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)

Here are today’s SXSW free party highlights. As always, everything below is open to the badgeless/wristbandless, but some required RSVPs (where noted). Also, you’re going to want to get to these parties as early as possible. Check our Twitter feed for updates. Party on!

DAY PARTIES

SpokesBuzz Fort Collins
10:30am-6pm • The 512, 408 E 6th St.
Free New Belgium Beer, margaritas and food
RSVP required, still open

Filter’s Culture Collide Party
11:30am-6pm • Cedar Street Courtyard
Free BBQ
RSVP required; now closed

AV Club Austin’s March Into Softness
Noon-6pm • Mohawk
Free beer + Starbucks
Low, Baths, Ted Leo, Sharon Van Etten, etc.
RSVP email: avclubRSVP@theonion.com

The Loyalty Firm & The Boxing Lesson Unofficial SXSW Event
Noon-10pm • Guero’s, 1412 South Congress
RSVP now closed

Standard Recording Co.’s Craftacular Music Carnivale
Noon-8pm • Gypsy Lounge, 1504 E. 6th St.
Free drinks
RSVP for priority entry; still open

MOKB Glitter Taco Smoosh Party
Noon–8pm • Peckerheads
Free drinks and tacos
RSVP now closed

Front Gate Tickets SXSW Morning After Party
Noon–5pm • Front Gate Tickets, 1711 S. Congress
Free tacos + bloody marys   
Miami Horror, Eli Paper Boy Reed, Beats Antique, etc.
RSVP required; still open

BAMM.tv Presents: “No Badge, No Prob” App Launch Party
Noon -6pm • Palm Door
Open bar
RSVP required; now closed

Requiemme Mgmt and Devildoll Booking Day Party
Noon-7pm • Aquarium
Free beer from Lagunitas Brewing
No RSVP required

Vanguard and Sugar Hill Records SXSW Day Party
Noon-6pm • The Belmont, 305 W 6th St.
Free Hansen’s Soda, swag
The Gourds, Matt Nathanson, etc.
RSVP required; still open

Rhapsody Rocks Austin
Noon-6pm • Club De Ville
Free beer; Music by Deerhunter, Glasser, Small Black, etc.
RSVP required; now closed

Frye Days at SXSW
Noon–5:30 p.m. • Speakeasy, 412 D Congress
The One AM Radio, Those Dancing Days, Agnes Obel, etc.
RSVP required; still open

Baeblemusic Takes On Texas
Noon–7 • The Phoenix
Datarock, The Boxer Rebellion, The Rural Alberta Advantage, etc.
RSVP required; still open

Terrace Party at the W Hotel
1–6pm • The W
Dirty Vegas, Oh Land, Grouplove, Zowie, Theophilus London, etc.
RSVP required; now closed

The Fader Fort by Fiat
1–8pm • Pine Street Station
Free beer & mixed drinks; great bands
RSVP required, now closed (make sure to pick up your wristband outside the venue)

MidCoast Takeover
2pm–2am • The Liberty, 1618 E 6th St.
Free beer
RSVP requested; still open

Dickies @ SXSW
3pm–1am • Lustre Pearl
Gayngs, Black Lips, Little Dragon, Noah and the Whale, Dum Dum Girls, etc.
RSVP required; now closed

BUZZNET Kiss Me Deadly Party
2–8pm • PureVolume House, 3rd and Trinity
Kerli, The Sounds, Eisley, Kitten, The Indecent; (all ages show)
RSVP for PureVolume required (make sure to pick up your PureVolume badge)


LATE NIGHT

Hype Machine After Hours
11pm–4am • PureVolume House
Clock Opera, Baths, Jonquil, Jamie Woon, Mount Kimbie
RSVP for PureVolume required (make sure to pick up your PureVolume badge)

IHeartComix & Fool’s Gold Present: Past Yo Bedtime
Midnight-4am • Secret location TBA
RSVP still open


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Are y’all ready to get the real party started? Here is our list of free events to kick off the first day of SXSW Music in style. Everything listed below is open to the badgeless/wristbandless, but several of the parties require RSVPs — many of which are now closed, so hopefully you checked out our roundups last week. We recommend showing up early to make sure you get in; we’ll provide updates on wait times via our Twitter feed as we hear about them.

