The Eco Music Festival takes over the entire Snowmass ski resort Fourth of July weekend (June 30-July 3) to showcase some of the most vibrant musical acts and corporate eco-trendsetters of this generation. Mountainside concerts, guided hiking tours, an Innovation Village, and poolside cocktails make up a festival designed for positive impact for both festival…
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Austin: Benevolent Saturday’s Good Karma Bazaar and Poker Tourney
I’m pretty excited about Nectar’s 1st Annual Good Karma Bazaar, A Day of Selfless Spending. Nectar is a unique fair trade thrift boutique that donates 100% of its proceeds help to fund humanitarian service projects in Austin & worldwide (click here for yelp reviews). The Good Karma Bazaar includes the regular shopping plus a fashion…
Austin: Choose Your Documentary: Taxes or Music?
As I just paid an inconveniently large sum of money to the government in the form of taxes, I particularly advise you to drop by The Blanton tomorrow night for a showing of the documentary “An Inconvenient Tax.” The documentary sheds light on one of America’s messiest problems — a fundamentally broken tax code that…
11 Rules to Live by for SXSW 2011
1. SXSW Interactive is my fave. It’s a little quieter, it’s a lot more networking, and it has as much or more free stuff than film or music. 2. See a SXSW Film. It’s cheap and worth waiting in line to see big name premieres. 3. SXSW Music exhausts me. The easiest thing to do…
Austin: Week-long St. Patty’s Celebrations
Fadó Irish Pub celebrates St. Patty’s Day with the First-Ever Austin weeklong ‘Savage Craic’ Celebration! Savage craic (pronounced “crack”) is an Irish expression meaning a great time out with friends. Fadó’s weeklong St. Patrick’s Day party kicks off Wednesday, March 9, with St. Patrick’s Day-themed trivia. There’s a Friday night dance party, then on Saturday, March 12, a St. Patrick’s Day…
SXSW 2011: The Best Free Party Spreadsheet
Hey-o. We’re almost to SXSW 2011! At long last, allow me to share with you the Best Free Party Spreadsheet for 2011. I’ve been making these spreadsheets since 2008 and this may be the most last-minute, but there are still tons of awesome parties listed! I’ll be updating it as invites roll in, and as…
Aspen: Everything You Want to Know About the Winter X Games (in pictures)
To watch in Aspen: Spectator Info and map FREE Bud Light Hi-Fi Concert at the base of Aspen Mountain with OutKast rapper Big Boi! Saturday, Jan. 29 at 5:30pm. More music: Thursday – Sunday. Buttermilk Mountain. Aspen, CO. Be there, frozen or no.
Austin: Free Music Week 2011
It’s the last weekend of the annual epic week of free music, so go see a show. For a comprehensive list of showtimes the likes of which I couldn’t find anywhere else, head over to see my friends at Ultra8201.
Achachay! at Stubb’s
May 2011 be your biggest year yet, Achachay! p.s.- apparently my mom wore a toga to this New Year’s Eve Eve show?
Austin: Fun Fun Fun Fest Parties
The first Fun Fun Fun Fest was in 2006, and the music-ish festival quickly became known as an only-in-Austin sort of festival that focuses on independent music and comedy in Waterloo Park. If it’s any indication, Weird Al Yankovic (of Amish Paradise fame … anyone?) is one of the acts. I didn’t even know he…