The South by Southwest Music Conference and festival is a six-day event held every March in Austin, Texas. The conference offers unmatched access to ideas and global viewpoints on an increasingly borderless industry. It aims to educate and inspire musicians and professionals alike, with sessions attended by over 30,000 registrants and showcasing artists. A large multi-industry trade show exhibition, Music Gear Expo and daytime stage performances round out the day while evenings are devoted to the SXSW Music Festival, which showcases 2,000 acts ranging from the unsigned to the iconic. The 30th annual event takes place March 15th – 20th, 2016.
Ticket Price: $695 (Music Badge)
Headliners
Festival lineup
- ASTR
- Advance Base
- Aero Flynn
- Alex G
- All Dogs
- AlunaGeorge
- Anamanaguchi
- Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals
- Arkells
- Autre Ne Veut
- BRONCHO
- Bad Sports
- Baio
- Banditos
- Basia Bulat
- Bayonne
- Beach Slang
- Bee's Knees
- Beverly
- Big Ups
- Birdy Nam Nam
- Birthmark
- Blanck Mass
- Blank Range
- Bloc Party
- Blondfire
- Bobby Bare Jr.
- Bombino
- Børns
- CALLmeKAT
- California X
- Cappa
- Capsula
- Car Seat Headrest
- Carrie Rodriguez
- Casey Veggies
- Caveman
- Celestial Trax
- Chad Valley
- Chadwick Stokes
- Creepoid
- Crystal Castles
- DJ Logic
- DJ Paypal
- DZ Deathrays
- Dana Falconberry & Medicine Bow
- Dash Rip Rock
- David Wax Museum
- Dead Gaze
- Dead Leaf Echo
- Denzel Curry
- Diarrhea Planet
- Diet Cig
- Dilly Dally
- Dion
- Dirty Fences
- Domo Genesis
- Dressy Bessy
- Drowners
- D∆WN
- Eleanor Friedberger
- Eli "Paperboy" Reed
- Eliot Sumner
- Empress Of
- Everything Everything
- Ezra Furman and The Boy-Friends
- Fast Romantics
- Fat Boogie
- Fat Tony
- Fat White Family
- Faust
- Fear of Men
- Field Trip
- Flatbush Zombies
- Frankie Cosmos
- Freeway
- Future Blondes
- G Herbo
- Gallant
- Gang of Youth
- Gateway Drugs
- Ghostland Observatory
- Girls Names
- Guerilla Toss
- Har Mar Superstar
- Hey Marseilles
- Hinds
- Hodgy Beats
- Holy Fuck
- Hospital Ships
- Hundred Visions
- HÆLOS
- I Am Drive
- Iggy Pop
- Into It. Over It.
- Is Tropical
- Jamestown Revival
- Joan of Arc
- Judith Hill
- Julien Baker
- Kevin Garrett
- Kevin Gates
- Kevin Gates
- Kevin Morby
- L7
- Laura Gibson
- Le Butcherettes
- Lewis Del Mar
- Lil Dicky
- Lissie
- Loretta Lynn
- Lukas Graham
- Lust For Youth
- Lydia Loveless
- MC Lars
- Magic Wands
- Menace Beach
- Mercury Rev
- Micachu and the Shapes
- Mick Jenkins
- Mitski
- Mother Falcon
- Mothers
- Mr Muthafuckin eXquire
- My Education
- My Gold Mask
- My Jerusalem
- NOFX
- Nai Harvest
- Natisú
- Ne-Hi
- New Politics
- Night Beats
- OBN III's
- OKRAA
- Oberhofer
- Open Mike Eagle
- Operators
- Owen
- PINS
- POLIÇA
- PUJOL
- PUP
- Peelander-Z
- Pell
- Petite Noir
- Pill
- Porches
- Prince Rama
- Proof
- Protomartyr
- Public Access TV
- Public Memory
- Pure Bathing Culture
- Quiet Company
- Quiet Life
- RDGLDGRN
- Ra Ra Riot
- Ra Ra Riot
- Ramesh
- Robbie Fulks
- Rome Fortune
- Ruby Amanfu
- Sarah Jaffe
- Savoir Adore
- Shark Muffin
- Sheer Mag
- Shilpa Ray
- Small Black
- Smino
- Snarky Puppy
- Son Little
- Stardeath and White Dwarfs
- Still Corners
- Sun Kil Moon
- Suzanne Vega
- Sweet Spirit
- TOURISTA
- Teen
- Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
- Thao and the Get Down Stay Down
- The Big Pink
- The Big Pink
- The Chainsmokers
- The Cult
- The Dandy Warhols
- The Dead Ships
- The Dunwells
- The Everymen
- The Head and The Heart
- The Heavy
- The Kickback
- The Main Squeeze
- The New Regime
- The Octopus Project
- The Range
- The Rocketboys
- The So So Glos
- The Tontons
- The Trews
- The Ugly Beats
- The Virginmarys
- The Weather Station
- The Wild Feathers
- Thee Oh Sees
- Tijuana Panthers
- Together PANGEA
- Tommy Stinson
- Trae Tha Truth
- Twin Limb
- Ume
- WALL
- Waco Brothers
- Warm Soda
- Waxahatchee
- White Denim
- White Denim
- White Lung
- White Reaper
- Wildhoney
- Womps
- World's Fair
- XYLØ
- Yarn
- Yuck
- Yuna
- Zeds Dead
Festival News and Rumors
Austin City Limits' 2022 Livestream to Feature Paramore, Kacey Musgraves, The Chicks & More
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Consequence Staff October 6, 2022
The What Podcast: Mat Kearney Talks Cover Songs, His Career Journey, and More at Moon River Festival
Barry and Lord Taco also touch on how the festival handled its Sunday rainout.
Ben Kaye September 14, 2022
First Pantera Reunion Shows Announced for Slipknot's South American Knotfests and Mexico's Hell & Heaven Fest
Jon Hadusek August 25, 2022
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Abby Jones August 21, 2022