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Bring an extra cell phone battery or two. Chillin somewhere while your phone charges is for chumps.

Comfortable shoes.

Flask. Bring one.

Pay that chick 20$ to RSVP you to every party.

Twitter will tell you about cool parties and celebs whoring themselves for attention. If you’re into that, get an account and monitor it.

My recommended schedule is wake up at 11 or 1130am, arrive downtown at noon. Eat from food truck and then get into trouble. Party at pure platinum or another venue until 4. Go home. Repeat x 10 days.

Movies & Films are starting to outshine the music part the more popular sxsw gets. This is opinion. If you are into big time music acts (lil wayne, kanye, bruce, jay z etc) then this may be inverse and right up your alley!

stay hydrated. many party venues have coconut water either free or for 1$. this is a quick path to rehydration.

create a fake email address and a fake facebook account. some cool parties make you sign in for free admittance. you dont want to give up more of your privacy. use the dummy accounts instead.

carry as few things as possible. cell phone. wallet. keys. flask. limit it to 5 and under so you dont lose shit. you’re going to get drunk and probably high.

have a good attitude. regardless of weather, sxsw is fun.

the last weekend is harsh as everyone comes out hoping to find their rapper of choice. take the last saturday easy.

dont get overwhelmed.

study the schedule and make some cant-miss events and stick to them.

learn the movie theaters by default along with their cross streets. the austin dt naming scheme is easy breezy. rivers and numbers.

there are free buses. look into them.

bring an umbrella. you wont need it every day but you dont want to be trapped if it does rain.

cash is king. dont carry more than 100$ in 20’s at any time, though.

there is an Austin subreddit

Traffic will suck from noon - midnight. If you brought\rented a car, leave it as far from downtown as you can manage. Train or pedi-cab if you can, bus or cab if you have to, car only if absolutely necessary.

a bicycle is a very convenient transportation method when all the streets are shut down. It’s almost a necessity during sxsw. double bag it though and use 2 U locks.

Sunblock and chapstick are a must.

Rest. Sleep is important

Hydrate. Sodas and Alcohol DON’T count.

Travel light enough to keep your lower back in shape

Stretch regularly. This is Austin we don’t care if you do Yoga in the street. It’ll help keep us Weird!

Take it in stride and chill out

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