Wednesday, March 9th
If you are in Austin early, check out the Cheekd SXSW Happy Hour at the Driskill from 5PM-7:30PM. Find out more here.
Thursday, March 10th
The biggest party to kick off before SXSW is the ATX Startup Crawl where over 50 Austin based startups throw one huge bash at Capital Factory from 5PM-10PM. If you are in town on Thursday, you need to be here. Find out more here.
At 5:30PM, join the Austin Tech Happy Hour, to meet with the best and brightest in Austin at the Dogwood. Find out more here.
Join the SXSW Interactive Community Meetup from 6PM-8PM at Google Fiber Space to enjoy light refreshments, network with fellow digital creatives, and view a short presentation given by the SXSW Interactive staff. Find out more here.
Friday, March 11th
At 9:30AM, start your day off right and get your mind and body aligned with some rooftop yoga hosted by Wanderlust Yoga at WeWork. Find out more here.
At 11AM, join Ben Lerer (Thrillist/Lerer Ventures) as he discusses the evolution of media at the Hilton Austin. Find out more here.
Starting at 11AM, our friends from General Assembly will be hosting a number of free workshops touching on the hottest and relevant topics in tech today at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center. Programming will run through the Sunday. Find out more here.
At 11AM, the sports, entertainment, and digital world will converge at the MVPindex Sports and Entertainment Lounge at the Four Seasons. Find out more here.
Starting at 11AM, TechSet hosts the Comcast Social Media Lounge at the Convention Center where the best in media and tech will be joined by key influencers. Find out more here.
At 11AM, Fast Company kicks off its SXSW programming with this year’s installment of the Fast Company Grill at Cedar Door with complimentary lunch and cocktails daily. The programming will run throughout interactive and include a party on Saturday evening. This one’s VIP access and invite only. Find out more here.
At 11AM on Friday, join two of the world’s most prominent technology pioneers, investors, and and philanthropists – Steve Case of Revolution and Jean Case — as they share a roadmap for innovators and entrepreneurs who want to change the world in this rapidly evolving, “internet of everything” economy at the Austin Convention Center. Find our more here.
Start at 12PM and running to 5PM starting Friday and running through the weekend, check into Mashable House for a breather at the Main. Find out more here.
At 12:30PM, angel investor Adam Quinton joins Shari Slate from Cisco for a fun, experiential, and thought provoking session exploring unconscious bias – what it is, what it isn’t, and why it matters in the tech industry – Diversity and Tech: Breaking Down Unconscious Bias at the JW Marriott. Find out more here.
Also at 12:30PM, you’ll have the chance to ask Gary Vaynerchuk anything in this live question session at the Austin Convention Center. Find out more here.
At 4PM you can check out 20 cool startups from across the globe in SXSW’s Startup Spotlight and enjoy some cocktails as well as the Austin Hilton. Find out more here.
At 5PM, get the brain firing with a thought provocative presentation on new human machine interfaces as the future of work at the Austin Convention Center. Learn more here.
At 5PM, stop by the The Small Business Web SXSW happy hour with open bar which will be presented nightly for 3 evenings – Friday – Sunday AT Coyote Ugly. The crowd will be a mix of CEOs, CTOs, VP business development, VP marketing, investors, resellers, channels, distributors, and media in the industry. If you sell cloud software to small-and-medium-sized businesses, there is no better group of people in the world whom you should know. Find out more here.
At 6PM, our friends at Decoded Fashion, in association with #FashMash, is bringing together the global fashion and tech community to kick off interactive with the Decoded Fashion House & #FashMash Kickoff Mixer at The Decoded Fashion House @ the Hangar Lounge. Find out more here.
Into hardware? Wish SXSW was just another CES? At 6PM check out the Hardware House Opening Party at WeWork. Find out more here.
Dublin Makes Me kicks off on Friday, March 11th at 7PM at Esther’s Follies theater on 6th street with How Dublin Made Me, a storytelling event with renowned Dublin characters, live music and drinks. REGISTER HERE
We’ll be updating the guide on a rolling basis leading up to interactive. If you are interested in having an event included, please furnish all details here. Submission does not guarantee inclusion.