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Comedian Big Jay Oakerson currently has a new full length, digital-only album, "An American Storyteller" on Comedy Central Records. Oakerson's story-based style of stand-up comedy got its start after a series of dead-end…
This is a Convergence panel presented by SXSW Film. This session is open to all badges: Interactive, Film, Music, Gold and Platinum. This panel will discuss the evolution of music into a source of finance for independen…
Presenters
Aleks de Carvalho, David Kaplan, Goetz Grossman, Jennifer Dana, John Sloss, Mike Ventimiglia

Robert Kelly has overcome many hardships in his life, all of which have made him the actor/comedian he is today. From his early days as a kid growing up in Boston, in and out of Juvenile Hall, Kelly's unique, honest take…
8:00 AM
Come network with your fellow Digital Marketers! Breakfast, Expresso, Mimosas. Hosted by the Austin-based Digital Marketing firm Volacci.……
9:30 AM

RSVP Required - Apps are king. Or, for some, god. Either way, they are the future of not only how we play, but how we work and therein lies opportunity. In order to take advantage of this, there are several strategic ste…
Intermediate
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David Brutman, John Wargo, Paul Goh, Sam Thambu
Too many companies build a product, then wonder how to turn traffic into revenue. If that's your plan, you've already lost. I'll share real data on how I monetized my business -- including real test results and surprisin…
Intermediate
Presenters
Ramit Sethi
Yoga was developed thousands of years ago as a way to prepare the mind and body for enlightenment. What better way to prepare yourself for all the new ideas, insights, and people you will encounter at SXSW? This is an al…
Beginner
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Jennilyn Carson
We now know that technology plays an important role in activism, allowing for ease of communication and the rallying of support, among other things. In the 2009 Iran protests and the current conflicts in Syria and Sudan…
Advanced
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Ahmed Ghappour, Jillian York, Sahar Sabet, Trevor Timm
NASA and various international space agencies have spent an estimated $100 billion on the development and construction of the ISS . The ISS was envisioned as being an on-orbit microgravity laboratory “that will make val…
Intermediate
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Thomas Pickens

RSVP Required - Configuring, deploying, and managing Big Data infrastructure, Hadoop in particular, is time consuming and expensive. Infochimps’ Ironfan is an open source systems configuration suite for the cloud, quick…
Advanced
Presenters
Amanda McGuckin Hager, Nathaniel Eliot, Ryan Miller, Tim Gasper

A new addition to the 2013 lineup, SXSW Home Rooms are where you get the most current information about all the presentations, panels, and networking opportunities for the day ahead. SXSW Home Room also provides a great …
Beginner

A new addition to the 2013 lineup, SXSW Home Rooms are where you get the most current information about all the presentations, panels, and networking opportunities for the day ahead. SXSW Home Room also provides a great …
Beginner

A new addition to the 2013 lineup, SXSW Home Rooms are where you get the most current information about all the presentations, panels, and networking opportunities for the day ahead. SXSW Home Room also provides a great …
Beginner

A new addition to the 2013 lineup, SXSW Home Rooms are where you get the most current information about all the presentations, panels, and networking opportunities for the day ahead. SXSW Home Room also provides a great …
Beginner

A new addition to the 2013 lineup, SXSW Home Rooms are where you get the most current information about all the presentations, panels, and networking opportunities for the day ahead. SXSW Home Room also provides a great …
Beginner

A new addition to the 2013 lineup, SXSW Home Rooms are where you get the most current information about all the presentations, panels, and networking opportunities for the day ahead. SXSW Home Room also provides a great …
Beginner

A new addition to the 2013 lineup, SXSW Home Rooms are where you get the most current information about all the presentations, panels, and networking opportunities for the day ahead. SXSW Home Room also provides a great …
Beginner
RSVP Required - BAM! POW! Beloved superhero Daredevil squelches his enemies with speed and precision, completely uninhibited by his blindness. Overcoming adversity, discovering superpowers, and saving the world are commo…
Beginner
Presenters
Livia Veneziano, Yvonne So
Today, more than 80 percent of time spent with mobile media happens via apps. How do you design a best in class mobile experience when the primary use case is for the ears? This interactive session will put top app deve…
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Tom Conrad
Pandora’s CTO, Tom Conrad, will sit down with MG Siegler from TechCrunch for a no-holds-barred Q&A session focusing on all things music and tech. Nothing will be off limits, and hot topics will include what Pandora is re…
Advanced
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MG Siegler, Tom Conrad

RSVP Required - Effective mobile design patterns, Agile design principles and practical expert advice: "start with questions and walk away with wireframes": * Create and test paper wireframes for the core pages of your a…
Advanced
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Greg Nudelman
RSVP Required - The current patchwork of international, national, and state privacy laws is a mystery to developers, especially those at startups with just a few employees. Most simply do what they think makes sense, bu…
Beginner
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Laura Berger, Mark Blafkin, Morgan Reed, Richard Qiu
What will privacy and anonymity mean in the coming age of augmented reality – a future where online and offline data will seamlessly blend? I will present the results, and discuss the social and economic implications, of…
Intermediate
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Alessandro Acquisti
We all love sharing photos online, but isn't there more we can do with technology? Hopefully yes, given our nation's problems like health care costs outstripping growth of GDP, reliance on fossil fuels & climate change …
Beginner
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Ariel Schwartz, Halle Tecco, John Lilly, Rachel Barge

News Technologies start-up companies pitching their products and/or services in round one to high profiled industry expert judges. Emcees: Bob Metcalfe, Brad King Judges: Rob Capps, Sue Gardner, Alberto Ibarguen Finalis…
10:00 AM

Kick start your SXSW day by grabbing free breakfast at the Java Monster Café. Stop by to catch your breath and re-energize with a Java Monster while listening to a DJ mixin’ the beats.……

Kick start your SXSW day by grabbing free breakfast at the Java Monster Café. Stop by to catch your breath and re-energize with a Java Monster while listening to a DJ mixin’ the beats.……

Kick start your SXSW day by grabbing free breakfast at the Java Monster Café. Stop by to catch your breath and re-energize with a Java Monster while listening to a DJ mixin’ the beats.……
Kevin Grossman will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of “Tech Job Hunt Handbook ”.…
10:30 AM
Kevin Kim will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of “More iOS 6 Development”.…
11:00 AM

RSVP Required - Unity 4 demonstrates the platform's AAA push that levels the playing field between the largest and the smallest studios. It enables anyone, from the most indie game designer to the biggest multinational …
Intermediate
Presenters
Carl Callewaert, Corey Johnson

"After" is a film about contemporary life in Auschwitz. In an observation from dusk till dawn, it portrays the theatre of everyday life around the grim confines and captures the energies and activities of a world fascina…
Get together with other Big Data professionals for an hour of brainstorming, idea-buidling, networking, friend-making and career-enhancement. Or, attend this Meet Up to learn more about this segment of the industry -- or…
Intermediate
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Silona Bonewald
BJ Mendelson will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of “Social Media Is Bullshit”.…

"What are you, crazy?" We've heard this often over the last 18 months in our execution of a strategy that we call "blog to brick." This strategy is leading us from building one of the most popular LGBT media sites in No…
Advanced
Presenters
Kevin Farrell, Nick Vivion

There are countless local government projects that are not completed due to lack of funding. These are projects like building new parks, renovating neighborhood pools and adding bike lanes - projects that governments wan…
Advanced
Presenters
, Eric Engelman, Jordan Raynor, Story Bellows

At an age when most college grads are happily taking orders on the bottommost corporate rung, CEOs Zach Sims and Nikhil Sethi (22 and 23 years-old, respectively) are leading fast growing businesses. Sims heads Codecademy…
Intermediate
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Adam Goldstein, J.J. Colao, Nikhil Sethi
"A Chaotic Good character favors change for a greater good, disdains bureaucratic organizations that get in the way of social improvement, and places a high value on personal freedom, not only for oneself, but for others…
Intermediate
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Phil Libin
Chris Hayes will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy”. Christopher Hayes is editor at large of The Nation and host of Up w/ Chris Hayes on MSNBC. From 2…

Late night? Hungry? Join Seamless for a complimentary snack attack at the SXSW Trade Show Meet Up Pavilion on Monday March 11th and Tuesday, March 12th at 11 am. Seamless is the best, fastest, and easiest way to orde…

Late night? Hungry? Join Seamless for a complimentary morning snack attack. Seamless is the best, fastest and easiest way to order food online. Seamless links companies and their employees to hundreds of local restaurant…

Late night? Hungry? Join Seamless for a complimentary snack attack at the SXSW Trade Show Meet Up Pavilion on Monday March 11th and Tuesday, March 12th at 11 am. Seamless is the best, fastest, and easiest way to orde…
After the record industry and the live music industry, it’s time for innovation and constructively disrupting how the music industry operates. It's time to open up the shop and see what outside influences can bring to th…
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Brooke Parrott, Finian Murphy, Jim Carroll
After the record industry and the live music industry, it’s time for innovation and constructively disrupting how the music industry operates. It's time to open up the shop and see what outside influences can bring to th…
Presenters
Brooke Parrott, Finian Murphy, Jim Carroll

A short-film about the events in our lives that we choose to remember and episodes we conveniently ignore. The documentarian uses a box of mementos left behind from a failed relationship to explore the feelings of nostal…

SXSW Film and Music are excited to present Nick Cave in Conversation with New York based author Larry Ratso Sloman. Nick Cave is an internationally acclaimed author, composer, screenwriter and actor. In recent years, C…
Beginner
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Nick Cave, Larry Sloman
SXSW Film and Music are excited to present Nick Cave in Conversation with New York based author Larry Ratso Sloman. Nick Cave is an internationally acclaimed author, composer, screenwriter and actor. In recent years, C…
Beginner
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Nick Cave, Larry Sloman
SXSW Film and Music are excited to present Nick Cave in Conversation with New York based author Larry Ratso Sloman. Nick Cave is an internationally acclaimed author, composer, screenwriter and actor. In recent years, C…
Presenters
Larry Sloman, Nick Cave

The online and offline worlds are now melting together, thanks to smartphones and social media. But as our life shifts into the cloud, we’re starting to realize that 0s and 1s lack the tangibility and permanence of paper…
Intermediate
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Ryan Bigge

Survey after survey shows that strong organizational culture and philanthropic focus hold an increasing amount of weight for prospective employees when choosing a job. Yet, too often, employees are asked to check the oth…
Intermediate
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Dan Graham
“The place we choose to live affects every aspect of our being. It can determine the income we earn, the people we meet, the friends we make, the partners we choose, and the options available to our children”. Given the…
Intermediate
Presenters
Erica Swallow, Florent Peyre, Jeremy Fisher, Sean Ogle
Today consumers have an unprecedented number of options when it comes to playing games. In addition to home and handheld consoles, people are now always connected to games through common mobile devices like smartphones o…
Advanced
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Chris Harvey, Jack Buser
CLE. As technology companies develop new products and services that enable consumers to access and consume music and movies in new ways and places, at the time and choosing of the user, are copyright owners being cheated…
Advanced
Presenters
Gary Greenstein
When Louis C.K. released his comedy special "Live at the Beacon Theater" by himself on his website for $5, it was little more than a cautiously optimistic experiment. In just 12 days, it reaped more than $1 million. Alre…
Advanced
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Nick Nuciforo, Scot Richardson
When Louis C.K. released his comedy special "Live at the Beacon Theater" by himself on his website for $5, it was little more than a cautiously optimistic experiment. In just 12 days, it reaped more than $1 million. Alre…
Advanced
Presenters
Nick Nuciforo, Scot Richardson
Entrepreneurs want to focus on their business, not spend time worrying about legal issues. However, taking a little time early on to think about intellectual property strategy can save money and potentially much heartach…
Intermediate
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Andrew Liddell, Ruben Rodrigues

Artists, designers, developers, investors, entrepreneurs, and academics throw around the term “remix,” rarely considering what this indicates about changes in our epistemologies. Although originating with the rise of dig…
Intermediate
Presenters

After Director: Lukasz Konopa ‘After’ is a film about contemporary life in Auschwitz. In an observation from dusk till dawn, it portrays the theatre of everyday life around the grim confines and captures the energies and…

Join a round table discussion of the Digital Revolution; how we got here, how the world has changed and what are the best ways forward in these contentious times. With Napster founders Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker, musi…
Intermediate
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Alex Winter, John Perry Barlow, Sean Parker, Shawn Fanning, Eugene Hernandez
Join a round table discussion of the Digital Revolution; how we got here, how the world has changed and what are the best ways forward in these contentious times. With Napster founders Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker, musi…
Intermediate
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Alex Winter, John Perry Barlow, Sean Parker, Shawn Fanning, Eugene Hernandez

This session presented by SXSW Film and is open to all badge types. Join a round table discussion of the Digital Revolution; how we got here, how the world has changed and what are the best ways forward in these content…
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Alex Winter, Eugene Hernandez, John Perry Barlow, Sean Parker, Shawn Fanning

Good ideas are the limiting factor for tomorrow's digital devices, since designers now have an abundance of low-cost components. The problem: many ideas fail to resonate with fundamental human desires. So then how do you…
Beginner
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Dave Merrill, David Rose

For most people, sleep comes naturally, but for others, the night turns into an ongoing struggle to drift off into oblivion. This film explores what it’s like to be awake involuntarily and the feelings that accompany the…

Stale sounds of the suburbs send a teenager out with a sound recorder in search of better ones. Listening with this device he begins to build his own soundscape and drift away from his surroundings. His dependence on the…

Medicine and healthcare are becoming more personalized, shifting away from population-oriented, mass-market approaches that are reactive to tailored strategies and opportunities that are proactive. Linda Avey discusses …
Intermediate
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, Linda Avey
Group Yoga Practice gives everyone a chance to learn from each other! Jennilyn Carson, of YogaDork fame, will lead the group in a series of poses and help out the beginners in the class. This class structure assumes a ba…
Beginner
The Morning After at Haus of Hipstamatic—Austin (#MorningAfter) is a brunch experience that brings together live music, food, friends, and photos so you can relive the disaster/awesomeness from the night before, and prep…
Digitas, a digitally led, integrated brand agency, is collaborating with SXSWi to present the real story of SXSWi 2013. By analyzing a variety of data collected before, during and at the end of this year's Festival, Di…
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Beth McCabe, Itai Asseo

Graduates into the rapidly changing media environment have to learn current concepts, but must also be prepared to grasp new ideas and quickly apply them to their careers. Like the ironic, hipster T-shirt that declares "…
Intermediate
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Aron Pilhofer, Cindy Royal

"In Hanford" is artist Chris Mars's fantastic exploration of real incidents in Hanford, Washington, where the local environment was poisoned as a result of cold war era nuclear arms manufacture.…
What are the biggest changes disrupting filmmaking today? From equipment to accessories to apps, the explosion and subsequent interweaving of film and technology is changing the filmmaking landscape at a frenetic pace. J…
Advanced
Presenters
Amit Man, Steve Bannerman, Steve Heiner, Lan Bui
In the past decade professional sports have made quantum leaps integrating digital media into their product offering. From fantasy leagues to on-line viewing, mobile updates, and direct communication with athletes, today…
Intermediate
Presenters
Jayne Bussman-Wise, Marc Jenkins, Michael Cole, Michael Allen
It's well-known that publishing and/or broadcasting news has gone from a one-way lecture to a multi-directional conversation. This core conversation will discuss the many ways that journalists and news companies are usin…
Intermediate
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Mandy Jenkins, Mark Briggs

Jane Pratt, founder of Jane and Sassy magazines, reveals what went on behind the scenes as she burnt bridges, said things she shouldn’t say out loud, and built a platform for women to express themselves honestly. Now, wi…
Intermediate
Presenters
Jane Pratt

"Kelly + Victor" is adapted by Kieran Evans from the acclaimed novel by Niall Griffiths, and shot in Liverpool. It is a raw, compelling, passionate love story set against the backdrop of a highly cinematic Liverpool, t…

A geek’s breakdown of the history of comic books and the parallels and principles to modern experience design. From their shared roots in the 1930s and 40s, with Siegel and Shuster’s Superman ushering in a Golden Age an…
Beginner
Presenters
Timothy Parcell

The proliferation of location-aware devices and geo-tagged data raises important questions: what will happen as more and more of the content we create online is automatically tagged with locational data? What can we lear…
Advanced
Presenters
Catherine D'ignazio, Devin Gaffney, Mark Graham, Monica Stephens

A short documentary film contrasting the northern lights of Canada's north with the harsh landscapes and decaying manmade debris littered around Churchill Manitoba. The film touches on the regenerative power of nature an…