Have fun!

DAY PARTIES

IAMSOUND
11:30am–6pm • Shangri-La   
Friendly Fires, Foster the People, Theophilus London, Mount Kimbie, DOM, Newvillager
DJ Sets by Local Natives
Free Sailor Jerry Rum
RSVP required; now closed

Paste Party
11:30am–8pm • 508 E 6th
Free Qdoba burritos
RSVP still open

BridgeClubMusic Day Party
11:30am–6pm • The Liberty, 1618 1/2 East 6th St.
The Hood Internet, Neiliyo, Penguin Prison, Keepaway, etc.
Free beer
Free; no RSVP required
 
Brooklyn Vegan Day Party
Noon–6pm • Emo’s
Surfer Blood, Mister Heavenly, The Vaccines , Chiddy Bang, Darwin Deez, A Place To Bury Strangers, Turbo Fruits, Anamanaguchi
Free drinks and food
Free, No RSVP required

Glitoris vs BIGSTEREO
Noon-6pm • Barbarella
WhoMadeWho, RAC DJs, Database, T.E.E.D., Wolf Gang, Young Empires, The Good Natured, etc.
RSVP for priority; still open
 
San Diego invades Austin
Noon-6pm • Lustre Pearl
Free tacos and beer
RSVP required; still open

Eat Your Own Ears | Windish Agency / Austinist SXSW Opening Day Party
Noon–6pm • Mohawk, 912 Red River
Cloud Control, Cloud Nothings, Foster the People, Givers, Hanni El Khatib, Noah & the Whale, Royal Bangs, The Holidays, Twin Shadow
Free; no RSVP required

Texas Jumpstart Party
Noon–6pm • Hole in the Wall, 2538 Guadalupe
Ezra Furman & The Harpoons, Country Mice, Sleeptalkers, Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers, Hollerado, Gay Blades, The Midgetmen
Free with RSVP; still open

IODA’s Opening Day Bash
Noon–6pm • Emos’ Annex, 603 Red River
Gold Panda, Beach Fossils, Typhoon, The Bewitched Hands, True Widow, Aphasia, Weekend, Fredrik, Queen Sea Big Shark, Geographer
No RSVP; all ages; free and open to the public

Flavorpill + The MuseBox + I Rock I Roll + The Bell House NY are AUSTIN BFFs
Noon-6pm • Lipstick 24
RSVP required; now closed

Tiger Mountain and Noise Pop Present: Brooklyn vs. The Bay
Noon-6pm • Red Eyed Fly
Open bar
RSVP required; now closed

Baeblemusic Takes On Texas
Noon-7pm • The Phoenix
The Knux, Opio, Casual and DJ Toure of the Hieroglyphics, Sims, Jim-E-O, Cadence Weapon, K-Flay
RSVP required; still open
 
Terrorbird Media & Force Field PR Party
Noon–6pm • Red 7
Cloud Nothings, Pictureplane, Toro y Moi
Free, no RSVP required
 
Eventbrite Party
1-7pm • Empire Auto
Free Dos Equis and Firefly Vodka
RSVP required; now closed

The Fader Fort by Fiat
1-8pm • Pine Street Station
Free beer & mixed drinks; great bands
RSVP required, now closed (make sure to pick up your wristband outside the venue)

PureVolume House
2–7pm; Midnight–4am • 504 Trinity
Early show: Anthony Green, The New Regime, Twin Atlantic, Grand Tarantula
Late show: Drop The Lime, Moby, Telephoned, Oberhofer
RSVP & PureVolume badge required

