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.

Hannah Cohen Credit: Misha Handschumacher

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

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Caroline is the Music and Culture staff writer and reporter, covering, well, music, books, and visual art for the Chronicle. She came to Austin by way of Portland, Oregon, drawn by the music scene and the warm weather.