Best tips, tricks, apps, guides and more to make sure you survive and thrive at SXSW 2013!

1. FREE BOOZE & EATS
Survival Guide Multiple Days
The Buffalo Lounge
Mon. 3/11 (3–6pm); Tue. 3/12 and Wed. 3/13
GET SMART! GETTING AROUND (12–5pm) • 512 Bar, 408 E. 6th St.
Free drinks, food & music.
Smartest Way to Travel Best Way to Hail a Cab
Trip Tracker. Get real-time status updates on flights Taxi Magic. Hailing a cab is always a hassle at SXSW. Free Now! Presented by Beautiful
(including gate and baggage claim numbers). It also This app lets you book a cab on the go—no waiting on Buzz and Deli Radio
tracks your hotel and rental car confirmation numbers— hold and no missed pick-ups! iOS and Android. Wed. 3/13 through Sat. 3/16 • 12pm–2am Brew
all automatically, without having to enter the info yourself. Exchange, 708 W. 6th St.
iOS and Android. Best Way to Ride in Comfort Free food, drinks, and music from 100+ bands.
Silvercar. Opening just in time for SXSW, rent an Paste & HGTV Present: The Stages
Smartest Way to Store Your Stuff Audi A4 at the airport.
on Sixth
SX Locker. Store your stuff in the bag/coat check area
Wed. 3/13 — Sat. 3/16 • 12pm–6pm
or recharge your phone in the locker’s charging system! Best Free Rides
The Stage on 6th, 508 E. 6th St.
Reserve your locker space here. SideCar. Will be offering free rides for some of the
Free booze; bands TBA.
hottest parties around SXSW. Download the app.
Smartest Way to Save Juice Wuwu Fest
Best Way to Go Green Thu. 3/14 — Sun. 3/17 • 2pm–2am
Instapaper. Save Web pages for later reading, perfect
for that long flight when your laptop is out of juice, or SXcycles. 513 E. Cesar Chavez St. • If you have a Wuwu Sushi, 1407 East 7th St.
when it’s just not worth dragging out. iOS and Android. SXSW badge, get in on this awesome bike share Free sushi and music.
program. Must register in advance online.
Eevzdrop and Eye in the Sky present
Best Drop Off Spot The Future of Music Showcase
Fri. 3/15 — Sat. 3/16 • 12pm–2am Shiner’s
APP-TASTIC! Circle Drive on Cesar Chavez. Getting dropped off
at the convention center? The best place is at the circle Saloon, 422 Congress Ave.
drive on Cesar Chavez on the south side of the building. Free food, drinks, and 25+ bands. RSVP
Best App to Keep Your Posse Together
GroupMe. Start groups with people already in your separately for Friday and Saturday.
contacts list, and send and receive messages and Best Way to Avoid Traffic
photos using data (or text in case you have spotty Street Closure Map. Traffic is always in a snarl during Thursday 3/7
reception). iOS and Android. SXSW. View a map of anticipated street closures.
SXSW Startup Crawl 2013
Best Way to Get to Your Hotel 4–10pm • Various locations all over downtown.
Best App to Track Expenses Free drinks and games at dozens of downtown
Expensify. This mobile app lets you track expenses, R&R Hotel Shuttle. Get to all of the official SXSW
hotels outside the walkable downtown area. Buy your offices, with a free shuttle.
snap pictures of receipts and create expense reports all
on the go! iOS and Android. shuttle pass online. BIG BASHH (Big Ass Social Happy
Hour)
Best App for Ditching Someone 7pm–2am • The Ranch, 710 West 6th St.
Fake Me Out of Here! Cornered by someone you ULTIMATE GUIDES Mixer with free drink tickets for those who get
really don't want to talk to? This app gives you a fake there early enough.
phone call by simply shaking your phone. Android. Ultimate Party Guide
Austin Party Guide. GarysGuide and ShoutEm have Friday 3/8
Best (Virtual) Cocktail Napkin teamed up to provide you with an app that tells you
OmniGraffle. Make diagrams and maps, flow charts, exactly where you should be partying at any given Ignite Social Media Party
and even freeform drawings anywhere, anytime! iOS . moment. For iOS and Android. 7–10pm • Molotov, 719 West 6th St.
