ASCAP Events at SXSW

Take a deep breath, there is a lot of events.

ASCAP will present several showcases and sponsor many exciting events at this year’s SXSW Music Festival, highlighting the best emerging bands today.

Sunday, March 11
ASCAP Presents… SXSW Filmmakers BBQ
Celebrating the DVD release of Shortbus
@ Maggie Mae’s
321 East 6th Street
Doors at 6:30pm

Open to festival badgeholders only.

Featuring performances by:
John Cameron Mitchell
Scott Matthew
Jay Brannan
John LaMonica

Wednesday, March 14
ASCAP Presents… Rock Showcase
@ The Dirty Dog Bar
505 West 6th Street
Doors at 8pm

Open to festival badgeholders only.

Featuring performances by:
8:30pm – Bat For Lashes
9:15pm – White Rabbits
10:00pm – To Live and Die in LA
10:45pm – The Futurists
11:30pm – Audrye Sessions
12:15am – Zico Chain
1:00am – Trainwreck Riders

SXSW Golf Tournament
Sponsored by ASCAP
@ Circle C Golf Club
Begins at Noon

Louis Meyers and ASCAP’s Ralph Murphy host another edition of the SXSW Golf Tournament.

Thursday, March 15
ASCAP Hospitality Boat Rides
@ Four Seasons Dock

Escape the musical chaos on Sixth Street, and hop aboard the ASCAP Hospitality Boat Rides. Open to all.

Cruise Schedule:
12:30 pm (co-sponsored by SOCAN)
1:30 pm (co-sponsored by IMRO)
2:30 pm
3:30 pm
4:30 pm (co-sponsored by NARAS)

“Making Money As A Songwriter and Music Publisher” Panel
Location TBD
4:15pm-5:30pm

Featuring ASCAP’s Todd Brabec and Chrysalis Music Group’s Jeff Brabec, this panel discussion covers the areas that generate royalties for writers as well as the types of deals and money being made for songs in videogames, ringtones and ringbacks, films, television series, downloads and streams, advertising commercials, musical theatre, CD sales, interactive dolls, greeting cards, radio, television and webcasting performances, foreign country uses and much more. The Brabecs are authors of the best selling industry guide, Music, Money and Success: The Insider’s Guide to Making Money in the Music Business. Before the panel, the Brabecs will be doing a book signing at 3pm at the SXSW Book Store.

ASCAP’s Happy Hour at the SXSW Music Day Stage Cafe
@ Austin Convention Center – Upper Level
Free food and drinks!
4pm-6pm

Open to festival badgeholders only.

Featuring performances by:
Stars of Track and Field
Art in Manila
Land of Talk

ASCAP and Filter Magazine Present…
@ Cedar Street Courtyard
208 West 4th Street
Noon-7 pm

Friday, March 16
ASCAP and Filter Magazine Present…
@ Cedar Street Courtyard
208 West 4th Street
Noon-7 pm

Australian Music Collective’s SXSW Aussie BBQ
Sponsored by ASCAP
@ Brush Square Park
Noon-7pm

Featuring performances by:
The Hoodoo Gurus
You Am I
The Beasts of Bourbon
Dallas Crane
Airbourne
Children Collide
and more to be announced…

Ballard Does Austin – SXSW Party
Sponsored by ASCAP
@ Big Red Sun Nursery & Gifts
1102 East Cesar Chavez Street
Noon-7pm

A Benefit for Health Alliance for Austin Musicians

Featuring performances by:
Little Brazil
The Waco Bros.
Tripwires
The Trucks
The Cops
The Presidents of the United States of America
Blue Scholars
Schoolyard Heroes
Grand Champeen
Kinski

Yep Roc Records – 10th Anniversary Showcase
Sponsored by ASCAP
@ Habana’s
709 East 6th Street
Noon-7pm

Saturday, March 17
ASCAP Presents… Quiet on the Set
@ The Whisky Bar
303 West 5th Street
Doors at 8pm

Open to festival badgeholders only.

Featuring performances by:
8:30pm – Quincy Coleman
9:15pm – AM
10:00pm – Ronnie Day
10:45pm – Robert Shields
11:30pm – Jessie Baylin
12:15am – Reeve Carney
1:00am – Jon McLaughlin

ASCAP and Filter Magazine Present…
@ Cedar Street Courtyard
208 West 4th Street
Noon-7 pm

Redeye Showcase
Sponsored by ASCAP
@ Yard Dog Folk Art Gallery
1510 South Congress Avenue
11am-7pm

Featuring performances from:
Hobex (Phrex Records)
Luke Doucet (Six Shooter Records)
Nethers (Box Theory Records)
Frank Smith (Ye Olde Records)
Shortstack (Gypsy Eyes Records)
Great Northern (eenie meenie Records)
Rock Plaza Central (Yep Roc Records)
3David & the Citizens (Friendly Fire Recordings)
Dirty Sweet (Seedling Records)
The Race (Flameshovel Records)
Northern State (Kanine Records)
Au Revoir Simone (Our Secret Record Company)
65daysofstatic (Monotreme Records)
Maritime (Flameshovel Records)