It’s almost March and that means that for the tech community, the annual pilgrimage to Austin, Texas is upon many of us. Each year, thousands gather in the Texas capital to attend the South by Southwest Interactive conference (some even stay for music), but it’s basically five non-stop days and nights of learning, networking, and partying! And this year, the festivities kick off once again with the Techset party on Friday, March 9.

Hosted by Techset founders Brian Solis and Stephanie Agresta, this year is promising to be even bigger and better than last year. Make sure you mark it on your calendars to attend the 4th annual Techset party at The Parish from 8-11pm. This is the people’s party…a party catered to help make you feel like the celebrity that you are and to rock out like no one’s watching. Last year’s party at Enzo Austin certainly celebrated this and people definitely rocked out thanks to the amazing performance by Rana June, the world’s only iPad DJ. Who knows what surprises this year will have! But one thing’s for sure, as with all the Techset parties, “dress the part” will definitely be in full effect and get ready to kick off SXSW in style.

Stay tuned for more information on cool sponsors and event information – we’re only getting started!

To wet your appetite, here are some photos from last year’s Techset party:

Rana June performs an amazing set at the Techset party

TheNextWeb's Hermione Way interviews Techset founder Brian Solis

Yammer's Maria Ogneva, TheNextWeb's Brett Petersel, Trulia's Ginger Wilcox, and Andy Kaufman

Hubspot's Laura Fitton with Page.ly's Joshua Strebel & Sally Boldt-Strebel

The Techset party in full effect!

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Party on at the Techset party!

One of the biggest parties to start of the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive conference has typically been the TechSet Party and this year, it’s coming back. Last year’s event at the Speakeasy was a packed event with both badged attendees and those without badges co-mingling and getting to know each other or reconnect after a year apart. This year, TechSet founders, Brian Solis and Steph Agresta, are bringing the party to Enzo Austin and you’re not going to want to miss this.

Everyone that attends SXSW wants to feel special and treated like royalty, right? Well this year, OnStar and Chevrolet are joining the TechSet crew to put on the 2011 SXSW edition of the TechSet party where you’ll hopefully get the celebrity treatment and get to meet all your favorite friends, Internet personalities and get to meet some really great people! As with all TechSet parties, the “dress the part” clause will be in effect and according to their site, you’re expected to show how you’re “living rock stardom”.

Tickets are available now on the TechSet party Eventbrite page so don’t miss out on this great opportunity. This is not one you’re going to want to miss if you’re looking to start your SXSW experience off right!

Here are some photos from last year’s TechSet party at SXSW:

Mashable’s Brett Petersel & DeviantArt’s Nicole Jordan

Live music at the TechSet party

Guess they’re all living rock stardom, huh?

Stefanie Michaels & Jim “TechFrog” Alden

Bing’s Betsy Aoki, Derek Overbey, Andy Kaufman, Krystyl Baldwin & Mashable’s Adam Hirsch

American Eagle’s Jess Berlin, TECHcocktail’s Frank Gruber & Jen Consalvo

Celebrating the SXSW experience

More photos from last year’s TechSet party are on my Flickr photostream that you can find here.

Photo credit: All photos featured here were taken by Kenneth Yeung

The 2010 edition of the South by Southwest Interactive conference kicked off with a bang at the TechSet & Windows Phone party in Austin, Texas. Held at the Speakeasy, thousands of SXSW attendees flocked to get in on the fun and meet new friends and rekindle old friendships. Thanks to the tandem team of Stephanie Agresta and Brian Solis, the TechSet & Windows Phone party was rocking through the night, complete with a Bing photo booth, musical acts, and a DJ pumping out beats.

All the digerati were out in force this night and surely the TechSet Party help set the tone for the parties during the rest of South by Southwest. From seeing folks like Sean Percival, Robert Scoble, Dave Mathews, Jess Berlin, Chris Heuer, Scott Beale, Adam Ostrow, Adam Hirsch, Wm. Marc Salsberry and many others, the TechSet party was definitely the place to be.

Here are some photos from the event:

The hosts for your evening: Stephanie Agresta & Brian Solis

Welcome to the TechSet & Windows Phone Party

The Speakeasy

The line of people waiting to get into the TechSet & Windows Phone Party

Jess Berlin, Frank Gruber & Jen Consalvo

Chris Heuer, Khris Loux and Nancy Cole

Jess Berlin, Melissa Rowley, Brian Solis, Laura Fitton, Reem Abeidoh and Rick Calvert

The band entertaining the crowd at the party

Hey look! It’s part of Team Mashable with other attendees!

More photos from the TechSet & Windows Phone party can be found online by clicking here.

Photo Credit: Kenneth Yeung

In the latest edition of Blogworld, the folks at TechSet weren’t shy about bringing their awesome party to Sin City. Sponsored by Thoora.com and Anheuser-Busch, one of the most popular events of the week was held at The Bank in the world-famous Bellagio Casino & Hotel. It was here that bloggers, new media & social folks gathered to celebrate camaraderie and the start of one of the largest technology conferences in the country. The great organizers, including Stephanie Agresta and Brian Solis, brought in some legendary Las Vegas showgirls to help create a more Vegas-style atmosphere and the DJs kept the party going for most of the night.

TechSet’s reputation has even brought out some celebrities to party the night away, including CNN anchor and Blogworld keynote panelist Don Lemon, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, Emily Grimmel, the COO of Current TV Joanna Drake Earl, renowned music producer Jermaine Dupri, and even more!

Overall, the TechSet party really was a great success and with music and drinks flowing, there was definitely ample opportunity for people to unleash their inner celebrity and be rockstars.

Here are some photos of the event:

Brian Solis.

Stephanie Agresta & Chris McCaffrey.

The TechSet party is going off at The Bank.

Albert, Daynah & Ed Morita

Altimeter Group’s Jeremiah Owyang on the phone while his picture is being taken.

1938 Media’s own Loren Feldman.

I Can Haz Cheeseburger’s Ben Huh & Lil’ Gram’s Gregarious Narain

Drew Olanoff – creator of BlameDrewsCancer.com

Technology evangelist Chris Pirillo.

Some great people who attended the TechSet party.

Reem Abeidoh, Jessica Berlin, Chris Saad & Sarah Townsend.

More people at the TechSet party.

You can view more photos of the night by clicking here.