Music Festival Showcases

SXSW Music Conference and Festival is one of the largest, most influential, and most anticipated music events of the year. Artists, agents, promoters, and talent buyers mix and mingle with hundreds of media representatives, managers, legal experts, and other professionals to hear amazing music of every genre and conduct crucial business. Careers are launched, deals are struck, advice is shared, fans are created, and media around the world fill TV screens, airwaves, magazine pages, and websites with daily reviews and reports.

Apply to Showcase Your Band at the 2009 SXSW Music Festival.

Last year, SXSW Music Conference and Festival drew 12,651 music industry professionals for compelling panels, industry discussions, demo listening sessions, trade show exhibits, and - as always - five nights of music by more than 1,800 acts hailing from 42 different countries, performing in over 80 venues in downtown Austin, Texas. 2009, the 23rd consecutive year of the Festival and Conference, will showcase more music from the best new talent and established artists alike, provide more opportunities to network, have more unique panels and artist interviews – in short, will offer even compelling reasons to make Austin a must-be-there destination in March.

Photo of Santogold courtesy of Nam Phan

2008 MUSIC FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS

Acid Girls
Akron/Family
Alabama3
Joseph Arthur
Nicole Atkins
A-Trak
Augustana
The Band of Heathens
Sara Bareilles
Todd Barry
David Bazan
Beangrowers
Ben's Brother
Be Your Own Pet
The Black & White Years
The Black Angels
Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears
The Black Keys
Body of War with Kimya Dawson, Serj Tankian, Tom Morello, Brett Dennen, Brendan James, RX Bandits, Ben Harper, Billy Bragg, and Special Guests
A.A. Bondy
Bon Iver
Bowling For Soup
Brian Posehn
Carbon/Silicon
Care Bears on Fire
Hayes Carll
Frankie Chan
Chingo Bling
Chromeo
Cloud Cult
The Cool Kids
The Cowsills
Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip
Devin the Dude & the Coughee Brothaz
DeVotchKa
The Dicks
Diplo
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
David Dondero
The Donnas
Dr. Dog
Duffy
Elf Power
El-P
The English Beat
Roky Erickson
Alejandro Escovedo
Shepard Fairey
Perry Farrell
Fastball
Fatal Flying Guilloteens
Liam Finn
Fleet Foxes
Flosstradamus
Flyleaf
Fuck Buttons
Janeane Garofalo
Jean Grae
Grupo Fantasma
GZA
Hanson
HEALTH
Jana Hunter
Ice Cube
Jahcoozi
Jandek
J Mascis
Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong
The Kills
King Britt
Jens Lekman
The Lemonheads
Lykke Li
Lucero
Shelby Lynne
Man Man
James McMurtry
MGMT
Ingrid Michaelson
Eugene Mirman
Ian Moore
Thurston Moore
MSTRKRFT
M. Ward
My Brightest Diamond
My Morning Jacket
Nada Surf
Yael Naim
N.E.R.D.
The Nightwatchman
No Age
NOFX
North Mississippi Allstars
The Octopus Project
Okkervil River
Old 97's
Panda
Paramore
Katy Perry
Petty Booka
The Presidents of the United States of America
Ra Ra Riot
The Raveonettes
Jay Reatard
Eli 'Paperboy' Reed
R.E.M.
Bruce Robison
Robyn
Mala Rodriguez
Santogold
Scissors for Lefty
She and Him
Shout Out Louds
Shwayze
Sia
Simian Mobile Disco
Sleepercar
The Slits
The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Spoon
Serj Tankian
Tapes 'n Tapes
Tech N9ne
Tilly and the Wall
The Ting Tings
Tokyo Police Club
Two Gallants
Vampire Weekend
Van Morrison
The Vines
Was (Not Was)
White Denim