Big Freedia, Eurovision Contestant Aiko, and the Dream Syndicate’s Steve Wynn Are Coming to SXSW 2025

South by Southwest’s second music lineup announcement adds over 150 acts to the March 10-15 festival, including New Orleans bounce queen Big Freedia, Czech Republic Eurovision contestant Aiko, and the Dream Syndicate frontman Steve Wynn.

Other heavy hitters announced to play in Austin include Barcelona indie rockers HEAL; Tokyo-launched electronic sister duo tamanaramen; UK singer-songwriter jasmine.4.t (whose upcoming debut album You Are the Morning arrives next month via Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Records and was produced by her supergroup boygenius); new-jazz dance collective Steam Down; South Carolina-based alt-rock trio Sweet Spine; and Total Fucking Darkness. Notably, the latter project is a synthpop collaboration between Stars vocalist Torquil Campbell and Young Galaxy guitarist Stephen Ramsay, not the album by metal band Cradle of Filth.

You might recognize some names on the lineup from past local appearances as opening acts and festival performers. New York City singer-songwriter ARSUN opened for Cat Power at Emo’s back in 2018, Fashion Club (the project of Moaning bassist Pascal Stevenson) played with the Breeders last year during an ACL late night show, and Philly shoegazers Her New Knife warmed up the Levitation crowd before Frost Children and Julie this Halloween.

Other, perhaps less recognizable, names pack their own punch. Popular Ghanan artist DarkoVibes raps over playful Afrobeats, masked Ukrainian singer-songwriter Carpetman blends acoustic guitar melodies with pop production, and Chinese producer Chace doles out sleek electro-pop.

As for locals, the Austin-based artists added to the SXSW 2025 bill include Cysum, Daydream Twins, FLAKO STIK, JahleelFaReal, JaRon Marshall, J’cuuzi, Skateland, Somebody Someone, SoundMass, The Tiarras, Vintage Jay, Wes Denzel, and West Texas Exiles.

Check out the complete list of 2025 SXSW artists announced today below.

