first acts announced for SXSW (South By South West) 2014

SXSW (South By South West) 2014

Tuesday 11th to Sunday 16th March 2014
various venues, Austin, Texas, USA MAP
from $650 to $795 (approx £450)

Daily capacity: 20,000

The first acts have been announced for next year's South By Southwest in Austin, Texas in March 2014 and includes a number of UK names with the festival renowned for showcasing breaking and under-the-radar acts.

During the festival Austin's bars, clubs, pubs and streets become home to around 1,800 acts playing in around 70 venues, with talent from this side of the Atlantic including Bring Me The Horizon (pictured), Casual Sex, Dems, Eliza Doolittle, Drenge, The Dunwells, Glass Animals, Jungle, Kins, Kieran Leonard, London Grammar, Lene Lovich Band, Only Real, Pure Love, Saor Patrol, Jack Savoretti, Sweet Baboo, To Be Frank, and Gabby Young and Other Animals.

SXSW - South By South West - is a festival held in Austin, Texas, USA each spring with a film and interactive element also included in the festival. The dates for 2014 are confirmed as Tuesday 11th to Sunday 16th March 2014.

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Tickets (badges) are priced from $650 to $795 (approx £450) plus booking fee for the Music strand of the event.

The full band list of acts announced so far is Aer, Kyle Andrews, Atlanter, Atomix, The Autumn Defense, Avi Buffalo, Belle Adair, Betunizer, The Black and White Years, Jeff Blac, Black Taxi, The Black Watch, The Blank Tapes, The Boxing Lesson, Boyfrndz, Bring Me The Horizon, Bugs of Phonon, Burgess Meredith, Allysen Callery, Capsula, Casual Sex, [Champagne], The Chevelles, Christeene, Shawn Chrystopher, Cinco Doce, Amy Cook, Crossfaith, Rodney Crowell, Current Swell, David J, Deidre and the Dark, DeLorean, Dems, Desert, The Devil Makes Three, Division Minuscula, Eliza Doolittle, Doughbeezy, Dråpe, Drenge, Dumb Waiter, The Dunwells, Lincoln Durham, Dusty Stray, East Cameron Folkcore, East Forest, Andrea Echeverri, E-Dubble Robert Ellis, Sean Falyon, Feathers, Folly and the Hunter, Ghost Loft, Ariana Gillis, Glass Animals, The Great Wilderness, Gungor, Hamell On Trial, Elias Haslanger, Hey Ocean!, Micah P. Hinson, Hollow Jan, Hopsin, Hyenaz, Il Pan del Diavolo, INVSN, Garland Jeffreys, Jonzieeee, Vance Joy, June, Jungle, Kaytranada, K Camp, Killa Kyleon, Kins, Kira Kira, Kristal and Jonny Boy, La Orquesta Vulgar, Kieran Leonard, Like Swimming, Lil Ray/Wheels Up, Lions In The Street, Little Daylight, Little Jesus, Grace London, London Grammar,Lord Buffalo, Los Lonely Boys, Lost Tapes, Calvin Love, Lovely Bad Things, Love X Stereo, Lene Lovich Band, Eleni Mandell, Marigold, Jessica Lea Mayfield, The Men, Mibbs, Mighty Oaks, Fernando Milagros, The Ben Miller Band, Mirror Travel, Mise en Scene, Money For Rope, Mon Laferte, Mono Inc., Angelo Moore & The Brand New Step, Mozes And The Firstborn, Mr. Gnome, Neulore, Nive Nielsen & The Deer Children, Nightmare Air, Kurt Nilsen, NO, NoNoNo, OBN III's, Only Real, Palmbomen, Panama Wedding, PapaNegro, Pedaljets, Penny & Sparrow, People of Letters, The Pepper Pots, Juan Perro, Phonalex, Pompeya, Porter, Propain, Pure Love, Que, Random, The Rocketboys, Raina Rose, Roxy Roca, Royal Canoe, Rusty Maples, Saint Rich, Josef Salvat, Saor Patrol, Savoir Adore, Jack Savoretti, Shakey Graves, Sigmun, Sisu, Ski Lodge, Soldout, The Sour Notes, Speak, The Spring Standards, Starlight Girls, The Suffers, Sweet Baboo, The Swis, SwizZz, Dudu Tassa, Teengirl Fantasy, Kristian Terzic Band, To Be Frank, Jonathan Toubin, Truth Universal, Ume, Urge Overkill, Vampillia, Vida Boulevard, V.I.P, Vockah Redu We Butter The Bread With Butter, Taj Weekes & Adowa, Wes Fif, Whiskey Shivers, Dot Wiggin Band, Wild Child, Wild Moccasins, Wild Ones, Roosh Williams, WonFu, Dizzy Wright, Yip Deceiver, Gabby Young and Other Animals, and Zefirina.

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