6:00 PM
to 7:00 PM
SXSW Opening Night Happy Hour sponsored by @Razorfish
185 schedule::attendees
Location
Paradise
eventtype Party, Interactive
event::about Augment your reality at SXSW with a few frosty beverages as Razorfish kicks off the conference upstairs at the Paradise. But don’t forget your badge! Your conference badge or a Razorfish business card is required for entry.
12:00 PM
to 1:00 PM
Canadian Blast Presents - Canada House
46 schedule::attendees
Location
Paradise
event::about Hang out at Canada House day and night, Upstairs at Paradise, Thursday through Saturday. Canadian shows daily from 12-6pm. Official SXSW Canadian evening showcases from 8pm-2am with performances by some of the best emerging Canadian acts presented by Canadian Music Week (CMW), M for Montreal and POP Montreal. Plan your schedule...
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
La Patère Rose
9 schedule::attendees
Location
Paradise
eventtype Music
event::about Formed by keyboards player Thomas Hébert (aka Roboto), drummer and DJ Julien Harbec (aka Kilojules) and singer and pianist Fanny Grosjean (aka Fanny Bloom), La patère rose is a colorful electro-pop band. Members of La patère rose met in 2003 in Cegep in Sherbrooke but started playing together two years later...
event::tags Alternative
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
The Lovely Feathers
29 schedule::attendees
Location
Paradise
eventtype Music
event::about The Lovely Feathers almost ruled the world. In 2006, Mark Kupfert and his troupe of Montreal grave diggers, grad students, and go-for-brokes coughed up Hind Hind Legs, a collection of candy-coated pop music that made itself right at home next to Unicorns alums Islands on the Equator Records roster. The album’s...
event::tags Rock
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Parlovr
19 schedule::attendees
Location
Paradise
eventtype Music
event::about Formed in a Mile-End loft in the winter of 2006 by Louis David Jackson and Alex Cooper, the two opposing songwriters eventually teamed up with Jeremy MacCuish at the drums in 2007, in order for tightening the band’s sound and becoming a genuine imposing trio. The result of mixing three different,...
event::tags Rock
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Beast
14 schedule::attendees
Location
Paradise
eventtype Music
event::about Montreal-based Beast began as something of an experiment. Drummer/composer Jean-Phi Goncalves, leader of his own cutting edge electro band Plaster and also an established platinum level producer (Arianne Moffat, Pierre Lapointe, Daniel Bélanger, Lauryn Hill), asked acclaimed chanteuse Betty Bonifassi (DJ Champion, The Triplets of Belleville soundtrack) to lay down vocals...
event::tags Electronic
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Think About Life
19 schedule::attendees
Location
Paradise
eventtype Music
event::about Think About Life is a Montreal based band that formed in 2005 as a collaboration between a few friends in an industrial building in a lost corner of Montreal. The band cultivated their sound and show playing parties building a reputation as Canada’s hottest live dance party ticket and now that...
event::tags Rock
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
We Are Wolves
35 schedule::attendees
Location
Paradise
eventtype Music
event::about A gang of three, four including rock. We Are Wolves imposes a music that’s both free and honest, like the celestial lightning on the mystic mountain. It’s a post-punk landscape filled with analogue trees, like rock after the post-modern explosion. Their primitive sound matches perfectly with the band’s name: it’s animalistic....
event::tags Rock
12:00 PM
to 1:00 PM
Canadian Blast Presents - Canada House
22 schedule::attendees
Location
Paradise
event::about Hang out at Canada House day and night, Upstairs at Paradise, Thursday through Saturday. Canadian shows daily from 12-6pm. Official SXSW Canadian evening showcases from 8pm-2am with performances by some of the best emerging Canadian acts presented by Canadian Music Week (CMW), M for Montreal and POP Montreal. Plan your schedule...
3:00 PM
to 3:40 PM
Luke Doucet & Melissa McClelland
15 schedule::attendees
Location
Paradise
eventtype Unofficial Music
Host Organization(s) Canada Blast
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Hey Rosetta!
