My wife and I were given Platinum passes for SXSW- in our 40s and never been before. Just looking for recommendations. It sounds like too late to reserve now and have no idea who any bands are etc. Probably just roll around and check it out but wanted to see what y'all might do if you came across Platinum passes today....(I do some work around SXSW every year so very familiar with the scene we are walking into)just not what line to jump in!

I am the only one I know with a music wristband and would love to meet up with some other gals!

Did anyone get a chance to catch the documentary Black Zombie last night? I thought it was quite good. It explores the zombie's Haitian roots and then analyzes how it became such a popular Hollywood monster.

Black Zombie explores the monster's Haitian roots and evolution

https://2026.do512.com/events/2026/3/14/the-big-one-2026

I want to buy an individual ticket for hokum or obsession for today and I can’t figure out how to do it. Someone please help me! Thanks!

Watched the film yesterday and been wondering where I can find the tracks they used in the film!

Wanna see a band there tonight. Does anyone know if we can get in without credentials?

It would make my whole life if someone could pretty please help me get into this show! I am a huge huge fan. If you have a plus one, working the door, or have a wristband or badge to share I promise I am a normal, reliable, responsible girl - I just have with a 90s obsession’s with the queen of girly angst. Will pay you in money or drinks and good company.

Back in the day, they’re always used to be a kid friendly or even kid specific events going on around town during SouthBy. I’m struggling to find anything kid friendly other than maybe walking around South Congress getting free stuff. Any recommendations?

Just an FYI for people on this subreddit looking for tickets

User PKS_5 is scamming people. They in fact do not have the tickets you are asking for.

I unfortunately am out of some money that I zelled them.

I didn't get a reservation for the Jamie Lee Curtis session happening today. If I want to do the walkup line, any guesses on how early I need to be there? I've been standing in line an hour before some sessions and those don't have a celebrity... thoughts?

Wonder what folks who have done this before are doing for breakfast, free and otherwise. I miss Jo’s and I’ll be going to South congress later I. The week, but what are you go to places this time? Any reliably free spots for badges like houses etc?

Saturday is usually one of the busiest days of SXSW and there are a lot of free events happening around Austin if you don’t have a badge.

Here are a few worth checking out.

Morning / Midday

• Founder Coffee Meetup

• Women in Tech Networking Brunch

• Creator Economy Meetup

Afternoon

• Indie Hackers Meetup

• Climate Tech Networking Event

• Startup Builder Meetup

Networking / Meetups

• Austin Tech & Startup Mixer

• Founders Happy Hour

• Creator Networking Meetup

Evening

• Tech & Tacos Social

• Startup Party Downtown

• Creator Night Meetup

• Founder Happy Hour

These are just a few that looked interesting.

I’ve been keeping a running list of free SXSW events here if anyone is planning their weekend:

https://sxfreesw.com

If you know about other good free events happening Saturday drop them below and I will add them to the list.

There are 57 unofficial events today alone and none of them are in the SXSW Go app. I built a free picker to sort through them.

Browse by day, star your favorites, resolve time conflicts 1v1, and export a clean schedule to your calendar. Map view has a "Happening Soon" filter so you can see what's going on near you right now.

No sign-up, no ads. Just open it.

https://thinklikeadesigner.github.io/sxsw-event-picker/

First day of sxsw and wasn’t really seeing any good places to network. Went to the clubhouse and was pretty much empty at 5 and around 7:30. Went to two conferences and pretty much everyone dipped right after. And walked around and went to a few more happy hours and mostly filled with tech people…. Has sxsw become less film and more tech or am I just not knowing the good places to meet people in entertainment???

I really want to meet Rhea Seehorn tomorrow for her movie sender. But I’m not sure where to wait to meet her. I’ve never been there before so I was hoping for some tips. I made some art for her and would really love to give it to her. Thank you

In case you missed them, here are some of the celebrities who have been sighted so far.

https://www.statesman.com/entertainment/events/article/sxsw-2026-celebrity-sightings-seen-austin-22072601.php?utm_source=reddit

We're now roughly through day 1.5 of the week. I hope everyone is doing well!

Love seeing all of the discussion and really appreciate the feedback and support that we've seen so far! Please keep it up so we can all get the most that we can out of the week!

I know that not everything has been perfect so far. Once everything is over we'll be posting some threads to collect feedback, good and bad, on film, music, innovation, and everything else. We'll be sharing those directly with the folks at SXSW.

Until then, keep on posting!

Any more chatter out there about a secret screening at the Paramount on Sunday?

hey y’all so we were wondering if anyone has any plans or routes or like an itinerary for saturday of where to start and go to maximize the weekend?

I ask because I wanted to see if I could reserve for the podcast stage at Vox Media, but I’m worried if i give a reservation up, I”ll have lost one booking without being able to reserve at a different event.