Presenting our highlights for the (sniff) final day of SXSW festivities. Here’s hoping our tired little legs can handle the home stretch.

DAY PARTIES

Rachel Ray’s Feedback Party
10:30a.m.–4 p.m. • Stubb’s
Free booze, food, and music by Wanda Jackson, The Bravery, Tapes & Tapes, Royal Bangs, etc.
RSVP required; now closed; line likely to be ridiculous

Free show at Auditorium Shores
11am
Man Man, Ozomatli,  Bright Eyes, Groundwork Music Orchestra, March Forth Marching Band, Kurt Vile & the Violators, Middle Brother, Felice Brothers
Free, no RSVP required

Reverb Party
11am–7pm • Parkside
Brunch and mimosas
Warm Ghost, Paper Bird, Callers, Woodsman, Delicate Steve, Wire Faces, Natural Selection
RSVP requested; still open

Mess With Texas
11:30am • East Side Drive In
Dead Milkmen, !!!, Odd Future, Surfer Blood, The Dodos, Ted Leo, Deer Tick, and many others
RSVP requested; still open

Filter’s Culture Collide
11:30am-6pm • Cedar Street Courtyard
Little Dragon, The Naked and Famous, Datarock, etc.
Free BBQ
RSVP required; now closed

MPress Fest
12-5pm • Soho Lounge, 217 E. 6th Street
Free food, drinks and giveaways
RSVP required; now closed

The Axis of Audio and Knuckle Rumbler Present …
12-8pm • Peckerheads
Astronautalis, Greenhornes, etc.
Free drinks +tacos
RSVP for free entry

BAMM.tv Presents: “No Badge, No Prob” Fan Appreciation Party
12-6pm • Palm Door, 401 Sabine Street
Open bar
RSVP required; now closed

Do512 and Shiner Present: The Big One
Noon-10pm • Hotel Vegas, 1500 E. 6th Street
Empires, Who Made Who, The Lines, Solid Gold, Hands, Lance Herbstrong, Beats Antique, etc.
Free Shiner + Deep Eddy Vodka
RSVP for free entry

Vita.mn Party
Noon–6pm • Beauty Bar   
Hastings 3000, Phantom Tails, Pink Mink, Doomtree Collective, The Book of Right On, the 4onthefloor, Caroline Smith and the Goodnight Sleeps, Jeremy Messersmith, Haley Bonar, etc.
Free food while it lasts
RSVP requested; now closed

Hoedown at the Highball
Noon–2am • Highball
The Governors, Jenny and the Corn Ponies, JWW and the Prospectors, Ruby Dee and the Snakehandlers, Eric Hisaw & Chrissy Flatt, Mike and the Moonpies, etc.
RSVP for free entry

The Fader Fort by Fiat
1–8pm • Pine Street Station
Lil B, Bon Iver, Killer Mike, Machine Gun Kelly, The Cool Kids, James Blake
Free beer & mixed drinks; great bands
RSVP required, now closed (make sure to pick up your wristband outside the venue)

PureVolume House Party
2–8pm • PureVolume House, 3rd and Trinity
Voxhaul Broadcast, Augustana, Halos, Brahms, James Vincent McMorrow
RSVP for PureVolume required (make sure to pick up your PureVolume badge)

Dickies @ SXSW
3pm–7pm • Lustre Pearl
Okkervil River, Tapes N Tapes, Pac Div, Asobe Seksu
RSVP required; now closed



NIGHT PARTIES

Impose Presents: The Austin Imposition II
8pm–2am • The Longbranch Inn, 1133 E. 11th St.
RSVP still open

IHeartComix & Fool’s Gold Present: Past Yo Bedtime
Midnight-4am • Highland Mall
Childish Gambino, Penguin Prison, A-Trak, Treasure Fingers, Das Racist, Surf Club, etc.
RSVP not required

Vice Kills Texas
Midnight-6am • Starr Bldg, 111 W 6th
Odd Future, Off!, Thee Oh Sees
RSVP required; now closed

Stereogum Last Night Party
11pm-4am • PureVolume House, 3rd and Trinity
Das Racist, Cults, Owen Pallet, Puro Instinct
RSVP for PureVolume required (make sure to pick up your PureVolume badge)

Ahhh, the first day of SXSW Music. To some, this is the first “real” day of SXSW. But from the geeks at Interactive and the fanboys of Film to those who just enjoy drinking free beverages, this day is just the midpoint in nine nonstop days of partying. No matter what crowd you’re in, SXSW Wednesday—also St. Patrick’s Day this year—signifies the beginning of a wave of parties that require you to RSVP in advance.

