SXSW moves Thursday's free Lady Bird Lake show indoors because of weather

Sharon Chapman, Austin American-Statesman
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Thao Nguyen performs with the Get Down Stay Down at Austin City Limits Festival in 2013. She's headlining Thursday's free SXSW concert.
Thao Nguyen performs with the Get Down Stay Down at Austin City Limits Festival in 2013. She's headlining Thursday's free SXSW concert.

South by Southwest announced Wednesday that Thursday's free Lady Bird Lake show outdoors is moving indoors because of predicted severe weather.

"Due to inclement weather, the SXSW Community Concerts will be moving the Thursday, March 16 show from Lady Bird Lake to Ballroom A of the Austin Convention Center," SXSW announced. The convention center is at 500 E Cesar Chavez St.

Earlier Wednesday, producers of Willie Nelson's Luck Reunion moved the event from Thursday to Friday because of the forecast.

The free shows at Vic Mathias Shores are a popular event each year during the music festival, an event often with big names and no SXSW credentials required.

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The three days of free shows were scheduled to have gates opening at 2 p.m. and music scheduled from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday's show, which was programmed by the folks behind KUTX's syndicated family show, Spare the Rock/Spoil the Child, has shifted to later in the evening. Here's the new schedule for KUTX Rockin' Near The Shores:

  • 6 p.m. Lucky Diaz

  • 6:30 p.m. Red Yarn & Aaron Nigel Smith

  • 7 p.m. Mega Ran

  • 7:30 p.m. SaulPaul

  • 8 p.m. Rosie Flores

  • 8:30 p.m. Thao Nguyen

Information and updates: www.sxsw.com/festivals/music/community-concerts.

On Friday, '60s Brit rockers the Zombies (who played that song you may or may not know, "She's Not There") headline an eclectic bill supported by indie rocker AJ Smith and Afrobeat artist Baba Kuboye, nephew to genre-defining Afrobeat artist Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, who works classic motifs into modern Afrobeats sound beds.

On Saturday, the series of shows closes with a showcase of Austin-based street bands from the DIY music festival Honk!TX, another free event that will takeover Austin from March 31 through April 2.

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