SXSW's first round of 2025 artists is here
Musicians playing at the Austin-based festival include The Ting Tings, Gurriers, Yasmin Williams, and more.
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Featuring everything from film to tech to music to television, South By Southwest is one of the most diverse and wide-ranging festivals out there. The musicians who flock to Austin to play it are no different. This isn’t a showcase for music’s biggest names like Coachella or Gov Ball—it’s a chance for up-and-coming acts to display their art on a worldwide platform.
As such, the just-announced list of artists for the 2025 festival hail from 27 different countries including Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, England, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Greenland, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Sweden, Turkey, the US, and Wales. Of the 116 artists announced, some notable figures include Dublin punk band Gurriers, “Middle Eastern-influenced Indonesian psychedelic funk band” Ali, Mexican singer Justin Morales, US multi-instrumentalist Yasmin Williams, Australian rock band Delivery, and Canadian “angular art-punk ensemble” La Sécurité. And that’s just the first round!
“This announcement is an excellent teaser for what you can expect to see at SXSW 2025,” said Music Festival VP James Minor in a statement. “This round includes a range of exceptional artists, from up and coming talent to established legends, and everywhere in between. If you’ve been to SXSW before, you’ll know that this list is more than an eclectic playlist; it’s a guide to discovery.”
Whether you have tickets to the festival or not, you can get a taste of some of the artists that will be performing through the festival’s 2025 Spotify or YouTube Music playlists. SXSW will take place from March 7-15 in Austin. The full list of first round artists is below:
Ali (Jakarta INDONESIA)
Amiture (New York NY)
Annie-Claude Deschênes (Montreal
CANADA)
Ava Vegas (Los Angeles CA)