Dune Rats, Boo Seeka, Rowena Wise and more will represent Australia, while Bakers Eddy, Frankie Venter, and Guardian Singles will represent New Zealand.
Dune Rats at Forum Melbourne (Credit: Ryley Clarke)
Twelve Australian artists will be heading to SXSW in Austin, Texas, in March 2025 – and that’s just on the first artist announcement.
The Aussies heading to next year’s music festival and industry conference event are Boo Seeka, Cap Carter, Delivery, Dune Rats, Hachiku, J. Tajor, Lucy Sugerman, Rowena Wise, Sir Jude, Surely Shirley, The Vanns, and Vv Pete. New Zealand’s own Bakers Eddy, Frankie Venter, and Guardian Singles will also head to SXSW.
You can check out the complete first artist announcement below. More performers will be announced in the coming months.
Next year’s event will take place from 10 to 15 March 2025 in music venues and community spaces across Austin, Texas.
In addition to the artists announced above (and below), SXSW has also locked in its first list of showcases, which includes ATC Live, Billboard, Deezer, Green Witch Recordings, Music From Ireland, The Line of Best Fit, Rolling Stone, Taiwan Beats, Tokyo Calling, UTOPiAfest, and many more.
To register to attend SXSW in 2025, head here for more information. You can also view the schedule here as it rolls out and get a hint of the artists performing at SXSW 2025 by following the event’s official Spotify.
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James Minor, the VP of the Music Festival element of SXSW, said of next year’s curated experience: “This announcement is an excellent teaser for what you can expect to see at SXSW 2025. This round includes a range of exceptional artists, from up-and-coming talent to established legends and everywhere in between.
“If you’ve been to SXSW before, you’ll know that this list is more than an eclectic playlist; it’s a guide to discovery and your first step toward what you’ll experience in March.”
In 2023, SXSW expanded its reach by launching the event in Sydney.
Ali (Jakarta INDONESIA)
Amiture (New York NY)
Annie-Claude Deschênes (Montreal CANADA)
Ava Vegas (Los Angeles CA)
babas tutsipop (Guadalajara MEXICO)
Bakers Eddy (Wellington NEW ZEALAND)
Bee Blackwell (Austin TX)
Big Phony (New York NY)
Bleary Eyed (Philadelphia PA)
Boo Seeka (Dudley AUSTRALIA)
Bubba Lucky (Austin TX)
Bummer Camp (New York NY)
Caleb De Casper (Austin TX)
Cap Carter (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Cari Cari (Vienna AUSTRIA)
Carter Vail (Los Angeles CA)
CDSM (Atlanta GA)
Chinese American Bear (Seattle WA)
Cloth (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
corto.alto (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
Cotton Mather (Austin TX)
Delivery (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
Dr. Pushkin (Bolgatanga GHANA)
Dune Rats (Brisbane AUSTRALIA)
Edgar Alejandro (Guadalajara MÉXICO)
Ellur (Halifax UK-ENGLAND)
Emmeline (London UK-ENGLAND)
Exotic Fruitica (Austin TX)
Fake Dad (Los Angeles CA)
fantasy of a broken heart (Brooklyn NY)
Frankie Venter (Mount Manganui NEW ZEALAND)
GEOGRAPHER (San Francisco CA)
Graham Reynolds (Austin TX)
Guardian Singles (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
Gurriers (Dublin IRELAND)
Gus Englehorn (Maui HI)
Hachiku (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
HIMALAYAS (CARDIFF UK-WALES)
Honeyglaze (London UK-ENGLAND)
Housewife (Toronto CANADA)
J.Tajor (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
Jad Fair and the Placebos (Austin TX)
John Francis Flynn (Dublin IRELAND)
Julie Nolen (Austin TX)
Justin Morales (Cuernavaca MEXICO)
Kanaan (Oslo NORWAY)
KAP BAMBINO (Bordeaux FRANCE)
Ki! (Copenhagen DENMARK)
Kombilesa Mi (Palenque COLOMBIA)
La Sécurité (Montréal CANADA)
Laura Lee & the Jettes (Berlin GERMANY)
Lauren Lakis (Austin TX)
Letting Up Despite Great Faults (Austin TX)
Levin Goes Lightly (Stuttgart GERMANY)
Los Eclipses (Mexico City MEXICO)
Lucy Sugerman (Canberra AUSTRALIA)
MADELEINE (London UK-ENGLAND)
Mall Girl (Oslo NORWAY)
Man/Woman/Chainsaw (London UK-ENGLAND)
Marry Cherry (Austin TX)
Maruja (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
mary in the junkyard (London UK-ENGLAND)
Matching Outfits (Berlin GERMANY)
MELLT (Cardiff UK-WALES)
Meltheads (Antwerp BELGIUM)
Mhaol (Dublin IRELAND)
Midnight Navy (Austin TX)
Miranda and the Beat (New Orleans LA)
Monobloc (New York NY)
Nanocluster [Immersion | SUSS] (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
Nature TV (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
Nemegata (Austin TX)
Nilipek. (Istanbul TURKEY)
Nive Nielsen (Nuuk GREENLAND)
o'summer vacation (Kobe JAPAN)
Parker Woodland (Austin TX)
Paula Prieto (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA)
Perennial (Vernon CT)
Personal Trainer (Amsterdam NETHERLANDS)
Pug Johnson (Beaumont TX)
Quiet Money Dot (Houston TX)
Really Good Time (Dublin IRELAND)
Rowena Wise (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
Sarah Klang (Gothenburg SWEDEN)
Scarlet House (Charlotte NC)
Shao Dow (London UK-ENGLAND)
Shiho Yabuki (Hadasu JAPAN)
Shishi (Vilnius LITHUANIA)
Sir Jude (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
Sly5thAve (Austin TX)
Soda Blonde (Dublin IRELAND)
Sofia Grant (London UK-ENGLAND)
Sultanes del Yonke (El Paso TX)
Summer Pearl (London UK-ENGLAND)
Surely Shirley (Kiama AUSTRALIA)
Susobrino (Brussel BELGIUM)
Tesfaye Taye Gebeyehu / Yaho Ethiopian Cultural Band/ (Addis Ababa ETHIOPIA)
The Philharmonik (Sacramento CA)
The Ting Tings (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
The VANNS (Wollongong AUSTRALIA)
tiger bae (Harumi JAPAN)
TVOD (Brooklyn NY)
Twin Shadow (Los Angeles CA)
twst (Barry UK-WALES)
Vanessa Zamora (San Diego CA)
Venus Grrrls (Leeds UK-ENGLAND)
Volcan (San Antonio TX)
Vv Pete (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Water Damage (Austin TX)
Woomb (Sofia BULGARIA)
XAMIYA (Tokyo JAPAN)
Xixa (Tucson AZ)
Yasmin Williams (Woodbridge VA)
Yndling (Bergen NORWAY)
Yoo Doo Right (Montreal CANADA)
Yuuf (London UK-ENGLAND