14-year-old Laura Dekker sets out—camera in hand—on a two-year voyage in pursuit of her dream to be the youngest person ever to sail around the world alone. In the wake of a year-long battle with Dutch authorities that s…
The Pentagon has fast become one of the leading agencies funding -- and conducting -- neuroscience research. From prosthetics for soldiers controlled directly by the brain's signals, to Terminator-like cameras that are c…
Advanced
Presenters
Sharon Weinberger
New for 2013, Meet the Insiders is an opportunity to participate in vital discussions on the innovations and developments in the world of film across varying topics. Moderators will start by introducing and getting to kn…
Beginner
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Jessie McCormack, Mitchell Altieri, Chad Hartigan

A new addition to SXSW Interactive in 2012, Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new…
Beginner
Presenters
Bob Stolzberg
A new addition to SXSW Interactive in 2012, Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new…
Beginner
Presenters
Curtis Smolar

Connect with a local Austinite to indulge your deepest curiosities about what it means to practice design in the capital city of Texas at frog–one of the world's top design firms. As a ten-year veteran and Senior Interac…
Beginner
Presenters
Stacy Reinhardt
A new addition to SXSW Interactive in 2012, Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new…
Beginner
Presenters
Bill Hulsey

As a filmmaker, the press can be your best friend or your worst nightmare. Learn how to make nice. Or, if you're an aspiring journalist, learn how to make a living. Mentor session signup is open to all Film, Gold and Pl…
Beginner
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, Brandon Harris, Dan Kois, Farihah Zaman, John Gholson, Roger Erik Tinch, Scott Foundas

Located alongside the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, Alabama is the unlikely breeding ground for some of America's most creative and defiant music. The music of Muscle Shoals changed the world and sold millions of copie…
With new startup accelerator programs popping up daily around the country, offering mentorship, funding and an opportunity to build a business, it has raised the question, are all accelerator programs created equal? Thi…
Beginner
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Amy Millman, Andy White, Frank Gruber

"The Other Dave" tells the story of David Manning, whose life was changed the day he was struck by lightning. Now fully disabled, the story centers on the changes in Dave after the lightning strike, primarily his new alt…
Brands are now under the gun to deliver blow-away customer service in social media, and they're failing. Big time. Constrained by limited internal resources, inadequate tools, political infighting, and a lack of expertis…
Intermediate
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Bryan Person, Chris Abraham, Michelle Kostya, Rohit Kapoor

A community of tsunami survivors holds onto its existence through pictures recovered from the debris.…
Working in the film industry means you are a part of the stream of writers, directors, actors, cinematographers, etc. trying to ensure their current or next project is seen and heard. At what point should you seriously c…
Beginner
Presenters
Dana O'Keefe, Heather Collier, Jessica Lacy
From a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter at The New York Times comes an engaging talk on the rise of the processed food industry and its link to the emerging obesity epidemic. Michael Moss reveals how compani…
Intermediate
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Michael Moss
From a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter at The New York Times comes an engaging talk on the rise of the processed food industry and its link to the emerging obesity epidemic. Michael Moss reveals how compani…
Presenters
Michael Moss
Supercomputing is for solving BIG problems, and doing so faster than 'regular' collections of servers. Supercomputing is fundamental for scientific advances, and is increasingly being used by companies industries to prod…
Beginning
Presenters
Jay Boisseau

Everyone who has ever succeeded has failed; designed for the SXSW interactive guests to meetup and share with others of their failures while promoting their success stories. This will also be a platform for others to net…
Intermediate
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Andrew Sanderson
"I think Victorian fantasies are going to be the next big thing, as long as we can come up with a fitting collective term for Powers, Blaylock and myself. Something based on the appropriate technology of the era; like "s…
Beginner
Presenters
Marsha Lebkowsky

Using real world examples from a sampling of interactive web-based documentaries, the panel will discuss the specific “Cinematic” and ”Digimatic” devices that makers of interactive documentary are employing to engage the…
Advanced
Presenters
Bart Marable, Florian Thalhofer, Karen Kocher, Laura Dixon
Using real world examples from a sampling of interactive web-based documentaries, the panel will discuss the specific “Cinematic” and ”Digimatic” devices that makers of interactive documentary are employing to engage the…
Presenters
Bart Marable, Florian Thalhofer, Karen Kocher, Laura Dixon

Health Technologies start-up companies pitching their products and/or services in round one to high profiled industry expert judges. Emcees: Bob Metcalfe, Brad King Judges: Freda Lewis-Hall, William Pence, John de Souza…
This four-day show serves as a convergence point for all industries celebrated during SXSW. Hundreds of participating exhibitors and registrants come together to blur the lines between consumers, business, technology, me…
This four-day show serves as a convergence point for all industries celebrated during SXSW. Hundreds of participating exhibitors and registrants come together to blur the lines between consumers, business, technology, me…
This four-day show serves as a convergence point for all industries celebrated during SXSW. Hundreds of participating exhibitors and registrants come together to blur the lines between consumers, business, technology, me…
More and more films, whether documentary or narrative, are turning to found and archival footage to clarify a point, heighten a storyline and more. Out of the gate when considering using archival footage, the first quest…
Intermediate
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Brian Frye, Eva Orner, Josh Johnson, Rick Prelinger, Elizabeth Hansen

Far away from any other urban centers, Itapuã is a small community with the characteristics and rituals of everyday life. The location, which sheltered 1,454 people and has more than 70 years of existence remains with on…
Spend 90 amazing minutes in the company of Academy Award-nominated animator and self-distribution pioneer Don Hertzfeldt, who has seamlessly combined his three renowned shorts — Everything Will Be OK (2006), I Am So Prou…

Spend 90 amazing minutes in the company of Academy Award-nominated animator and self-distribution pioneer Don Hertzfeldt, who has seamlessly combined his three renowned shorts — Everything Will Be OK (2006), I Am So Prou…
Beginner
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Don Hertzfeldt, Kerry Trainor

With the rapid rise of photo-hungry social networks Pinterest and Instagram (and their subsequent effect on the more-established Facebook and Twitter,) branded content is compelled to become less verbal and more visual. …

With the rapid rise of photo-hungry social networks Pinterest and Instagram (and their subsequent effect on the more-established Facebook and Twitter,) branded content is compelled to become less verbal and more visual. …

With the rapid rise of photo-hungry social networks Pinterest and Instagram (and their subsequent effect on the more-established Facebook and Twitter,) branded content is compelled to become less verbal and more visual. …

Low-resolution displays. Limited input capabilities. Frustrating voice interaction. Distracted users. A neverending array of devices. The mobile environment in 2012? Or is it how users with disabilities have dealt with t…
Intermediate
Presenters
Matt May
Everyone wants to get healthier. New solutions arrive daily. Yet the challenge isn’t getting people to try new things and start new habits but getting them to stick with them. A new generation of hardware and software s…
Advanced
Presenters
, Nadeem Kassam

You’re a big, well-known entertainment brand with tons of Facebook fans and Twitter followers. Great—now what? Success for entertainment brands can be driven heavily by social media. However, social media networks are dr…
Advanced
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Jon Peters, Mike Vorhaus
"How do you know this design is better?" This question stumbles even the most seasoned designers. Businesses are recognizing the importance of design and the competitive advantage that taking a design-led approach offers…
Intermediate
Presenters
Alfred Lui

Imagine you want to buy a car. A good car that will be fast, reliable and will last a while. So you ask several car shops to send you a 20 page document describing the car and its many benefits, then you base your car pu…
Intermediate
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Crystal Williams, Julienne Vanderziel, Todd Nienkerk, Zach Chandler
11:15 AM

New Orleans' long history of political dysfunction and complicated racial dynamics gets a new lease on life when Stacy Head, a polarizing white woman, wins a seat on the city council after Katrina. Four years later, she …

Allie leads an unfocused life with no job and a lame boyfriend. So it's no surprise when she hops on the next bus (well more of an RV full of karate rockers) to Texas after being attacked on the streets of New York. Seem…

On the outskirts of the Civil War, a boy is sent north by a bounty hunter gang to retrieve a wanted man.…

"Sake-Bomb" is a cocktail created by dropping a shot of sake into a pint of beer. It's also a comedic road movie about a sarcastic Asian American and his Japanese cousin. Sebastian is a bitter, self-deprecating wannabe I…

"We Always Lie To Strangers" is a story of family, community, music and tradition set against the backdrop of Branson, Missouri, a remote Ozark Mountain town that is one of the biggest tourist destinations in the United …
11:30 AM

With 90 detailed hacks, expert web developers Jesse Cravens and Jeff Burtoft demonstrate intriguing uses of HTML5-related technologies. Each recipe provides a clear explanation, screenshots, and complete code examples fo…
Intermediate
Presenters
, Jesse Cravens
With 90 detailed hacks, expert web developers Jesse Cravens and Jeff Burtoft demonstrate intriguing uses of HTML5-related technologies. Each recipe provides a clear explanation, screenshots, and complete code examples fo…
Presenters
, Jesse Cravens
Michael Moss will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us” following his Book Reading session. Michael Moss has been a reporter with the investigations group sin…
12:00 PM
Alistair Croll will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Lean Analytics: Use Data to Build a Better Startup Faster”.…
Darren Howard, VP of marketing, Esurance Esurance is making consumers' lives easier by allowing policyholders who have filed a claim to submit photos of vehicle damage right from their smartphone. The Esurance app's new…
On March 12th, the third installment of our four day recruiting series, “I Met My Agency @ SXSW” focuses on bringing together agencies and professionals in the fields of advertising, PR and social media. Current agency …
On March 12th, the third installment of our four day recruiting series, “I Met My Agency @ SXSW” focuses on bringing together agencies and professionals in the fields of advertising, PR and social media. Current agency …
On March 12th, the third installment of our four day recruiting series, “I Met My Agency @ SXSW” focuses on bringing together agencies and professionals in the fields of advertising, PR and social media. Current agency …
Jeffrey Burtoft will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “HTML5 Hacks” following his Book Reading session. Jeff Burtoft, HTML5 Evangelist for Microsoft Corporation, has built a reputation of pushing the b…
Jesse Cravens will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “HTML5 Hacks” following his Book Reading session. Jesse is a Sr. Engineer at Frog where he works with the world’s leading companies, helping them to …
Billions of pieces of data, five years of research, and tens of thousands of readers and attendees in the making, The Science of Marketing will be the paramount presentation of inbound marketing data, statistics and scie…
Intermediate
Presenters
Dan Zarrella
Billions of pieces of data, five years of research, and tens of thousands of readers and attendees in the making, The Science of Marketing will be the paramount presentation of inbound marketing data, statistics and scie…
Presenters
Dan Zarrella
12:30 PM
It's every filmmakers end goal to get their project out in front of as many eyes as possible and in an age where distribution is more DIY and in their hands than ever, how are studios and film distributors evolving along…
Intermediate
Presenters
Arianna Bocco, Dan Guando, James Shapiro, Peter Van Steemburg, Bret Berg
Human beings are no longer the only entities posting photos, tweets, checkins and blog posts online. There are other entities moving around us: social bots, emotive shadows of real people, and specifically designed spam…
Intermediate
Presenters
Jeff Kramer

When SXSW Interactive began, blogging was new, people still sent email forwards, and print media stocks were at record highs. The South By crowd knew a big change was coming but the rest of the world didn't. Now the cha…
Advanced
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Jonah Peretti
The gaming console has done more to evolve TV than any other technological innovation in a generation, with Xbox Live, PS3 and Nintendo Wii U providing gateways into the home and a yet unrivalled interactive TV experienc…
Intermediate
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Bing Gordon, Julia Boorstin
General partner at KPCB and former COO of EA Bing Gordon will discuss the evolution of entertainment, the future of TV and lessons learned from the gaming industry. Bing will discuss the development of community, downloa…
Presenters
Bing Gordon

Ever since the pioneering Origin Systems germinated in Austin during the mid-1980's, this city has grown to become a recognized global hub of creative, technical and business talent in the games industry. Over the years,…
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Fred Schmidt
Explore the important unanswered questions surrounding key music consumer behaviors, including; how to decode the super fan, what technology savvy consumers use to discover and purchase music,and in what way crowdsourcin…
Presenters
Barbara Zack, Benji Rogers, David Bakula, Shawn O'Keefe
Explore the important unanswered questions surrounding key music consumer behaviors, including; how to decode the super fan, what technology savvy consumers use to discover and purchase music,and in what way crowdsourcin…
Presenters
Barbara Zack, Benji Rogers, David Bakula, Howard Applebaum, Shawn O'Keefe

There are over 1 billion people now with HD video phones connected through social networks… Could this make for an explosion of collaborative filmmaking? This session will explore the latest mobile platforms for making c…
Beginner
Presenters
, Andrew Wallner, Ben Olsen, Marcelino Alvarez
Inspiration comes to us free of charge. But that’s just the start of the creative process. Making a work of art, launching a business or even starting a career requires a holistic mental and emotional skill set. Josh Go…
Intermediate
Presenters
Josh Gosfield
CLE. This presentation will focus on cutting edge developments in the digital music licensing arena, including a deep dive into trends related to licenses with record companies for digital services, recent changes in U.S…
Advanced
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Christian Castle

Mobile is revolutionizing food culture, from soup to Korean Tacos. And we’re not just talking about tweeted photos of pork flavored ice cream. Mobile is the social location-based foundation of the “food truck economy;…
Intermediate
Presenters
Nicholas Patrizi, Russ Parsons, Todd Dipaola
Now more than ever the power of independent publishing through e-books is advancing! Austin author/musician Jesse Sublett and digital/publishing advisor Nettie Reynolds host this networking session with eBook authors, pu…
Beginner
Presenters
Jesse Sublett, Nettie Reynolds

The 21st century has introduced an array of technologies that strive to enable the seamless mix of virtual content and real-world environments. The ability to augment the human senses holds great potential, but could the…
Intermediate
Presenters
Alex Olwal, Jamie Zigelbaum

The opening of government has already yielded new tools that can help citizens to start their own businesses and engage in successful projects, while helping the government and the market operate more efficiently. This …
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Amanda Eamich, Gadi Ben-Yehuda, Karen Trebon, Mary Krakowiak

Esther Dyson always seems to get interested in things before they become popular. Join us for an interactive discussion on what's intriguing right now to this always-curious, always-challenging, angel investor Her enth…
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Christine Lagorio, Esther Dyson

All those latte portraits and shoe snapshots that fill up your feed? They're major game changers—in the cultural narrative realm. And as the recent acquisition of Instagram by Facebook proves, images have become the main…
Intermediate
Presenters
Amy Odell, Amy Wicks, Elizabeth Spiridakis, Valentine Uhovski
The year is 2030 and we, the patients of the future, speak to you as parents, children, friends, professionals, and experts in our own care. We have unprecedented access, knowledge, and resources. We will tell you what i…
Intermediate
Presenters
Dana Ragouzeos, Meredith Dezutter

Is there something unique about the social sector that leads to an unwillingness to learn from failure? It's well known that failure is sticky; people learn better from stories of failure than they do from success stori…
Beginner
Presenters
Ashley Good, Ela Ben-Ur, Jaspal Sandhu, Sean Hewens
Eric Cheng has been exploring the limits of photography as a world-renowned underwater photographer and founder of WetPixel.com, traveling hundreds of feet underwater to capture rare and beautiful creatures. As the Dire…
Beginner
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Eric Cheng
Eric Cheng has been exploring the limits of photography as a world-renowned underwater photographer and founder of WetPixel.com, traveling hundreds of feet underwater to capture rare and beautiful creatures. As the Dire…
Beginner
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Eric Cheng
Chris Ruppel demonstrates some bleeding-edge creative concepts you can achieve using CSS3. Examples aren't as practical as they are inspiring, showing off the possibilities of CSS3 and touching on components like animati…
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Chris Ruppel

Moonshots are seemingly impossible and yet impossibly-important ideas that through science and technology can be brought to reality. Google[x] is a moonshot factory full of optimists who are focused on changing the world…
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Astro Teller

