More than 300 South by Southwest performers join the 2026 Music lineup today. Regional Mexican music, experimental takes on traditional genres, and up-and-coming rap are emerging as themes for the diverse, discovery-centered festival’s 40th year.
San Francisco-based folk songstress Hannah Cohen and Scandinavian ambient-pop trio Sassy 009 are among the many lineup additions. Mexico City experimental group Diles que no me maten will return to Austin for the fest following a Levitation performance last year. Cumbia norteña musician Oscar Ortiz will also perform, as will rising Atlanta rapper and BACKSEAT! HOUSE collective member MARCO PLUS, and queer Chilean experimental pop artist Javiera Electra. Two UK acts have also joined the schedule: pop-rock project TTSSFU and influencer-meets-producer DJ AG.
More local groups are now set to perform, including Americana favorites BettySoo and West Texas Exiles, Tejano trio The Tiarras, and politically oriented pop act Parker Woodland. Queer singer and rapper Mama Duke, fresh off her stint on America’s Got Talent, will also perform. College of Hip Hop Knowledge, the collective that recently brought Austin rappers and hip-hop performers to SXSW Sydney, will represent the local hip-hop scene, alongside R&B singers Lew Apollo and Grace Sorensen.
This announcement follows Rolling Stone revealing their annual Future of Music showcase. The publication’s three-night stint at the Moody Theater, from March 12-14, will include performances by TikTok “Messy” sensation Lola Young, regional Mexican band Fuerza Regida, and Texas-born rapper and producer BigXthaPlug, with additional acts to be announced in the coming weeks. For the first time in its four-year run, the magazine’s showcase will be separately ticketed via AXS.
Billboard will also return with their own three night showcase, THE STAGE, at the Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park, from March 13-15. Headliners include Houston-born hip-hop artist Don Toliver, Mexican corridos tumbados songwriter Junior H, and Dutch DJ Mau P. General admission tickets for this showcase are available now through Ticketmaster.
Both showcases will hold a limited amount of first-come, first-served space for SXSW Platinum, Music Badge, and Music Festival Wristband holders.
See the full list of new SXSW 2026 additions below.
2charm
60 JUNO
Aayushi
Adrian Be
Adult DVD
Adult Leisure
Agatha is Dead!
Agent 007″
Akira Galaxy
Akshara
Alkyone
Ama Louise
Amie Blu
amri
Ancient Greece
Andrew Cashen
Andrew Cushin
Andy Arthur Smith
Anna Shoemaker
ARXX
Astralorp
Atsuko Chiba
Avanti Patel
Azamiah
Babatunde Hip Hopera
Baker Grace
Bandana Cheyenna
Basht.
Batry Powr (Nicole Miglis)
Bea Porges
Ben Flournoy
better joy
BettySoo
Big Soto
BigXthaPlug
Bikini Beach
Blair Davie
Bleary Eyed
bollyflow
Boutique Feelings
Brie Stoner
Buckets
BULLETBALLET
Caleb De Casper
Cashier
CDSM
Cheap Perfume
Chiara Savasta
CJ CHENIER AND THE RED HOT LOUISIANA BAND
Clova
College of Hip Hop Knowledge
congratulations
cootie catcher
CorMae
CQ Wrestling
Cure for Paranoia
DAIISTAR
Dallas Tetnus
Danxgerous
DARKOVIBES
DD Island
