Prepare for the Festival
Season 13 May 30-June 2, 2024 Austin, Texas
Getting + Staying Here
ATX TV Festival Season 13 is headquartered at The Driskill Hotel (604 Brazos St).
At The Driskill, you'll find Registration, quite a few of our Programming Venues, perhaps a few ghosts, and the best damn chocolate cake in Austin.
Find a cozy place to rest up each night, so you're ready to tackle all the Festival Programming each day! Click here to view our exclusive rates around town!
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When + Where to go at the Festival
Your Season 13 Badge or Pass can be picked up at ATX TV Registration, located in the Victorian Room (1st Fl.) at The Driskill Hotel (604 Brazos St).
Season 13 Registration hours are:
- Wednesday, May 29th: 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Thursday, May 30th: 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
- Friday, May 31st: 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
- Saturday, June 1st: 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
- Sunday, June 2nd: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Each individual must be present and pick up their own Badge or Pass – you will not be able to pick up credentials on behalf of another attendee. Please bring your Badge or Pass QR Code and an ID to pick up your Season 13 Badge or Pass.
The Season 13 Festival Schedule will be available soon!
Friendly reminder that the Schedule, Programming, and Panelists are subject to change and/or may be canceled without notice. We try to keep you updated on these changes as they happen, but remember to check back often!
How to Festival
We work hard to make sure that all ATX TV Events, including the Festival, are safe, respectful, inclusive, and fun environments for TV lovers from around the world. We know that y’all enjoying being a part of ATX TV because it’s an awesome, laid back community of TV nerds that feel truly at home at TV Camp.
To keep our TV Camp vibe, here’s our basic rule of engagement: Be cool.
So be cool when you spot our Panelists out and about during the Festival. ATX TV Panelists are TV fans just like you, watching and talking about their work and favorite shows with other TV fans. Feel free to chat with them about the series you just watched, or a series (other than theirs) that you like, but do not ask for them to sign an enormous stack of pictures, or crowd, or swarm them.
We’d also like you to be cool while interacting with other folks at the festival. While you, our wonderful attendees, are overwhelmingly friendly, patient, and accommodating — we ask that regardless of how popular the event or how great the excitement, you treat your fellow festival-goers with kindness. Same goes for our amazing Volunteers – they’re TV fans just like you, and work incredibly hard to make your festival experience one to remember!
In addition, we want to acknowledge that while we all have a responsibility to our community, everyone has a different risk tolerance. Face masks are welcome, but are not required in Festival spaces. We would like to remind you to respect the decision of those who wear masks. Be cool, y’all.
The ATX TV Code of Conduct applies to all ATX TV events, virtual and in person (including ATX TV Festival), all our physical venues, and anyone who engages with our social media channels or virtual spaces. All ATX TV participants, including but not limited to attendees, staff, panelists, press, vendors, and volunteers will be held to the same standards.
If you engage with anyone in a disrespectful or inappropriate manner, or do not adhere to our Code of Conduct, we reserve the right to immediately remove or ban you from any ATX TV event or platform, without refund (if applicable).
Please take a minute to review the full ATX TV Code of Conduct before you attend any ATX TV Event.
All seating at ATX TV is first-come, first-served (no assigned seats).
Attendees are not guaranteed a seat in any screening/panel or access to any event, only admission up to capacity. Any Badgeholder with a Fast Pass MUST be in line no later than 20 min. prior to the scheduled start time in order for their Fast Pass to be valid.
ATX TV Attendees will be let into screenings and panels in the following order:
- ATX TV Panelist & Sponsor Badges
- Primary Line: includes any Badges with Fast Pass reservations + Guest Tickets
- Secondary Line: includes any Badges without Fast Pass reservations + TV Passholders
- Single Tickets (available only for select events at ACL Live and the Paramount & Stateside Theatres)
If there are seats available in panels/screenings, late arrivals will be allowed at the discretion of ATX TV Staff and Venue Managers – due to various circumstances, late seating may be deemed too distracting to audiences and panelists.
