Photos: Scenes on the eve of SXSW

Attendees of any of the three SXSW festivals are given a canvas bag stuffed with all kinds of literature and goodies. Those who pay for passes to more than one festival get a bag for each one. Here, in the giant hall where the tens of thousands of bags are assembled, stacks and stacks of the still-empty bags sit on palettes waiting to be filled.

Photo by Daniel Terdiman/CNET

Caption by Daniel Terdiman