cassuhsasser asked: Was reading your entry about SXSW.. wondering how you can get into shows with a ridiculously expensive badge... Suggestions please?!

Well, some shows — official ones at night — are badge-only, but in most cases, you can pay $10 or so at the door and if there’s room, you’ll get in. Badge and wristband holders just have first priority. 

The point is so that the press and industry people can actually see the official showcases instead of having them be flooded with teenagers on spring break, which I don’t have a problem with. 

Unless I’m misreading this and you’re asking how you can get into shows with a badge, in which case the answer is “Smile and walk in.”

  1. likeapairofbottlerockets said: or you can just know people and get on lists. everyone i work with says you don’t really need a badge to see good shows. also a ton of good shows are unofficial (like ours!).
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