SXSW 2025 — aka one of the biggest conferences + festivals on the planet — is Friday, March 7-Saturday, March 15, and Austinites are showing up to represent the Live Music Capital of the World.
According to our calculations, there will be 112 Austinites taking the stage (pending any new announcements) for SXSW in 2025. Compare that to last year, when 108 locals performed, and 2023, when 175 Austin musicians played at the fest.
City Editor Figi’s recommendations have been marked with a 🔥.
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Adrián Activo | Latin | Listen to: “Belimalandros”
Amy Annelle | Folk | Listen to: “Buckskin Stallion Blues”
Anastasia Hera | Hip-Hop/Rap | Listen to: “Clarity”
ASHMAR. | Hip-Hop/Rap | Listen to: “Zoom”
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Barb | Pop | Listen to: “Just Say So”
Bee Blackwell | Rock | Listen to: “Be Quiet And Drive”
Blakchyl | Hip-Hop/Rap | Listen to: “Still Talk”
- Read our interview with Blakchyl
Bobby PITSTOP | Hip-Hop/Rap | Listen to: “The Watcher”
bollyflow | Dance
Bubba Lucky | Rock | Listen to: “Famous Girls”
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Caleb De Casper | Pop | Listen to: “Good Boy” | 🔥
Casper Allen | Blues | Listen to: “Mosquito Ditch”
Chicoselfie | Latin | Listen to: “Eternidad”
Chief Cleopatra | Soul/Rock | Listen to: “Dreamlights” | 🔥
- Read our interview with Chief Cleopatra
The Coffee Sergeants | Rock | Listen to: “Windows Open Wide”
Cold Body Club | Electronic
College of Hip Hop Knowledge | Hip-Hop/Rap | Listen to: “Sleepy Cypher”
Cotton Mather | Rock | Listen to: “Lily Dreams On”
Curtis McMurtry | Singer-Songwriter | Listen to: “Foxhole”
Cysum | DJ | Listen to: “I’m a Ghost”
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Daily Worker | Rock | Listen to: “Street Cred”
Daniel Fears | R&B | Listen to: “Keep On” | 🔥
Daydream Twins | Rock | Listen to: “Carpop” | 🔥
DIE SLO | Hip-Hop/Rap | Listen to: “Grandmas Recipe”
DJ Ajah Monet | DJ | Listen to: “Monet’s Bass therapy vol. 2"
DJ Grip | Hip-Hop/Rap | Listen to: “Search & Rescue (Reckshop & Grip Edit)”
DJ Jamie Dred | Caribbean | Listen to: “Groove July Part 2"
Dual Core | Hip-Hop/Rap | Listen to: “All the Things”
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El Combo Oscuro | Latin | Listen to: “Chicon”
El Plan Sonidero | Latin | Listen to: “Tan Bella y Tan Presumida”
El Tule | Latin | Listen to: “Mira Como Baila”
Ella Ella | Electronic | Listen to: “PDA”
Eric Heideman | Blues | Listen to: “Have You Ever Loved a Woman”
Exotic Fruitica | Punk | Listen to: “NYC Feeling”
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Faaris | Hip-Hop/Rap | Listen to: “BANDWAGON”
FLAKO STIK | Electronic | Listen to: “MARCIANO”
Flight by Nothing | Rock | Listen to: “track 02"
fuvk | Singer-Songwriter | Listen to: “Glasses”
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Glass Mansions | Pop | Listen to: “STANDING O”
Glaze | Rock | Listen to: “Mercury”
Grace Sorensen | R&B | Listen to: “Digits” | 🔥
- Read our interview with Grace Sorensen
Graham Reynolds | Classical | Listen to: “The Best Summer of My Life”
Gummy Fang | Rock | Listen to: “Ready For Love Part Two”
Gus Baldwin & The Sketch | Punk | Listen to: "(She’s Gone) Arigato”
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Harvest Thieves | Alt Country | Listen to: “Little Feet”
Honey Made | R&B | Listen to: “Upstairs”
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I wear your chain | Rock | Listen to: “Touch is a Memory”
Inversion | Classical | Listen to: “Light Shines: Images of Hope by Juhi Bansal”
Invoke | Classical | Listen to: “Cedars”
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J Rich Tha Don | Hip-Hop/Rap | Listen to: “Harder Days”
J Soulja | Hip-Hop/Rap | Listen to: “PRESTIGE”
J’cuuzi | Avant/Experimental | Listen to: “Big Machine”
Jad Fair and the Placebos | Rock | Listen to: “Put Some Sugar on It”
JahleelFaReal | Hip-Hop/Rap | Listen to: “The Code”
JaRon Marshall + (DJ set) | Genre | Listen to: “Sunseekers” | 🔥
Jason Cuellar | Latin
Jeff Akoh | R&B | Listen to: “Good Loving”
Jenna Shaw | DJ | Listen to: “Chasing Colossus”
Jennifer Foster and The Audacity | Soul | Listen to: “Away”
Jim-E-O | Hip-Hop/Rap | Listen to: “We Up”
Jon Dee Graham & William Harries Graham | Americana | Listen to: “Big Sweet Life”
Julie Nolen | Country | Listen to: “Texas”
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Kimberly Zielnicki | Hip-Hop/Rap
Kydd Jones | Hip-Hop/Rap | Listen to: “M.I.A.”
