More than 300 South by Southwest performers join the 2026 Music lineup today. Regional Mexican music, experimental takes on traditional genres, and up-and-coming rap are emerging as themes for the ...

Reports of SXSW’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. Despite headlines circulating online on Monday suggesting that the music component of the annual festival in Austin, Texas, is all but dead for ...

After some confusion in news media and social apps about what will be happening with the music part of South by Southwest in 2026, the festival is clarifying the status of SXSW Music. According to ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Changes are coming to South by Southwest (SXSW) next year. Instead of spanning from one mid-March weekend to the next, SXSW 2026 will be two days shorter. SXSW 2026 is scheduled for ...

South By Southwest launched in the 1980s as a music showcase, a Southern companion to New York City’s New Music Seminar. But over the decades, the event has ballooned into a multi-disciplinary ...

South by Southwest, Psych Fest, Cattle Country, Two Step Inn and more: There's a music festival for everyone coming to Austin ...

Macklemore performs at Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater during the South by Southwest Music Festival on March 17, 2023, in Austin, Texas. Jack Plunkett / Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP AUSTIN — ...

Festival spokespeople say the music part of South by Southwest will now be concurrent with the film/TV component, across seven days. The first distinction from this and other past years is that the ...