"I think if I can make a bundle of cash before I'm thirty and get out of this racket, I'll be able to ride my motorcycle across China." - Bud Fox, in Oliver Stone's movie Wall Street Do you dream of traveling around the…
Beginner
Presenters
Andy Stoll
HousingMaps.com, the prototypical mashup, shows that awesome things can happen when data is freely used to create something bigger than the sum of its parts. Many business have tried bootstrapping by "borrowing" other co…
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Carter Rabasa, Chris Treadaway, Hung Truong, Sunil Kanderi
From the shopping mall to the corner bistro, knockoffs are everywhere in today's marketplace. Conventional wisdom holds that copying kills creativity, and that laws that protect against copies are essential to innovation…
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Kal Raustiala
From the shopping mall to the corner bistro, knockoffs are everywhere in today's marketplace. Conventional wisdom holds that copying kills creativity, and that laws that protect against copies are essential to innovation…
Presenters
Kal Raustiala
Lee Lefever will appear at the SX Bookstore to sign copies of “The Art of Explanation: Making your Ideas, Products, and Services Easier to Understand” Lee LeFever is the Chief Explainer, illustrator and voice of Common …
Many entrepreneurs are at the "make it or break it" point right now. By year four or five, you’re no longer a hot startup; you’re a business that investors expect to make money and break out – or get gone. (Hello Google/…
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Presenters
Laurie Segall, Megan Quinn, Shervin Pishevar, Tristan Walker
How is the television industry changing to meet the changing tastes / demands of today's most wired consumers. Acclaimed businesswoman Lauren Zalaznick shares her insights about the future with industry insider Quincy Sm…
Intermediate
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Lauren Zalaznick, Quincy Smith
How is the television industry changing to meet the changing tastes / demands of today's most wired consumers. Acclaimed businesswoman Lauren Zalaznick shares her insights about the future with industry insider Quincy Sm…
Intermediate
Presenters
Lauren Zalaznick, Quincy Smith
This session presented by SXSW Interactive and is open to all badge types. How is the television industry changing to meet the changing tastes / demands of today's most wired consumers. Acclaimed businesswoman Lauren Za…
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Lauren Zalaznick, Quincy Smith
New for 2013, Meet the Insiders is an opportunity to participate in vital discussions on the innovations and developments in the world of film across varying topics. Moderators will start by introducing and getting to kn…
Presenters
Al Reinert, Jeanie Finlay, Agnes Varnum
I have some valuable info on how emerging technology has helped me launch my career. What is it that an artist needs to get off the ground, and how do they do that and write songs, perform, book, manage and keep it all t…
Beginner
Presenters
Amanda Cevallos
A new addition to SXSW Interactive in 2012, Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new…
Beginner
Presenters
Benn Rosales
I am an Executive Coach with over 15 years of corporate experience having worked with large firms like Microsoft, Mercedes Benz and the Gates Foundation. I will mentor early career professionals and offer them some sim…
Beginner
Presenters
Kumar Anbalagan
A new addition to SXSW Interactive in 2012, Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new…
Beginner
Presenters
Lani Rosales
A new addition to SXSW Interactive in 2012, Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new…
Beginner
Presenters
Sandeep Kumar

Have a question about beginning a project? In the middle and stuck? Meet with industry professionals who have experience aiding artists every step of the way. Mentor session signup is open to all Film, Gold and Platinum…
Beginner
Presenters
Chris Horton, Cullen Conly, Holly Herrick, Lindsey Ramey, Matt Bolish, Michael A Behrens, Nancy Schafer, Teresa Hollingsworth

This panel will explore how our actual lives and everyday stuff are becoming the most interesting platform for gaming. We'll discuss, from different perspectives, the ways games are shaping our experience of a new blend…
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Adam Wilson, Dave Bisceglia, Phu Nguyen, Tish Shute
Good sound design can add layers to a film - at once enhancing or even detracting from the visual story being told. Gain insight into the post-production sound design process for film. From the bare bones of why sound de…
Intermediate
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Chris Keyland, Phil Benson

The long- running debate about the power of film to effect real change in the world has 'jumped the shark' through the commercial and results-oriented success of numerous documentary and narrative films. From the widespr…
Intermediate
Presenters
James Moll, Larry Waks, Matt Naylor, Turk Pipkin
The privacy debate has become a regulatory battle pitting two federal agencies – the FCC and the FTC – against each other. Privacy is a critical issue in today’s technology integrated world. From personal cell phone data…
Intermediate
Presenters
, Catherine McCullough, Christina Gagnier, Sara Kloek

Trust mechanisms played a huge role in ushering online transactions from scary leaps of faith to our status quo, but what happens when online trust and social reputation move beyond the commerce space? Could your online …
Advanced
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Leah Busque
Get together with other business experts for an hour of brainstorming, idea-buidling, networking, friend-making and career-enhancement. Or, attend this Meet Up to learn more about this segment of the industry.…
Beginner
Presenters
James Plesser

The sad part about happiness: it doesn’t always come easy. In fact it’s often quite a challenge. We want to fix that. Delivering Happiness is a company dedicated to finding what makes you happy—and they aren’t messing ar…
Intermediate
Presenters
James Key Lim, Jenn Lim, Karen Zuckerman, Kevin Kubasik
So many industries have been turned upside-down and inside-out with new technological innovation. From e-commerce to social media, technology has completely changed the way we live our daily lives. Innovation has changed…
Advanced
Presenters
, Steve Krein

As for-profit news organizations struggle to maintain previous levels of reporting, nonprofit news organizations are working to fill the gap in coverage. These outlets are experiencing the same problems that longtime non…
Intermediate
Presenters
Dave Mann

Innovative Web Technologies start-up companies pitching their products and/or services in round one to high profiled industry expert judges. Emcees: Bob Metcalfe, Brad King Judges: Patrick Chung, Ray Bradford, Dave Tisch…

Have you thought about what happens to your online life after you die? Should we tweet after death because we can? So much of our lives are now online, our art, accounts, social networks and photos, how do we manage this…
Intermediate
Presenters
Chanel Reynolds
Ads are too short for boring music - mix and mingle with the brightest advertising and music professionals. Free drinks & food. RSVP: www.German-Haus.biz……

All design requires some speculation—after all, a designer must predict an individual’s uncertain reaction to her work. What of design that teaches by speculating on what our future might look like? Orwell and Huxley hav…
Intermediate
Presenters
Gabriel Schaffzin

A year ago at Coachella, 90,000 fans had their collective minds blown when a “virtual” version of the late rapper Tupac Shakur joined Snoop Dogg onstage for a live, original performance. 15 million more viewed the perfor…

A year ago at Coachella, 90,000 fans had their collective minds blown when a “virtual” version of the late rapper Tupac Shakur joined Snoop Dogg onstage for a live, original performance. 15 million more viewed the perfor…

A year ago at Coachella, 90,000 fans had their collective minds blown when a “virtual” version of the late rapper Tupac Shakur joined Snoop Dogg onstage for a live, original performance. 15 million more viewed the perfor…

Food-related filmmaking on the web is exploding and never has the phrase, "You eat first with your eyes" been more relevant. As people are more and more conscious about what they are putting into their bodies - restauran…
Beginner
Presenters
Aaron Franklin, Alex Kakoyiannis, Christian Remde, Sara Robertson
Food-related filmmaking on the web is exploding and never has the phrase, "You eat first with your eyes" been more relevant. As people are more and more conscious about what they are putting into their bodies - restauran…
Presenters
Aaron Franklin, Alex Kakoyiannis, Christian Remde, Sara Robertson

In conversation with Leslie Wolke, Jake Barton, founder and principal of Local Projects will walk through the case study of "Change by Us," an open source application with its first project up and running for New York Ci…
Intermediate
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Jake Barton, Leslie Wolke
Football can be traced back to the English public schools in the 18th century. The British Empire enabled its spread worldwide and by the 19th century, Americans were playing their own distinct regional version. Today we…
Intermediate
Presenters
Chris Heydt, Mark Ward
It’s no secret that mobile is revolutionizing how people shop and pay, becoming the digital nexus of consumers’ lives. They want what they want … when they want it – anytime, anywhere. It’s a new world for retailers of a…
Intermediate
Presenters
Steve Yankovich
A revolution in early stage finance is taking place. Thanks to the JOBS Act, which opens access to capital through stock sales by non-public companies, a new market is being born that will revolutionize how we think abo…
Advanced
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Chance Barnett
1:00 PM

Graphics are key to the user experience of online content, especially now that users are accessing that content on a multitude of devices: smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktops. During this quick session, Christo…
Intermediate
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Christopher Schmitt
Graphics are key to the user experience of online content, especially now that users are accessing that content on a multitude of devices: smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktops. During this quick session, Christo…
Presenters
Christopher Schmitt
Kal Raustiala will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “The Knockoff Economy: How Imitation Sparks Innovation” following his Book Reading session. Kal Raustiala holds a joint appointment between the UCLA …

Wild Records is an LA indie music label comprised of young, Hispanic musicians, and run by Irishman, Reb Kennedy. Wild is an unconventional family, reminiscent of the early days of Sun Records, all of its musicians write…

Bringing you 4 days of performances across 2 stages. Discover new music from the latest indie, rock, electronic, hip-hop, R&B, and americana artists. Check out pandora.com/SXSW to RSVP and see the current program line-…
Sean Rad, co-founder, Tinder Yahoo!'s Launch Alley is the hottest place to learn about the daily habits of tomorrow. The new Tinder app is changing the way people are connecting. Sean Rad, co-founder of Tinder, will tal…
1:15 PM

Flutter Director: Dara Bratt “Flutter” is a short observational documentary about an ordinary man obsessed with the extraordinary. I Kill Directors: David White, Paul Wedel The kindest slaughter: a short documentary abo…

"Flutter" shares the life of John Bedford, 70's, who has been collecting butterflies his whole life. Extending beyond the exotic and gorgeous butterflies, this is the reflective and meditative portrait of a lonely man se…

The kindest slaughter: a short documentary about one man's bloody job.…

A character portrait of a debt-ridden man with a violent past who auditions for a reality television show in pursuit of the American Dream.…

Writer turned knife maker Joel Bukiewicz of Cut Brooklyn talks about the human element of craft, and the potential for a skill to mature into an art. And in sharing his story, he alights on the real meaning of handmade—a…

"KRS ONE: Brooklyn to the Bronx" introduces the life and teachings of the legendary emcee, KRS ONE. On the road to becoming a Hip Hop pioneer, "KRS ONE" tells the story of his life as a young man living homeless on the s…

Kendrick is a young, black calf roper grafting through the local, all-white rodeo circuits of the southern United States. Soft spoken and gentlemanly, roping is Kendrick’s singular focus, his ‘good addiction’. He practic…

Depressed and frustrated with his life, Dr. John Kitchin abandons his career as a neurologist and moves to Pacific Beach. There, he undergoes a radical transformation into "SLOMO", trading his lab coat for a pair of roll…

"Twenty Feet from Stardom" follows several diverse and gifted backup singers living in the shadows of superstardom. These singers belong to the first family of American voice and represent a range of styles throughout la…

1:30 PM

Come eat, drink and chat with industry experts about the facts behind the fans. Learn more about SXSW and Nielsen Music's unprecedented study, which covers how people discover, purchase and interact with music.……

Come eat, drink and chat with industry experts about the facts behind the fans. Learn more about SXSW and Nielsen Music's unprecedented study, which covers how people discover, purchase and interact with music.……

Come eat, drink and chat with industry experts about the facts behind the fans. Learn more about SXSW and Nielsen Music's unprecedented study, which covers how people discover, purchase and interact with music.……
Christopher Schmitt will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Designing Web and Mobile Graphics: Fundamental concepts for web and interactive projects” following his Book Reading session.…

Sitting on her bed in a run-down rest home, Dotty is desperate to send a text message to her daughter. When her morning cup of tea arrives, Dotty manages to rope someone else into her long battle with technology.…

Ellen is leaving because she can. Travel is the cancer of modern relationships. Ellen needs to find her sad-sack of a boyfriend, Hamish, a nice leaving gift to try and help the mutual breakup feel a bit better. When Ham…

A reading from "Gluten Is My Bitch: Rants, Recipes, & Ridiculousness for the Gluten-Free" -- as seen on the blog of the same name -- will include a hilarious romp through digestive maladies and plenty of opportunities f…
Beginner
Presenters
April Peveteaux
A reading from "Gluten Is My Bitch: Rants, Recipes, & Ridiculousness for the Gluten-Free" -- as seen on the blog of the same name -- will include a hilarious romp through digestive maladies and plenty of opportunities f…
Presenters
April Peveteaux

In this psychological thriller, nineteen-year old Charlotte enlists the help of alcoholic ex-Marine Wayne to find her estranged sister who has gone missing deep in the Appalachian Mountains. Their search leads them to th…

"Mobile Homes" follows Ali, a young mother trapped in human trafficking. Constantly moving from city to city, she is transported with her 7-year-old son Alex. As she survives day to day, Alex explores mobile home sales-…

In the Weston’s 45-year marriage, John controlled his submissive wife, Sheila, until one day, she had finally had enough. After months of separation and in the heat of divorce, John has ignored all attempts to divide his…

Dotty Directors: Mick Andrews, Brett O'Gorman A stubborn old lady struggles to send a text message to her daughter. Ellen is Leaving Director: Michelle Savill On the eve of departing overseas, Ellen makes the fateful d…

A child taxidermist, an outsider in his small town, is entranced by a girl who finds his work beautiful. But just as their relationship begins to progress, he does something that drastically changes everything.…

She wants to go. He wants her to stay. Neither gets exactly what they want.…

With a hurricane threatening to destroy her way of life, "When We Lived in Miami" is a hypnotic short about the lengths one woman will go to keep her family from falling apart. Stylistically similar to Seimetz's critical…
1:40 PM
Join Turk Pipkin, founder of the Nobelity Project and director of feature docs Nobelity, One Peace at a Time and Building Hope directly after his panel "The Power of Film (To Change the World)" at the South by Bookstore …
Beginner
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Turk Pipkin
1:45 PM

Brad Lunders is a teenager forcefully taken from his home in the middle of the night by his parents consent, to a harsh wilderness reform facility. There is no contact with the outside world and the retired war colonel i…

In 1998 Shawn Fanning, a teenage hacker and programmer, created the code that would become the basis for all peer-to-peer file sharing. In 1999, Fanning and his business partner, fellow teenager Sean Parker, launched the…

It’s morning in Mexico. Buck is feeding his 7 dogs. Trailed by the pack, he picks up photos & reveals his past. Buck was born female yet always knew he was male. Even his parents raised him as a boy until puberty. That’s…

Sofia, Bulgaria. In a city where only 13 ambulances struggle to serve several million people, three paramedics face Kafkaesque situations. Struggling against an avalanche of absurdities in a crumbling medical system, the…

Maggie? Rainbow? Leeward and Mary cannot even agree on their three year old daughter’s name anymore. Mary is a hardworking nurse who dreams of only one thing: changing her life around. She resents her husband for being a…
2:00 PM

10 important tips you need to know when making a web doc, by award-winning agency Jam3 and Fathom Film Group (and of course Kim Jong-il). We give the inside scoop on how to get funding, how to leverage assets in a transm…
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Presenters
Adrian Belina, Ann Shin, Hannah Donegan, Media Ridha
1) Good Art = Good Propaganda · The Defector and some of the best web docs out there today 2) What means ‘Interactive?’ · essential attributes of an interactive website 3) American $, Canadian $, I take any $ · lini…
Presenters
Adrian Belina, Hannah Donegan, Jean Lange, Media Ridha
Check out the most exciting new tools in digital content creation at the Come & Capture Film Factory Demo Pavilion. Get a chance to work hands on with an array of brands to help you shoot your SXSW experience. Once you’v…
We’ve lived with the donor form of Crowdfunding via IndieGoGo and Kickstarter for years. Now, thanks to the JOBS Act, there is a new form of Crowdfunding – one in which fans can become investors (not merely donors.) The …
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Presenters
Brian Meece, Dan Satorius
President of Digital, Brian Lakamp Yahoo!'s Launch Alley is the hottest place to learn about the daily habits of tomorrow. Join us for an interview with iHeartRadio's President of Digital, Brian Lakamp, as we showcase t…
One of the core missions of the SXSW Interactive Festival is to showcase those who use their creativity and artistic talent to make the world a better place. With this ideal in mind, we are excited to have Matthew Inman …
Beginner
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Matthew Inman
New for 2013, Meet the Insiders is an opportunity to participate in vital discussions on the innovations and developments in the world of film across varying topics. Moderators will start by introducing and getting to kn…
Beginner
Presenters
Matt Cowal, Ryan Werner, Joel Heller

Film production runs the gamut from pre to post. Learn from industry professionals who have experience in the wide range of experiences film production entails. Mentor session signup is open to all Film, Gold and Platin…
Beginner
Presenters
Andrea Roa, Brady Dial, Brian Yang, Chris Ohlson, Gill Holland, Mark Bristol, Melissa Robyn Glassman, Yvonne Boudreaux
This is a Convergence panel presented by SXSW Film. This session is open to all badges: Interactive, Film, Music, Gold and Platinum. This panel will discuss the evolution of music into a source of finance for independen…
Presenters
Aleks de Carvalho, David Kaplan, Goetz Grossman, Jennifer Dana, John Sloss, Mike Ventimiglia
This panel will discuss the evolution of music into a source of finance for independent film. Filmmakers rarely raise money from one source; debt, equity, grants, tax credits, rebates, and fan funding are well known sou…
Intermediate
Presenters
David Kaplan, Goetz Grossman, Jennifer Dana, Mike Ventimiglia, John Sloss

