SXSW Unveils First Round of Performers for 2024 Festival
The South by Southwest Music Festival has announced its initial lineup for its 38th annual event, descending on Austin, Texas from March 11-16.
Organizers have revealed the first slate of 149 musicians set to perform during the festival, including Lo Moon (from Los Angeles), Cumgirl8 (New York), Omar S (Detroit), Rawayana (Caracas), Dry Cleaning (London), Hinds (Madrid) and Red Axes (Tel Aviv). See the full list of artists below.
Showcase presenters include Adult Decisions, All The Vibes, Breakout West, Everything R&B, Island Wave, Italians Do It Better, Don Giovanni, Jazz Re:Freshed, the Line of Best Fit, The Loyalty Firm, M for Montreal, Mint Talent Group, Pop Montreal, Spanish Wave, Taiwan Beats and Wide Days Scotland.
This marks the first of many announcements pertaining to the six-night festival. Showcases are curated by a number of programmers alongside record labels, management firms, media outlets and more. All SXSW registrants will be given priority access to a variety of conference programming including music mentor sessions, keynotes and featured speakers, music festival showcases, the comedy festival, exhibitions and much more.
The online schedule for SXSW will be available starting Oct. 31, allowing attendees to build customized schedules. For more information, visit SXSW’s official site.
The first round of artists includes:
Aleighcia Scott (Cardiff UK-WALES)
alyona alyona (Kyiv UKRAINE)
Ariel & The Culture (Dallas TX)
Arielle Soucy (Montreal CANADA)
ASHY (Christchurch NEW ZEALAND)
ÄTNA (Berlin GERMANY)
Azahriah (Budapest HUNGARY)
BALTHVS (Bogotá COLOMBIA)
Bathe Alone (Atlanta GA)
Bay Ledges (Portland ME)
Beharie (Sandnes NORWAY)
Benét (Brooklyn NY)
Birthday Girl (Brooklyn NY)
Bisa Kdei (Accra GHANA)
Blood (Philadelphia PA)
BODEGA (New York NY)
Boogey The Beat (Winnipeg CANADA)
Candeleros (Madrid SPAIN)
C.Diab (Vancouver CANADA)
Cecilia Castleman (Franklin TN)
CHAII (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
Chiedu Oraka (Hull UK-ENGLAND)
Coach Party (Newport UK-ENGLAND)
Cool Sounds (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
Cosmo Pyke (London UK-ENGLAND)
cumgirl8 (New York NY)
DENDÊ & BAND (Salvador BRAZIL)
Desire (Los Angeles CA)
Dry Cleaning (London UK-ENGLAND)
Dylan Gossett (Austin TX)
Ebi Soda (London UK-ENGLAND)
Edan Archer (Gainesville FL)
El Combo Oscuro (Austin TX)
Elijah Johnston (Atlanta GA)
Faux Real (Los Angeles CA)
Fieh (Toten NORWAY)
Fire EX. (Kaohsiung TAIWAN)
fuvk (Austin TX)
Georgia Gets By (Nelson NEW ZEALAND)
Gia Ford (Sheffield UK-ENGLAND)
Giovannie & The Hired Guns (Stephenville TX)
Girl and Girl (Brisbane AUSTRALIA)
Glare (Mcallen TX)
Glue Trip (São Paulo BRAZIL)
Godcaster (Brooklyn NY)
greek (Martinsville VA)
Half Dream (Austin TX)
Heffner (Athens GA)
Hello Mary (Brooklyn NY)
Hermanos Gutierrez (Zurich SWITZERLAND)
Hinds (Madrid SPAIN)
Holiday Ghosts (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
