SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST MUSIC FESTIVAL SECOND WAVE OF SHOWCASING ARTISTS ANNOUNCED 250 More Artists Invited to Perform For a Global Audience
Austin, Texas - November 28, 2018 - The South by Southwest® Music Festival (SXSW®) has announced the second wave of Showcasing Artists invited to perform at the 2019 event. Each year the festival hosts a curated mix of up-and-coming and legendary artists from around the world, performing in intimate clubs as well as renowned music venues. This eclectic blend creates interactions between industry professionals, influencers, international media and music fans, allowing attendees and performers alike the opportunity to advance their creative and career objectives. The SXSW Music Festival’s 33rd annual event takes place Monday, March 11 - Sunday, March 17, 2019 in downtown Austin, Texas.
The SXSW Music Festival programmers create a unique experience featuring artists from multiple genres. A few highlights from this second round of artists include: AQUIHAYAQUIHAY (Monterrey MEXICO), Black Midi (London UK-ENGLAND), BRONCHO (Tulsa OK), Caitlyn Smith (Cannon Falls MN), Combo Chimbita (Brooklyn NY), The Comet is Coming (London UK-ENGLAND), Deerhunter (Atlanta GA), Delaporte (Madrid SPAIN), DRAMA (Chicago IL), Dylan Cartlidge (Redcar UK-ENGLAND), Jealous of the Birds (Belfast UK-N. IRELAND), LUWTEN (Rotterdam NETHERLANDS), Mr Eazi (Lagos NIGERIA), Nadine Shah (South Shields UK-ENGLAND), Odette (Sydney AUSTRALIA), Soft Kill (Portland OR), Trupa Trupa (Gdansk POLAND), Vacations (Newcastle AUSTRALIA), and Versus (New York NY).
This is the second of several announcements of the wide array of artists who will be performing for the global creative community, and an opportunity to experience what will be hitting the festival circuit while it’s still on a small stage. Artists invited to perform are:
Acid Tongue (Seattle WA) Aries (Vigo SPAIN) A Deer A Horse (Brooklyn NY) ASTERISM (Fukuoka JAPAN) Adekunle Gold (Lagos NIGERIA) Avalanche Party (Castleton UK-ENGLAND) AfrotroniX (Montreal QC) BABii (Margate UK-ENGLAND) Agrupación Cariño (Mexico City MEXICO) Barbara Nesbitt (Austin TX) Algobabez (Leeds UK-ENGLAND) Belisha Beacon (Leeds UK-ENGLAND) Alternate Sound (Lagos NIGERIA) Bellows (Brooklyn NY) American Werewolf Academy (Dallas TX) Black Midi (London UK-ENGLAND) Amor Elefante (Banfield ARGENTINA) BLOXX (London UK-ENGLAND) Anatii (Bisho SOUTH AFRICA) Boom Boom Kid (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA) Angelica Garcia (Richmond VA) Boraj (Santiago CHILE) AQUIHAYAQUIHAY (Monterrey MEXICO) The Bright Light Social Hour (Austin TX)
BRONCHO (Tulsa OK) E.L (Accra GHANA) The Brummies (Nashville TN) EggPlantEgg (Taiwan TAIWAN) Buck Gooter (Harrisonburg VA) Ehsan Matoori (Dallas TX) Caitlyn Smith (Cannon Falls MN) Elder Island (Bristol UK-ENGLAND) Cassper Nyovest (Johannesburg SOUTH Elephant Gym (Taiwan TAIWAN) AFRICA) El Gallo (Santiago CHILE) Catnapp (Berlin GERMANY) Emerson Snowe (Brisbane AUSTRALIA) CHAI (Nagoya JAPAN) FADE (Grand Rapids MI) Chastity (Whitby CANADA) Falz The bahdguy (Lagos NIGERIA) CHIU PI (Taiwan TAIWAN) Farao (Oslo NORWAY) CIFIKA (Seoul SOUTH KOREA) Fatherson (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND) City of the Sun (Brooklyn NY) field trip (Los Angeles CA) The Colors (Ulaanbaatar MONGOLIA) Flint Eastwood (Detroit MI) Combo Chimbita (Brooklyn NY) Flower (New York NY) The Comet is Coming (London UK-ENGLAND) Foie Gras (San Francisco CA) Construction & Destruction (Port Greville Frijo (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA) CANADA) Fuglar (Santiago CHILE) Cumulus (Seattle WA) Gallops (Wrexham UK-WALES) The Curls (Chicago IL) Goodbye Honolulu (Toronto CANADA) Current Affairs (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND) Graham Van