Free drinks and BBQ sandwiches. RSVP
Best App to Avoid Phone Fumbling Ultimate Kickass Guide password: Igniteinsider
InstantMeeting. Detects conference calls in your Do512. Access dates, times, and locations of unofficial
calendar and pulls them into the app so you can call in SXSW parties with info about bands and venues, and you
Saturday 3/9
and authenticate with ease! iOS and Android.
can even RSVP to most of the events. Check it out. MySearchNetwork.com SXSWi Local
Throw-down Show-down 2013
Ultimate Official SXSW Guide 12–5pm • Darwin’s Pub, 223 E 6th St.
SXSW GO. The official mobile app for SXSW 2013, it lets Free local food, beer and tequila, with live music
BLOWING OFF SXSW you view, build and share your schedule, navigate the and DJs.
show, and stay connected to the social world! For iOS
Best Enchanted Evening and Android. House Party Cocktail Party
Congress Avenue Bridge. See the world's largest 1–4pm • Parkside, 301 East 6th St.
urban bat colony emerge from the bridge at sunset. Free drinks.
Best Way to Relive Your Youth LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL SXSW Bald Logo Kickoff Party
Top Notch. 7525 Burnet Rd. • Chow down on the 4pm–2am • 21st St. Co-Op, 707 W. 21st St.
classic burger featured in the ultimate Hollywood slacker Best Way to Impress Your Friends $2 cover. Free beer from 11pm to 2am, with $1
film Dazed & Confused. tacos and awesome bands.
CrowdSync. SXSW Music Accelerator Finalist, film and
upload concert footage and let viewers see the show Gdgt Live in Austin
Best Outdoor Adventure
from different angles. For iOS. 7–10pm • The Hype Hotel, 301 Brazos St.
Austin Duck Adventures. 209 E. 6th St. • Tour land
and lake in an unsinkable Hydra Terra vehicle. Free drinks, T-shirts, and music.
Best Way to Hear (All) the Music
Best Weird Experience SXSW Torrents. The (unofficial) home of all the music of
Cathedral of Junk. 4422 Lareina Dr. • Bring a camera SXSW. You’ll need a good BitTorrent client. Download.
and prepare to be amazed! Reservations needed.
Best Way to Drive & Listen (Safely) BADGELESS & BROKE
Best Food Truck Vela. A hands-free music app for iOS that connects to
Have Fun on a Budget
Luke’s Inside Out. 1109 S. Lamar Blvd. • Knock-out Spotify, Rdio & Rhapsody. Lets you safely drive & listen!
Oh My Rockness. Check out this list of free
sandwiches and fries located next to Gibson Bar.
Best Way to Rock the Concert shows and parties at SXSW if you find
Best Tex-Mex Zippo Concert Lighter. Wave your virtual Zippo lighter yourself on a tight budget & without a badge.
Torchy’s Tacos. 1311 S. 1st St. • For the best Tex- at that smokin’ hot concert. iOS and Android.
Mex in town, this place definitely lives up to the hype!
Best Local Flavor PR & integrated
Best Hangover Cure
Esther’s Follies. 525 E. 6th St. • Improv comedy and marketing that
Frank. 407 Colorado St. • Try the bacon-infused vodka
live entertainment that will knock your socks off! drives results for
Bloody Mary called The Red Headed Stranger.
companies that
Best Breakfast Best Jazz & Blues success@ differentiate
Juan in a Million. 2300 E. Cesar Chavez St. • Get the Barfly’s. 5420 Airport Blvd. • Jazz and blues with $2 faction-agency.com themselves
Grande Papa taco and be sure to order extra tortillas – Lone Stars and a great outdoor area. through
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