SXSW Music Festival applications for artists are officially open, and this is the first time since 2023 that compensation for ...

Music SXSW Is Finally Changing. Is It Too Little, Too Late? This year’s music fest felt small-time. Next year it will be folded into Film & TV and Interactive.

While the 2026 South by Southwest Conference & Festivals is still more than eight months away, Austinites, visitors and ...

SXSW will also continue to spread around the world. After launching a festival in Sydney in 2023, its first London edition kicks off June 2. Statesman staff writers Mars Salazar, ...

SXSW: A Historical Timeline. 1986: Roland Swenson, Louis Jay Meyers and Ed Ward attend the New Music Seminar, a summer music industry conference in New York City, to promote Austin music in tandem ...

SXSW Clarifies Changes to 2026 Music Conference. Next year’s edition of the festival will be two days shorter as SXSW's music programming will take place throughout the week.