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South By Southwest 2019 is almost here! If you're traveling to the Austin area here are a list of sessions that you don't want to miss!

1. Crazy Rich Wakanda: Building Buzz and Selling Seats

What: "From creating viral social media movements like the #BlackPantherChallenge that crowdfunded $950,000 to send 73,000 kids to see the Black Panther movie worldwide, to organizing the largest Crazy Rich Asians Activation Event in the United States, this panel will discuss how they did the grassroots work to advance the #RepresentationMatters movement with calls to action that mobilized the community to buy tickets and sell out theaters for Black Panther and Crazy Rich Asians. Discover the creative and operational tools these panelists used to partner…

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By the Kent Redding Group

AUSTIN, TX. – SXSW 2018 is officially here (3-9 through 3-13) and seemingly everyone from the music, film, entertainment, and technology industries are in Austin Texas to network, connect and learn more about the latest developments in their fields.

So far one of the most innovating talks that we’ve had at SXSW 2018 was Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk talking about space, Mars and his goal to start offering short trips in space by 2019.

Musk held a surprise question and answer session at the annual technology and culture festival in Austin, Texas on Sunday. The billionaire told attendees that "we are building the first Mars or interplanetary ship, and I think we'll be able to do short trips, flights by the…

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AUSTIN, TX – If you’ve grown up in Austin you most likely will have heard the slogan “keep Austin weird” at least once over the years and that’s because it’s Austin’s unofficial motto but over the last two years as we’ve seen more companies relocate to here from California and other states many people are starting to wonder if Austin can still be considered to be “weird” like it was in the past and the answer is yes.

About Keep Austin Weird

Keep Austin Weird is the slogan adopted by the Austin Independent Business Alliance to promote small businesses in Austin, Texas. It is intended to promote local businesses and is inspired by comments made by Red Wassenich in 2000 while giving a pledge to an Austin radio station.

Source – Wikipedia

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SXSW 2016 is officially here and besides being the perfect destination for music lovers you can also count on South by Southwest to have plenty of cool stuff for movie fans including a life sized replica of a TIE Fighter from the iconic Star Wars Movies.

There's no denying that the TIE Fighter will be the perfect photo opp for any Star Wars fan who happens to be in Austin for SXSW and it also represents an excellent branding opportunity for Disney to connect with movie fans who happen to be here for the wide variety of screenings and film events in Austin this week.

20 Feet Tall

The Force Awakens, which is coming to home video next month. (The behind-the-scenes documentary that's part of the release, humbly titled Secrets of The Force…

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Are you ready for the 2016 SXSW Music Festival? It's happening March 15th through 20th 2016 right here in Austin Texas.

If you haven't taken the time to plan for what groups, bands or musical acts you will be seeing during 2016 SXSW here are some acts that you don't want to miss at this years South by Southwest Music Festival. 

Youtube's SXSW 2016 Lineup 

Start Time

Wednesday, March 16

Thursday, March 17

Friday, March 18

10:45 PM 

Future

Blood Orange

Jamie XX

9:00 PM 

Santigold

Chairlift

Troye Sivan

6:40 PM 

Kehlani

Lukas Graham

The Range

5:25 PM

Anderson.Paak

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