WHO ARE WE?
founders/hosts: becca // mara // caitlin // jeff
sxsocialwalrus first came to be in 2010 as a Hyde Park house show with mainly friends' bands playing together and a big group day party complete with burgers and beer. In 2011 we began to seek out national & international acts to enhance the experience further.
The walrus came back with a vengeance on the eastside in 2012-- including veteran sxsocialwalrus bands as well as several new additions. The walrus took a break in 2013 due to some neighborhood issues.
The second relocation happened in 2014, remaining in East Austin into the Holly/Cesar Chavez neighborhood. 2015 was initially cancelled due to bad weather, but instead an impromptu indoor house show turned into the most fun yet.
We're relocating for the fourth time in our sixth year into another East Austin neighborhood--in 78721, which is slightly farther east//north from the previous two years, but still easily bikeable and bussable to downtown/East side venues. There is another house show just down the street on the same day, so we anticipate a lot of bouncing back and forth.
Who are the curators of sxsocialwalrus, you ask? Oh, we're just some Austin social workers who love to party to good music with good friends. We've so loved how sxsocialwalrus has provided a space for lots of new friendships and bands meeting and playing together in the future. Can't wait to see everyone this year!