Get ready for another year of great music at the Four Seasons Hotel during SXSW — this year with some great tunes geared towards kids! KUTX 98.9 and the Four Seasons are presenting a lineup of some highly anticipated artists at the 2017 SXSW Music Conference, while raising money for the Seton Shivers Cancer Center. KUTX Live! at the Four Seasons features four early-morning broadcasts from the Four Seasons ballroom from 7 to 11 a.m., Wednesday, March 15 through Friday, March 17, and also from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 18.
Bring the kids! These shows are a great opportunity to let your kids see some amazing music in a calm environment that has great sound quality where you can sit down. Also, Spare the Rock Spoil the Child radio show, will offer kid-friendly sets between the main-stage acts in the hotel’s Lobby Lounge each day.
The event is open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. Admission is $10 per adult and $5 per child (ages 10 & under) per day, with all money collected benefiting the Seton Shivers Cancer Center (cash only). Admission includes a breakfast taco, a granola bar, and coffee.
Limited self-parking is available in the hotel garage on a first-come, first served basis at a discounted rate of $5 per car until 1 p.m.
Here’s the lineup for 2017:
–> Wednesday, March 15
Main Stage Lineup:
- 7 a.m. French-Columbian, Brooklyn-based, multi-instrumentalist R&B artist Gabriel Garzón-Montano
- 8 a.m. Folk-blues and Americana band Hurray For The Riff Raff out of New Orleans
- 9 a.m. Central Texas Hip Hop group Third Root
- 10 a.m. New Jersey’s hazy indie rockers Real Estate
Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child Lineup:
- 8:30 a.m. Indie rocker, songwriter, playwright and children’s book author Ralph’s World
- 9:30 a.m. Red Yarn, who weaves folk songs and puppetry into engaging shows for all ages
–> Thursday, March 16
Main Stage Lineup:
- 7 a.m. Texan Jonathan Terrell who has written hits for Bart Crow and Mike and the Moonpies
- 8 a.m. Maggie Rogers, the electro-pop folk singer made famous by Pharrell’s endorsement last year
- 9 a.m. Three-piece band Middle Kids from Sydney, Australia
- 10 a.m. English rockers Temples
Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child Lineup:
- 8:30 a.m. Austin-based “kindie” band The Que Pastas
- 9:30 a.m. Parents’ Choice Award winning songwriter for children, Joe McDermott
–> Friday, March 17
Main Stage Lineup:
- 7 a.m. Asheville, North Carolina Americana quartet River Whyless
- 8 a.m. Oliver John-Rodgers, aka OJR, who plays a range of styles from indie-folk, blues and Americana to grunge, psychedelia, and rock ‘n’ roll
- 9 a.m. Texas Troubadour Ray Wiley Hubbard
- 10 a.m. Austin psychedelic rock band The Black Angels
Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child Lineup:
- 8:30 a.m. Latin Grammy winners Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band
- 9:30 a.m. Educational rockers The Deedle Deedle Dees
–> Saturday, March 18
Main Stage Lineup:
- 8 a.m. Austin-based singer and songwriter Molly Burch
- 9 a.m. Austin blues, funk and soul artist Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears
- 10 a.m. British rapper, singer (and actress) Little Simz
- 11 a.m. Spoon drops its ninth album “Hot Thoughts” March 17
Spare the Rock Spoil, the Child Lineup:
- 9:30 a.m. Chicago’s upbeat, down-to-earth kindie musician Little Miss Ann
- 10:30 a.m. Family funk super duo Sugar Free Allstars
For more information, please visit the KUTX website.
See you there!
*Cover image from the KUTX Facebook page
