more south by free stuff

If you don't have a wristband or a badge you can still have some SXSW fun in Austin on the cheap. If you didn't already know, the festival also sponsors Free Shows at Auditorium Shores featuring Toots + the Maytals & Joss Stone (3/19) Junior Brown, Grupo Fantasma, & Los Lonely Boys (3/20). Also The Escapist Bookstore is having a fun mid-day party for Arthur Magazine with some decent bands and FREE PABST! Furthermore, there will be an unofficial Buffalo Record Showcase with TOrcH, Hot Club of Cowtown, & the Asylum Street Spankers at Tombaleo (302 Bowie St., formerly the Electric Lounge) on Friday afternoon with free chinese food! Be there or prepare to be seriously square. *love, r.