2fox (London UK-ENGLAND)
Adjua (Cardiff UK-WALES)
AHI (Brampton CANADA)
Aiko (Prague CZECHIA)
Ailbhe Reddy (Dublin IRELAND)
Aili (Brussels BELGIUM)
Alix Fernz (Montreal CANADA)
Altre di B (Bologna ITALY)
Archer Oh (Moreno Valley CA)
ARSUN (New York NY)
Ashes to Amber (Orange CA)
AyooLii (Milwaukee WI)
badfocus (Prague CZECHIA)
Beth McCarthy (York UK-ENGLAND)
Big Freedia (New Orleans LA)
Big Special (Walshall UK-ENGLAND)
Big Zeeks (London UK-ENGLAND)
BLACKGOLD (London UK-ENGLAND)
Black Polish (Los Angeles CA)
BOLD LOVE (Dublin IRELAND)
Borderline (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
C4 (Birmingham UK-ENGLAND)
Campfire Social (Wrexham UK-WALES)
Candi Jenkins (Lexington KY)
Carpetman (Kyiv UKRAINE)
Catcher (Brooklyn NY)
Chace (Yancheng CHINA)
Chiaki Mayumura (Shibuya-ku JAPAN)
Chlöe's Clue (Valencia SPAIN)
Cliffords (Cork IRELAND)
Cloudy June (Berlin GERMANY)
Coldwave (Adelaide AUSTRALIA)
CONSUMABLES (Brooklyn NY)
The Courettes (Aalborg DENMARK)
The Criticals (Nashville TN)
Cruzloma (Quito ECUADOR)
CVC (Cardiff UK-WALES)
Cysum (Austin TX)
Damaris Bojor (Hermosillo MEXICO)
Daniela Pes (Tempio Pausania ITALY)
DarkoVibes (Accra GHANA)
Daydream Twins (Austin TX)
Die Heiterkeit (Berlin GERMANY)
Dilettante (Leeds UK-ENGLAND)
Dusted(Canning CANADA)
El Culto Casero (Asunción PARAGUAY)
Elephant Kind (Jakarta INDONESIA)
Elín Hall (Reykjavik ICELAND)
Emily Frembgen (Brooklyn NY)
Famous (London UK-ENGLAND)
Fashion Club (Los Angeles CA)
FearDorian (Atlanta GA)
FLAKO STIK (Austin TX)
Flawless Issues (Stuttgart GERMANY)
Flor (Los Angeles CA)
Fourth Daughter (Edinburgh UK-SCOTLAND)
Francesca Bono (Bologna ITALY)
Freak Slug (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
Frederick Boom (Chicago IL)
Gen and The Degenerates (Liverpool UK-ENGLAND)
Gloin (Toronto CANADA)
Glue Trip (São Paulo BRAZIL)
Go Cactus (Palma SPAIN)
HEAL (Barcelona SPAIN)
Her New Knife (Philadelphia PA)
Her Skin (Bologna ITALY)
Hierba Malita (Houston TX)
Holly Arrowsmith (Ōtautahi/Christchurch NEW ZEALAND)
INSXGHT (London UK-ENGLAND)
Jacob Alon (Fife UK-SCOTLAND)
JahleelFaReal(Austin TX)
JaRon Marshall (Austin TX)
jasmine.4.t (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
Jasmine Wesley (Los Angeles CA)
Jazz refreshed DJs (London UK ENGLAND)
J’cuuzi (Austin TX)
JD Clayton (Fort Smith AR)
Jennifer Touch (Berlin GERMANY)
Joan & The Giants (Perth AUSTRALIA)
Joelton Mayfield (Nashville TN)
Jopy (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
JOSEON (Los Angeles CA)
Judy Blank (Utrecht NETHERLANDS)
Karl Benjamin (London UK-ENGLAND)
Ken Pomeroy (Tulsa OK)
Knitting (Montreal CANADA)
Korda Korder (Hastings UK-ENGLAND)
KUČKA (PerthAUSTRALIA)
LAKE (Olympia WA)
Lassy-Eskola: Nordic Stew (Helsinki FINLAND)
Last Waltzon (Montreal CANADA)
Little Moon (Provo UT)
Lizzie Berchie (London UK-ENGLAND)
Lola Moxom (Kent UK-ENGLAND)
Loverman (Brussels BELGIUM)
lúpína (Reykjavik ICELAND)
luvis (Kyoto JAPAN)
Mad Madmen (Jakarta INDONESIA)
MAGNA (Medellin COLOMBIA)
Maryze (Montreal CANADA)
Master Peace (London UK-ENGLAND)
Millian (Lagos NIGERIA)
Mint Field (Mexico City MEXICO)
Monsoon (Athens GA)
MORDÁI (Budapest HUNGARY)
Morgan Munroe (London UK-ENGLAND)
My Son The Doctor (Brooklyn NY)
Nektunez (Accra GHANA)
No Windows (Edinburgh UK SCOTLAND)
Ny Oh (Tauranga NEW ZEALAND)
The OBGMs (Toronto CANADA)
ŒUVAL (Lafayette LA)
OneDa(Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
Open Head (Kingston NY)
Oreglo (London UK-ENGLAND)
Paisley Fields (Brooklyn NY)
Paris death Hilton (Tokyo JAPAN)
Pavey Ark (Hull UK-ENGLAND)
Plastic Palms (Turin ITALY)
Polo Perks <3 <3 <3 (Harlem NY)
Population II (Montreal CANADA)
Princess Superstar (Los Angeles CA)
PYPY (Montreal CANADA)
Quinn (Baltimore MD)
redolent (Edinburgh UK-SCOTLAND)
Ribbon Skirt (Montreal CANADA)
Sam Ryder (London UK-ENGLAND)
Sex Week (Brooklyn NY)
Shallowater (Houston TX)
Sierra Spirit (Tulsa OK)
simmcat (Copenhagen DENMARK)
Skateland (Austin TX)
Slash Need (Toronto CANADA)
Sly Withers (Perth AUSTRALIA)
Somebody Someone (Austin TX)
SoundMass (Austin TX)
Squid The Kid (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
Steam Down (London UK-ENGLAND)
STEEF (New Orleans LA)
Stella Bridie (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
Steve Wynn (New York NY)
Strawberry Launch (New York NY)
Sunna Margrét (Reykjavík ICELAND)
sunnbrella (London UK-ENGLAND)
SWEET SPINE (Greenville SC)
Tagua Tagua (São Paulo BRAZIL)
tamanaramen (Tokyo JAPAN)
Tami Hart (Brooklyn NY)
Taxidermists (Hadley MA)
TEll A ViSiON (Berlin GERMANY)
Teo Glacier (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
The Tiarras (Austin TX)
T Mulla (Hackney UK-ENGLAND)
Total Fucking Darkness (Montreal CANADA)
Truck Violence (Montreal CANADA)
Vines (Brooklyn NY)
Vintage Jay (Austin TX)
Vraell (London UK-ENGLAND)
Wade Forster (Winton AUSTRALIA)
Weird Bloom (Rome ITALY)
Wes Denzel (Austin TX)
West Texas Exiles (Austin TX)
Winnie Ama (Belfast UK-N. IRELAND)
Wynona Bleach (Belfast UK-N. IRELAND)
Xavier Omar (San Antonio TX)
Yung D3mz (Tema GHANA)
Zach Edwards & The Medicine (Lafayette LA)
Zamaera (Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA)