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It's 2012 and time for another Tech Cocktail Chicago event. Join us for an evening of fun mingling with other technology enthusiasts, investors, bloggers, and entrepreneurs as we showcase local technology companies and take a closer look at their latest achievements.   Please join us: When: Thursday, April 19th, 2012 - 6:30 p.m. to 9:00...

Techweek hosts the SXSWi Innovate+Chicago Party -- Meet the best in digital, startups and tech, as the Windy City comes to Austin for SXSW. Enjoy drinks, music & special guests.  Follow @thetechweek for updates and to score a VIP pass. The event is open to all SXSWi badge holders 21 and up. Photo I.D. is required for entry.

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Hey Austin gdgt Live is coming back for our 3rd annual gdgt Live in Austin event. Join us at 7pm on Monday, March 12th at the The Austin Music Hall. gdgt Live is always FREE, ALL AGES, and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. If you love gadgets, you won't want to miss this. We'll have a bunch of awesome companies there showcasing their latest gear....

Sunday, March 11th SoDA Latitudes Mixer, 10pm - 1am US CST Say cheers. Join SoDA at one of Austin’s most historic bars and meet with the movers and shakers in digital marketing from around the globe. Partake in signature drinks courtesy of us and our sponsors, Rackspace and Sparqd, and enjoy live music from local indie rockers The Wheeler...

Last year's hottest party at SXSW Interactive is back! Crowdtap launched at SXSWi 2011 with a bang and an amazing event covered by CNN, check it out here. We've since been named as Mashable's Up and Coming Social Media Startup of the Year and are coming back to where it all started.  This year we are back with what will surely be...

The Mashable SXSWi House 2012 will break the mold of traditional SXSWi events. Working with SXSWi and our partner sponsors, on Sunday, March 11 we will offer an exciting evening of music and networking. In addition, the Mashable editorial team will be in Austin in full force.

DETAILS

Date: Sunday, March 11, 2012
Time: 9pm-2am
Location: Buffalo...

SapientNitro Rocks SXSW: Sunday, March 11, 8 – 10 p.m. CST

Bring your happy feet to Roial Austin, where SapientNitro will host a rockin’ party featuring DJ Spider, fun & geeky prizes—and of course free booze.

RSVP at http://sapientnitro-sxsw-2012.eventbrite.com/

**Please remember to pick up your 2012 SXSW badge first, you'll need...

Join Streetwise Media as we host a startup happy hour on Sunday, March 11, at SXSW Interactive! Everyone is welcome for some mixing and mingling with cocktails and beers. We'll have team members from Streetwise Media's local innovation news sites: Boston's BostInno, D.C.'s recently launched InTheCapital, and our...

Boxee with the help of Turntable and Sling are aiming to throw the Kegger to end all Keggers - Come down to our Block Party at 96 Red River - Austin opposite the convention center for an awesome afternoon of drinking Come out and meet good people, have some food, and have a few drinks.  It'll feel like a family BBQ, without all the drama. ...

Join Co-hosts Richard Binhammer & David Armano for their fourth installment of the most popular brunch of SXSW, Allhat IV "Mootown's Greatest Hits". Producers:Geoff LivingstonMark DrososPhotogs:David AlstonYou Refreshments:Limited drink tickets & the best breakfast tacos Austin has to offer.  *Follow the conversation on...

Stop by the IBM Future of Social Lounge in the Austin Convention Center to request an invitation to the IBM/Ascendant party. Requires badge, actual invitation and wristband to get VIP access and attend.

OFFICIAL RSVPs FOR BOTH PARTIES HERE:
http://pages.email.rcrdlbl.com/ttfmsxsw2012/

Saturday, March 10 - Interactive Event (8pm - 2am)
Venue: ND (501 North IH-35)
Flying Lotus / Araabmuzik / Brenton Duvall
Upper West / Surprise guests!

Thursday, March 15 - Music Event (8pm - 2am)
Venue: 1100 E. 5th St (warehouse space)
Diplo / A-Trak/ ?uestlove...

What do you get when you take the best of the old and mix it with the best of the new? A happy hour re-imagined like none before. Come enjoy a new spin on classic cocktails at Google's Discovery house.

Join TechCocktail.com as we celebrate some of the hottest startups in all the land on the grand stage at SXSW. To wrap up the day of activities at SXSW, Tech Cocktail will be hosting its third annual mixer style event at SXSW (check these links out in case you missed the last two years

Going to SXSW Interactive 2012? Foodspotting is bringing back the Official SXSW Street Food Fest for the third year in a row, with help from our friends at CHOW.com!

Kick off SXSW right with some of the brightest minds in the business and join us for the second annual Night Cap with Edelman Digital! Your co-hosts for the evening are: Kevin King, Global Practice Chair for Edelman digital, David Armano, Executive Vice President, Global Innovation & Integration and Natasha Avery, Vice President US Director...

Kick off SXSW right with some of the brightest minds in the business and join us for the second annual Night Cap with Edelman Digital!

Your co-hosts for the evening are: Kevin King, Global Practice Chair for Edelman digital, David Armano, Executive Vice President, Global Innovation & Integration and Natasha Avery, Vice President US Director...

Register for tickets on EventBrite

We're back for our third straight year at SXSW, and we cannot wait to rock out with all of you!

Join the TechKaraoke team and our sponsors (TBA) as, this time, we begin SXSW Interactive with a real bang! We're taking over The Stage on Sixth venue on Friday, March 9th for an evening full of live band...

  Startup Weekend, Zaarly and Twilio have teamed up to bring you the must attend party at SXSW this year! Stop by and have some drinks on us and dance into the night with DJ Christian Barbuto and DJ Remmington Steele behind the booth.  Did we mention free drinks?  This is where the whos who of the startup world will be Friday night... and...

We're back for our third straight year at SXSW, and we cannot wait to rock out with all of you!

Join the TechKaraoke team and our sponsors (TBA) as, this time, we begin SXSW Interactive with a real bang! We're taking over The Stage on Sixth venue on Friday, March 9th for an evening full of live band karaoke and classic DJ karaoke...

TechSet Rocks Austin...Again!   For the 5th consecutive year SXSW Interactive opens with your party…The OnStar Kick-off Party hosted by@TechSet   We will once again open SXSW Interactive on Friday night with an evening that brings together the new influencers (that's you) to celebrate everything we've done and everything we will do...

You are invited to the 3rd Annual Ignite Social Media Party!   Join Jim Tobin, Jason Falls, Tim Hayden, Expion and other gracious hosts to fire up the lights of Austin!   Each March, swarms of bright minds fly into Austin, landing in one corner of town on a Friday night.  This is the place to see and meet them all at once.   Tasty BBQ, drinks,...

Everything is bigger in Texas- including the SXSW parties!

Please join host Jeff Pulver and the State of Now team, along with the kids from textPlus & CardFlick to start SXSW out right with a Texas style cocktail party. We’ll be at Lanai on Friday, March 9th, from 7-9pm.

The lights will be up, the music low, the energy will be high, and you...

Join us at Speakeasy (412 Congress Ave) on March 9th from 6-9pm. Hope to see you there!

All attendees must be 21+ to enter and possess a valid photo ID. Club security will be checking IDs at the door.

Oh how we love SXSWi. We know how to get the party started. Join Pervasive, Convio, Marketo, Oracle | RightNow and Zuora for a networking happy hour at Annie’s. Attendees will have a chance to meet and speak with the hosting teams, customers and SXSW attendees on a variety of topics.  #techmixhh **No SXSW badge needed to attend. Date: Friday,...