Gettin’ Frunk as Duck
2–8pm • Peckerheads
Free tacos & beer
RAC, Adventure, Millionyoung, Toubab Krewe, Houses, STRFKR, T Bird & The Breaks; etc.
Free with RSVP; still open


EVENING

Dance Your Face Off! and Slopnessmonster.com SXSW Showcase
7pm–2am • District 301
Free Lone Star beer (while it lasts)
RSVP required; still open

MTV Woodie Awards
8:30pm–2am • Austin Music Hall
Sleigh Bells, Two Door Cinema Club, Foo Fighters; hosted by Donald Glover
RSVP required, now closed

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Week
10pm–2am • Chupacabra Cantina
Free drinks
Zoobombs, Operator Please, Some Community, Ice Black Birds
To get on the list, you have to “Like” their Facebook page

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Still looking for plans to celebrate the first Saturday of SXSW 2011? Here are some highlights of parties that you can get into without badges or wristbands. All RSVPs are still open as of 3pm today, except for the IFC House.

Domo, Yobongo, Soundtrckr & Who’s Free Want To Buy You a Drink
5–7pm • Ten Oak, 409 Colorado Ave. • No RSVP Required
Free drinks

Friends of Refresh
6–9 p.m. • Valhalla on Red River • RSVP Required

“Think & Drink” In Austin   
7pm–2am • Scoot Inn, E. 4th and Neches • RSVP Required
Networking, Drinking, Smoking, Cussing, Micro Brews, Massive Burgers
DJs from Mister Heavenly

Ning Presents: Mogwee
8pm–2am • Mohawk, 912 Red River • Ning Registration & RSVP Required
Washed Out, DJ Premier, Black Joe Lewis, Rac DJs, The Limousines, DJ Aaron Axelsen
Free booze to be had (especially if you download the Mogwee iPhone app)

Diggnation Live!
8p - 1a • Stubb’s BBQ, 801 Red River Street • No RSVP Required
“Beer, magic and the best kind of debauchery”
Magician Brian Brushwood of Scam School, Indie rock duo Bad Veins, and DJ Mike Relm

Copyblogger Presents: An Indelicate Diversion
9pm–3am • Beauty Bar • No RSVP Required
Open bar from 9–10pm; must give them the password “PREMISE” at the door

IFC Crossroads House
3–10pm • 7th and Brazos • IFC wristband required (hopefully you’ve picked yours up; if not, your next chance is Wednesday)
Tonight: VYou Video In Your Pocket party; free beer; music by This Will Destroy You

PureVolume House: SXSW Kick Off Party
10pm-4am • PV House, 5th and Brazos • RSVP & PureVolume Badge Required
RSVP is still open, and you don’t need a SXSW badge. Just pick up your PureVolume badge at the house between 4–9pm.
Open bar.

TV on the Radio? Sleigh Bells? Open bar and video games at the venue of last year’s Perez party? Yes please. To RSVP, email rsvp@zynga.com.

(Thanks to @wornwhite for the tip)

With just a few days left before the madness begins, we’re layin’ another batch of SXSW RSVPs on you. This time around, we’ve got 19 20 MORE open bar parties (on top of the 27 in our first post), plus a list of some of the other top-notch events of the week. Get awn it!

Multiple Days
The Fader Fort by Fiat
Wed. 3/16 through Sat. 3/19 • 1-8pm • Pine Street Station
Free beer & mixed drinks; great bands. Don’t miss this one.

