Comments on: SXSW 2010 day-by-day, venue-by-venue schedule

By: lahipster

lahipster — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:41:12 +0000

if your a hot girl thats coming down to austin let meet up. do not pay for a badge or wrist band to get into swsw parties Prez Hilton vip party sat march 2oth

By: chip

chip — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:31:55 +0000

Wristbands are on sale but you have to be a “local area resident” to buy them.

http://wristband.sxsw.com/

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:23:52 +0000

The lines at Emo’s last year were long. I walked by and a kid had just gotten out of the line saying he had been there for hours. Lucky I didn’t want to see anyone there. There were times when we decided to keep walking at places we wanted to go in, but we weren’t dead set on seeing any particular bands…

By: B

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:14:28 +0000

Depends on the show. I went to the popular NPR day show at The Parish last year, and there were people lined up at least an hour before the show started.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:09:55 +0000

One more question for you friendly duders…. For a typical day party (leaning on the more popular side of shows), if it starts at noon – what is the typical time peeps start lining up to get in?

thanks

By: Tyler

Tyler — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:43:59 +0000

Thanks again for all of the advice – Can’t wait.

By: Erolla

Erolla — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:31:05 +0000

In my experience it’s not very hard at all to find wristbands the first day or two during the festival itself at different venues. Just ask around or you can sign up for official SXSW text messages which send out locations of where to get them usually.

By: Jason in Houston

Jason in Houston — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:49:10 +0000

Yeah, I agree blome about “hot acts”. I stood in line for Annuals/Manchester Orchestra for way too long last year. It was the Wednesday show, and when we got in, it wasn’t even that crowded. They just held the line in case badges would show up, but if I recall correctly, that was the night The Decemberists were at Stubb’s, so I think everyone was clamoring to get in there. I thought we’d have the same issue at New York Dolls and that ended up being no problem. POS and Eyedea & Abilities were no problem either. But I steered away from Grizzly Bear and some other hot acts on purpose.

I only have 4 must see acts this year: Sharon Jones, Midlake, Shearwater, and Big Star… One per night and I like the acts they are playing with so it should work out well.

I wish I knew about that Sched.org or some kind of comprehensive calendar…

By: blome

blome — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:39:58 +0000

wristbands and badges do not guarantee entry. if it is a big band, you have to get there early and wait out the early acts. otherwise you will end up in a long line that never gets in. the notion that you can move between venues with hot acts after 11pm is a falsehood. wait and see what i mean. i saw people buying wristbands on thursday last year at waterloo.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:44:56 +0000

Thanks for the feedback B and Jason. Much appreciated.