Vicky Boone Casting is holding an Open Casting Call for actors at SXSW. Are you interested in acting in features films in Austin? If so, please submit your headshot and resume to sxswcasting2013@gmail.com. Vicky Boone …

Vicky Boone Casting is holding an Open Casting Call for actors at SXSW. Are you interested in acting in features films in Austin? If so, please submit your headshot and resume to sxswcasting2013@gmail.com. Vicky Boone …

Vicky Boone Casting is holding an Open Casting Call for actors at SXSW. Are you interested in acting in features films in Austin? If so, please submit your headshot and resume to sxswcasting2013@gmail.com. Vicky Boone …

Mitchell (Josh Duhamel) and Carter (Dan Fogler), life-long friends who have drifted apart, are on a road trip when their old pickup breaks down, leaving them stranded on an isolated desert road. Nobody can pick apart a m…
This session is presented by SXSW Film and is open to all badge types. Music and song selection can heighten a film's everyday story into something majestic and awe-inspiring. The soundtrack of a film can filter into yo…
Presenters
Randall Poster
Music and song selection can heighten a film's everyday story into something majestic and awe-inspiring. The soundtrack of a film can filter into your subconscious to the point that when you hear a specific song again - …
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Randall Poster

Mobile Technologies start-up companies pitching their products and/or services in round one to high profiled industry expert judges. Emcees: Bob Metcalfe, Brad King Judges: Christine Herron, David S. Rose, John Malloy …
Modern exhibition for low-budget, independent artists is returning to the “roadshow” model-- with artists like Don Hertzfeldt and film's like Everything is Terrible touring almost the way a band would for a new album: bo…
Intermediate
Presenters
Dimitri Simakis, Don Hertzfeldt, Lars Nilsen, Hadrian Belove
3:00 PM
April Peveteaux will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “Gluten Is My Bitch: Rants, Recipes, and Ridiculousness for the Gluten-Free” following her Book Reading session. April Peveteaux is the creator and…
The Reeperbahn Festival – Germany’s biggest music conference – invites all SXSW delegates to live music, networking & German beer!……
Join us and enjoy a keg of beer while you discover “Avenue Live.” Avenue Live reinvents local radio by providing the sole place for artists, promoters, venues, music blogs and college radio stations to reach new audience…
Join us and enjoy a keg of beer while you discover “Avenue Live.” Avenue Live reinvents local radio by providing the sole place for artists, promoters, venues, music blogs and college radio stations to reach new audience…
Join us and enjoy a keg of beer while you discover “Avenue Live.” Avenue Live reinvents local radio by providing the sole place for artists, promoters, venues, music blogs and college radio stations to reach new audience…
Fun, games and food on a stick! Join us in welcoming SXSW V2V to the family. Vegas, here we come! #sxswv2v……
3:20 PM
Matthew Inman will appear at the South by Bookstore to sign copies of “How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You” and “5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth (And Other Useful Guides)” following his Ke…
3:30 PM

Building new movements is a challenge common to the arts, social change and startup worlds. In each case, barriers to entrepreneurship have fallen dramatically, and as a result, the scarcest commodity has become commitme…
Presenters
, Eli Pariser, Eytan Oren, Paul D Miller (aka DJ Spooky), James Slezak

Building new movements is a challenge common to the arts, social change and startup worlds. In each case, barriers to entrepreneurship have fallen dramatically, and as a result, the scarcest commodity has become commitme…
Presenters
, Eli Pariser, James Slezak, Laura Dawn, Paul D Miller (aka DJ Spooky)

Being well-branded and communicating that brand efficiently to the specific buyers of that brand is critically important so that you can relax and concentrate on the craft that inspired you in the first place. Join Los …
Intermediate
Presenters
Beth Sepko, Bonnie Gillespie, Caroline O'Connor, Rochelle Rose

The power has shifted from Mad Men to Marketing Hackers, so drop the agency... and keep the cocktails. With the increased availability of self-service platforms, start ups now have access to many of the same tools that …
Intermediate
Presenters
Adam Berke, Chris Lindland, Joanna Lord, Noah Kagan
Historically, innovation in sex-related technology has spurred innovation in mainstream technology. In 2013, is this still the case? If so, what are the trends, memes, patterns and shifts in the adult world that we will …
Beginning
Presenters
Jay Kopita, Sarah Garcia
RSVP Required - The advanced social media monitoring workshop will exist in two parts. The first half will assess the state of the social media monitoring industry from bottom to top. Examples will be given on the holis…
Advanced
Presenters
Alistair Croll, Blake Robinson, Margaret Francis, Susan Etlinger

Over the past three years, hackathons have spun up into a hurricane gale of headline and hype for the hacker culture we all know and love. Builders of every stripe flock to these events held on themes ranging from music…
Intermediate
Presenters
Dave Haynes, Jarod Reyes, Joel Franusic, Kara Silverman
Hang out with your people. Join public relations and communication pros here for SXSW Interactive, Film and Music. No agendas, just a friendly way to meet more of your kind.…
Beginner
Presenters
Owen Sexton
Drawing on the leadership he learned on the front lines, decorated military officer and Fortune 500 executive Donovan Campbell moderates a panel on how the training model of the United States military can serve as a foun…
Intermediate
Presenters
, Brad Hunstable, Chris Guillebeau

Every business claims to be disruptive. Most startup founders want to innovate the next app or feature to attract more dollars or clicks than the industry standard. Now there’s a new class of rising entrepreneurs inventi…
Intermediate
Presenters
Hayley Barna, Lynn Jurich, Narges Bani Asadi, Tara-Nicholle Nelson
Anyone can design a gadget that looks pretty, but when it comes down to building a successful product, it’s about so much more than just looks. Companies like Jawbone and Nest are disrupting categories by putting purpose…
Intermediate
Presenters
Hosain Rahman, Scott Dadich, Tony Fadell
Writer and disrupter Rachel Sklar talks to assorted high-profile leaders in media, tech & entrepreneurship about the interplay between diversity, meritocracy, privilege and innovation, and how the tech industry is transf…
Intermediate
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Rachel Sklar

An auteur filmmaker with unlimited vision, Rob Zombie’s unique voice has gained him unparalleled recognition across the mediums of film, music and publishing. Zombie’s most recent cinematic feat, The Lords of Salem, is …
Intermediate
Presenters
Rob Zombie, Drew McWeeny
An auteur filmmaker with unlimited vision, Rob Zombie’s unique voice has gained him unparalleled recognition across the mediums of film, music and publishing. Zombie’s most recent cinematic feat, The Lords of Salem, is …
Presenters
Drew McWeeny, Rob Zombie
Augmentation. It’s not just for plastic surgery anymore. Today, companies are exploring the world of augmented reality for customer support, partnering with mobile devices to give computers, printers and other devices mu…
Advanced
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Ben Johnson, Fulvio Marfoni, John Havens, Wendy Farrell
When Intellectual Property (IP) and Copyright laws were created, content was static – the idea of a world filled with shares, posts, pins and tweets was inconceivable. Today, anyone can be a content creator, making the w…
Intermediate
Presenters
Christian Castle, Jeff Roberts, Josh Wattles, Offir Gutelzon, Bill Rosenblatt

Our business model is adapting to change. We thrive on disruption. We don't play by the rules. Our clients love us. Our competition doesn't truly understand us. This is a group discussion for entrepreneurs who have built…
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Presenters
Brad Carleton, Nathan Toups

RSVP Required - Standard ebook publishing requires ramping up on knowledge about various ebook formats, and then becoming familiar with proprietary ebook publishing channels like Kindle, iBooks, etc. Wouldn't it be easie…
Advanced
Presenters
Tessa Silver

The term “outcast” covers numerous demographic categories. It can represent the 54 million Americans currently living with a disability. It can refer to patients who live in isolation during long-term rehabilitation. It …
Intermediate
Presenters
Kel Smith
Fair Use is an important doctrine allowing use of copyrighted works without the owner’s consent in certain situations. But documentary filmmakers and producers of online content under utilize the fair use doctrine in the…
Advanced
Presenters
Julie Ahrens
A year ago, Forbes introduced Daniel Ek to the world by putting him on the cover of its inaugural "30 Under 30" issue. Now the story's author interviews Ek, perhaps the most disruptive force in music right now, about the…
Intermediate
Presenters
, Daniel Ek
A year ago, Forbes introduced Daniel Ek to the world by putting on the cover of its inaugural "30 Under 30" issue. Now the story's author interviews Ek, perhaps the most disruptive force in music right now, about the fut…
Intermediate
Presenters
, Daniel Ek
This session presented by SXSW Interactive and is open to all badge types. A year ago, Forbes introduced Daniel Ek to the world by putting on the cover of its inaugural "30 Under 30" issue. Now the story's author interv…
Presenters
, Daniel Ek

If we're all working so hard in the pursuit of happiness why are so many of us unhappy at work. As work and play blend together in our mobile lives, happiness in the workplace has never been more important. Collaborati…
Beginner
Presenters
Brian Welle, Chris Schultz, Jenn Lim
From more games being televised on sports cable networks to in-depth analysis by Internet recruiting services and on social media platforms, high school athletes have never been more visible or scrutinized. This exposure…
Intermediate
Presenters
Andy Beal

RSVP Required - Brand Amplification Programs drive engagement, awareness and revenue for brands and affect purchasing behavior of customers. Large scale influencer relationships can boost ROI and provide cost savings as …
Advanced
Presenters
Ajay Ramachandran, Harry Spitzer, Kenny Lee
Luke Iseman quit his day job in 2008, tired of a cubicle and without a plan. He liked to make things, but can you really turn your hobby into a full-fledged business? And where do you even begin? Luke Iseman, founder of …
Intermediate
Presenters
Luke Iseman
The largest demographic of online game players are women over 35. And, this demographic is more social than ever; they’re willing to purchase virtual goods and boosters, while spending more time playing across multiple d…
Beginner
Presenters
AJ Glasser, Allison Rynak, Cara Ely, Rachel Bernstein
Amidst a failing national economy, entrepreneurs and consumers are turning to local businesses to fuel job growth, provide access to inventory and boost local economies. Startups like Getaround, Flywheel, and Postmates h…
Intermediate
Presenters
Bastian Lehmann, Jessica Scorpio, Sean Plaice, Steven Humphreys

STOP THE MADNESS! The Patient Experience is overwhelmed with websites, commercials, brochures, support groups, mobile apps, chachkas, and other information sources - and all with no other point than often just saying... …
Intermediate
Presenters
Jerilyn MacLaren-Hall
RSVP Required - Innovation continues to skyrocket in the mobile space, but many developers don't realize that they're creating apps against a complex -- and often murky -- legal backdrop. This presentation will identify …
Advanced
Presenters
Charles Mudd Jr, Marcia Hofmann

To the millions of travelers with special needs getting from one place to another has been an issue due to inaccessible routes or lack of information about the routes they intend to take. Research in accessible transport…
Intermediate
Presenters
, Bill Curtis-Davidson, James Pol, Kamiar Kordari
New for 2013, Meet the Insiders is an opportunity to participate in vital discussions on the innovations and developments in the world of film across varying topics. Moderators will start by introducing and getting to kn…
Beginner
Presenters
Andy Kleinman, John Sloss, Mark Olsen

Film production runs the gamut from pre to post. Learn from industry professionals who have experience in the wide range of experiences film production entails. Mentor session signup is open to all Film, Gold and Platin…
Beginner
Presenters
Adam Donaghey, Christian Zak, David Fabelo, Dominic Buchanan, Lea Prainsack, Megan Gilbride, Sandra Adair
Came for SXSW Interactive but staying for SXSW Music? Going to SXSW Music but are trying to step up your tech game? Want to check in on the future of music technology? Come drink, dream, and develop with the artists, fo…
Beginner
Presenters
Austin Soldner

For decades, conflict prevention practitioners have searched for creative ways to bring about human connections that bridge opposed positions. Public information campaigns, reconciliation conferences and exchanges betwee…
Advanced
Presenters
Anne Kahl, Helena Puig Larrauri, Margarita Quihuis, Patrick Meier
‘If you like this, you’ll like this’ is part of everyone’s shopping vocabulary. But those kinds of algorithmic recommendations only account for a single dimension of consumer interest: similarities among products. Other …
Intermediate
Presenters
Vipul Sharma

When the “virtual overlay” meets everyday life, everything changes, from the way we shop to the way we interact with the world around us. Today, augmented reality is moving beyond the virtual dimension to enhance real wo…
Intermediate
Presenters
BC Biermann, Blair MacIntyre, Christine Perey, Jay Iorio

The aging population is rapidly increasing and they are the highest consumers of healthcare in the US. The elderly face many obstacles to healthy aging including unacceptably high readmission rates; uncontrolled costs of…
Advanced
Presenters
Andrey Ostrovsky MD, Francine Hardaway, Katy Fike, Timothy Rowan
Making films is tough wherever you are, but what are the challenges of shooting in another country? How do you wrangle the added difficulties of permits, travel, customs and extra cost, alongside the usual logistical puz…
Intermediate
Presenters
Andrea Thiele, Lia Jaspers, Petra Costa, Amy Lo
Discourse and action in our society are increasingly dominated by the idea that the world cannot be known. But to what degree issuccess in this world dominated by luck? How much of our lives can be planned for, and can t…
Advanced
Presenters
Peter Thiel

This panel discussion springs from the newly released interactive documentary 48 Hour Games which takes place during the Nordic Game Jam, where teams are followed through their creative process, as they struggle to creat…
Intermediate
Presenters
Bart Hufen, Jigar Mehta, Suvi Helminen
This panel discussion springs from the newly released interactive documentary 48 Hour Games which takes place during the Nordic Game Jam, where teams are followed through their creative process, as they struggle to creat…
Presenters
Bart Hufen, Jigar Mehta, Suvi Helminen
Get together with other folks in the SEO industry for an hour of brainstorming, idea-building, networking, friend-making and career-enhancement. Or, attend this Meet Up to learn more about this segment of the industry.…
Beginner
Presenters
Bill Leake

The Smile Epidemic session will teach us how to shift our limited attention, using an innovative, science-based social sharing tool that increases levels of happiness in individuals and organizations. Pro-athlete and Fou…
Advanced
Presenters
, Jim Moss

The last few decades of the American theater have seen a rapid growth in the number of ‘devising ensembles’—playwrights, actors, directors, and designers working together in collaborative groups to develop plays. It's ag…
Intermediate
Presenters
Gwydion Suilebhan
My presentation is all about the feeling of being overwhelmed from managing profiles on social networking sites. This is a positive presentation about social networking, but the emphasis is about building relationships o…
Beginner
Presenters
Dave Delaney, Jessica Murray
With the landing of the space shuttle Atlantis in July of 2011, NASA effectively took itself out of the manned spaceflight game—at least for now. In the months that followed, an array of private companies have filled tha…
Intermediate
Presenters
Jeffrey Kluger, Marsha Ivins, Michael Griffin, Sara Seagar
No amount of process can fix culture. Decisions core to a startup affects how it executes moving forward: Principles, Team, Culture, Strategy, Customer, Product, Pricing, Funding, Process, Tactics, Marketing. Learn to ge…
Intermediate
Presenters
Dustin Clingman, Margaret Wallace, Michael Agustin

Top entertainment and gaming technology startups will pitch their products and services to high profile industry experts in this popular and exciting live venture capital pitch competition. Emcees: Bob Metcalfe, Brad K…

Entertainment and Gaming Technologies start-up companies pitching their products and/or services in round one to high profiled industry expert judges. Emcees: Bob Metcalfe, Brad King Judges: Thomas Ball, Paige Craig, Er…
RSVP Required - Mobile devices have changed the way we design and develop products. Every touch and interface design decision has an impact, especially on users with disabilities. We'll talk about how these users interac…
Advanced
Presenters
Victor Tsaran
IFC creates and champions authentic, original comedies that are “Always On. Slightly Off” including the hit series Portlandia, the fan favorite Comedy Bang! Bang! and the upcoming new original Maron. The network is also …
Intermediate
Presenters
Chris Gethard, Fred Armisen, Marc Maron, Scott Aukerman
IFC creates and champions authentic, original comedies that are “Always On. Slightly Off” including the hit series Portlandia, the fan favorite Comedy Bang! Bang! and the upcoming new original Maron. The network is also…
Intermediate
Presenters
Chris Gethard, Fred Armisen, Marc Maron, Scott Aukerman

The UX Awards UX Meetup is an opportunity for User Experience professionals at SXSW Interactive to get together for an informal, relaxing meet -and- greet before ending their SXSW experience! Come meet like-minded UX pra…
Beginner
Presenters
Beverly May

