This year Balanced Breakfast has 1 unofficial showcase date at The Dogwood in Austin during SxSW. This is the first time NOT at the Jackalope on 6th Street. This year’s showcase is from 1-10PM on Saturday, March 16th. We will chose 7 bands and 13 solo artists from the applications we received. All applicants were notified via...Continue Reading

Apply to play Balanced Breakfast's Unofficial 2023 Showcase with Music City SF on March 16th & 17th 2023 at The Jackalope in Austin during SxSW.Continue Reading

We are accepting applications to play the 2022 Balanced Breakfast Showcase in Austin on March 17th & 18th at The Jackalope during SxSW with Music City SF.Continue Reading

BB’s unofficial SxSW showcase was canceled in 2020 and will be virtual in 2021. We are excited to announce that we are hosting 72 bands on two stages via one ZOOM event over 3 days. The bands we booked are from Austin, San Francisco, Nashville, Brooklyn, and other cities around the world. Our format will...Continue Reading

In Mission:Music's thirteenth episode, we talk to Jack Charles and his goth lounge style of music. Jack is from Austin, Texas, and goes over what the week of SXSW was like without the legendary festival & conference. The group also gets into how the quarantine has helped (and hurt) the creative process, illegal outdoor shows...Continue Reading

HANNA BARAKAT + Lisa from Austin played Balanced Breakfast's online music fest 2020. Listen, like their page, and consider supporting them via Venmo or Paypal.Continue Reading

Balanced Breakfast is hosting our first Online Music Fest on the next 4 Sundays. In total, we will feature 192 bands on Facebook.Continue Reading

The city of Austin has canceled SxSW 2020, but our venues are still booked and we aren't canceling our showcase. Join Balanced Breakfast for our FREE 2020 unofficial SxSW showcases, presented by Music City Hit Factory.Continue Reading

For one incredible week, Balanced Breakfast members from across North America will join together at SXSW. Meet your fellow Breakfasters from cities such as San Francisco, Nashville, Toronto, Boston, Portland and more as we join together for a one-hour lunch at The Jackalope, just ahead of our 12pm Balanced Breakfast showcase, sponsored by Music City...Continue Reading

Are you in the music industry?!Join us at Austin Java for a meet-up of industry professionals. Let's eat breakfast together and talk about what's happening in our cities' music scene. This will also be a great opportunity for all the Balanced Breakfast groups from around the US to meet in one place. See you soon...Continue Reading

Join us for a 2 day Bay Area Showcase, presented by Music City SF and sponsored by the music industry meet-up Balanced Breakfast. We will feature 12 prominent bands from San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose. Don't miss any of the excitement at The Jackalope in Austin, TX on Tuesday March 15th and Wednesday the...Continue Reading

The Midgetmen brought their ear-crushing live show to San Francisco’s Bender’s Bar last month with an impressive fervor. The band pulled no punches, sonically or otherwise, as they headlined an interesting evening of music in our always interesting music city. Ezra Furman started off the night solo, his presence ever-magnetizing, even as he stared at...Continue Reading