HONESTY (Leeds UK-ENGLAND)
Horse Jumper of Love (Boston MA)
Hot Garbage (Toronto CANADA)
HotWax (Hastings UK-ENGLAND)
Housekeys (Fort Worth TX)
Housewife (Toronto CANADA)
iogi (Tel Aviv ISRAEL)
Islet (Cardiff UK-WALES)
Jazzbois (Budapest HUNGARY)
Joe King Carrasco (Austin TX)
Kam Franklin (Houston TX)
Karl Vento (Gothenburg SWEDEN)
Kassa Overall (Seattle WA)
Kelz (Westminster CA)
Kibi James (Atlanta GA)
Kiwi Jr. (Toronto CANADA)
Kyra (London UK-ENGLAND)
La Sécurité (Montreal CANADA)
Le Couleur (Montreal CANADA)
The Life (New York NY)
Lika Nova (Bogotá COLOMBIA)
Lip Critic (New York NY)
Little Mazarn (Austin TX)
Living Hour (Winnipeg CANADA)
Lo Moon (Los Angeles CA)
Lord Friday The 13th (Austin TX)
Los Premios (Valencia SPAIN)
Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys (Berlin GERMANY)
Luge (Toronto CANADA)
Malice K (New York NY)
Mama Duke (Austin TX)
Mamalarky (Atlanta GA)
Marem Ladson (Galicia SPAIN)
Maria Chiara Argirò (Rome ITALY)
Maura Weaver (Cincinnati OH)
Mei Semones (Brooklyn NY)
Middle Sattre (Austin TX)
Miller Campbell (Bigfork MT)
Mim Jensen (Christchurch NEW ZEALAND)
Minimal Schlager (Berlin GERMANY)
Miss Kaninna (Bruny Island AUSTRALIA)
Modern Woman (London UK-ENGLAND)
Mong Tong (Taipei TAIWAN)
Moritz Simon Geist (Dresden GERMANY)
mui zyu (London UK-ENGLAND)
Nabihah Iqbal (London UK-ENGLAND)
Neptune’s Core (Chicago IL)
NEWDAD (Galway IRELAND)
OH HE DEAD (Washington DC)
Omar S (Detroit MI)
orbit (Achim GERMANY)
ORION (Providence RI)
Otto Aday (Ferndale UK-WALES)
Paisley Fields (Brooklyn NY)
Pauli The PSM (London UK-ENGLAND)
Peach Luffe (Toronto CANADA)
Pehuenche (Xalapa MEXICO)
PHILMON LEE (Atlanta GA)
Phony (Los Angeles CA)
The Pink Stones (Athens GA)
Pons (Brooklyn NY)
porij (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
Psymon Spine (Brooklyn NY)
Rawayana (Caracas VENEZUELA)
Reality Club (Jakarta INDONESIA)
Red Axes (Tel Aviv ISRAEL)
Reilly Downes (Bandera TX)
Richard Spaven (London UK-ENGLAND)
Sam Tudor (Gavin Lake CANADA)
Sarah Klang (Gothenburg SWEDEN)
Sarah Morrison (Tallahassee FL)
semiwestern (Rockwall TX)
Sen Morimoto (Chicago IL)
Shelf Lives (London UK-ENGLAND)
The Silver Lines (Birmingham UK-ENGLAND)
Smut (Chicago IL)
Sorry Girls (Montreal CANADA)
Spencer Thomas (Athens GA)
Spyres (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
Subsonic Eye (Singapore SINGAPORE)
Tagua Tagua (São Paulo BRAZIL)
TAUK (Oyster Bay NY)
Teethe (Dallas TX)
Telula (New York NY)
They Are Gutting A Body Of Water (Philadelphia PA)
Tomato Flower (Baltimore MD)
Tough On Fridays (Georgetown TX)
Tramhaus (Rotterdam NETHERLANDS)
Uma (Barcelona SPAIN)
Usted Señalemelo (Mendoza ARGENTINA)
Viji (London UK-ENGLAND)
waterbaby (Stockholm SWEDEN)
West Texas Exiles (Austin TX)
Winona Fighter (Nashville TN)
Winona Forever (Vancouver CANADA)
Wolves of Glendale (Glendale CA)
zzzahara (Los Angeles CA)
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