South By Southwest 2018 Adds To Lineup

The 2018 South By Southwest Festival will have over 570 artists performing at this year’s 32nd annual event, and the festival just released some new additions to the lineup.

In addition to the already announced artists, the festival will host the North American debut of composer Max Richter’s 8-hour masterpiece SLEEP, as well as performances by A Place to Bury Strangers (Brooklyn NY), Aleman (Cabo San Lucas MEXICO), Crush (Seoul SOUTH KOREA), Cuco (Hawthorne CA), Cut Chemist (Los Angeles CA), Duckwrth (Los Angeles CA), Ezra Furman (Chicago IL), Flasher (Washington DC), Goat Girl (London UK-ENGLAND), Grupo Fantasma (Austin TX), Hinds (Madrid SPAIN), Jade Bird (Smallfield UK-ENGLAND), Lali Puna (Munich GERMANY), Lo Moon (Los Angeles CA), Lola Marsh (Tel Aviv ISRAEL), Low (Duluth MN), The Marias (Los Angeles CA), Ought (Montreal CANADA), Smokepurpp (Miami, FL), Son Little (Philadelphia PA), Sunflower Bean (New York NY), Superorganism (London UK-ENGLAND), U.S. Girls (Toronto CANADA), Wifisfuneral (Palm Beach FL), XXX (Seoul SOUTH KOREA), and YFN Lucci (Summerhill GA).

Among the Nashville invitees are Becca Mancari, Brother Sundance, Morgxn, The Cunning, Shell of a Shell, Soccer Mommy, Skyway Man, The Grahams, Harpooner, Tristen, Jonathan Tyler, Third Man Records’ Joshua Hedley, Welles and We Were The States.

SXSW 2018 takes place on stages around Austin from March 12 -18, 2018. Artists performing at SXSW 2018 can be heard by tuning into sxsw.com/fm on your mobile or desktop, or on demand any time at mixcloud.com/sxswfm. To register for the event, go to sxsw.com/attend.

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Lorie Hollabaugh

Hollabaugh, a staff writer at MusicRow magazine, has over 20 years of music business experience and has written for publications including American Profile, CMA Close Up, Nashville Arts And Entertainment, The Boot and Country Weekly. She has a Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication degree from Texas Christian University, (go Horned Frogs), and welcomes your feedback or story ideas at lhollabaugh@musicrow.com.

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