Today, everyone is a “Creative.” With the boom of visually-based social platforms like Instagram and Pinterest, technology has leveled the playing field. Does this really change how we define art and creativity? Artistic…
Beginner
Presenters
, Christiaan Welzel, Laurie Frick, Mitch Goodwin

“Anonymity” is a much-ballyhooed buzzword. But the complex issues of anonymity and authorship are far from unique to the Internet age. We’ve been here before. Turn back to 17th century Europe, when publishing was a less-…

“Anonymity” is a much-ballyhooed buzzword. But the complex issues of anonymity and authorship are far from unique to the Internet age. We’ve been here before. Turn back to 17th century Europe, when publishing was a less-…

“Anonymity” is a much-ballyhooed buzzword. But the complex issues of anonymity and authorship are far from unique to the Internet age. We’ve been here before. Turn back to 17th century Europe, when publishing was a less-…

A man falls into the Bosphorus on a snowy night. His son, Mete is dragged into a half-hearted pursuit through claustrophobic Istanbul. Faced with the depression of his mother, he discovers some not-so-conventional means …
3:45 PM

An exploding industry without rules! Backyard filmmakers with zero budget and a surplus of dreams! Unchecked global piracy! The race to control media consumption! Videotape changed the world and laid the foundation for t…
4:00 PM
SolveforX.com is a forum to encourage and amplify moonshots—radical technology-based proposals for solving global problems. Select inventors, Esther Dyson, Natalie Jeremijenko, and Peter Stone will share their moonshot p…

For years, Doug Collins has been wading through a routine unsatisfying job and an increasingly miserable relationship. After his girlfriend moves out, Doug pushes himself to live a more fulfilling life starting with a tr…
One of the best aspects of the four-day Trade Show, this casual open house atmosphere lets you peruse the Trade Show floor while exhibitors treat you to complimentary food and beverages to revive you for the SXSW evening…
One of the best aspects of the four-day Trade Show, this casual open house atmosphere lets you peruse the Trade Show floor while exhibitors treat you to complimentary food and beverages to revive you for the SXSW evening…
One of the best aspects of the four-day Trade Show, this casual open house atmosphere lets you peruse the Trade Show floor while exhibitors treat you to complimentary food and beverages to revive you for the SXSW evening…
4:15 PM

The Blue Umbrella Director: Saschka Unseld It is just another evening commute until the rain starts to fall, and the city comes alive to the sound of dripping rain pipes, whistling awnings and gurgling gutters. And in th…

It is just another evening commute until the rain starts to fall, and the city comes alive to the sound of dripping rain pipes, whistling awnings and gurgling gutters. And in the midst, two umbrellas—one blue, one not—f…

For sixteen years cicadas live underground. They emerge for one glorious night to live out their lives in hope of finding happiness and maybe... love. They gather for the grand cicada party at the castle, knowing that wh…
Love and a severed foot, at the end of the world. "The Event" is based on a poem by Tom Chivers and was commissioned by Random Acts for Channel 4 in the UK.…

Berlin’s "Fuck For Forest" is one of the world’s most bizarre charities. Based on the idea that sex can save the world, the NGO raises money for their environmental cause by selling home-made erotic films on the internet…

Set in a crumbling black-and-white futuristic metropolis, void of creativity and color, the city is traversed by The Gold Sparrow and her nefarious side kick, The Ring Leader. Together they scour the gray-scale streets, …

Marcel survives the bird flu, alcohol, sleeping pills and his son Max. Though blinded in one eye, he remains the King of Tervuren. Greek tragedy as acted out by Belgian roosters.…

Fifty-something Willy returns to the naturist community where he spent his youth to visit his sick mother. When she dies shortly after he arrives, Willy is confronted with the choices he made in his life. In confused sad…

For more than 20 years Charles Manson has refused to communicate directly with the outside world. Until Now. These are the actual never before heard phone conversations between Canadian best selling author Marlin Marynic…

A man wakes up with a weird feeling. His parents are selling his childhood home. A goodbye/love letter to Florida.…

A journey through time & space, and the fight for existence. A dark premise contrasted with the divine imaginary creates a hypnotic ride of tone and emotion. Only "in-camera effects" were used to capture "Sci-Fly". The …

It's just another boring day in the the most boring job in the world. Even the robots doing the jobs are bored. They'll do anything to get out of it, even take one of those over sized 'You're leaving' cards around the fa…

Jim is a painfully shy, socially awkward music savant whose inner demons get stirred up when he develops an obsession with Wendy, a young clinical social worker, who is drawn to Jim by her naïve desire to save people. Hi…
4:30 PM

Slow down to 33 1/3 rpm and explore the nostalgic technology that has been revamped and made relevant for the 21st century! Encouraging retrospective & futurist thinking, our Analogue Anonymous Meet Up will bring toget…

Slow down to 33 1/3 rpm and explore the nostalgic technology that has been revamped and made relevant for the 21st century! Encouraging retrospective & futurist thinking, our Analogue Anonymous Meet Up will bring toget…

Slow down to 33 1/3 rpm and explore the nostalgic technology that has been revamped and made relevant for the 21st century! Encouraging retrospective & futurist thinking, our Analogue Anonymous Meet Up will bring toget…

Two lost souls. One last chance. Melanie's life in a seaside town is going nowhere until she meets Ray, back in town with a shady job to do. A moment's escape becomes a chance to save themselves, and each other. "Everyon…

FALL AND WINTER is an epic and spectacularly photographed journey across the U.S. in search of what is causing our unfolding global crisis. Pollution, droughts and diminishing resources now threaten the very engine drivi…

A brand new comedy from Working Title and the writer of "Borat" and "Bruno" that lifts the veil on the realities of the first year of marriage. Starting where other romantic comedies finish, "I Give It A Year" asks what …

Christmastime is looking swell for pretty, unassuming real-estate-agent Suzanne Barrington: she just sold a house to a nice swinger couple; her weatherman husband Jeff scored a sweet new job; and her favorite holiday is …
4:40 PM
Giving the audience the chance to go in-depth and experience the story in a different way alongside the film, join Rob Zombie as he signs copies of his latest book, The Lords of Salem and make sure to catch the film as a…
Beginner
Presenters
Rob Zombie
5:00 PM

Acclaimed science-fiction writer Bruce Sterling will again deliver the Closing Remarks at SXSW Interactive. Sterling's state-of-the-industry, state-of-the-world rants are one of the true highlights of the event, so don't…
Intermediate
Presenters
Techno and technology adventurer and world-leading DJ Richie Hawtin engages on-stage with deadmau5 – one of the most globally-renowned electronic artists period. Each are innovators in terms of music's interaction with t…
Presenters
Deadmau5 , Richie Hawtin

This session presented by SXSW Music. Techno and technology adventurer and world-leading DJ Richie Hawtin engages on-stage with deadmau5 – one of the most globally-renowned electronic artists period. Each are innovators…
Presenters
Richie Hawtin

This session presented by SXSW Music. Techno and technology adventurer and world-leading DJ Richie Hawtin engages on-stage with deadmau5 – one of the most globally-renowned electronic artists period. Each are innovators…
Presenters
Richie Hawtin
It’s a complicated new music world for both tech entrepreneurs and artists, one fraught with anachronistic copyright, byzantine royalty structures, and perhaps most importantly, a cultural divide between the two business…
It’s a complicated new music world for both tech entrepreneurs and artists, one fraught with anachronistic copyright, byzantine royalty structures, and perhaps most importantly, a cultural divide between the two business…
It’s a complicated new music world for both tech entrepreneurs and artists, one fraught with anachronistic copyright, byzantine royalty structures, and perhaps most importantly, a cultural divide between the two business…
Join Hamburg and its companies for beer and buns at the German Haus! RSVP at www.hamburg-xo.com……
This year, SXSW Film is excited to be having nightly happy hours at the beautiful Intercontinental Stephen F. Austin Hotel Terrace Bar. Conveniently located directly next door to the Paramount Theatre, this is the perfec…

Social Technologies start-up companies pitching their products and/or services in round one to high profiled industry expert judges. Emcees: Bob Metcalfe, Brad King Judges: Maria Thomas, Shervin Pishevar, John Lilly Fin…
5:45 PM

Malcolm Ingram ("small town gay bar") returns with a new documentary that takes viewers back to sexually-charged NYC 1968, when the notorious Continental Baths opened its doors. This groundbreaking den of debauchery tran…
6:00 PM
Hotel Second Play Stage performance. Free and open to registrants and public.……

The centerpiece of the Interactive Evening Events, the Interactive Awards festivities get underway with food, drinks and speculation on award winners. Come see who takes home a coveted Interactive Award in categories suc…
Hotel Second Play Stage performance. Free and open to registrants and public.……
An interactive event celebrating Latinos using social media to create change. Drinks, food y musica! Featuring ABandOfBitches. RSVP www.thesocialrevolucion.com……
Take a journey with host Christopher Walken - as channeled by Kevin Pollak (The Usual Suspects, Casino) - in this eclectic, inspired podcast that pairs everyone’s favorite deadpan actor with special guests to discuss cur…
Presenters
Kevin Pollak, Kyle Kinane
Take a journey with host Christopher Walken - as channeled by Kevin Pollak (The Usual Suspects, Casino) - in this eclectic, inspired podcast that pairs everyone’s favorite deadpan actor with special guests to discuss cur…
Presenters
Kevin Pollak, Kyle Kinane
Take a journey with host Christopher Walken - as channeled by Kevin Pollak (The Usual Suspects, Casino) - in this eclectic, inspired podcast that pairs everyone’s favorite deadpan actor with special guests to discuss cur…
Presenters
Kevin Pollak, Kyle Kinane

Presented by: Surefire Agency: SXSW FREE SHOW!!!
Thugged out bass music, space infused slaps, and TONS of energy. Tyler Tastemaker brings the heat, and his very own style to every set he plays. Dropping sounds on unsuspecting heads for over 15 years now, Tyler Taste…
In the spirit of making your every day a little less everyday, we're hosting an exclusive performance by Ryan Leslie aka "The Black Mozart." Join us for an evening of awesome music and free drinks as we celebrate a speci…
6:15 PM

Young students huddle together on a bench in the glaring sun, clutching their white canes, listening for the signs that can let them put together the puzzle of their existence – they are the blind children and young adul…
The Safe Harbor Room is a place for people in recovery to meet during SXSW. The sessions are informal and supportive. SXSW is a challenging atmosphere for those who choose sobriety. All are welcome to come to the Safe Ha…
The Safe Harbor Room is a place for people in recovery to meet during SXSW. The sessions are informal and supportive. SXSW is a challenging atmosphere for those who choose sobriety. All are welcome to come to the Safe Ha…
The Safe Harbor Room is a place for people in recovery to meet during SXSW. The sessions are informal and supportive. SXSW is a challenging atmosphere for those who choose sobriety. All are welcome to come to the Safe Ha…
6:30 PM

In Indiana, where life revolves around high school basketball, what happens to a community when their beloved team can no longer win a single game? Years ago, Medora was a booming rural community with a thriving middle c…
Part standup show and part sketch comedy experiment, Nick Turner and Acquaintances (one of New York's most exciting new monthly shows) features some of the best comics our host has met, and some of the most hastily assem…
Presenters
Chris Cubas, Howard Kremer, Nate Bargatze, Nick Turner
Part standup show and part sketch comedy experiment, Nick Turner and Acquaintances (one of New York's most exciting new monthly shows) features some of the best comics our host has met, and some of the most hastily assem…
Presenters
Chris Cubas, Howard Kremer, Nate Bargatze, Nick Turner
Part standup show and part sketch comedy experiment, Nick Turner and Acquaintances (one of New York's most exciting new monthly shows) features some of the best comics our host has met, and some of the most hastily assem…
Presenters
Chris Cubas, Nate Bargatze, Nick Turner
6:45 PM

Before sunrise on August 29, 2005 Nolan (Paul Walker) arrives at a New Orleans hospital with his pregnant wife Abigail (Genesis Rodriguez) who has gone into early labor. What should be one of the happiest days of Nolan’…

"The Punk Syndrome" is a documentary film about Finnish punk-rock band Pertti Kurikka’s Name Day, formed in 2009 by four developmentally disabled guys. The film follows the band’s journey from their rehearsal room to cul…

A young woman is abducted and seemingly brainwashed via an organic material harvested from a specific orchid. She later meets a man and after the two fall for each other, they come to realize he may also have been subjec…
7:00 PM
Write it down and tell the world the most important thing for you to do before your lifetime is over.……
Hotel Second Play Stage performance. Free and open to registrants and public.……

"No More Road Trips?", a dream ride through 20th-century America made entirely from home movies, asks whether we've come to the end of the open road. Have we reached 'peak travel'? Can we still find fortune (and ourselve…

Presented by: 2013 MTV/VH1/CMT Present: Live in Austin (Badges and Wristbands Only)
Simply stated, Striking Matches, made up of Sarah Zimmermann and Justin Davis, came to Nashville to play music. Sarah, a Philadelphia native and Justin from Atlanta met when a professor at Belmont University paired them …


Chris Strachwitz is a detective of deep American music, music that’s the antithesis of the corporate “mouse music” dominating pop culture. Since 1960, he has been the guiding force behind legendary Arhoolie Records, brin…
7:15 PM

Who doesn't love Halloween? All of Tony Phillips' (Tony Vespe) high school friends, apparently. It's senior year and they've now decided that they’re too cool for Halloween. When his older cousin (AJ Bowen) returns home …


Kathleen Hanna, lead singer of the punk band Bikini Kill and dance-punk trio Le Tigre, rose to national attention as the reluctant but never shy voice of the riot grrrl movement. She became one of the most famously outsp…
7:30 PM

Presented by: Road To Ultra (limited 18+ admittance)
Austin, Texas resident DJ/Producer/Label Owner Andrew Parsons first emerged into the electronic music scene at the ripe age of fifteen as a Trance and Progressive DJ. Praised for his flawless mixing and highly select bl…

Presented by: K-Pop Night Out
Remember when hardcore bands sang about important topics and cared about what they said? Well, some still do and, sometimes, you have to look around the world to find them. THE GEEKS is that band. Prior to 2005, THE GEEK…



Presented by: Surefire Agency: SXSW FREE SHOW!!!
Detroit’s Hip-Hop Ambassador to the World, Michael “House Shoes” Buchanan has been an integral part of the long burgeoning Motown resurgence. Just ask anyone coming out of Detroit to confirm this. House Shoes, a resid…

Presented by: Flaunt Magazine
For the last ten years, Jack Gibson has been writing and recording songs under the name Tenlons Fort. The new release "Bronco", recorded in Austin, Tx, will be released in the summer of 2013.……
7:40 PM

Presented by: Cannon Steps Back
Dynamic, soulful, experimental, and clever, all focused on the heart of a person. With an uncompromising message intertwined with hot rhythms and beats, Los Angeles based, Propaganda, lyrically puts together potent relev…


8:00 PM

Presented by: Antenna Farm Records
Agent Ribbons isn't just a band--it's a tree house club of post-feminist dreamers trying to find their place in the scheme of things, like a hand-sewn and lovingly-crafted garment in a modern, disposable world. Listening…



Presented by: Little Brother Music
It’s not easy to fuse a connection between the heartstrings and the hipbone, to bridge the emotional intensity of a singer-songwriter and the effortless swagger of a born rocker. But that’s exactly what California-bred, …

Presented by: 2013 MTV/VH1/CMT Present: Live in Austin (Badges and Wristbands Only)
Most folks, as soon as they hear Ashley Monroe, instantly recognize one thing: she’s the real deal. Her songs resonate so profoundly because they reflect the experiences of an artist who, although she is just 26, has alr…

The Ben Baxter Band is a four piece band from Austin, Texas that spans genres from rock and soul to blues and funk. Their songs reflect a background of artists like Bill Withers, The Doobie Brothers, Creedence Clear Wate…


Presented by: The Warner Sound Captured by Nikon (Badges and Wristbands Only)
Charli’s live performances, like her music, are raw but multi-layered, sometimes stark but with a beating human heart. All pop is here, from Siouxsie to Spiceworld, The Knife to Nirvana. To achieve her intricate, post-a…


Cirque du Soleil & Nerdist join forces for a one-of-a-kind evening featuring artistic performances, live podcast, Divine Fits, & more!……

Cirque du Soleil & Nerdist join forces for a one-of-a-kind evening featuring artistic performances, a live podcast, Divine Fits and more!……

As a producer, engineer, multi-instrumentalist and talented vocalist, D.A.CALF has cut his teeth on myriad stages in various guises. From event curating in his native Australian small country town, he has toured the cou…


Presented by: (Badges and Wristbands Only)
Born in Eastern Iowa, Jordan Roseman moved to Evanston, Illinois in his early teens where he completed grade school and went on to high school. Afterwards, he attended the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana attainin…

