Colorado Music Party at SXSW finalizes schedule for 2015 event

photo: Wheelchair Sports Camp at SXSW 2014
Wheelchair Sports Camp at the 2014 Colorado Music Party at SXSW

The Colorado Music Party is back for its third year in Austin, Texas, serving as an unofficial event happening alongside the South By Southwest (SXSW) music festival next month. This year the event and lineup has expanded from two days and 30 bands to five days (March 17-21) with 115 bands (102 of them from Colorado).

The schedule and lineup for the 2015 event was released today, and can be found via the Colorado Music Party website (www.coloradomusicparty.com). Additionally, SXSW attendees can RSVP for the event.

There are many Colorado artists returning to the party this year including The Yawpers, Dragondeer and Rob Drabkin. The lineup also includes newcomers In the Whale, Blake Brown & The American Dust Choir, Dirty Few, Kitty Crimes and Bonnie & the Beard, along with national acts Residual Kid, NeW bEAt FUNd, Dave Arcari and Heather Maloney.

The Party also features four acts listed as official SXSW artists: Wheelchair Sports Camp, Inner Oceans, Publicist UK and SPELLS.

The Colorado Music Party is presented by Colorado Creative Industries, the Colorado Tourism Office and SpokesBUZZ, along with media and music industry partners from throughout the state including OpenAir. The multi-day event returns to Austin's The 512, a two-stage venue in the heart of Sixth Street, from March 17-21.

Check out the rest of the lineup below:

  • 3Two
  • Albny
  • Altas
  • AMZY
  • Andy Sydow
  • Aspen Hourglass
  • Babah Fly
  • Ben Marshal
  • Better Than Bacon
  • Birch Street
  • Branded Bandits
  • Brett Jarnagin
  • Bud Bronson & The Good Timers
  • Calder’s Revolvers
  • Caramel Carmela
  • Carson Block
  • Cobary Jam
  • Cold River City
  • C ōvergeist
  • CRL CRRLL
  • Disguise the Silence
  • DOUBLEWIDE
  • Dr. Death + Mr. Vile
  • Edison
  • Eldren
  • Elise Wunder
  • Facing West
  • Filthy T
  • From Thin Air
  • Grim&Darling
  • Heather Maloney
  • High Five Hip Hop
  • Indigenous Robot
  • iZCALLi
  • Jack+Jill
  • Jesse Manley and His Band
  • Jilly.fm
  • JiM ChieF
  • Jordan Igoe
  • Kind Dub
  • Lisa Bell Band
  • Lissa Hanner
  • Matt Mahern and Constitution
  • Maxwell Hughes (formerly of The Lumineers)
  • Montoneros
  • ​NeW bEAt FUNd
  • No Fair Fights
  • OKO TYGRA
  • Open Space
  • Palace Brands
  • Poor Me
  • Post Paradise
  • Professor Fox’s One Man Band
  • Qbala, Red Fox Run
  • RipRats
  • Robert Cline Jr.
  • Rocktin Grove
  • Rootbeer & Mermentau
  • Rumours Follow
  • Ryan Chrys & The Rough Cuts
  • Rubedo
  • Sarah & the Meanies
  • SarCa$t*
  • Sexy Ester
  • Shaley Scott Band
  • Shatterproof
  • Shelby Britton
  • Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds
  • Slow Caves
  • Sound of Ceres
  • Steele & Colfax
  • Stella Luce
  • Stephen Langstaff
  • Strawberry Runners
  • The 14ers
  • the B.A.B.E.S.
  • The Covz
  • The Cumberland Collective
  • The Echo Chamber
  • The FAMM
  • The Left Ready
  • The Lindsey Saunders Band
  • The LoLos
  • The Patti Fiasco
  • The Railsplitters
  • The Rayo Brothers
  • The Robby Wicks Band
  • The Royal
  • The Seers
  • The Stone Foxes
  • The Sweet Lillies
  • The Wendy Woo Band
  • Thunderthief
  • Tight Thump
  • Tommy Metz
  • Travellers Music
  • Von Stomper
  • Wandering Monks
  • Wasteland Hop
  • We Are Not a Glum Lot
  • Wild Wombat
  • Wiredogs
  • Write Minded

View our past Colorado Music Party coverage.