This event is for people ages 21+ and is an Official SXSW Event.

For the fourth year in a row, Paste is partnering with Ilegal Mezcal to bring a three-day party to Austin, Texas. The 2025 edition will once again take place at High Noon in East Austin, March 12-14 from 12-7pm during the SXSW Music Festival.

 Acts performing this year have come in all the way from Australia (Dope Lemon, Delivery, Hachiku, Radio Free Alice, Stella Bridie), the U.K. (Honeyglaze, Maruja, mary in the junkyard), and Ireland (Soda Blonde, M(h)aol) and Canada (Billianne). They include past and future Paste Best of What's Next artists and established bands like New Yorkers Sunflower Bean and Athens, Ga., legends Five Eight. As always, it's a lineup that we've put together selfishly so thatwe get to see all the artists we're most excited about.

We'll be announcing the full schedule soon, but the full of confirmed acts so far is:
Baths • Big Girl • Billianne • Brennan Wedl • Cardinals • Dead Gowns • Delivery • Dope Lemon • Draag • Dutch Interior • fantasy of a broken heart • Fashion Club • Five Eight • Glom • Hachiku • Honeyglaze • Humbird • Ken Pomeroy • Lily Seabird • M(h)aol • Maruja • mary in the junkyard • Monobloc • Palmyra • Radio Free Alice • Sierra Spirit • Soda Blonde • Spencer Peppet (The Ophelias) • Stella Bridie • Sunflower Bean

We're excited to partner again with our friends at Ilegal Mezcal for their renowned Bar Ilegal experience! Join us for free brand activations for those 21+, including live chainstitching by Jada & Jon and flash tattoos by Lindley Weaver. Enjoy Ilegal Mezcal's aged mezcal and signature cocktails crafted by Global Brand Ambassador Gilbert Marquez.

 Priority entrance will be given to those with SXSW badges, but no worries if you don't have one. Just RSVP using this link to get in for free!