16 schedule::attendees
Location
Paradise
eventtype Music
event::about Since being formed by Tim Baker after returning home to St. John’s in 2005, Hey Rosetta! has quickly grown from a travelers suitcase full of lyrics and string parts to a critically acclaimed band hailed for their intelligent songs, powerful recordings, energized and evoking live shows. The band has created a...
event::tags Rock
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
Final Flash
3 schedule::attendees
Location
Paradise
eventtype Music
event::about This past year was a whirlwind for newcomers, Final Flash. Based in Montreal, this emerging quintet, is rapidly making waves with their unique brand of psychedelic folk-rock. Final Flash have quickly caught the attention of fans, local media and programmers, landing shows at Canadian Music Week, Pop Montreal, the Whistler Canadian...
event::tags Rock
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Romi Mayes
Location Paradise
Location Paradise
eventtype Music
event::about "This is the sort of sound you’d want to hear pouring out of roadhouses as you drive up expecting to get drunk and maybe fall in love." - Americana UK Magazine "Music from the heart and soul, Romi makes it look easy." - Bob Harris, BBC "Romi Mayes is the hardest-working...
event::tags Country
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Hollerado
9 schedule::attendees
Location
Paradise
eventtype Music
event::about Hailing from the small town of Manotick, Ontario, Hollerado is a young Canadian foursome including charismatic lead singer/guitarist Menno Versteeg, lead guitarist Nixon Boyd, his brother and drummer Jake Boyd and bassist Dean Baxter. Hollerado recently caught the attention Jack White who chose the band to support Dead Weather this past...
event::tags Rock
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
The Deep Dark Woods
26 schedule::attendees
Location
Paradise
eventtype Music
event::about The timeless sound of the aptly named "The Deep Dark Woods" belongs to the depressing winters of the north. Pulsing with human warmth, these original songs echo through the lonesome night. Ryan Boldt's plainspoken lyrics offer a strong but gentle tone which understates poetry, oftentimes as startling as hot blood in...
event::tags Folk
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
12:00 PM
to 1:00 PM
Canadian Blast Presents - Canada House
22 schedule::attendees
Location
Paradise
event::about Hang out at Canada House day and night, Upstairs at Paradise, Thursday through Saturday. Canadian shows daily from 12-6pm. Official SXSW Canadian evening showcases from 8pm-2am with performances by some of the best emerging Canadian acts presented by Canadian Music Week (CMW), M for Montreal and POP Montreal. Plan your schedule...
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Brasstronaut
7 schedule::attendees
Location
Paradise
eventtype Music
event::about Brasstronaut hails from Vancouver B.C. Originally formed by electronic music producer, Edo Van Breemen and classical trumpet player Bryan Davies, the band gradually expanded to 4 members: John Walsh - bass, & Brennan Saul - drums. Contrary to what is commonly reported in the media, this is not a jazz band,...
event::tags Soul
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
The Peelies
13 schedule::attendees
Location
Paradise
eventtype Music
event::about The Peelies are an all-girl band equally inspired by their moms and Snatch (as in Patty Palladin's band, not the movie.) They've been playing together for under a year, and still managed to gather quite the following. It must be their Raincoats-like swagger, or maybe their perfect mix of French yéyé,...
event::tags Rock
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Radio Radio
3 schedule::attendees
Location
Paradise
eventtype Music
event::about Nominated for the Videoclip of the year at the 2009 ADISQ Gala and for two Felix at the 2008 ADISQ in the categories Hip-hop album of the year and Revelation of the year, winner of the ACADIE/RIDEAU award in 2008, Radio Radio has been conquering crowds from the Quebec and Ontario...
event::tags Hip-Hop/Rap
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Bonjay
6 schedule::attendees
Location
Paradise
eventtype Music
event::about In cities and suburbs around the world, the next generation of young musicians are emerging. Inspired by the underground music of the last 30 years, they are unencumbered by the restrictions of style and attitude that traditionally divided genres. Cities that once tried to emulate New York or London are coming...
event::tags Electronic
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Tanlines
39 schedule::attendees
Location
Paradise
eventtype Music
event::about Tanlines are Jesse Cohen and Eric Emm. Jesse used to play in Professor Murder and Eric was in production duo the Brothers, who produced records by Telepathe, Free Blood, !!! and countless other young artists from his studio in Brooklyn. Tanlines first emerged in 2008, getting some attention for their first...
event::tags Avant/Experimental
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Poirier ft MC Zulu
8 schedule::attendees
Location
Paradise
eventtype Music
event::about The power of DJ/producer Poirier’s bass will blast through any flimsy attempt to classify his music. While the purists struggle to label his sound as either dancehall, soca, or electro, Poirier, signed to Ninja Tune, just takes what needs from all three and unleashes the result in a raw dance floor...
event::tags Reggae
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