Fans of Austin's famous SXSW interactive/film/music festival can now register for 2007's monster event. With attendance claims of over 100,000 attendees for last years festival, SXSW has rapidly(after 21 years?) become Austin's IT event of the year for internet, film, and music professionals and fans alike.
Last years event had surprise artists like the Beastie Boys, Flaming Lips, and Gang of Four popping up unannounced at local clubs, among the thousands of other scheduled bands performing every day and night. Personal highlights for me last year include getting to ask Henry Rollins a question at his interview, having lunch with Owen Wilson (Party Crashers) as well as discovering The Zico Chain (poised to be a major breakout band, their upcoming release produced by Joe Baresi who produced for Tool and Hole) and seeing The Pretenders after so long again.
Attendees that register early get a real break on price and first crack at the available hotels so if you plan on attending now would be the time. Even if you don't register for the festival there are probably just as many non-SXSW bands performing at the same time at non-SXSW venues all over downtown.
2007 promises to be a real zoo. Hope to see you there. And yes. We are planning on handing out FREE club kingsnake T-Shirts on a scale so vast that it frightens our accountants. If you will be attending, reply here and when the time comes we will let you know when and where the shirts will be handed out. If your band is performing at a SXSW event and would like to work with us to increase your audience, contact me directly.
For more information on how YOU can attend SXSW please go to
http://www.sxsw.com
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