Pelt (Toronto CANADA) Curse Of Lono (London UK-ENGLAND) Grandchildren (Philadelphia PA) Daniel Brandt (Berlin GERMANY) Grivo (Austin TX) Darling West (Oslo NORWAY) Grupo Rebolu (Whitestone NY) Das Body (Oslo NORWAY) Gurr (Berlin GERMANY) Dead Soft (Vancouver CANADA) Haiku Hands (Sydney AUSTRALIA) Death By Unga Bunga (Moss NORWAY) Hard Proof (Austin TX) Deerhunter (Atlanta GA) Harry Edohoukwa (Dallas TX) Deezie Brown (Austin TX) HOMIE (Medellín COLOMBIA) Delaporte (Madrid SPAIN) Honey Lung (London UK-ENGLAND) Denise le Menice (Perth AUSTRALIA) I Know Leopard (Sydney AUSTRALIA) Devon Church (New York NY) I Mean Us (Taiwan TAIWAN) The Dirty Nil (Dundas CANADA) Indianola (Nashville TN) Dj Kess (Sekondi Takoradi GHANA) In Mirrors (Vancouver CANADA) DJ Rosegold (Toronto CANADA) Irene Ntale (Kampala UGANDA) Doe (London UK-ENGLAND) ISLAND (London UK-ENGLAND) Doeman (Houston TX) Ivan Dorn (Kiev UKRAINE) DRAMA (Chicago IL) JayDaYoungan (Bogalusa LA) Dramatic Lovers (Milwaukee WI) Jealous of the Birds (Belfast UK-N. IRELAND) Dream Catchers Dance Academy (Ikorodu Jerry Paper (Los Angeles CA) NIGERIA) JM Stevens (Austin TX) Dual Core (Austin TX) Joel Eel (Toronto CANADA) DUO BUD (Seoul SOUTH KOREA) Jona Camacho (Bogota COLOMBIA) Dylan Cartlidge (Redcar UK-ENGLAND) Jonathan Bree (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
Jordan Moser (Austin TX) NO WIN (Los Angeles CA) Jo Schornikow (Melbourne AUSTRALIA) Oddó (Santiago CHILE) Joshua Burnside (Belfast UK-N. IRELAND) Odette (Sydney AUSTRALIA) Juan Celofán (Santiago CHILE) Orions Belte (Bergen NORWAY) Julie Odell (New Orleans LA) Oscar Jerome (London UK-ENGLAND) Kagwe Mungai (Nairobi KENYA) OTB Fastlane (Houston TX) Kapil Seshasayee (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND) The Other End (Bergen NORWAY) Katy Kirby (Spicewood TX) The Pearl Harts (London UK-ENGLAND) KOJAQUE (Dublin IRELAND) Phoebe Hunt & The Gatherers (Austin TX) KOMOREBI (New Delhi INDIA) Pip Hall (Preston UK-ENGLAND) Laura Misch (London UK-ENGLAND) Pleasure Jams (Brooklyn NY) Lazy Day (London UK-ENGLAND) Powers Pleasant (Brooklyn NY) The Lemons (Ulaanbaatar MONGOLIA) Prism Bitch (Albuquerque NM) LEX the Lexicon Artist (Taipei TAIWAN) Profligate (Los Angeles CA) Liily (Los Angeles CA) Public Practice (New York NY) Living Hour (Winnipeg CANADA) The Qualitons (Budapest HUNGARY) Lizzie and The Makers (New York NY) Rascalton (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND) Lord Esperanza (Paris FRANCE) Rattletree (Austin TX) Los Gaiteros de Ovejas (Ovejas COLOMBIA) Recycled J (Madrid SPAIN) Los Nastys (Madrid SPAIN) Regallily (Tokyo JAPAN) Lucy Spraggan (Buxton UK-ENGLAND) Renick Bell (Tokyo JAPAN) LUWTEN (Rotterdam NETHERLANDS) Rev Rev Rev (Modena ITALY) Mabiland (Medellin COLOMBIA) ROE (Derry IRELAND) Magic Potion (Stockholm SWEDEN) Rose Droll (San Francisco CA) The Mammoths (Austin TX) Royal Canoe (Winnipeg CANADA) Marta Pereira Da Costa (Lisbon PORTUGAL) Sad Cops (Denton TX) MASCARIMIRI (Muro Leccese ITALY) Salma Sky (Lusaka ZAMBIA) Michael Olivera Group (Madrid SPAIN) Sam DeRosa (Poughkeepsie NY) Million Miles (London UK-ENGLAND) Sam Eagle (Colchester UK-ENGLAND) Missions (Los Angeles CA) Sam Fender (Newcastle Upon Tyne Moonwalks (Detroit MI) UK-ENGLAND) Mr.Kitty (Austin TX) Schaffer the Darklord (New York NY) Mr Eazi (Lagos NIGERIA) Scott Yoder (Seattle WA) The Muffinz (Johannesburg SOUTH AFRICA) Sebastian Romero (Mexico City MEXICO) MUNYA (Saguenay CANADA) Seyi Shay (Lagos NIGERIA) Murray A. Lightburn (Montreal CANADA) SHIRAZEE (Bronx NY) My Skin Against Your Skin (Taipei TAIWAN) ShitKid (Stockholm SWEDEN) Nadine Shah (South Shields UK-ENGLAND) Shy Boys (Kansas City MO) Nancy (London UK-ENGLAND) The Sick Things (Montreal CANADA) Natalia Norte (Iquique CHILE) Single Lash (Austin TX) Native Sun (New York NY) Sloppy Jane (Brooklyn NY) Natos Y Waor (Madrid SPAIN) Smokey Brights (Seattle WA) Novelist (London UK-ENGLAND) smut (Cincinnati OH)