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Larry Seaman | Rock | Listen to: “On A Sunday”
Lauren Lakis | Rock | Listen to: “Take My Hand”
Lew Apollo | Soul | Listen to: “TROUBLE ON MY MIND”
Little Mazarn | Folk | Listen to: “Vermont”
lluvii | R&B | Listen to: “Up All Night”
Los Desechos | Latin | Listen to: “Valentino”
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Madam Radar | Americana | Listen to: “Hands”
Mama Duke | Hip-Hop/Rap | Listen to: “1987" | 🔥
Marry Cherry | Rock | Listen to: “New Direction”
Mason Flynt | Hip-Hop/Rap | Listen to: “Lockdown”
Mass Minor | Rock | Listen to: “Worthy”
Midnight Navy | Latin | Listen to: “Crema”
Mike Melinoe | Hip-Hop/Rap | Listen to: “RIDER” | 🔥
Mista Mozes | Hip-Hop/Rap | Listen to: “O U KNOW”
Modernform | Rock | Listen to: “Tunnel Vision”
Molecular Steve | Rock | Listen to: “Psychic Radio”
Mountain Time | Folk | Listen to: “Meet the Kid”
Mr. Lewis & The Funeral 5 | Avant/Experimental | Listen to: “Black Coffee Night”
Murdocks | Rock | Listen to: “Human Waste”
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Nakia & The Never Not Now | Rock | Listen to: “Go On To School”
Nemegata | Latin | Listen to: “Pasos”
Nervous | Rock | Listen to: “Haze”
Night Drive | Electronic | Listen to: “Rise and Fall”
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Parker Woodland | Rock | Listen to: “Just In Case”
Patrice Pike | Americana | Listen to: “I Used to Hold You”
Pedal Steel Noah | Rock | Listen to: “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
Peelander-Z | Punk | Listen to: “So Many Mike”
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Queen Serene | Rock | Listen to: “Glowing”
Quentin | Pop | Listen to: “Mr Mrs” | 🔥
Quin NFN | Hip-Hop/Rap | Listen to: “Laid Back”
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Ruuex | Reggaeton
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Schatzi | Rock | Listen to: “Death Of The Alphabet”
Shanik Hughes | Latin | Listen to: “Hasta el Final”
Skateland | Pop | Listen to: “Sunset Cinema”
SKLOSS | Rock | Listen to: “The Pattern Speaks”
Sly5thAve | Jazz | Listen to: “Liberation”
Somebody Someone | Pop | Listen to: “Better”
South Austin Jug Band | Americana | Listen to: “Little Wing”
SpaceGoonz | Hip-Hop/Rap | Listen to: “Hilt”
STRANGE LOT | Rock | Listen to: “It’s Always You”
Su$$ie Pu$$y | DJ
Suzanna Choffel | Singer-songwriter | Listen to: “Bird by Bird”
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Taylor Rae | Americana | Listen to: “Breezeblocks”
Texas String Assembly | Americana | Listen to: “Sally June”
The Tiarras | Pop | Listen to: “They Don’t See Us” | 🔥
- Read our interview with The Tiarras
Tomar and The FCs | Soul | Listen to: “Ain’t Worth It”
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Urban Heat | Rock | Listen to: “Sanitizer”
Utley3 | Pop | Listen to: “Friends and Their Dogs”
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VAMP | Classical | Listen to: “12-Mercado-Wright - Anthem”
Very Necessary + Special Guests | Hip-Hop/Rap | Listen to: “Vibes”
Vintage Jay | Hip-Hop/Rap | Listen to: “Thinkin’ About You”
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Water Damage | Avant/Experimental | Listen to: “Reel E”
Wave Rowanne | Pop | Listen to: “Give a Little Love”
Wes Denzel | Hip-Hop/Rap | Listen to: “Some Know”
West Texas Exiles | Americana | Listen to: “Hotel Tomorrow”
William Harries Graham | Americana | Listen to: “Yourself”
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Yes Sir, No Sir. | Rock | Listen to: “Carried Away”
Psst — keep your eyes peeled for our upcoming SXSW guides.