
Over 1,400 bands from all over the world are scheduled to play this year's South By Southwest Music Festival, from March 15th-19th. SXSW is now listing bands by the venues and dates of their showcases (thanks to Brian for the heads-up!):
[ Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday ]
For more extensive information on each band, check out Shadows' tag-based index, an alphabetically-arranged list of bands that links to the tons and tons of wonderful information available on the web for each. More on this next week!
Angry Robot has also taken the time to parse the list into several alphabetically-arranged segments.
[SXSW 2006 Alphabetical Band Lists by AngryRobot]
And, to clear things up a bit: wristband information will be released by the Austin Chronicle on February 24th:
To be among the first to find out when the wristbands will go on sales, join the SXSW SMS list to receive a text message. From your mobile phone, send a text-message to 56658 with 'sx add' as the message, and SXSW will send (512) mobile numbers a text alert when further wristband details are announced. Additionally, SXSW SMS will continue to provide updates and alerts before and during SXSW 2006. There is no extra charge for this service; normal text-messaging rates apply. SXSW SMS is sponsored by Yaris. Check sxsw.com for more info on SMS.SXSW 2006 wristbands will go on sale priced at $130 (maximum two per person; cash or credit card only) at Waterloo Records ONLY. When the first 2000 $130 wristbands sell out, the price for the next 2000 will change to $150 (maximum two per person; cash or credit card only) available at Waterloo Records ONLY.
But, in the meantime, you might try your luck with a little contest they're running as well:
[Austin Chronicle's Register to Win a Wristband for the 2006 SXSW Music Festival!]




To be fair, I didn't create those alphabetical lists. The links were hidden inside the SXSW website source code. For some reason, they just haven't posted the links on their site yet.