To that end, we want to hook you up with a list of events that you should sign up for—TODAY—if you want to mingle with the who’s-who of weeknight drinkers. (This is the first post in a series that’ll take you thru the list of RSVPs each day of the fest). Note that these are the OFFICIAL links to the RSVP forms. Some of you might think, “Hey, I already clicked ‘Attending’ on Facebook. Isn’t that enough?’” No. In most cases, it isn’t. Click these links for the real deal. Some of you might think, “Pshh. I’m real cool and RSVP’d for everything like 4 months ago.” First of all, shut yo mouth. Then, just use this handy list to make sure you got signed up for errrrrything. Don’t get left out!

This list doesn’t have the lowdown on the freebies or band lineups; those will come the day of the events, once you’re safely on the guest list. Right? RIGHT? No telling when these lists will be closed, so get to it!


Pure Volume House
Pretty much all damn day
5th and Trinity
NOTE: RSVP closes tonight at midnight!

Gigacrate
9pm-2am
Beso Cantina, 307 W 5th Street

Paste Magazine Day Parties
11:30am-5:30pm
Wednesday and Thursday
Galaxy Room, 507 E. 6th St.

Senari and Couch Sessions
8pm-2am
Speakeasy, 412 Congress Avenue

Get Your Green On
2pm
Hole in the Wall

Radio RNR/Ustream
2pm-2am
Wednesday and Thursday
EMAIL: guestlist@radiornr.com

Hype Machine: Lose Control
Noon-2am
Wednesday-Saturday
Vice, 6th Street & San Jacinto

The San Diego Hoe-Down
3-8pm
EMAIL: SDSxSW@San.rr.com

All Together Now
Noon-5pm
Wednesday-Saturday
Bayou Lounge, 500 6th Street @ Neches

IAmSound Records
7pm-2am
Malverde, 400 W. 2nd St.

The Rumbler Lounge: Body Parts
1-8pm
Peckerheads, 402 E. 6th St.

Austin Fleadh
Noon-10pm
216 4th St. at San Jacinto

So it’s Sunday. So what? It’s also SXSW, so get your ass out there. As per usual, all of these events require no badge, but some do require RSVP, so make sure to take care of that.

Oh, and I gotta give special shoutouts to @wornwhite, @mypartaypeeps, @SXSWFreeNOMS and various other peeps for being on top of their games when it comes to finding free ish. Respeck.


Glass Happy Hour
5-8pm
Drink tickets first-come, first-served
Ginger Man, 301 Lavaca Street
RSVP required on Facebook page

GeoBash
8pm-4am
Music by SAVOY, Shinobi Ninja, McAlister Drive and the Wandas
Pure Volume House, 5th and Trinity
RSVP required

Octopus Project, Man or Astro-Man?, Woven Bones, Flosstradamus
8pm
Free show! No RSVP
Mohawk, 912 Red River

(RV)IP Lounge
Arrives at Mohawk at 8pm, will move around throughout the night. Follow @rviplounge for location updates.
Free karaoke, open bar. No RSVP.
The Mohawk, 912 Red River

WhoLinkstoMe Pro Launch Party
8pm
Free beer and live music
Union Park, 612 W. 6th St.
RSVP required

Second Sunday Sock Hop: Sock by Sock West
9pm
R&B, soul, rock n’ roll dance party
$5 cover, no RSVP
Shangri La, 1016 E. 6th St.

Beauty Bar Vodka Launch Party
9pm-2am
Free vodka from 9-10pm; Music by Gaslamp Killer; No RSVP
Beauty Bar, 617 East 7th St.

Late Night With Cheezburger
10pm-1am
Note: RSVP is closed; we’ll give updates on capacity
Karaoke, cheezburgers, one free drink
Cedar Door, 201 Brazos St.

Secret Wine Party
Midnight til Double Question Marks
The mysterious #secretwineparty is hosted by Gary Vaynerchuk. All we know now is that the party is mobile, will start at midnight and will move to at least three locations. We will update as new details come in.
No RSVP