Presented by: iHeartRadio
Recognized as one of the most influential figures in todays entertainment business by both Forbes & Billboard magazine, the world famous DJ Skee is carving a new definition for what a DJ is. With a thriving career as an …

Presented by: Cannon Steps Back
An anthem is defined as “a song of devotion or loyalty, a song of praise, and a symbol for a distinct group of people.” As a celebrity DJ and producer, Don Cannon is responsible for a new sound of major hip hop anthems …

Presented by: Sounds From Chile
In 2008, Pamela Sepúlveda began composing songs for what became his solo project Fakuta. Deployed pop songs warm and spacious atmosphere, subtle rhythms and sometimes more powerful. In sum, hits a world constructed fro…

Formed in Austin, TX in 2011, Halaska is a four piece avant garde rock outfit that has always taken pride in pushing themselves as musicians. These varied and experienced musicians frequently dig into the unpredictable, …


The songs on Austin quintet Hello Caller’s debut LP ‘Dark Twain,’ released in November 2012, are melodically stunning – “transcendent” (MTV Hive) harmonies woven with trumpet and cello, interspersed with jangly guitars, …


Houndmouth are a collaborative folk/rock band from the lowland plains and farmlands of Indiana and Kentucky. Their poetry emphasizes foolhardiness, and their soulful harmonies carry far. Once a folk duo, Katie Toupin and…

Presented by: SXSW FREE SHOW!!!
IRONTOM emerged at the beginning of the year with an intent on forging a presence for themselves on the Los Angeles music scene. With influences ranging from Led Zeppelin to the Arctic Monkeys, the music exhibits a varie…



Presented by: The Syndicate's Conflict Of Interest (Badges and Wristbands Only)
Seattle folk-pop band Ivan & Alyosha are set to release their debut album "All The Times We Had" (Missing Piece Group/Dualtone) as a follow up to their well received 2011 EP "Fathers Be Kind". The EP won the band recogni…

Presented by: Bonsound / Scene 1425
Leif Vollebekk spent two years searching for perfect takes. This search took him from his home in Montreal to a studio in Manhattan, from a farmhouse in Woodstock, NY to a mansion outside Paris, and the result is a dusty…


Presented by: Red 11 Music
Lincoln Durham is a raw, floor-stomping roots-rock revivalist. Lincoln started playing the fiddle at 4-years-old, and now incorporates makeshift amps, resonators, fiddles, harmonicas, slides, tin can microphones, cigar-b…


Presented by: ONErpm
Mompox began in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the summer of 2008 with an objective in mind: to create a band of several singer-songwriters in which 50's American pop and 60's psychedelic rock can be mixed together with mod…



Presented by: Pitchfork
The creative voice of Night Beds, Winston Yellen, hails from Nashville by way of Colorado Springs. The 23 year-old songwriter boasts a new, great American voice with a specific brand of intimate thirst that few musicians…

Presented by: ACM@UCO
Yukon, Oklahoma is not the place you would expect to find a rising rock band, but for Paperscissor it served as the perfect breeding ground for their unique sound. Following local success and national touring with subsev…


Presented by: The Nature Conservancy
From Wellfleet Massachusetts, a town of crashing waves, gnarled pine trees, and the only town clock in the world that still rings ship’s time, step the Parkington Sisters. Like their hometown surroundings, they have “a c…


Presented by The Laugh Button and Gotham Comedy Club, this show challenges comics to bring their bluest material. With Aisha Tyler, Matt Braunger, Jay Oakerson, Mark Normand The Esther’s Follies stage is presented by …
Presenters
Aisha Tyler, Jay Oakerson, Mark Normand, Matt Braunger, Robert Kelly
Presented by The Laugh Button and Gotham Comedy Club, this show challenges comics to bring their bluest material. With Aisha Tyler, Matt Braunger, Jay Oakerson, Mark Normand The Esther’s Follies stage is presented by T…
Presenters
Aisha Tyler, Jay Oakerson, Mark Normand, Matt Braunger, Robert Kelly
Presented by The Laugh Button and Gotham Comedy Club, this show challenges comics to bring their bluest material. With Aisha Tyler, Matt Braunger, Jay Oakerson, Mark Normand The Esther’s Follies stage is presented by …
Presenters
Aisha Tyler, Jay Oakerson, Mark Normand, Matt Braunger, Robert Kelly
Celebrate SXSW 2013’s brightest stars! This year’s Film Awards is sure to be unforgettable.……

Presented by: City of Austin: SXSW FREE SHOW!!!
EPK: www.eyeinthesky.org/wildchild/press www.facebook.com/wildchildsounds www.wildchildsounds.com twitter.com/wildchildsounds www.myspace.com/wildchildsounds **Five #1 Spots on Hype Machine and three #1 spot…



Presented by: BBC Radio 1's Huw Stephens & UKT&I (Badges and Wristbands Only)
Y Niwl is a surf instrumental band[1] from North Wales, formed in 2009. Its members are Alun Evans (guitar), Llyr Pari (drums), Sion Glyn (bass) and Gruff ab Arwel (organ and guitar). The band's name is pronounced Uh Nul…


Along with like-minded Texans Fergus & Geronimo and Teenage Cool Kids, Houston’s Young Girls make tuneful, polaroid-quality garage pop that feels impassioned and sincere without losing a certain tongue-in-cheek self-awar…


Zorch are Zac Traeger (keyboards, omnichord, vocals) and Shmu (drums, omnichord, vocals) they currently reside in Austin, TX. Their debut full length album will be coming out on Sargent House in 2013.……
8:15 PM

Presented by: Nerdcore
BROUGHT TOGETHER BY THE POWER OF THE INTERNET (AND PERHAPS A TOUCH OF MUSICAL PROVIDENCE), CALIFORNIA BASED COMPUTER PROGRAMMER / RAPPER INT EIGHTY AND ENGLISH WEB DESIGNER / MUSIC PRODUCER C64 HAVE BEEN ROCKING THE MORE…


8:20 PM

Henry Wagons, recently named one of Melbourne’s Top 100 Most Influential People, is unanimously lauded as one of Australia’s greatest and most entertaining performers. Along with his rare charisma he offers heavy doses o…

8:25 PM

Presented by: The Warner Sound Captured by Nikon (Badges and Wristbands Only)
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Presented by: Flaunt Magazine
We're a pretty diverse little crowd made up of guys from The Ugly Beats, The Ripe, December Boys, Brothers and Sisters, UT Longhorn Band, and Strings Monet (just to name a few). Forever Changes started a few years ago a…
8:30 PM

Filmed over the course of five years, "First Cousin Once Removed" is Alan Berliner’s compassionate, yet unsettling portrait of Edwin Honig -- distinguished poet, translator, critic, and teacher who died of complications …

Presented by: Pitchfork (Badges and Wristbands Only)
Coming to the attention of 4AD after a clutch of demo tracks went online early in 2012, Indians emerged in a fittingly understated manner, and with Somewhere Else, has made both an assured and majestic debut album. I…

Presented by: Road To Ultra (limited 18+ admittance)
Nobody Beats The Drum are in the front line of Dutch electronic dance music. The three-piece electro outfit consists of Sjam Sjamsoedin, Jori Collignon, and Rogier van der Zwaag sharing the stage. While Sjam and Jori pro…


Presented by: (Badges and Wristbands Only)
SKATERS formed in late 2011 after Singer Michael Cummings and Noah Rubin (The Dead Trees, Adam Green, Little Joy) spent a year trading demos back and forth from Los Angeles to London with Guitarist Joshua Hubbard (The Pa…
Anything can happen when the best and brightest comedians, improvisers and storytellers present the strangest, most terrifying, most hilarious night of their life. Stories and surprises that are too crazy not to be true,…
Presenters
Anthony Atamanuik, Chris Gethard, Jon Gabrus, Neil Casey
Anything can happen when the best and brightest comedians, improvisers and storytellers present the strangest, most terrifying, most hilarious night of their life. Stories and surprises that are too crazy not to be true,…
Presenters
Anthony Atamanuik, Chris Gethard, Jon Gabrus, Neil Casey
Anything can happen when the best and brightest comedians, improvisors and storytellers present the strangest, most terrifying, most hilarious night of their life. Stories and surprises that are too crazy not to be true,…
Presenters
Anthony Atamanuik, Chris Gethard, Jon Gabrus, Neil Casey

Presented by: K-Pop Night Out
Since his 1994 debut as part of the pioneering Korean modern rock duo, U & Me Blue, New York City native, Yi Sung Yol, has soared as a solo artist by making his name and making his mark as one of Korea’s top modern rock …

8:40 PM

Presented by: Nerdcore
A strong contender for the most likely-to-be-quoted rapper at the water cooler, Wordburglar's lyrically potent oeuvre runs the gamut from thoughtfully casual to ridiculously ludicrous. With finely constructed, whimsical …


8:45 PM

Presented by: Pitchfork
When does a musician finally hit upon his or her particular "sound"? For some, it bursts forth from their body fully formed; for others, it takes months or sometimes years of trial-and-error. For Mackenzie Scott, the sin…
8:50 PM

Presented by: Cannon Steps Back
Millyz is a rising star with a growing fan base. In June 2012 he was voted Boston’s Best Emerging Artist by fans in the “Who’s Next” Jamn945 contest. He opened for Nickie Minaj, Rick Ross as well as many other top indust…

9:00 PM

Presented by: SXSW FREE SHOW!!!
From the dark corners of Austin, Texas, singer/songwriter Nathan Opposition, his brother Michael Jochum (electric guitar) and acoustic guitarist Justin “Ribs” Mason have been annihilating the underground rock scene under…

ASSACRE is a one man fantasy/progressive metal performance project from Austin, Texas. A native of Brooklyn, New York, artist and musician Ben Aqua created ASSACRE in 2003 as an outlet for his fascinations with extreme a…


Presented by: Antenna Farm Records
Ryder Bach started Body Parts in 2009. The band, rounded out by Alina Cutrono, Raymond Proudfoot, and Taylor Dexter, fuses Ryder's thoughtful lyrics -- food, language and comfort serve as subjects -- with an angular sens…



"We are the music that we create" and this has never been more true than with "Sunset", Compuphonic’s, alias Maxime Firket’s, new maxi single on the prestigious Berlin ‘Get Physical’ label in anticipation of his debut al…

Presented by: Red 11 Music
There’s no shortage of country music in Crooks’ hometown of Austin, TX. But ask anyone who has crammed into a packed honky-tonk to catch one of their infamously rowdy late-night shows and they’ll tell you there’s somethi…



Presented by: ACM@UCO
Georgia native Christopher Wallace moved to Oklahoma to meet Logan Smith so that they could become Lucious Coldstone and Jim Dexter. Matthew Oakley fell into the picture soon after acting as manager/filmmaker for the…



Presented by: Sounds From Chile
Diego Peralta is a 24 year old songwriter and composer, who has three independent albums and is an undisputed reference in the Chilean scene. He’s music has a unique atmospheric pop sound with a regular and slow pulse.…



Presented by: Campfire Trails
When Driver Friendly first met in high school in North Houston, Texas their friendship quickly turned from hanging out after school to writing songs in a garage and playing shows around their hometown. As the band gained…


Presented by: 2013 MTV/VH1/CMT Present: Live in Austin (Badges and Wristbands Only)
Elle King sounds like Billie Holiday having a shot of whiskey with Johnny Cash. She loves banjos and hobos. Born in Ohio and raised in Brooklyn, Elle retains her roots in a style that blends those worlds of both grit and…


The Texas-based band, Equals, hasn't always been the technical and tightly-arranged instrumental band it is now. The band's large soundscapes, searing guitar riffs and blitzing rhythms were products of evolution. The …


ERIN IVEY WILL BE APPEARING WITH TOSCA STRING QUARTET at her official SXSW 2013 showcase Tuesday, March 12, 9pm at The Parish Underground. Erin Ivey is Austin's Urban Folk darling, known for musical adventurousness th…



Presented by: The Syndicate's Conflict Of Interest (Badges and Wristbands Only)
A wise man said: Pick your tenants wisely. Fort Lean, the New York rock band you apparently like so much that you sought out the official literature, are a tenant of mine. This is not poetry. I am their landlord. The fir…


Presented by: ONErpm
Franny Glass is the stage and recording name of uruguayan singer-songwriter Gonzalo Deniz (Montevideo, 1986). His first record, Con la mente perdida en intereses secretos, was released by Deniz himself in 2007 and nomina…



Lensed in colour and b/w by Seamus McGarvey, the film explores Harry Dean Stanton’s enigmatic outlook on his life and his unexploited talents as a musician. “Putting the focus on the music rather than his person helped t…

Media Temple is back to host the biggest, baddest Interactive Closing Party you have ever seen. Live music blowout!……

Presented by: iHeartRadio
Brooklyn-bred recording artist Josh Baze shot to Hip-Hop stardom overnight with smooth cadences and lyrical genius comparative to Rap royalty Jay-Z and Kanye West. The Entertainment Weekly proclaimed Hova 2.0 released…


Kay Leotard is a psychedelic garage band from Austin, Texas. Witchuals, their first full length album, was released by Monofonus Press in late 2012. Kay Leotard's first show was at Antone's and in the following year the …


Presented by: Bonsound / Scene 1425
Winner of the 2010 Festival de la Chanson de Granby, Lisa LeBlanc, Acadian who composed her first pieces in 2007, comes from a family of music lovers. Outstanding guitarist and a promising singer-songwriter, Lisa LeBlanc…



Zach Williams, the Lone Bellow’s lead singer and principal songwriter, can pinpoint just about exactly when the Brooklyn-based group serendipitously willed itself into being. It was around 9 a.m. one morning in 2010, at…

Lord Buffalo is a five piece band from Austin, TX. Lord Buffalo sounds like boots on gravel at night, or trains howling or waking up with your jeans on. Lord Buffalo specializes in dark folk that often explodes into tre…



Presented by: BBC Radio 1's Huw Stephens & UKT&I (Badges and Wristbands Only)
“Gentle, folky, confidential tone, undershot by a coolness of intelligence and self possession” 4/5 The Daily Telegraph (Pop CD of the Week) “A bewitching one-off talent” Daily Star “Dark-hearted pop songs that striv…
@NIGHT hosted by The Meta Agency Featuring a performance by Flying Lotus (Full Layer 3 AV Show), TOKiMONSTA, Teebs, B.Lewis Complimenary Tequila cocktails……

Co-curators Marieke Hardy and Michaela McGuire bring their bestselling Australian literary salon, Women of Letters, to SXSW for the first time. Gathering together a variety of writers, musicians, authors, and performers…

The Rite Flyers, from Austin Texas practice several styles all loosely orbiting the same power-pop nucleus: snappy electric rockers, plaintive acoustic odes and fuzz-clouded squalls. Songs that positively vibrate with t…


Presented by: The Nature Conservancy
Several years ago musician and naturalist Sean Rowe walked out into the wilderness alone. He spent the next 24 days constructing shelter and foraging for food to eat. He would come away from the experience with the songs…

Presented by: City of Austin: SXSW FREE SHOW!!!
Shakey Graves' “stunning” (KUT-FM) one-man show has made him a hero in his hometown of Austin, TX, so much so that the Mayor of Austin gave him his own local holiday: February 9th is officially proclaimed “Shakey Graves …


Presented by: The Warner Sound Captured by Nikon (Badges and Wristbands Only)
Sirah – Too You To Die. I started rapping “professionally” about 7 years ago, that included booking my own tours, sleeping on the floors of people I didn’t know, bathing in public restrooms, and accidentally kicking o…


Presented by: Surefire Agency: SXSW FREE SHOW!!!
Producer, turntable innovator and synth-wizard Teeko has teamed up with fellow San Francisco modern funk sorcerer B. Bravo to form an electrifying party rocking duo. Combining their love of West Coast funk, analog synth…

In Karachi, Pakistan, a runaway boy's life hangs on one critical question: where is home? The streets, an orphanage, or with the family he fled in the first place? Simultaneously heart-wrenching and life-affirming, "The…

Presented by: Pandora (Badges and Wristbands Only)
Born and raised in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, TOKiMONSTA (Jennifer Lee) was an unfocused pupil of classical piano. However, she has come to use this background to create vast textural soundscapes by utilizing liv…


"Yellow" is a searing take on modern society and the demands it makes on people. The film tells the story of Mary Holmes (Heather Wahlquist), a young substitute teacher who escapes from her drudging everyday life by fant…

Presented by: Little Brother Music
All of us struggle. All of us experience pain. All of us feel frustration and confusion. Every single one of us carries the weight of fear, hope and loss. As a result, many of us become living, breathing, overloaded, cou…

9:10 PM

Presented by: Cannon Steps Back
At the corner of street life and honest living stands Thi'sl: an ex-hustler turned urban missionary. A look into his past reveals the authenticity of his gritty, in your face lyrics and God's grace, which spared his lif…

