The fourth edition of Fun Fun Fun Fest officially kicks off at noon tomorrow and naturally, one can be forgiven for looking ahead to day one already. The likes of The Jesus Lizard, Les Savy Fav, Chelsea Peretti, The Sword, Pharcyde, Neon Indian, and Shearwater are all on Saturday’s schedule but let’s hold our horses for we still need to indulge in a full night of revelry before we set up camp at Waterloo Park for the weekend. This evening, Austinist proudly presents the After The Jump blogger’s panel at 5:30 at The Mohawk, followed by the latest installment of our Local Music Is Sexy series, spread across the 'hawk and Club de Ville this year.

First up, bloggers extraordinaire Maura Johnston (Idolator), Justin Gage (Aquarium Drunkard), Peter Gaston (SPIN), David Prince (Billboard, The Daily Swarm), Joe Gross Austin American Statesman, and our very own Paige Maguire (Austinist, WOXY) discuss new media and music journalism in the 21st century. The experts will also answer questions following the dialogue. LMIS kicks off immediately after the panel and as always, we’ve secured a whole slew of local talent to ensure your Fun Fest '09 experience starts off right. This event is 21+.

The schedule is as follows:

• Club de Ville: The Low Lows, Beautiful Supermachines, Black Before Red, The Authors.
  

  
  

• Inside at The Mohawk: Watch Out For Rockets, Air Traffic Controllers, Silent Land Time Machine, My Milky Way Arms.
  

  
  

• Outside at The Mohawk: TV Torso, International Waters, The Distant Seconds, Manikin, Minor Mishap Marching Band.
  

See you there!

Follow the jump for a listing of Transmission Entertainment’s kick-off parties and aftershows, and the Austinist Weekend Music Preview Slideshow, which contains information on many more events in town this Fun Fest weekend.

Per Transmission Entertainment:

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6th

• MOHAWK + CLUB DE VILLE: Local Music is Sexy
  Austinist presents LMIS w/Black Before Red, International Waters, TV Torso, Beautiful Machines, Distant Seconds, Air Traffic Controllers, The Authors, and more!
  (No cover! all ages, 9pm)
  

  
  

• BEAUTY BAR: Antics/Toyota Matrix and Learning Secrets presents Yeasayer DJ set, Learning Secrets DJs, plus live sets by Totally Michael, Best Fwends and Missions (ex-Clap Clap) (no cover, 21+, 10pm)
  

  
  

• RED 7 INSIDE: Fucked Up DJ Set (no cover, all ages) RED 7 OUTSIDE: Fu Manchu, Lions, Scorpion Child ($10, all ages)
  

  
  

• BEERLAND: Kevin Seconds (7 Seconds) solo performance, December Boys, Failure's Union, Cheap Girls (no cover, 21+, 10pm)
  

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 7th

• MOHAWK: Voxtrot, The Octopus Project, The Coathangers, Twin Tigers, Jazzus Lizard (Jesus Lizard Jazz Tribute Band), and Walter Schriefeld's band ($10, all ages, 9:30pm)
  

  
  

• RED 7: Negative Approach, Christ on Parade, Trash Talk, Naw Dude, You People
  ($13, all ages, 10pm)
  

  
  

• BEAUTY BAR: The Cool Kids DJ Set, DJ Mel
  ($5 before midnight, $10 after, 21+, 10pm)
  

  
  

• BEERLAND: Jack Oblivion, John Paul Keith and the 145s, Lovvers (UK), Fleshlights
  ($10, 21+, 10pm)
  

  
  

• ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE RITZ:
  Youth Brigade hosts "Let Them Know: The Story Behind Youth Brigade and BYO Records" (10:15pm), MC Chris hosts "Gremlins"
  (12am)
  

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 8th

• MOHAWK: And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Dark Meat, An Albatross, Au, Free Moral Agents (w/Ikey Owens of The Mars Volta), Zech Marquise (w/Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez of The Mars Volta)
  ($13, all ages, 9:30pm)
  

  
  

• RED 7: Toys That Kill, The Forgetters (Black Schwarzenbach of Jawbreaker/Jets to Brazil, Kevin of Against Me, Caroline of Bitchin'), Ghost Knife, Smalltown (Sweden)
  ($10, all ages, 10pm)
  

  
  

• BEERLAND: Easy Action, Black Cobra, Black Tusk, Eagle Claw
  ($8, 21+, 10pm)
  

  
  

• ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE RITZ: Mission of Burma hosts "Not a Photograph"
  (10:15pm)
  

Also, check out the list on Fun Fest’s website.

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