Deer Park Avenue
Deloyd Elze
Devin the Dude
Differentchris
Diles que no me maten
DJ AG
DJ Anupi
DJ Candlestick
DJ Grip
DJ Hollygrove
DJ Jester the Filipino Fist
Dominique Way
DOSSEY
Drea Dominique
Drew Landry
Dustin Dale Gaspard
Dylan LeBlanc
Edgehill
Electric Enemy
Ella Ion
Emi Angeles
Enfants
Eric Zayne
Esau Ortiz
Femi Temowo
fifi knifefight
Fime
Firecracker
Flesh Juicer
Flor de la Frontera
Foliage
Forty Feet Tall
Frankfurt Helmet
Georgia Webster
Girl Tones
Glaze
Gogol Bordello
Grace Sorensen
Graham Reynolds
Grandmas House
Gummy Fang
Gwenno
Hannah Cohen
Haters
Hemi Hemingway
His Lordship
HNRY FLWR
Holidays in United States
Home Counties
Honey I’m Home
Honey Made
Horsepower
I See Orange
iluvboyband
Important Group
In Color
Isak Thomas and The Stoop Boys
J’ray
Jack Powers
Jamaica Moana
Jamie Duffy
JASNO
Javiera Electra
Jaxs
JayaHadADream
Jazz re:freshed DJs
Jessie Chambers
Joe Patitucci
Johnny Falloon
JOPLYN
Julia Blair
Julio Caesar
Junior H
Kanho Yakushiji
KELVYNBOY
Kenzzo
Kety Fusco
Kids
KING NO-ONE
Kofi Stone
KOJ
Kordelya
Lena Dardelet
Leo Kalyan
Leo Von Sol
Les Itinérantes
Lew Apollo
Lila Tristram
LilJayFromDaO
Little Guilt
Lofi Legs
Lola Tried
Lola Young
Los Desechos
Los Gran Reyes
LOS KEMET
Lovpune
LU GOT THE TASTE
LU GOT THE TASTE
Luca Eck
Lucaa
Lucid Express
Lucky
Luke Tyler Shelton
Magic Rockers of Texas
Magnolian
Mama Duke
MARCO PLUS
Mariae Cassandra
Marijuana Deathsquads
Marilina Bertoldi
Marketplace
Marley Hale
Marni Ct.
Martin Eyerer
Maru Haru
Mass Minor
Mau P
MEEK
Melanie Dyer
Mên An Tol (State)
Mika Häkki & Dark Yonder
MILHD
MITA
Modern Cinema Master
Modeselektor
MORGAN
Mosmo
Mr. Lewis & The Funeral 5
MT Jones
MX LONELY
Nathaniel Stewart
Native Leaves
NIGHT DRIVE
Nightbus
Nilipek.
NOAMZ
Nudo
OG Ron C
Olivia Morreale
OOZ
Oscar Ortiz
Oscar Twins
Our Shame
Packaging
Panic Shack
Panoramic Voices
Pär Hagström and Charlatans of Love
Parker Woodland
Pat G
Peelander-Z
Pehuenche
Pei-Yu Hung
Perdón Amor
Pink Breath of Heaven
Plastikboy
PONS
PRIDO
Q THA HERO
QUANNA
QUENTIN
Quiet Money Dot
Raq Baby
Ras Mundi
Reuben Vincent
Rosa Anschuetz
Ruido Selecto
Saige Davis
Samy Sharif
San Charbel
Sarah Crean
Sarah Meth
Sasha Wrist
Sassy 009
SCATTRBRAIN
Scuttino
selines
Semisoft
Seulement
Sex Mask
Sexpop
Shao Dow
Short Life
Shreea Kaul
Silvertone
Simone Tang
Social Cig
Somebody Someone
someshiit
Sonido Cachimbo
Sorry Youth
SoundMass
Spacestation
Spencer Thomas
Spoon Benders
SRI
Stalefish
Still Blank
Storey Littleton
Sugabooo
Sultanes del Yonke
Sun Room
Sunshine Spazz
Superfan
Susannah Joffe
SUUVI
Swapmeet
SWEENEY
SXSW DJz
The Animeros
The Beatbox Collective
The Braymores
The Bures Band
The Chopstars
The Dharma Chain
The Dumes
The Gringos
The Irrepressibles
The Kellows
The Microphone Misfitz
The Pink Stones
The Ramona Flowers
The Tiarras
The Tremolo Beer Gut
The Tullamarines
Thelonious Love
Theo Lawrence
Timmy Skelly
Torture and the Desert Spiders
Total Wife
Trophy Wife
TTSSFU
Twitch4Eva
ultra caro
urboi.
Victoryland
VUKOVI
Water Damage
Wave Chapelle & NilexNile
Werkha
West Texas Exiles
Wilby
Worlds Worst
Ximena Soto
YES AND MAYBE
Yng Naz
Yoshi
YUNG D3MZ
ZAMAERA
Zella Day