We’ll have Q&As after each Screening and Panel, so pro tip, when thinking about what you’d like to ask, please make sure you actually ask a question and stay away from the non-questions, aka something that doesn't end in a question mark. For example - "I’m a writer/actor/producer/director as well, and I think that blah, blah, blah." Y'all. That's not a question, and thus, should not be part of a Q&A.
Austin and our TV Community are in the spotlight during Q&As, and all year we hear how wonderful and smart ATX TV audiences are. Also by keeping the questions short, smart, and to the point, we can get as many in as possible!
You’ll hear us harp on this a lot during the Festival because it’s important. Take care of yourself. Make sure to wear sunscreen and stay super hydrated. Keep an eye on the weather and dress appropriately.
We’ll try to keep you out of the heat as much as possible, but due to available space, some of our lines are located outside. So please be prepared and alert a volunteer or staff member if you need assistance. And please note that you are not able to take liquids into the Paramount Theatre or ACL Live, but you can bring an empty water bottle to refill once inside.
Fast Passes + Micro Programming
To help you have the best festival ever, ATX TV Festival Badgeholders have access to our Fast Pass reservation system to help secure seats to the Panels / Screenings you’re the most excited about.
Fast Passes allow you to line up in a priority line (the Primary Line) when attending a piece of Programming.
Keep in mind that not all Programming will be eligible for Fast Pass reservations, and Fast Passes don’t take up the whole theater/venue capacity - only about a third of a venue can be reserved in the Fast Pass System. Thus, if you didn’t get a Fast Pass to something, NEVER FEAR! You can still attend! You'll just line up in the Secondary Line at the venue.
Camp Badges can receive up to five (5) Fast Passes during the Festival, and GP, Press, and Industry Badges can receive up to three (3) Fast Passes during the festival.
Badgeholders are able to request which Fast Passes they would like during the Fast Pass Lottery. Dates for the 2024 Fast Pass Lottery will be announced soon, but it's typically the week before the Festival kicks off.
During the Lottery, you have the chance to request eight (8) different Fast Pass selections, in order of your highest to lowest priority. The time at which your selections are submitted during the Lottery window doesn’t affect what Fast Passes are assigned, and entering a single piece of programming more than once only counts as one selection (aka repeat selections won't increase your odds of securing a Fast Pass to that event).
Once the Lottery window has closed, after some impressive data crunching (Fast Passes are assigned one at a time to give each Badgeholder their highest available selections), Fast Pass reservations are emailed to Badgeholders.
Please note, if you purchase your Badge after the Fast Pass Lottery window has closed, please email reg@atxfestival.com before Wednesday, May 29th at 11:59 pm CT. We will do our best to help you secure any available Fast Pass, however we cannot guarantee any Fast Passes after the Lottery window has closed.
Fast Passes allow you to line up in the Primary Line at venues (for Badgeholders with Fast Passes and Guest Tickets), which is let in ahead of the Secondary Line (for Badgeholders without Fast Passes and TV Passes).
In order for your Fast Pass to be valid, you must be in the Fast Pass line no later than twenty (20) minutes before the published start time of the event with your Badge on and your Fast Pass pulled up on your device of choice.
Remember, all seating is first-come, first-served and unassigned. Fast Passes don’t guarantee you a particular seat or section, just allow for admission to the event.
Micro Programming is a type of Programming that takes place in our smallest venues with capacities of 35 - 50 people, allowing for intimate conversations with our Panelists. Micro Programming is available only to Camp, Industry, and Press Badges.
Camp, Industry, and Press Badges are able to submit up to five (5) Micro Programming selections during the Micro Programming Lottery (same time frame / system as the Fast Pass Lottery), and will receive at least one (1) Micro Programming reservation.
If you have a Micro Programming reservation, your name will be on a list at the door for that piece of Programming. Our fantastic team at the venue will check you in, and let you in to grab your seat.
If you have a Camp, Industry, or Press Badge, but didn’t receive a reservation for a Micro Programming session that you really want to attend, you can line up in a Stand By line outside the venue in case there’s space. Just note that due to the nature of the small rooms, it’s unlikely that we'll have lots of space.