SXSW Tailgate Party
Fri. 3/11, Sat. 3/12, Sun. 3/13 • 11am–1pm • Parking lot at 1st & Red River
Free drinks, BBQ, and video games

Friday, March 11
PathCrosser w/ Moxie Presents: Questlove
9pm-2am • Scoot Inn
Free drink if you download the app

Ignite Social Media Party
7pm • Molotov & The Dogwood, 715 West 6th Street
Free drinks + food

Saturday, March 12
Copyblogger Presents: An Indelicate Diversion
9pm–3am • Beauty Bar
Open bar for the first hour; they will email a password once you RSVP

Sunday, March 13
Awesomest Journalism Party Ever
4–7 p.m. • 422 Congress Ave.
Free booze, music by Quiet Company

Boxee SXSW Kegger
1-5pm • Boxee RV (?)
Free BBQ & drinks

Get Down Party at the PureVolume House
10pm-4am • PureVolume House
Free food & drinks


Monday, March 14
Architek One Presents: Pop. Art. Drop.
4pm-1am • Fado Irish Pub
Free drinks

Thrillist Takes Over SXSW
10pm-2am • Antone’s
Free drinks, music by Royal Bangs, Hugo, Hood Internet

Zynga Party, with TV on the Radio and Sleigh Bells
9pm-1am • The Dog House, 301 Brazos
Open bar, street food, video games
To RSVP, email rsvp@zynga.com

Tuesday, March 15
SxFusion Happy Hour
4–7pm • District 301
Free pizza, drinks, and video games

Wednesday, March 16
Dance Your Face Off! and Slopnessmonster.com SXSW Showcase
7pm–2am • District 301
Free Lone Star beer (while it lasts)

Texas Jumpstart Party
Noon-6pm • Hole in the Wall
Free beer

Tiger Mountain and Noise Pop Present: Brooklyn vs. The Bay
Noon-6pm • Red Eyed Fly
Open bar

Thursday, March 17
MTV Garage
Noon–6:30pm • Location TBA
Free food + booze

Creme De La Crème
Party 1pm–2am; Tequila Tasting 2–6pm • Malverde
Free tequila

Unburied Treasure
Noon–5pm • 1504 E 6th
Wine tasting; treasure hunt!

Friday, March 18
Front Gate Tickets SXSW Morning After Party
Noon–5pm • 1711 S. Congress
Free tacos + bloody marys   

Saturday, March 19
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.
Word of advice: Be prepared to stand in a long-ass line for this one

Best of the Rest: Other Parties You Should Check Out This Week
Salsa Labs Breakfast Taco Open House
Friday 3/11 • 10am–Noon • Salsa Labs Office at 8th & Brazos
Free breakfast tacos

From The Mind of Adi & BreakThruRadio Present…
Mon. 3/14 • 8pm • Red 7
Ringo Deathstarr, TV Torso, Hard Proof Afrobeat, Gabe Hascall, Mist Giant; Skiggy

Hubvine Launch Party
Mon. 3/14 • 6pm • Key Bar
Free cookies; Guitar Hero + laser tag

Baeblemusic Takes On Texas
Tue. 3/15 through Fri. 3/18 • Noon-7pm • The Phoenix
Featuring Datarock, The Submarines, The Knux, Hieroglyphics, Matt Nathanson, The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Boxer Rebellion, etc.

Paste at SXSW
Wed. 3/16 and Thu. 3/17 • 11:30am–8pm • 508 E 6th
Free Qdoba burritos

Future of Music Fest
Thursday 3/17 and Saturday 3/19 • Noon-2am • Shiner’s Saloon
Featuring The Eastern Sea, LAX, Zlam Dunk, The Canvas Waiting and 25 other bands

Chevy Tweet House
Friday 3/18 • 2pm–Midnight • 501 Studios
Free BBQ

Frye Days at SXSW
Friday 3/18 • Noon–5:30 p.m. • Speakeasy
The One AM Radio, Those Dancing Days, Agnes Obel

Mess With Texas Party
Saturday 3/19 • 11:30am • East Side Drive In
Dead Milkmen, !!!, Odd Future, Surfer Blood, The Dodos, Ted Leo, Deer Tick, and many others

Reverb Party
Saturday 3/19 • 11am–7pm • Parkside
Brunch and mimosas
Warm Ghost, Paper Bird, Callers, Woodsman, Delicate Steve, Wire Faces, Natural Selection

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