SXSW returns for its 2026 edition on March 12-18, and the first 100 showcasing artists have been announced, including Joshua Ray Walker, Adeline Hotel, runo plum, The Sophs, Emily Frembgen, Kaash Paige, Devotchka, Five Eight, Hot Garbage, and more. See the full list below.
2026 will be SXSW’s 40th anniversary year, and this year the Music portion runs concurrently with the rest of the fest. Austin Convention Center, usually SXSW’s hub, will be closed for renovations, and instead there will be a “pop-up SXSW village” with “Clubhouses” for Innovation, Film & TV, and Music. More details are here, and badges are on sale now.
SXSW 2026 INITIAL SHOWCASING ARTISTS
Just Jim (Austin, TX)
NEZZA (San Jose, CA)
Nug (Portland, OR)
Casket Cassette (Los Angeles, CA)
Reilly Downes (Chicago, IL)
Karma Sheen (London)
Couch Dog (San Luis Obispo, CA)
Milo Korbenski (Brighton)
BrunOG (Mexico City)
Kalush Orchestra (Kyiv)
Karina Galicia (Mexico City)
Angela Autumn (Zelienople, PA)
t-low (Hamburg)
Arroba Nat (Mexico City)
Valsian (Mexico City)
Los Discorde (Ciudad de México)
Cardinal Bloom (Salt Lake City UT)
CHALK (Belfast)
DJ_Dave (Los Angeles, CA)
Hania Derej (Tychy)
Jana Diab (London)
Pretty Jane (Nashville, TN)
Planeta No (Chillán)
Radium Dolls (Brisbane)
Gus Englehorn (Wailuku, HI)
Zastava (Detroit, MI)
Creature Canyon (San Diego, CA)
Hector Gannet (North Shields)
Julie Nolen (Austin, TX)
The Family Battenberg (Cardiff)
Ben Ellis (Cardiff)
Elijah Delgado (Austin, TX)
Montclair (Austin, TX)
Unsafe Space Garden (Guimarães)
Bricknasty (Dublin)
La Texana (Mexico City)
The Band Loula (Nashville, TN)
YARD (Dublin)
Hudson Freeman (Brooklyn, NY)
Adeline Hotel (Brooklyn, NY)
Jovi Greene (Potomac, MD)
IYLA (Los Angeles, CA)
Jaylon Ashaun (Houston, TX)
The Sophs (Los Angeles, CA)
Bayonne (Austin, TX)
Sofish (Guadalajara)
Grrrl Gang (Yogyakarta)
Buddy Red (Atlanta, GA)
Victor Jones (Brooklyn, NY)
Steven Bamidele (London)
Next of Kin (Austin, TX)
Paisley Fields (Brooklyn, NY)
Emily Frembgen (Brooklyn, NY)
Jordan Patterson (Los Angeles, CA)
Commercial Breaks (Austin, TX)
KOAD (Los Angeles, CA)
REHMA (Chicago, IL)
Spike Fuck (Melbourne)
runo plum (Minneapolis, MN)
Joshua Ray Walker (Dallas, TX)
People R Ugly (Orange County, CA)
Pierce Washington (Dallas, TX)
Bubba Lucky (Austin, TX)
buffalo_farm (Austin, TX)
Grocery Bag (Austin, TX)
Hot Garbage (Toronto, ON)
Shunk (Montreal, QC)
Brainwasher (Oklahoma, OK)
LYNN (Birmingham, AL)
Zola Marcelle (London)
Baria (London)
J Soulja (Austin, TX)
Knats (Newcastle)
Redolent (Edinburgh)
Hana Eid (Nashville, TN)
David Huckfelt (Minneapolis, MN)
Calder Allen (Austin, TX)
MC Frontalot (Berkeley, CA)
AJ McQueen (St Louis, MI)
Elijah Johnston (Atlanta, GA)
Aaron Page (Houston, TX)
The Red Eye Gamblers (Austin, TX)
Gus Baldwin & The Sketch (Austin, TX)
Kaash Paige (Dallas, TX)
All American Rejects (Stillwater, OK)
Glassio (New York, NY)
Whitelands (London)
Mackwood (London)
Easy Honey (Charleston, SC)
Mali Hâf (Cardiff)
Georgian (Manchester)
Wim Tapley & The Cannons (Athens, GA)
Five Eight (Athens, GA)
DeVotchKa (Denver, CO)
Feet (London)
Sūn Byrd (Oslo)
Fine (Copenhagen)
Matt McClure (Nashville, TN)
Olivia Ellen Lloyd (Shepherdstown, WV)
bloodsports (Brooklyn, NY)