SXSW The Music Festival ends in 2026: Report
South West organizers are said to be a SXSW festival reduce part of the music from the annual event.
According to Austin American Stetman, This will lead to the release of 2026 of the festival shorter two days of this year, which lasted from 7 to 15 March. The release of next year was appointed from 12 to 18 March. This step eliminates the traditional weekends for the first time and a conference for the first time in the history of SXSW.
The news comes after the end of the 2025 version, which concluded on Saturday. According to what was reported, the participation in the Music Festival decreased since 2010, when the average number of two ranges was around 2000. According to what was reported, this year’s edition witnessed 1012 strips displayed.
Hollywood Observer I arrived at Penske Media for comment. Bensky Media, owner ThrInvest in SXSW in April 2021 as part of what he described as a long -term partnership with the festival.
In recent years, the Film and Television Festival has become a larger part of SXSW, as this year he drew the likes of Michel Obama (who recorded Podcast with her brother, the total basketball coach Craig Robinson) and Chelsea Clinton. Nicole Kidman, Paul Road, Blake Levli, Anna Kendrick, Issa Ray, Ben Affleck, John Berlasa and Weste Rogen were among the stars in the first show of their cinematic and television projects.
Meanwhile, the music artists who play this year included John Fujeriti, Tom Morillo, Benson Bon, Khaled, Larkin Bou, Koy, Zeal, George Berg, Ashley Cook, Betney Spencer, Eco, Beige Fredia and Grassic 5 Rap soup.
the Austin American Stetman He pointed out that “Megan Morneyy and Latin Pop-UP-UP-EVAN CORNEJO played great collections, but they failed to fill the ACL Live concert hall, even with RSVP for a free year.”
Local music journalist Andy Langer, a veterans at the festival since its launch in 1987, wrote in a common Facebook post, “For years, it was impossible not to notice how parking problems, hotel prices, etc. largely when the SXSW music started.
Meanwhile, the event will be temporarily displaced next year, where the Austin Convention Center – SXSW – will be renewed. It will be closed in April for a period of four years, with the festival conducting different locations throughout the city in the next few versions.
PMC also develops SXSW around the world. The company expanded to Australia in 2023 and went to London for the first time in June.
