SXSW 2010: Donnybrook Declares The Must-Attend Parties

Obviously, you’re reading this because you want to know where Donnybrook will be during the marathon of music in Austin this week known as SXSW. This is understandable because SXSW can be daunting, especially for noobs. There is no way you should expect to see everything you set out to see. Sure, that can be said about any music festival, but I would say at SXSW you might see 25% of everything you attempted to see. You know what? That’s OK in Austin, because what you will discover is that the best part many times comes from the unexpected events you find yourself at.

However, you may want a starting point. A good place to start would be any of these Donnybrook attended parties. With out further ado, I present the (abridged) list of must-attend parties of SXSW 2010 (in chronological order).

WEDNESDAY

IODA’s SXSW Opening Day Bash

THURSDAY

IHEARTCOMIX Jelly Mad Decent Carniville

Baeble Takes on Texas

The NPR Party

Please join NPR Music at The Parish in Austin, Texas, on Thursday, March 18 from 12 to 5 p.m. CT for our annual SXSW party with some of our favorite new artists:

Sleigh Bells 4:15 p.m.
Surfer Blood 3:30 p.m.
G-Side 2:45 p.m.
Local Natives 2:00 p.m.
Smith Westerns 1:15 p.m.
Brooklyn Rider 12:30 p.m.

The event is free and open to the public. It’ll be webcast live at www.npr.org/sxsw and broadcast on public radio stations, including Austin’s KUT 90.5 FM. For more information and a free sampler download, visit www.npr.org/sxsw.

All Your Friends Are Here party (Supply & Demand Music)

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted & I Rock I Roll Present Entertainment for the Badgeless

FRIDAY

Pitchfork/Windish party

Muzzle of Bees Backyard Barbecue

Show starts at 12 noon, The Loom at 4 pm w/ The Love Language, These United States, The Rural Alberta 
Advantage, Odawas, Still Life Still + more. To attend and receive the address for the show, please RSVP to:  backyard.barbecue.rsvp@gmail.com

SATURDAY

The Brooklyn Vegan party

Friend Island party with beer and pancakes and candy and nachos and spiked punch and Forcefield PR!