Well we all dodged that bullet! If you are reading this you have successfully escaped a week or two of dreary talks, panels, networking events and wild late night parties with free booze. Let's all take a moment to realize how lucky we are that we did not get caught up in any of that nonsense.

Now that the tears of joy have dried, let us welcome you to what we are all going to be doing instead. First in honor of our ill fated colleagues trapped in the South we will be going to Bodean's to eat a lot of BBQ. _{(group menu) (location.)} Rather than follow this up with just any old bar, we’re going to be heading to the The Charlotte St Blues Club _(location)

If you would like to join us at Bodean's in Soho for BBQ at 6pm sign in below so we make sure to have the table space available. You don't need a ticket to stop by Charlotte St, but in the spirit of SXSW (practice for next year) you should attempt to get a ticket to the event and be prepared to blag your way in if it fills up. This is so far an unsponsored event, if we could afford to buy everyone drinks we would be at SXSW.
Update: Unfortunatly we could only reserve space for 20 at Bodean's, but they do have more space (it's BYOB - Buy Your own BBQ anyway), so if you want to come along, book yourself a table if you can (020 7287 7575), or they said if you just turn up at 6pm you'll almost certainly get a table anyway - so lets just take the place over!

Chris Maxwell and The Charlotte St Blues Club welcome you to a beautiful, laid back blues venue where in 2010 you will be able to hang out, meet and (free Wi-Fi) work. The Balcony area at Charlotte Street Blues will be set aside for likeminded people from the industry.

BookingBug, Damon Oldcorn, the IIBN, Ale 2.0, LikeMinds, CoullTV, TechCrunch, CozyTweetup, StuffedAnimalsMedia, and friends welcome you to a Blues Drinks Party (7.30pm Mon 15th March 2010) to celebrate an ongoing "conversation" for the digital/internet Industry. So get there early for a "Stormy Monday" Blues set with Tom Rodwell & The Storehouse