Dan Wisniewski March 9th, 2011 - 5:39 PM
Rolling Stone is weighing in at SXSW with parties and a showcase of its own, including performances from The Meat Puppets, Cee Lo Green, and Queens of the Stone Age playing their debut album front to back.
In addition to the big names, the day parties and showcase will also feature acts such as Surfer Blood, Tennis, Raphael Saadiq and more. It all goes down at La Zona Rosa starting Wednesday, March 16 and runs through March 19.
It appears that the day parties are free, but we’ll post confirmation one way or the other once we get confirmation.
The lineup for Rolling Stones’ 2011 Day Parties and Showcase are as follows:
March 16
8 p.m. Beast Make Bomb
9 p.m. J Mascis
10 p.m. Mini Mansions
11 p.m. The Black Angels
12:30 a.m. Queens of the Stone Age
March 17 – Afternoon
12 p.m. Gary Clark Jr.
1 p.m. Raphael Saadiq
2 p.m. Tracy Bonham
3 p.m. Mona
4 p.m. The Meat Puppets
March 17 – Night (co-presented with Atlantic Records)
Times TBD
Special Guest TBA
Lupe Fiasco
Wiz Khalifa
Cee Lo
March 18
12 p.m. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
1 p.m. Jessica Lea Mayfield
2 p.m. Dawes
3 p.m. Nicole Atkins
4 p.m. Hayes Carll
March 19
12 p.m. Beast Make Bomb
1 p.m. Tennis
2 p.m. Surfer Blood
3 p.m. The Joy Formidable
4 p.m. Ellie Goulding
