SXSW Interactive Pre-party coming to H-town

This coming Monday, February 16, SXSW Interactive is hosting a pre-party in Houston to bring together the emerging tech/Web 2.0/social media scene in our neck of the woods. the event will be from 7-9 pm at the House of Blues Foundation Room located at 1294 Caroline Street.

This is the first year that SXSWi is throwing a pre-party in Houston (they’ve always done SF, NY, Seattle, etc), which really validates the hard work we’ve all been doing to prop up the local tech community. You can RSVP to interpress<at>sxsw<dot>com but do so soon…they are limiting attendance at 300 people.

For those of you not from around these parts:

“The SXSW Interactive Festival offers five days of panels, Core Conversations, book readings and keynote discussions. Also look for the Film and Interactive Trade Show, the ScreenBurn Arcade, the all-new Accelerator Event plus an exciting lineup of evening activities. Attendees benefit from hands-on, how-to training as well as long-term, big-picture analysis in an atmosphere that charges creativity and out-of-the-box thinking. More to the point, coming to SXSW Interactive is a great way to recharge your creativity. Listen to some podcasts or watch videos from the 2008 event to get a better idea of what to expect.

“The 2009 SXSW Interactive Festival will take place Friday, March 13 through Tuesday, March 17. The ScreenBurn at SXSW Arcade will run from Friday, March 13 through Sunday, March 15, and the Film + Interactive Exhibition & Trade Show will open Saturday, March 14 and close Monday, March 16.

“Daytime panel programming (as well as the Trade Show & Exhibition) takes place at the Austin Convention Center located at 500 E. Cesar Chavez. For 2009 additional panel programming will also take place at the Austin Hilton Downtown, which is located right across the street from the Austin Convention Center at 500 East 4th Street. Evening events will occur at the Hilton and at various nightspots around the city.”

See you there!!!