The Snuts (Bathgate UK-SCOTLAND) Tobi Lou (Chicago IL) Soft as Snow (Oslo NORWAY) TOMKAT (Denton TX) Soft Kill (Portland OR) T-Rextasy (New York NY) Soge Culebra (Murcia SPAIN) Tribal (Johannesurg SOUTH AFRICA) Sophie Auster (New York NY) Trupa Trupa (Gdansk POLAND) Sports Team (Harlesden UK-ENGLAND) Tyler Ramsey (Asheville NC) Squid (Bristol UK-ENGLAND) Urban Hype (Lusaka ZAMBIA) Stanley Enow (Cameroon CAMEROON) Vaarwell (Lisbon PORTUGAL) Stealing Sheep (Liverpool UK-ENGLAND) Vacations (Newcastle AUSTRALIA) Stokoff (Bogota COLOMBIA) Vandoliers (Dallas TX) Sudakistan (Stockholm SWEDEN) Verneri Pohjola with Tuomo & Markus Sulfur (Charlotte NC) (Helsinki FINLAND) Sun June (Austin TX) Versus (New York NY) Superbody (Chattanooga TN) Victoria Kimani (Nairobi KENYA) Suzan Köcher (Solingen GERMANY) Waco Brothers (Chicago IL) Table Scraps (Birmingham UK-ENGLAND) Wet Dreams (Oslo NORWAY) Taco Mouth (Nashville TN) whenyoung (Limerick IRELAND) Tais Alvarenga (Rio De Janeiro BRAZIL) Whitney Ballen (Seattle WA) Tallies (Toronto CANADA) William Elliott Whitmore (Lee County IA) Talos (Cork IRELAND) Wolf & Moon (Berlin GERMANY) Tameca Jones (Austin TX) XIXA (Tucson AZ) Tasha (Chicago IL) Yawners (Madrid SPAIN) Taylor Janzen (Winnipeg CANADA) The Yawpers (Denver CO) TEEN (Brooklyn NY) Yemi Alade (Nigeria NIGERIA) Tennis System (Los Angeles CA) The Young Something (Tampa FL) Termination Dust (Anchorage AK) Y O Y (Finale Emilia ITALY) the perfect me (Fukuoka JAPAN) Yung Baby Tate (Atlanta GA) Thomas Amar-Aigbe (DJ Sose) (Lagos The Zephyr Bones (Barcelona SPAIN) NIGERIA) Zona Tango (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA) Thyla (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
This list is subject to change. More performers will be announced at a later date.
For more information on the SXSW Music Festival, please visit sxsw.com/festivals/music/.
Experience the artists who will be performing at SXSW 2019 by streaming the Apple Music and Spotify Playlists, surfing the YouTube Music Video playlist, and tuning into SXSWfm.
Attendees can also participate in the SXSW Conference, where many artists and industry leaders will also participate in the Music Tracks. This includes previously-announced Keynotes Shirley Manson, lead vocalist of the critically-acclaimed alternative rock band Garbage, and singer-songwriter Lauren Mayberry of the Scottish electronic pop band Chvrches, as well as Featured Speakers including musician and activist Laura Jane Grace, Soundcloud CEO Kerry
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All SXSW Music registrants receive primary access to Music and Convergence conference programming including Keynotes and Featured Speakers, Music Festival showcases, Comedy Festival showcases, exhibitions, networking Meet Ups, SXSW Gaming, the Flatstock Poster Show, Registrants Lounge, the SXSW Outdoor Stage at Lady Bird Lake concerts, and the closing BBQ & softball tournament. Secondary access is allowed into most Interactive and Film events.
SXSW dedicates itself to helping creative people achieve their goals. Founded in 1987 in Austin, Texas, SXSW is best known for its conference and festivals that celebrate the convergence of the interactive, film, and music industries. An essential destination for global professionals, the event features sessions, showcases, screenings, exhibitions, and a variety of networking opportunities. SXSW proves that the most unexpected discoveries happen when diverse topics and people come together. SXSW 2019 will take place March 8-17, 2019. For more information, please visit sxsw.com. To register for the event, please visit sxsw.com/attend.
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