9:15 PM

On their 1963 Christmas record, The Beatles give thanks to “Good Ol’ Freda!” in Liverpool, their devoted secretary and friend. History notes that The Beatles were together for 10 years, but Freda Kelly worked for them fo…

Presented by: Pitchfork (Badges and Wristbands Only)
IO ECHO is IOANNA GIKA and LEOPOLD ROSS. While MINISTRY OF LOVE will be IO ECHO's first official full length release, over the past year the band have already scored the Harmony Korine+James Franco film collaboration ‘R…

Presented by: Nerdcore
With 4 critically acclaimed releases, North American & European touring under his belt, and a feature on the latest album of UK Hip Hop band The Herbaliser, MC, Producer & DJ More Or Les is a Hip Hop triple threat. Afte…
9:20 PM

Presented by: Flaunt Magazine
Orthy makes the kind of music you can’t help but fall in love with. A native of Austin, the singer and multi-instrumentalist continues a rich tradition of adventurous music that has long emanated from the Texan capital. …

9:30 PM

Presented by: Pitchfork
Blue Hawaii, Arbutus Records and many of their Montreal counter-parts all began with the same breath in early 2010. To date they’ve released an 8 song EP: in May of that year,Blooming Summer (Arbutus Records 2010) was re…


For the eight young men in the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, “brotherhood” is literal: they’re all sons of anti-establishment jazz legend, Phil Cohran. Cohran and their mothers raised them together on Chicago’s South side on …

Presented by: K-Pop Night Out
Biography Indie rock band Guckkasten has been lauded as one of the most innovative bands in Korea due to their amazing array of sounds: rock with a touch of heavy metal, opera, synth and explosive vocals. What’s interes…

Presented by: Cannon Steps Back
Marc Joseph Maxfield (better known as Mpulse), born January 14th, 1992 (as the youngest of 2 full siblings, an older brother, Michael Maxfield and older sister, Austin Maxfield), is a Chicago rapper. He started writting …

Filmed over the course of six months, this film tells the incredible story of three young women: Nadia, Masha and Katia. As members of the feminist art collective Pussy Riot, they performed a 40 second "punk prayer" insi…

Based on his play, Neil LaBute's script follows a successful writer (Adam Brody) who, on the eve of his wedding, travels across the country to meet up with ex-lovers in an attempt to make amends for past relationship tra…


When Patrick Moote's girlfriend rejects his marriage proposal at a UCLA basketball game on the jumbotron, it unfortunately goes viral and hits TV networks worldwide. Days after the heartbreaking debacle, she privately re…
9:40 PM
Presented by: The Warner Sound Captured by Nikon (Badges and Wristbands Only)
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9:45 PM

Presented by: Road To Ultra (limited 18+ admittance)
Sultan moved to Montreal, Canada in 1996 to pursue his education in mechanical engineering and business. Inspired by the nightlife, his passion quickly shifted from engineering to music. As for Ned Shepard, it only took …

Since their humble beginnings in New York City in 2001, Improv Everywhere has grown from a small gang of restless jokesters into an internationally recognized prank collective and a viral video-making machine. From the N…
9:50 PM

Presented by: Nerdcore
Adam WarRock has taken his lifelong obsession with pop culture and hip hop and created an Internet sensation. His seamless blend of independent hip hop and pop cultural sensibility has firmly established Adam WarRock as …

Presented by: Cannon Steps Back
Lamar “Mars” Edwards, is a 28-year old music producer, singer-songwriter. Born and raised around music, Mars began to play music at his father's church. His innate talent began to flourish as he joined 1500 or Nothin dur…
10:00 PM

American Fangs is a Houston born rock band whose energetic shows and intelligent music have brought them out of their southern roots and into national recognition. Started by long time friends Gabe and Micah in 2008, …


Presented by: The Syndicate's Conflict Of Interest (Badges and Wristbands Only)
Hailing from Vancouver BC, Bear Mountain's music is both rhythmic and soulful. Blending syncopated bass lines and arpeggiated synth chords with live instrumentation and soaring vocals, Bear Mountain creates a sound that …


Born in 2010, The Carper Family has brought together three of Austin's most talented young country and bluegrass singers and pickers... Melissa Carper [vocals, bass], Beth Chrisman [vocals, fiddle], and Jenn Miori [vocal…


One of the world’s most universally respected DJ duos, L.A. natives and childhood best friends Classixx have headlined everywhere from the famed Paris Social Club to New York’s Webster Hall, touring constantly since the …

Crooked Bangs are an ominous postpunk pop garage band from Austin, Texas. They're a tight band playing unhinged music or possibly vice versa. As a whole, it comes together like a lost Factory Records band letting off ste…



Presented by: Antenna Farm Records
Dana Falconberry suffuses the majesty of nature in the orchestral pop-folk she elegantly crafts in Leelanau, her inaugural release on Oakland, CA's Antenna Farm Records. Citing influences ranging from the prints of arti…



Presented by: Red 11 Music
The Dirty River Boys are paving their own road as they travel it. They are a testament to the idea that “if you can dream it, you can do it,” moving with determination ever closer to the light. Above all is their belief …


Presented by: (Badges and Wristbands Only)
BIOGRAPHY: HAIM Hailing from the San Fernando Valley, HAIM consists of, “Three sisters, and a mister” that has been shaking things up in the city of Los Angeles for the past four years. It is truly a family affair for …


Muscle Shoals, Alabama native Jason Isbell has been honing his much touted songwriting craft for several years now. He has released three studio albums and a live album all highlighting Isbell's Southern roots, effortles…

Presented by: City of Austin: SXSW FREE SHOW!!!
Austin musician Jess Williamson creates raw and intimate songs, rooted in a folk tradition, and strengthened by her unique voice and poetic lyrics. Williamson primarily plays the banjo, employing a combination of three f…




Jung People is an Instrumental Post-rock Duo based out of Calgary, Canada. Forming in late 2010 after founding members, and best friends, Bryan Buss and Giordano W. Bassi attended the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, C…



Tyler Demorest, Danny Schnair, and Matt Cohen, known collectively as Kiven, hail from the smog-swept city of Los Angeles. While their musical influences have undoubtedly come from a wide array of musical and artistic spe…



Presented by: SXSW FREE SHOW!!!
Texas garage rock legends The Krayolas — genuine, Mexified, San Antonio rock ‘n’ roll stars — are famous for their fun, electrifying shows and upbeat no-borders range that has garnered flattering comparions to the Beatle…


Presented by: The Nature Conservancy
The Milk Carton Kids, a harmonizing, minimalist duo, use two guitars and two voices to create a new combination of back-porch Americana and classic folk. Relying on compelling narrative, the seamless interplay between th…

Presented by: Bonsound / Scene 1425
Mozart's Sister is the captivating solo project of Montreal's Caila Thompson-Hannant. Staggering between beautiful, bursting synth-filled pop melodies and the complicated, often harsh consequences of reality in her lyric…


My Goodness is a Seattle-based blues/garage rock band that consists of Joel Schneider (guitar and vocals) and Andy Lum (drums). The band has existed since 2011, playing predominately in the Pacific Northwest and releasin…


Presented by: Little Brother Music
Roaring out of the southern Indiana foothills comes Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band playing a brand of Americana and Blues that stands alone - Delta blues and hillbilly fervor combine with musical acuity sharp as razor w…


Presented by: Pandora (Badges and Wristbands Only)
Even in the urban wilds of Brooklyn, there may be no one else like Jean-Philip Grobler, otherwise known as St. Lucia. Originally from Johannesberg, South Africa, Jean grew up performing with the Drakensberg Boys Choi…
Presented by The Laugh Button and Gotham Comedy Club, this show challenges comics to bring their bluest material. With Aisha Tyler, Matt Braunger, Jay Oakerson, Mark Normand The Esther’s Follies stage is presented by …
Presenters
Aisha Tyler, Jay Oakerson, Mark Normand, Matt Braunger, Robert Kelly
Presented by The Laugh Button and Gotham Comedy Club, this show challenges comics to bring their bluest material. With Aisha Tyler, Matt Braunger, Jay Oakerson, Mark Normand The Esther’s Follies stage is presented by …
Presenters
Aisha Tyler, Jay Oakerson, Mark Normand, Matt Braunger, Robert Kelly
Presented by The Laugh Button and Gotham Comedy Club, this show challenges comics to bring their bluest material. With Aisha Tyler, Matt Braunger, Jay Oakerson, Mark Normand The Esther’s Follies stage is presented by …
Presenters
Aisha Tyler, Jay Oakerson, Mark Normand, Matt Braunger, Robert Kelly

Take a time out to enjoy good tunes and complimentary food and drink at The Film Intermission Party presented by IMAX. This can’t-miss event officially celebrates the midway point of the Film Festival and the arrival of …

Presented by: BBC Radio 1's Huw Stephens & UKT&I (Badges and Wristbands Only)
"The mathy skronk of Battles, Foals’ wounded hearts and The xx’s sense of space, all tempered by a freeness of mind that only comes from breathing a dose of sea air each morning" NME “Everything Touching is an album t…


Presented by: ACM@UCO
Tallows formed in 2012 in Oklahoma City. Their first demo was released in November of 2012 and has been described as "Fleet Foxes with a backbone." The live show is guaranteed to be energetic and interesting.……


Presented by: Campfire Trails
The Weeks are an indie rock band from Mississippi whose cathartic output of songs stems from the same root: their geography and disadvantaged youth. Beginning In March of 2006, The Weeks, ages ranging between 14 and 16 y…

Presented by: 2013 MTV/VH1/CMT Present: Live in Austin (Badges and Wristbands Only)
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10:15 PM

Presented by: Cannon Steps Back
Derek recalls using a bunk bed as a mic stand before turning 21 and signing a record deal with an independent label... The appeal of southern Hip Hop has long been country vernacular over hard beats that keep heads b…


Presented by: Pitchfork
Hundred Waters was woven together under the spell of a viscous Floridian summer, from a home on its own in the woods amidst a city. The music sets sail into ancient seas, subtly shifting through worlds of howling silence…


Presented by: Pitchfork (Badges and Wristbands Only)
There’s little doubt that Marnie Stern lives up to her reputation as “the lady who shreds,” but for Marnie, shredding is not enough. After putting out three critically-acclaimed albums, Marnie could have gotten away with…

Presented by: Flaunt Magazine
VietNam make their long-awaited return with a new album, An American Dream, released on Mexican Summer this Feb of 2013. Micheal Gerner, the creative force behind VietNam, is back onstage for the first time in five year…
10:20 PM

Presented by: ONErpm
Of the many words that one might choose to define FETSUM’s long awaited debut, perhaps the most accurate is ‘global’. It’s an adjective that not only summarises the sound that he has fashioned since he first started writ…
10:30 PM

Presented by: iHeartRadio
In November 2009, the members of Adelaide, Australia’s Atlas Genius set about building a studio where they could write and record music for their newly formed band. For two years, brothers Keith, Steven, and Michael Jeff…


Jonathan Boulet was an accomplished first step for the Sydney native - recorded, played, sung, produced and mixed by a 21 year old in his parent's garage. On We Keep The Beat... Boulet has again taken the reins, but this…


Presented by: Nerdcore
Mikal kHill is an emcee, producer and multi-instrumentalist from Charlotte, NC. He is the founding member of The ThoughtCriminals, as well as the co-creator of the Browncoats Mixtape and Syltherin House Mixtape with Ada…



Presented by: K-Pop Night Out
Powered by raw vocals, razor guitars, and sharp suits, Korea's premier punk brigadiers < No Brain > have notched 3,000+ shows in over 15 years to stomp up K-Pop charts and march across Korean Music Award red carpets with…

The Chris Gethard Show is billed as "the most bizarre and often saddest talk show in New York City." It ran for over two years to sold out houses at the UCB Theater in New York, and now broadcasts live every Wednesday ni…
Presenters
Chris Gethard
The Chris Gethard Show is billed as "the most bizarre and often saddest talk show in New York City." It ran for over two years to sold out houses at the UCB Theater in New York, and now broadcasts live every Wednesday ni…
Presenters
Chris Gethard
The Chris Gethard Show is billed as "the most bizarre and often saddest talk show in New York City." It ran for over two years to sold out houses at the UCB Theater in New York, and now broadcasts live every Wednesday ni…
Presenters
Chris Gethard

Presented by: (Badges and Wristbands Only)
L.A.'s Wavves follow up their 2010 skuzz-pop masterstroke King of the Beach with Life Sux, the debut release from singer Nathan Williams' Ghost Ramp label. If the band's previous records were all about one man's self-loa…
10:35 PM

Presented by: Cannon Steps Back
Reese is a 25 year old rapper from Atlanta. In Nov 2012 he released his break through mixtape,"Reese vs the World 2," which gained him quite a growing buzz on the scene.The first single of the mixtape, "Molly," began the…


Presented by: The Warner Sound Captured by Nikon (Badges and Wristbands Only)
If you haven’t heard the buzz yet, let it be known that Chicago native Rockie Fresh isquickly becoming your next favorite rapper. Only 21-years-old and starting his music career just a few years ago, this young up-and-co…

10:45 PM

Presented by: Cirque du Soleil presents #EVOKE13 (Badges and Wristbands Only)
The formation of Divine Fits can be traced back to Britt Daniel attending a Handsome Furs show in 2007, seeing Dan Boeckner milling around and looking like like the type of guy that would talk to strangers. Britt acted o…
10:55 PM

Presented by: Cannon Steps Back
Philly phenom Gilbere Forte burst back on to the scene in 2012 with the release of "PRAY." A hypnotic track that has fans buzzing thanks to his dynamic performance on the mic and the stunning visual interpretation to mat…

11:00 PM

Presented by: BBC Radio 1's Huw Stephens & UKT&I (Badges and Wristbands Only)
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Akina Adderley & The Vintage Playboys is an Austin soul band whose unique sound blends elements of rock, funk, and old-school R&B. Front woman, vocalist, songwriter and band leader Akina Adderley lights up the stage as '…



Presented by: Antenna Farm Records
THE BLANK TAPES is the moniker of Los Angeles & San Francisco based musician & artist, Matt Adams, who has produced over 10 albums of 1960's psychedelic-surf-pop-folk-rock on an old 8 track cassette tape recorder in vari…


Brutal Juice formed in 1990, broke up in 1997 and has recently reformed to produce a new album. The sound is heavy with some bits of psychedelia. The live show is high energy and high volume. Bring earplugs. Brutal…



Presented by: The Nature Conservancy
Her voice is a flash to the heart. With her three albums, Still the Unknown (2008) and Illustrated Songs (2011), Postales (2012) and the EP, A Good Old Christmas (2010), we can give account of that, for the stunning, swe…

Presented by: SXSW FREE SHOW!!!
While most rockers willingly admit they started making music in an effort to obtain mere degree of fame, the members of Hooka Hey have a loftier mission. They create primal rock that reawakens forgotten senses with blues…


Presented by: ACM@UCO
orse Thief is a psychedelic folk rock band based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The band is formed of five guys who feel there’s a void in the music scene that needs to be filled. “Our music is about more than just th…

JDH from Brooklyn, NY runs the FIXED parties along with his partner Dave P, which have been running for over eight years. In 2012 he supported Simian Mobile Disco on their US tour, and in the past, has toured with Soulwa…


Presented by: Surefire Agency: SXSW FREE SHOW!!!
The popularity of bass-heavy dance music is spreading like wildfire across the world, with many producers crafting their own styles of dubstep, grime and garage. In the city of San Francisco, CA DJ/producer Kastle has cu…

Presented by: The Syndicate's Conflict Of Interest (Badges and Wristbands Only)
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Presented by: City of Austin: SXSW FREE SHOW!!!
Mother Falcon is an orchestral indie band born in Austin, Texas that has quickly become an award winning recording act and a top concert draw, performing in rock clubs while maintaining a presence in the performing arts …


Presented by: Bonsound / Scene 1425
Peter Peter’s self-titled first record made an impression in both anglo and francophone music scenes with its modern lo-fi vibe and moody lyrics. The Montreal native quickly gained recognition by participating in many pr…

"Reality Show" is a darkly comedic satire that follows the exploits of reality TV producer Mickey Wagner and his amoral attempt to re-invent the reality genre. Mickey's revolutionary idea is to pick an average family and…

Ruby Jane is a 17 year old singer, songwriter, guitar, and fiddle playing prodigy. The fiddle has been addicted to Ruby Jane since she was 2 years old. She was the youngest ever invited fiddler on the Grand Ole Opry. S…

2012 was a big year for The Sideshow Tragedy: in addition to continuing their tireless, never-ending tour of The United States, the band also completed their first European tour and released a new record, Persona. Record…



