When the Los Angeles-based photographer Lauren Ward headed down to the Austin, Texas music festival SXSW to bunk with Roy Harper, Jonathan Wilson and his band next door to Robert Plant‘s house, no less, we asked her to catalogue her adventure in images—from the endless live music to the eclectic attendees to the general weirdness that makes the city a Texan anomaly.

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Jonathan Wilson and Erin Lee Smith

Dr. John

Father John Misty

Delta Spirit

Left: Tex Smith

Fiona Apple

Left: Katrina Cahana

Right: Dr. John

Brooklyn Hustle Club

Right: Tashaki Miyaki