SXSW: Tomorrow Happens Here
Courtesy of SXSW.com
When you hear the word festival what are the first few things that come to mind? If you’re anything like me, you immediately think music, art, booze, and fun. At SXSW, or South by Southwest, the phenomenally awesome festival that combines film, music, and interactive (we’re talkin’ internet, people) fests in the city of Austin, Texas, you get all that and so very much more.
Wednesday, otherwise fondly known as drunken Irish day, kicked off the music portion of SXSW. Started in 1987, SXSW has grown to be one of the biggest music festivals in the U.S. drawing close to 1,500 acts per year that play at venues all over town. Austin, the “live music capitol of the world”, was the given birthplace of SXSW. This Texan city is a definite party hot-spot, known for it’s young and funky fresh vibe. It’s musical roots date way back to early city history, but there was a problem and hence, the answer in SXSW, explains SXSW.com:
Austin’s eclectic music scene goes back to early in the city’s history (from Mexican, German and colonial origins) and encompasses a wide variety of music including country, folk, jazz, blues and rock. Central Austin boasts more original music nightclubs in a concentrated area than any other city in the world. The classic problem facing Austin musicians was being isolated from the rest of the world here in the middle of Texas. SXSW was a way to reach out to the rest of the world. Read more…
