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This year, they are angry. The Cupcakes are ANGRY, and they want to be launched at evil green pigs. Cupcake Smackdown 3.0 is a fun mash up of technology and cupcakes and barbeque on a Texas evening. Proceeds this year will benefit the Texas Craft Brewer's Guild (YAY BEER!) and Keep Austin Dog Friendly (YAY PUPPIES!). As always, admittance...

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1 block from the convention center!

We'll have a kickass group of Austin vendors including: Gordoughs, East Side King, Man Bites Dog and Franklin BBQ

We're also giving away prizes like MacBook airs, iPads and iPod touches to SXSW badgeholders who take photos in our Smilebooth.

SO much more info can be found here:...

Salsa Labs invites you to stop by our new digs in downtown Austin just a few blocks from the Convention Center. We'll be convening there with breakfast tacos and mimosas to get SXSW started right. We hope to see our progressive friends, partners, developers and anyone else interested in learning more about Salsa and Organizing there....

South by Southwest (SXSW) is a combination of film, interactive and music festivals & conferences that take place every March in Austin, Texas.

Welcome to The deviantART Sandbox, where creativity and community meet. The deviantART Sandbox brings an added level of inspiration, community and creativity to your SXSW experience. DeviantART.com is the world’s largest and longest-running online art community. We designed The Sandbox to give you a taste of what our 16 million registered members...

Five days of presentations, networking events, and more showcasing the best new emerging technology, digital works, video games, and innovative ideas.

This is our traditional opening (non-sanctioned) SXSW event. Shake off the jet lag on the sun-baked porch with mexican martinis & tasty treats.

*This is not a free food/drink affair.

**Wow! We're right at 250 people counted-in to loosen up before lining up for registration. I wonder if there's a company or two out there that might...

SXSW Interactive badges are available starting at 11am on Thursday, March 10th. You’ll have the badge but official events don’t start until the next day so... now what?

Why not stop by for a quick beer, game, snack or just say hi at one of the many downtown tech companies from 4pm to 10pm?

You’ll be in good company, because 150...

Join us at ACL Live at The Moody Theater for the Texas Social Media Awards. We'll honor this year's winners and announce the overall winner.

Doors open at 7:00 p.m.*

Awards presentation at approximately 8:30 p.m.

Concert around 10:00 p.m.

Meet this year's nominees and watch for the top 25 to be announced in early March at...

Not that we need an excuse to get together but team Gowalla has a pretty amazing one!! We're throwing a fundraiser for our own, Sherry Birk, who is adopting a baby from Ethiopia! The cost of adoption is $25,000 and while Sherry has an amazing job, that's a lot of money for a single person.

Sherry has been an advocate for orphans for...

OnCompare & Twilio are teaming up to throw a LAUNCH conference after party at Bloodhound bar! This event is free and open to all, even those who can't attend the Launch Conference.

Why should you come?
1. FREE open bar from 5:30 – 6:30
2. FREE Chaiman Bao’s steamed buns for the first 100 people
3. FREE networking...

Introducing the LAUNCH conference

Fifty cutting edge, and never-before seen, technology companies will debut at the LAUNCH Conference on February 23rd and 24th, 2011.

There will be two competitions held at the event:

LAUNCH 1.0
This competition is for completely new companies that have never had any press, public demos and whose services are...

Hot food, Hot bands, Cold Drinks. If you haven't been to this party, where have you been. Bands TBA, Bigger and Better in Austin, save the date.

Join Gowalla, Livestrong, Sweet Leaf Tea and Diplo for an evening you won't soon forget. Before you just show up at the door though, there are some important details you must know.

¡MUY IMPORTANTE!

1) While the Tiki Room will be open to all SXSW Interactive, Gold and Platinum badge holders, we're expecting a packed house. We'll be...

Join forces with "Rackers" for the Rackspace Revolution party hosted at Maggie Mae’s featuring live entertainment, great food and beverages and fabulous giveaways.

Less than one month left till Austin! We love SXSW and we love a good party; so we are hosting another one this year at SouthBy … and it’s a BeerCamp! It seems as of lately there is always something going on. From BarCamp to DevCamp, to WordCamp to SocialDevCamp to UseTwitterToProfitAndRetireEarlyCamp – so, we are filling the void and taking...

An extravaganza of music, performances, art, and talks based upon “The Science of Music"
FEATURING Edible Austin hosting the
Edible Austin Foodie Fest and Tipsy Texan Cocktail Bar!

What was once the (maybe not so) mild-mannered SXSW Interactive EFF-Austin Official After-Party has morphed into a multifaceted extravaganza called...

Mashable is proud to announce our 2nd Annual MashBash SXSWi, an evening celebration during Austin’s annual SXSWi festival. On Sunday, March 14th 2010 from 10pm till 1am, Mashable will be hosting an official SXSWi evening event at Buffalo Billiards in Austin, Texas, sponsored by Cliqset and Sony.

1,600 people will come and enjoy a night of...

Babette Pepaj of BakeSpace.com and Nichelle Stephens from Cupcakes
Take The Cake will be in Austin for SXSW and we want to eat cupcakes with you!

Stop by The Tiniest Bar in Texas for cupcakes and you may win a KitchenAid mixer.

Sponsored by KitchenAid, Cupcakes Take The Cake is inviting bloggers,
startups, techies to come eat yummy cupcakes from...