SXSW (South By South West) 2011

A showcase for bands around the world to the world's music industry. There's also a film and interactive element to the festival.

SXSW - South By South West - is a festival held in Austin, Texas, USA each spring. The dates for the 25th anniversary event are confirmed as Wednesday 16th to Sunday 20th March 2011.

During the festival Austin's bars, clubs, pubs and streets become home to a variety of acts.

Line-up

Around 1,800 bands play in around 70 venues in the city during the festival.

The latest list of acts scheduled to perform includes: Alberta Cross (Brooklyn NY), AM (New Orleans LA), Asking Alexandria (York UK-ENGLAND), Bajzel (Poznan POLAND), Bare Wires (San Francisco CA), The Bellrays (Los Angeles CA), Benjamin Francis Leftwich (York UK-ENGLAND), Beta Wolf (Los Angeles CA), Bituaya (Caracas VENEZUEL), Black Gandhi (Barcelona SPAIN), Bleu Edmondson (New Braunfels TX), Blue King Brown (Melbourne AUSTRALIA), Bowling For Soup (Denton TX), Carter Twins (Nashville TN), Casiokids (Bergen NORWAY), Chetes (Monterrey MEXICO), City and Colour (Toronto ON), Colleen Green (Los Angeles CA), Curry & Coco (Lille FRANCE), Dame 55 (Los Angeles CA), Dawn of Ashes (Los Angeles CA), Dax Riggs (Austin TX), The Dears (Montreal QC), Demon's Claws (Montreal CANADA), DeVotchKa (Denver CO), Eliza Doolittle (London UK-ENGLAND), Elizabeth & the Catapult (Brooklyn NY), Endless Hallway (Los Angeles CA), Fergus & Geronimo (Brooklyn NY), Francis and the Lights (New York NY), Frazey Ford (Vancouver BC), Gary Wilson (San Diego CA), Gepe (Santiago CHILE), Grass Widow (San Francisco CA), Grieves (Seattle WA), The Happy Hollows (Los Angeles CA), Harrys Gym (Oslo NORWAY), Heavy Cream (Nashville TN), Hell & Lula (Los Angeles CA), Hey Rosetta! (St John's NL), HORSE the band (Los Angeles CA), Ice Black Birds (Brighton UK-ENGLAND), J Mascis (Amherst MA), Janka Nabay (SIERRA LEONE), JEFF The Brotherhood (Nashville TN), Joan of Arc (Chicago IL), Jukebox the Ghost (Washington DC), Kina Grannis (Mission Viejo CA), Kopecky Family Band (Nashville TN), La Sera (Los Angeles CA), Locos Por Juana (Miami COLOMBIA), Maps & Atlases (Chicago IL), Mexican Institute of Sound (Distrito Federal MEXICO), Middle Class Rut (Sacramento CA), Morning Teleportation (Portland OR), Murfila (Barcelona SPAIN), MURS (Los Angeles CA), NOAH AND THE WHALE (London UK-ENGLAND), North Mississippi Allstars (Hernando CO), O'Death (New York NY), Onra (Paris FRANCE), Parlor Mob (Red Bank NJ), Paul Cary (Chicago IL), Pedropiedra (Santiago CHILE), Pernett (Cali COLOMBIA), Prince Rama (Brooklyn NY), Professor Green (London UK-ENGLAND), Protistas (Santiago CHILE), Pterodactyl (Brooklyn NY), Pujol (Nashville TN), Quintron and Miss Pussycat (New Orleans LA), Rey Pila (Distrito Federal MEXICO), Rosie and Me (Curitiba BRAZIL), The Secret Handshake (Dallas TX), Shuttle (Boston MA), Skrillex (Los Angeles CA), Slim Cessna's Auto Club (Denver CO), Some Community (Sao Paulo BRAZIL), Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin (Springfield MO), Sounds Under Radio (Austin TX), The Strange Boys (Austin TX), Stephen Kellogg (Northampton MA), Summer Camp (London UK-ENGLAND), Suzanna Choffel (Austin TX), Teen Daze (Vancouver CANADA), Thee Oh Sees (San Francisco CA), Tôg (Stavanger NORWAY), Turbo Fruits (Nashville TN), Ty Segall (San Francisco CA), The Vaccines (London UK-ENGLAND), Voxhaul Broadcast (Los Angeles CA), Wagons (Melbourne AUSTRALIA), War From A Harlots Mouth (Berlin GERMANY), Whitechapel (Knoxville TN), and The Woggles (Atlanta GA).