Spirit Family Reunion play homegrown American music to stomp, clap, shake and holler with. Ever since they started singing together on the street corners, farmer's markets and subway stations of New York City, their song…

Presented by: Pandora
When you think of Palm Beach, Florida, what comes to mind? Palm trees swaying gently in the balmy breeze? Scantily-clad bikini buxom babes rollerblading down an infinite slab of coral-colored concrete? How about anthemic…

Presented by: Red 11 Music
Times are tough for just about everyone these days, especially for those who live in what is often referred to as the “flyover states,” in the heart of the country. People have become tougher, their skins have grown thic…

Twigs & Yarn is an ambient, mixed-media folk duo based in Austin, Texas. Small children’s toys, found objects, field recordings, clinking cans, guitars and a variety of other homemade items comprise their subtle textured…


Presented by: Sounds From Chile
Indie rock 3 piece band from Santiago, Chile. Formed in 2009, the band has released "The Grand EP" (2009), "Chasing Lights EP" (2010), and the singles "Save me" (2011) and "Do you remember the first time?" (2011). In dec…


Presented by: Hill Country Live
SAVANNAH WELCH Listen to Savannah Welch sing onstage or on record today, especially when knowing a thing or two about the musical family she grew up in, and it’s understandable how one could mistakenly assume she’s be…

Western Medication formed in December 2011 in Nashville, TN. After sticking Justin Landis with hundreds of acupuncture needles, his doctor warned him in a thick Chinese accent, “No more western meds!” A decade of masking…


Presented by: Little Brother Music
“The White Buffalo” is truly American music that paints a portrait of a complicated yet creative culture. From the struggles and glory of the old West, to the hopes, dreams and sorrows of modern day life, these songs cut…


Presented by: 2013 MTV/VH1/CMT Present: Live in Austin (Badges and Wristbands Only)
Inspired by the Herman Wouk novel of the same name, Youngblood Hawke was born out of late night creative musings between longtime friends Sam Martin and Simon Katz. Exhausted by two years of touring with their former ban…
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Ol’ Dirty chose his moniker because there was no father to his bastard style. Young Fathers earn theirs by making something so fresh it doesn’t yet have a name. These are three fellas from Edinburgh who’ve been working t…

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Presented by: Cannon Steps Back
Already widely respected for his work behind the boards, Chase N. Cashe is on the brink of transitioning into the elite group of dually talented artists with an already hefty production resume. Born Jesse Woodard IV …
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Presented by: The Warner Sound Captured by Nikon (Badges and Wristbands Only)
A raunchy, cylinder-shaped ginger of Eastern European ancestry might not be the first dude you'd peg for rap stardom, but that's exactly the mantle Action Bronson is on the verge of possessing. Over the last two years, t…

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Presented by: Cirque du Soleil presents #EVOKE13 (Badges and Wristbands Only)
Since 1984, Cirque du Soleil has brought wonder and delight to more than 100 million spectators in more than 40 countries in more than 300 cities on six continents. Cirque du Soleil has 5,000 employees, including more th…

Presented by: ONErpm
Emicida grew up in the northern area of the city of Sao Paulo, listening , at home, mostly to hip hop music. His carreer as a MC started in 2006, when he sang his first rhymes in freestyle battles (improvised rhymes) und…


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Japandroids is a two piece band from Vancouver, BC. This ‘band’ started in 2006 and consists of Brian King and David Prowse. Originally intending to be a trio, the boys decided to forego the logistical nightmare of havin…

Presented by: K-Pop Night Out
A legend in the 90s Korean indie scene, former Rainy Sun lead singer, Jeong Cha Sik, has transformed into a critically-acclaimed solo artist who channels his haunting ghost in the shell musings through a mesmerizing, mus…

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HEARTTHROB By Tom Perrotta It’s hard to have a long career in pop music. Just ask all the one-hit wonders and sophomore slumpers, all the sure things who turned out to be yesterday’s news. It’s hard to keep a band t…
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Spearheading the chicago music scene the L.E.P.Bogus Boys are in rare form and ready to take over the industry. With the success of their highly acclaimed Mixtapes "Don't Feed Da Killaz Vol.3" and "Now or Neva" it wa…

Presented by: Nerdcore
Schaffer the Darklord (or STD) is a New York City-based rapper and comedian with material best-suited for brainy and/or drug-addled audiences. With manic energy, verbose vocabulary and cartoonishly commanding stage prese…

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Recently fired and facing eviction, a new dad has his life turned upside down when he meets a wealthy couple who offer a path to financial security... but at a price.…

Beautiful vampire Djuna (Josephine de La Baume) tries to resist the advances of the handsome, human screenwriter Paolo (Milo Ventimiglia), but eventually gives in to their passion. When her troublemaker sister Mimi (Roxa…
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Presented by: Red 11 Music
Raleigh, NC – In the business of music, many are called and many may try, but few cross the threshold of being able to say they are truly committed for the long haul. With the upcoming release of their latest studio alb…

Presented by: City of Austin: SXSW FREE SHOW!!!
Since emerging as a favorite new live band out of Austin TX in the late 2000s, the Band of Heathens has toured relentlessly, building a devoted following and landing on some of the finest stages in music. Over three stud…


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welcome to the beautifully strange world of colourmusic, a place where concept albums — an lp named my _____ is pink in this case—have nothing to do with structured narratives or loosely-linked lyrics. more like musical …


Conveyor is a Brooklyn-based music project spawned by the fated juncture of a wandering tarot of musicians in Gainesville, FL. Was it kismet or perhaps a primordial summon which led these gentlemen purveyors of sound to …



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Tom Edwards, Matt Benyayer and Carlo Anderson together make up the London based production and DJ unit Dark Sky. Having met at music college, Dark Sky formed in 2009 out of a mutual love for the ever evolving London elec…

Who is Fed of Me? Well...they are the next band you're going to be shoving down your friends throat once you listen to this 5 piece prog/metal band from south Texas! With guitar riffs from Jacob Vasquez and Jay Cavazos t…


Presented by: Sounds From Chile
Gepe is the alias of Daniel Riveros, Chilean musician surprised the press and public after the successful release of their first album "Gepinto" (Quemasucabeza, 2005). The album featured a new reading of folklore through…
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Joe Banfi is a boy with a guitar but he’s more than just a lonesome acoustic troubadour. He’s not just a singer-songwriter, either, nor is he simply a musician with a voice. Here is someone whose intention it is to have …


Presented by: The Nature Conservancy
Anti- Records is proud to announce the release of Kelly Hogan’s extraordinary new solo album I Like To Keep Myself In Pain. This Atlanta native is a beloved figure throughout the contemporary music landscape, and a multi…

"Austin's K.O.S.L. combines sizzling post-punk impressionism with breathy, boy/girl vocal interplay channelling darkness and romance in equal parts... psychedlic organ heightens the eeriness... incanting Tangerine Dream …


The Last Bison is anything but typical. The seven-member ensemble led by Ben Hardesty has seemingly risen from the marshes of southeastern Virginia to captivate the national music scene with a rare blend of folk that is …


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Started with Kanye West, Worked with Cash Money, Guided by No ID and The Legendary Traxster. Those that know...KNOW. Get in the know. Join The Movement.……

When you’re as naturally talented and driven as Carré Callaway is, it’s easy to get ahead of yourself. As a young girl growing up in Denver Colorado, it was always clear that she was going places, and getting there fast.…

Presented by: The Syndicate's Conflict Of Interest (Badges and Wristbands Only)
The album marks the band’s first outing as a four piece with members Wes Miles on vocals, Milo Bonacci on guitar, Mathieu Santos on bass and Rebecca Zeller on violin forming the core of the group. Beta Love’s songs are i…


Presented by: Little Brother Music
There is an elusive sweet spot at the crossroads where soul music, country, and rock’n’roll intersect, and the Austin, TX-based band Shurman hits that bulls-eye dead on. The band has gained a reputation as a “must see li…


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Naming their sophomore album Developer is a bold move for the still-young band Social Studies. But it is as apt a descriptor as you're likely to find for how the sound of this San Francisco-based five-piece has flourishe…



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"Just saw these dudes in a basement the other night. Great show, they sound like what being a teenager feels like." -some dude on weirdcanada.com……

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Something Fierce is a three-piece punk/pop band from Houston, Texas whose music combines the sound and attitude of first- wave 1977 punk with an energy and outlook that's thoroughly contemporary, updating the attack of t…

New for 2013: Wanting to unwind after hitting the nightly parties or spending the day in the theaters? Swing back by the InterContinental Bar to check in on the action.……

Presented by: Hill Country Live
Let’s not mince words here: It’s been a godawful long while since the last time Terry Allen released a collection of new songs. Maybe not record-breaking long — some of his peers in the Texas songwriter and Americana fie…

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Willy Moon doesn’t like to waste time. His debut album, Here’s Willy Moon, is less than 29 minutes long. Only one of its 12 songs lasts more than three minutes and not a single note is squandered. No bets were hedged dur…
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Presented by: Flaunt Magazine
Depending on whom you ask, Matthew Dear is a DJ, a dance-music producer, an experimental pop artist, a bandleader. He co-founded both Ghostly International and its dancefloor offshoot, Spectral Sound. He’s had remixes co…

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Presented by: The Warner Sound Captured by Nikon (Badges and Wristbands Only)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, a duo from Seattle, Washington, have emerged as a premier national hip-hop group known for their electrifying live shows, expertly crafted music, and innovative music videos and media. After year…
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The original mastermind of Nerdcore Hip-Hop and still its Final Boss, MC Frontalot (nee Damian Hess) takes great pleasure in identifying himself as a professional rapper in polite conversation. Frontalot has released fiv…



Presented by: Cirque du Soleil presents #EVOKE13 (Badges and Wristbands Only)
Sam Spiegel is a music producer, composer, music director, flim director and DJ. In 2006 Sam produced the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s sophomore record, Show Your Bones, which was named "Album of the Year" by the likes of Rolling…
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Presented by: Cannon Steps Back
Born Chauncey Hollis, on May 21, 1987 in Pasadena, California, he is the son of Chauncey Hollis SR. and Tanisha Benford. Hit-Boy got his start on *Myspace when he received a message from Polow Da Don stating simply: "Let…

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The formation of Divine Fits can be traced back to Britt Daniel attending a Handsome Furs show in 2007, seeing Dan Boeckner milling around and looking like like the type of guy that would talk to strangers. Britt acted o…

Presented by: K-Pop Night Out
Award-winning trio Galaxy Express formed in 2006 in Seoul, South Korea and immediately began attracting attention with their tightly wound blend of garage rock, punk, and psychedelic sounds and explosive performances. …


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One would be hard-pressed to find another independent rapper more courageously accomplished than Lecrae, lyricist and co-CEO of Reach Records. Truly self-made, the Houston, Texas native has done what the average music ar…

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In just a few years, Vito De Luca, the Italian-Belgian producer behind Aeroplane, has established himself as party-starting DJ, remixer du jour -with his spacious cosmic-disco remakes of Grace Jones (William’s Blood), Fr…


The Amplified Heat approach to rock and roll music is just straight and true. No special effects, no stunt doubles, no gimmicks. Just three brothers collectively creating a sound, an image, a feeling, an experience that …


Presented by: BBC Radio 1's Huw Stephens & UKT&I (Badges and Wristbands Only)
Bastille have moved away from the common output being churned out by indie bands to create pop songs that are absorbing and genre defining without ever being formulaic. The origins of Bastille lie in the creative mind of…

While pioneering the genre of ballroom rock, the band has continually won fans over with their emotionally-driven yet upbeat songs that playfully strike a balance between the alternative and organic. With a revitalized s…



Presented by: The Syndicate's Conflict Of Interest (Badges and Wristbands Only)
Since their modest beginnings as four guys who drove around southern California with their gear in their cars, practicing wherever they could steal a space, Cold War Kids have always exhibited two qualities in their musi…

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Elijah Ford is a California native turned Austin based musician who began his solo career after breaking from touring with Oscar & Grammy winner Ryan Bingham. Ford put out his first solo record Upon Waking in 2011 and hi…


Elle King sounds like Billie Holiday having a shot of whiskey with Johnny Cash. She loves banjos and hobos. Born in Ohio and raised in Brooklyn, Elle retains her roots in a style that blends those worlds of both grit and…


Presented by: Red 11 Music
“There has always been pop music, but country music was always the avenue out of adolescence and into the grown up world with grown up issues like responsibilities and family. Someone’s got to keep it alive, to preser…


Presented by: Surefire Agency: SXSW FREE SHOW!!!
JETS – JETS EP (LSR004) Artist: JETS (Jimmy Edgar & Machinedrum/Travis Stewart) Label: Leisure System Country of label: Germany Country of artists: USA Nr.: LSR004 Format: 12" / digital 1. / a1: In her City - …

Presented by: 2013 MTV/VH1/CMT Present: Live in Austin (Badges and Wristbands Only)
"I take walks a lot," says Jim James, "and as I walk, songs kind of build in my mind, and I start adding and subtracting things. So I had a full vision for a lot of the songs on this album before I even recorded one note…


Washington Post "Austin-based La Snacks sound like they might be slackers. That's not a bad thing, mind you. The band's casual songs aren't packed with effects or a bevy of sounds to try to convince you of its members…


COME FLY WITH US! (Reuters) These are some of the interesting things you’ll see on your next long distance flight, courtesy of My Education: -Bukowski’s gin-soaked bars, where Mickey Rourke orders more libations fo…



Nicki Bluhm wasn’t always Nicki Bluhm. It all began one New Year’s Eve party. Impressed with the talents of Nicki’s performance when asked to play an impromptu blues song, musician/producer Tim Bluhm (The Mother Hips…

Presented by: Flaunt Magazine
Nicolas Jaar was born in NY but quickly relocated to Santiago de Chile in the 90s only to come back to his birth place as a teenager. Haunted by Mulatu Astatke and Erik Satie, Nico started to make organic electronic musi…

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Paper Lions are an indie rock band from Belfast, PEI whose music shines with sunny melodies and tales of lost youth. Equally influenced by the clear voiced harmonies of the Beach Boys and the clanging guitars of modern r…


Presented by: Campfire Trails
Yes, it’s true. Yes, it’s true. The Polyphonic Spree began July 15, 2000 as one man’s desire to hear a sound he dreamt about; before most bands over the last decade, that are often compared in sound and vision to th…


Presented by: Sounds From Chile
Protistas began during the spring of 2008 with Alvaro Solar (vocals and guitar) and Andres Acevedo (drums, vocals). Later joined Julian Salas (guitar, vocals), Alejandro Palacios (bass and trumpet) and Greg Sebastian (ke…

Presented by: City of Austin: SXSW FREE SHOW!!!
Taylor Muse sang those words in 2011 and the time has certainly come for his anthemic Austin pop-rock band. Formed in 2005 Muse (guitar/vocals) and his bandmates have spent much of the last year in increasingly rarefied …



Presented by: The Nature Conservancy
Ryan Bingham is an Oscar-winning singer/songwriter, born in New Mexico but raised all across the Southwestern United States. Bingham set out on his own at a young age, shuffling from town to town and performing gigs at l…


'90's industrial kingpins, Skrew, have stripped off their exoskeleton to reveal an unholy bastion of extreme metal for an Antichrist nation. This angry metal machine is back with more psalms of destruction in a world ove…


Presented by: Antenna Farm Records
So Many Wizards, a dynamic four piece from Los Angeles, has been causing a stir with furious live performances and a sound that Aquarium Drunkard describes as an “enigmatic blend of pop, rock, ballads, and zany nuggets” …



Presented by: ONErpm
The first releases by Suie Paparude - between 1995 and 1998 ( the first LPs Suie Paparude (1995) and Salveaza-te (1997), and the 1998 EP Musca) wear engraved in their soul and tempo the rave period harmonic curves of pe…


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Presented by: Nerdcore
MC Lars wrote his first rap song when he was 16, a hip-hop take on William Shakespeare's Macbeth called "Rapbeth". Little did he know, he would later be able to turn this into a career writing rap songs about books. Af…


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Presented by: Pitchfork (Badges and Wristbands Only)
If there is one person, who has been causing a stir on the international club circuit recently, it is Barcelona's John Talabot. Already his debut “My Old School“ (which is meant literally by the way) on Permanent Vacatio…
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Presented by: Cannon Steps Back
Rappers have been rhyming about hustling, living in the ghetto and the perils of street life since the dawn of Hip Hop. But what distinguishes Freeway, is his unique approach to tackling these subjects. Freeway neither…
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Presented by: K-Pop Night Out
Biography Providing an electric sounding shock to the system of K-pop for the past couple of years has been music giant SM Entertainment’s f(x), a multi-national, all-female, quaking quintet. The name is a play on the m…
