SXSW Sydney 4+

Not everything is that close . If n the other hand packed of good stuff

1st, in the general overall schedule view, there’s nothing to indicate what badge the session prioritizes which is frustrating when you’re trying to juggle and work out what you’re more likely to get into with your particular badge. But also just to indicate what the type of event it is without clicking through and trying to glean the info i.e there will just be a name “Alissa” and that could be a film or a gig or a panel.
2nd, it needs a “interested in” star AND an “attending” star. Because I’m interested in a bunch of things that are on at the same time and want to keep them noted for reference but only want to go to one of them, OR, want to keep them handy incase I can’t get into my first preference.

1. Music festival needs a FILTER BY GENRE search option. Because for people trying to discover what to go listen to, do you really expect us to decide what bands we like based off their names? Or read every single bio? When discovering songs on Spotify - the search by #genre option is PERFECT for fans to be matched to the music they want to listen to.

2. SXSW App needs a horizontal events view - the ability to see a day’s timetable of MY SCHEDULE sessions and event times.
Because currently, we have to scroll down a long vertical list of events, with the risk of missing or forgetting what we’ve just read while trying to schedule an already very jam-packed day.

It would solve a lot of on-the-day planning issues if users could see all starred (favourite) sessions on one day ALL AT ONCE - like the iCalendar app.

Even adding the ability to COLOUR CODE sessions for our self organisation would help a lot.

Thanks :)
Kat