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Fear not, friends, for this is the one day party you won’t want to miss. In partnership with some of our good friends, we’ve been hard at work putting together a kick-awesome showcase/party, and we’re finally ready to share it with everyone!

Benefitting Drink Pink to Save The Tatas

WHERE:

1001 E. 6th Street, Austin, TX 78702
(corner of E. 6th St. & San Marcos St., walking distance from all the downtown madness, precariously close to some kinda fort)

WHEN:

Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Noon to 9PM

THE LINEUP:

Stage One
12:15-12:50 Ragen Fykes
1:10-1:45 Freelance Whales
2:05-2:40 Ume
3:00-3:35 Warpaint
3:55-4:30 Morning Benders
4:50-5:25 Here We Go Magic
5:45-6:20 Maluca
7:00- 8:00 GZA

Stage Two
12:30-1:05 Burnt Ones
1:25 – 2:00 Diamond Rings
2:20-2:55 Kid Sister
3:15-3:50 Slow Club
4:10-4:45 Danielson
5:05-5:40 Delorean
6:00 – 7:00 [TBA]*

*Coming soon, stay tuned! Follow us on Twitter and add us on Facebook for updates.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY:

• Ziegenbock
• Dos Lunas Tequila
• Sweet Leaf Tea
• Knuckle Rumbler
• My Old Kentucky Blog
• You Aint No Picasso
• Ultra8201
• Yours Truly
• Chromewaves
• Car Toys

Two bars and food available on-site along with other fun stuff from our friends at Harley Davidson, screen printing by Southside Sanctuary, and photobooth by GreenShoeLace.com.

RSVP:

This event is FREE, open to the public (no badges required!), ALL-ages, and capacity HUGE (no waiting in wrap-around lines or cramming into a tiny room!). Hassle-free fun. However, please RSVP by doing the following:

1. RSVP on our Facebook event page
2. Friend us on Facebook for updates
3. Follow us on Twitter for updates
4. Tell your friends via Facebook  / Twitter / email

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Hey there! You might be wondering who I am, so I’m gonna give you a brief run down.

The name is James. James Drinkard. I’m 18 years of age, and I’m fortunate enough to live in the heart of Sweet Leaf Tea, music festivals, amazing food, and the best summers ever. That’s right, beautiful Austin, TX!

And since you can tell a lot about someone by their favorite flavor, I’m all Original, hands down! (What’s yours? Be on the look out for the new Lemon Black and Citrus Green tea. They’re delicious!)

Throughout the past 5 years that I’ve been sippin’ this organic goodness, I’ve had some really incredible times with Granny that are definitely worth sharing.  I’ve also become quite a Sweet Leaf fan/connoisseur. And that’s not just me saying that…

See, I told you! But I’m not all weird about it… don’t worry. (Though if you saw my room, you might think otherwise.)

Now if you don’t mind, I’d like to share with you a little story…In summer of 2008, a friend and I went around asking local businesses if they could help us raise funds to get to a summer camp. Some companies gave us much appreciated cash donations, but the good folks at Sweet Leaf gave us the coolest donation of them all – an opportunity to sling tea! Not only did this help us get to our camp, but it taught us many important lessons. Like how water is only good for brewing Sweet Leaf Tea, and that it’s called slinging tea, not selling. This easily takes the cake for one of the best SLT (and job) experiences ever!

When it comes down to it, the reason why I am absolutely in love with Sweet Leaf Tea is because they have a personality that I’ve never before seen in a company. An unmatched amount of pure awesomeness, both in the bottle and in the people. Being around the Sweet Leaf Tea’m is an incredibly uplifting experience that is not only a source of a great product, but inspiration. Living proof that “If you work hard, and you’re kind, amazing things will happen”. A perfect mix between business and pleasure that provides you with your recommended daily value of positive vibes in every bottle.

I’ve got plenty more stories to come, and even a Sweet Leaf Tea spelling lesson. Until we meet again, keep on chuggin’!

What do you think about the lineup for this year’s NOLA Jazz Festival? The good news is if you missed Pearl Jam at ACL last year, they’re headlining. And if you missed Lionel Richie at any point over the last 30 years you can see him too. Austin’s own Marcia Ball will be performing the first weeekend as well as Simon and Garfunkel, My Morning Jacket and The Black Crowes. (I was able to see The Black Crowes at Rothbury last summer and they’re awesome live.)

The second weekend offers much more for my taste with Richie Havens, Elvis Costello, Band of Horses, Old Crow Medicine Show, Gipsy Kings, the list goes on and on. Click here to see the complete line up.

Let us know if you like the list and if you’ll be making the trip to the birthplace of jazz to see it for yourself.

Festival dates-

Weekend 1: April 23-25

Weekend 2: April 29-May 2

Blog poster seanningham is the winner of the Best Live Music Experience Blog Contest. Congrats!

After reading about his Bjork experience at ACL in ‘07, it sounds like we all missed quite a show. I can imagine her intense vocals brought a knot to his throat. And I agree that Bjork is much more fierce and much more cute than Hannah Montana. Cheers to inspirational female artists and unforgettable live music experiences.

Thanks to everyone who shared their stories. We love good music and we’re glad you do too.

Ok so I know there are a million bands on the line-up for this weekend’s Fun Fun Fun festival but there is one band you cannot miss…Austin’s very own, L.A.X.

Believe it or not, I had never even heard of this band until last week. I was at a Cherrypeel Halloween party Sweet Leaf Tea sponsored at The Mohawk. I had a couple of friends say they really liked this band and the review on the party website made them sound awesome. They more than blew away my high expectations starting with their first song. By the time they played my favorite, “Pump to the Beat” I was so into the set and so was the rest of the crowd. I don’t think one person crammed in front of the tiny stage wasn’t dancing their a$$ off.  I had not planned on staying out late since I had work the next day but they were worth every bit of hurt I felt in the morning.

With all six members bringing their own creativity they put out an amazing sound with something for everyone. They mix house with R&B with pop. It is truly amazing!

So put your dance pants on and meet me at the Blue Stage, Saturday at 1 o’clock. Trust me, L.A.X. will not disappoint.

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