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Get the VICE App on iOS and AndroidAfter speaking at Austin's SXSW festival last spring with Michelle, President Obama has decided to throw the coolest house party of all time and have a mini festival right on the White House lawn, NPR reports.The Obama administration announced Friday that it plans to partner with the Austin festival to hold South by South Lawn, a special one-day SXSW festival at the White House on October 3. The event will feature interactive, film, and music panels and performances and is asking the public to nominate creators and innovators they think should have a showcase.There's not a schedule yet, but we can only pray he books Virginia senator Tim Kaine and his wife to shred the harmonica and perform a bit of soft shoe. There almost certainly won't be any punk rock, though, according to a VICE investigation.According to the website, the festival "is a call to arms for every American to roll up their sleeves and make a positive mark on our country—and a celebration of the great work so many of us have already accomplished," a fitting send-off party for the playlist-making guacamole purist of Pennsylvania Avenue.Plus, after seeing how much fun Malia had at Lollapalooza, how could Barry resist?Read: Has Obama Ever Listened to Punk? An Investigation