The SXSW Music Festival will return in 2026

SXSW disappearance reports were largely exaggerated. Despite the main headlines on the Internet on Monday, indicating that the music component in the annual festival in Austin, Texas, has died in 2026, and the organizers tell Traded stone Live music will be represented next year.

“We will program music on all SXSW dates next year, which will expand our current programs, not expanding its scope,” says Brian Hobbes, SXSW. “This must be exciting news for everyone, especially artists and fans and attending conferences who come to the interactive and cinematic festival. SXSW music does not expand; we are settling in 2026 and beyond.”

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According to SXSW spokesperson, music, movies/television and interactive parts of the conference will occur during the same week in 2026, instead of action at separate times. The decision was made, partly, to move in the redevelopment of the Austin Convention Center, which is scheduled to be subjected to a great degree renewal Starting next month.

“We are really excited about the SXSW 2026 plans. With the Austin Convention Center closed for a period of three years, we believe it is a great opportunity to put new ideas into practice,” the spokesman says. “SX gives the shortest attendees a greater opportunity to be here for the entire operation. Through the conference, the Film Festival, TV, and the Music Festival, this is done simultaneously for seven days, everyone will have the opportunity to experience the entire SXSW.”

The spokesperson indicates a Hobbes statement, that the music part will actually get a night of performances, and it goes from six to seven when SXSW is launched on March 12, 2026, and continues during the eighteenth.

They say: “It also allows us to continue the work performed by the music festival, over the past decade, to reduce the number of artists who offer performances while publishing performances on a larger part of the event.” “This creates a more coordinated experience for those present and artists while maintaining the discovery that the music festival is known.”

The goal, according to SXSW, is to increase the construction of the festival community: “We also know that those present after birth want more specialized experiences, and we are excited to explore new ways to combine people.”

This year, the SXSW Music Week witnessed formal and informal shows all over Austin by well -known stars such as John Fogerty, Charley Crockett, Big Freedia and St. Vincent; Sustable rising verbs including molotovs, the thing, the Dutch interior, the man/women/saw, the night marine birds, Honeyglaze, Brutus Viii, Oats the issue, and quiet light; and Traded stoneThe future of music for four nights at Acl Live in The Moody Theatre, titled Benson Boone, Megan Morney, Ivan Cornejo and ReMA.