They join A Place To Bury Strangers (Brooklyn, NY), Alcoholic Faith Mission (Copenhagen, DENMARK), Ancestors (Los Angeles, CA), Apex Manor (Pasadena, CA), The Appleseed Cast (Lawrence, KS), Art vs Science (Sydney, AUSTRALIA), Asobi Seksu (Brooklyn, NY), Babe Rainbow (Vancouver, CANADA), The Bees (Ventnor, ENGLAND), Beni (Sydney, AUSTRALIA), Black Math Horseman (Los Angeles, CA), Black Spiders (Sheffield, ENGLAND), Bombay Bicycle Club (London ENGLAND), Braids (Montreal, CANADA), Brandt Brauer Frick (Berlin, GERMANY), Brother (Slough, ENGLAND), The Cabriolets (Madrid, SPAIN), Calder Quartet (Los Angeles, CA), Candy Claws (Ft. Collins, CO), Capsula (Bilbao, SPAIN), Cast (Liverpool, ENGLAND), Chapel Club (London ENGLAND), Chico Trujillo (Quilpue, CHILE), Chikita Violenta (Mexico City, MEXICO), Clock Opera (London ENGLAND), Cloud Nothings (Cleveland, OH), Coliseum (Louisville, KY), Coolrunnings (Knoxville, TN), Dam Mantle (Glasgow, SCOTLAND), Designer Drugs (New York, NY), Doctor Krapula (Bogota, Colombia), Dredg (San Francisco, CA), Ebony Bones(London ENGLAND), Ed Harcourt (London ENGLAND), El Guincho (Barcelona, SPAIN), El Hijo de La Cumbia (Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA), Erland & The Carnival (London ENGLAND), Erykah Badu (Dallas, TX), FM Belfast (Reykjavik, ICELAND), Frankie and the Heartstrings (Sunderland, ENGLAND), Fujiya & Miyagi (Brighton, ENGLAND), Get People (London ENGLAND), Giana Factory (Copenhagen, DENMARK), Givers (Lafayette, LA), Go Back To The Zoo (Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS), Gypsyblood (Chicago, IL), The Head and the Heart (Seattle, WA), High Rankin (Brighton, ENGLAND), The Holidays (Zetland, AUSTRALIA), In Fear And Faith (San Diego, CA), Iron Age (Austin, TX), The Jezabels (Sydney, AUSTRALIA), John Vanderslice (San Francisco, CA), Jon Fratelli (Glasgow, SCOTLAND), Jonquil (Oxford, ENGLAND), Kamp! (Lodz, POLAND), Kids of 88 (Trenchtown NEW ZEALAND), Klaxons (London ENGLAND), L.Stadt (Podz, POLAND), Le Butcherettes (Mexico City, MEXICO), Lia Ices (New York, NY), Liam Finn (Auckland, NEW ZEALAND), Light Pollution (Chicago, IL), Luyas, The (Montreal, CANADA), The Main Street Gospel (Columbus, OH), Marcus Foster (London ENGLAND), Mark Eitzel (San Francisco, CA), MSTRKRFT (Toronto CANADA), Miami Horror (Melbourne, AUSTRALIA), Micachu and The Shapes (London ENGLAND), Miss May I (Troy, CA), Mujeres (Barcelona, SPAIN), Mustard Pimp (Melun, FRANCE), Naam (Brooklyn, NY), The Naked and Famous (Auckland, NEW ZEALAND), Nite Jewel (Los Angeles, CA), Parts & Labor (Brooklyn, NY), Plan B (London ENGLAND), PS I Love You (Kingston, CANADA), Pulled Apart By Horses (Leeds, ENGLAND), Reset! (Milan, ITALY), Rosie and Me (Curitiba, BRAZIL), Scars On 45 (leeds, ENGLAND), Schlachthofbronx (Munich GERMANY), Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers (Brooklyn, NY), Small Black (Brooklyn, NY), Sol Pereyra (Cordoba, ARGENTINA), Spleen United (Copenhagen, DENMARK), Starfucker (Portland, OR), Steve Mason (Fife, SCOTLAND), Sun Airway (Philadelphia, PA), Superlitio (Cali, COLOMBIA), Suuns (Montreal, CANADA), The Swiss (Adelaide, AUSTRALIA), Tego Calderon (Carolina, PUERTO RICO), Telekinesis (Seattle, WA), Thiago Pethit (Sao Paulo, BRAZIL), Those Dancing Days (Stockholm, SWEDEN), Tiê (Sao Paulo, BRAZIL), Toro y Moi (Columbia, SC), Veronica Falls (London ENGLAND), Vicente Gayo (Mexico City, MEXICO), The War on Drugs (Philadelphia, PA), WhoMadeWho (Copenhagen, DENMARK), Wild Flag (Portland, OR), Wye Oak (Baltimore, MD), Young Legionnaire (London, ENGLAND), and Yuck (London ENGLAND).

For the list of acts confirmed so far, click here.

The music section of the festival will take place from March 16th to 20th, the film section will last from March 11th to the 19th, and the interactive section from the 11th to the 15th.

Music Accelerator

A new addition this year is the Music Accelerator, a competition in front of a live audience and panel of expert judges with product demonstrations by the most ambitious talents in the world.

Tickets

Ticket prices for the music side of the event start at $650 (approx £390) and get gradually more expensive the nearer you buy them to the start of the festival. The price on the gate will be $750 (approx £450). To buy tickets, click here.

More info

To read a review from 2007's event click here.

More information will be here when available.

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