weekend, Tamaryn, Real Estate, Memory Tapes, and Washed Out
- The Parish – 214B E 6th St (21+) – Featuring: Broken Social Scene, Still Life Still, Timber Timbre, Jason Collett, and Zeus
- Ecstatic Peace Showcase – Red 7 – 611 E 7th St (All Ages) – Featuring: Thurston Moore, Nancy Garcia, Lord Jeff, Viv Albertine, Servile Sect, and Talk Normal
SATURDAY, March 20th:
- Ground Control Touring Showcase – Auditorium Shores Stage (Lady Bird Lake) – Riverside Dr & S 1st St (All Ages) – Featuring: Kimya Dawson, Dawes, Deer Tick, Lucero, Justin Townes Earle, and She & Him
- PPM Showcase – Barbarella – 615 Red River St (21+) – Featuring: Gun Outfit, KIT, Total Abuse, Bleached, Best Coast, Abe Vigoda, and No Age
- KCRW.com Showcase – Day Stage Cafe Austin Convention Center – 500 E Cesar Chavez St (All Ages) – Featuring: Lissie, The Middle East, Rogue Wave
- Panache Showcase – Mohawke Patio – 912 Red River St (All Ages) – Featuring: Surfer Blood and Dam-Funk
- Victorian Room at The Driskill – 604 Brazos St (21+) – Featuring: Miss Li, Blue Roses, Electric Electric, Wave Machines, She Keeps Bees, Zun Zun Egui
SUNDAY, March 21st:
- Emo’s Jr – 603 Red River St (All Ages) – Featuring: DJ Jester the Filipino Fist
It was really hard to narrow it down to just our top five shows since SXSW always manages to bring some of the greatest up and coming musicians from all over the world. Plus, sometimes the bands you stumble upon at a festival like this can turn out to be your favorite bands. However, we hope some of our suggestions help and are maybe even taken by you!
To see the complete schedule for SXSW 2010′s Music Festival, you can go here.
Who will you be seeing at SXSW this year?
