This time of year, more than 100,000 souls descend upon Austin, Texas, for SXSW for a certain combination of music, film, computers, comedy, beer, and tacos. Sure, those things are fun, but you know what’s more fun (or at least more emotionally resonant)? Friday Night Lights! And Austin is its home. (Well, its real home, as that’s where they shot — Dillon, Texas, is sadly only a fictional place in our full hearts.) So if you’re going to SXSW this year, why not skip a day of cool bands and cool beer and instead take a life-affirming tour of Friday Night Lights locations? Below is an interactive map and list of key shooting locations. Have fun, guys. Clear eyes, full gas tank, can’t lose.
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Tim Riggins’s Land
7252 Burleson Manor Rd., Manor, Texas (this is probably farther down Burleson Manor Road from 969)
Vince’s House
2681 East Cesar Chavez St., Austin, Texas
Taylor House
6805 De Paul Cove, Austin, Texas 78723
Saracen House
3009 Kuhlman Ave., Austin, Texas 78702
Panther Field House
Flow Ln & Del Valle St., Austin, Texas 78617
East Dillion Practice Field
2271 Riverview St., Austin, Texas 78702
Alamo Freeze
5900 Manor Rd., Austin, Texas 78723
Garrity Motors
6328 Interstate 35 Frontage Rd., Austin, Texas 78745
Ray’s BBQ
6302 Monsanto Dr., Austin, Texas 78741
Tim Riggins’s House
2604 Lehigh Dr., Austin, Texas 78723
Panther’s Field
1301 Pecan St., West Pflugerville, Texas 78660
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