SXSW Announces 2022 Artist Showcases

The South by Southwest® Music Festival (SXSW®) has announced a second round of Showcasing Artists invited to perform at the 36th annual event. The festival offers the opportunity to connect entertainment, technology, and media professionals with emerging acts and established artists, all sharing in a  career- and life-changing experience. The first essential and international music event on the industry’s calendar, the SXSW Music Festival takes place March 14 - 20, 2022 in Austin, Texas.

Each year, the SXSW Music Festival programmers present a global lineup of artists representing genres ranging from K-pop to punk, hip hop to Latin and rock to Americana, alongside boundary-breaking music that defies classification. The result is a unique live music experience where industry pros and music lovers experience multiple one-of-a-kind events from a range of up-and-coming and established artists. A few highlights from this second round of artists include: A-Wall (Dallas TX), Alex The Astronaut (Sydney AUSTRALIA), Angélica Garcia (El Monte CA), bbymutha (Chattanooga TN), Black Lips (Atlanta GA), Charlie Hickey (Pasadena CA), Circuit Des Yeux (Chicago IL), Desire (Los Angeles CA), The Dream Syndicate (New York NY), exociety (Rav / Kill Bill: The Rapper / Airospace / Scuare) (Austin TX), Glüme (Los Angeles CA), Isla De Caras (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA), Jerry Paper (Los Angeles CA), Jess Williamson ( Los Angeles CA), Joesef (Glasgow UK-Scotland), Just Mustard (Dundalk IRELAND), KT Tunstall (Edinburgh UK-Scotland), Little Quirks (Central Coast AUSTRALIA), Los Bitchos (London UK-ENGLAND), Memes (Glasgow UK-Scotland), Moor Mother (Philadelphia PA), Nova Twins (London UK-ENGLAND), Phebe Starr (Dorrigo, AUSTRALIA), SELF ESTEEM (London UK-ENGLAND), Shamir (Philadelphia PA), Snapped Ankles (London UK-ENGLAND), Steam Down (London UK-ENGLAND), Sunflower Bean (New York NY), Susto (Charleston SC), Sweeping Promises (Austin TX), Tisakorean (Houston TX), and Tuyo (Curitiba BRAZIL).

This is the second of several announcements revealing the wide array of Showcasing Artists who will perform for the international creative community at SXSW. These showcases give attendees the opportunity to experience tomorrow’s headliners in small-stage performances at unique venues in downtown Austin. Italians Do It Better, Luminelle Recordings, Gorilla Vs Bear, Domino Recording Company, Qobuz, City Slang, Bushwig, Initiative Musik, POP Montreal, M for Montreal, Sounds from Spain, Traffic Music, Devil In The Woods, Atomic Music Group, Music from Ireland, End of the Trail Creative, Fierce Panda Records, LICKS Magazine, The Color Agent, Exploding in Sound, Care Free Black Girl, Chicken Ranch Records and Modern Sky UK join previously announced showcase presenters British Music EmbassyAmerican DreamsThe Legendary SOB.’sNyege Nyege TapesFire RecordsRolling LoudThe Anniversary GroupHigh Road TouringJazz re:freshed OuternationalMove Forward MusicKill Rock StarsCosmica Artists + RecordsErnest Jenning Record Co.New West RecordsRocky Road TouringPolyvinyl RecordsDouble Double WhammyKeeled ScalesPark the VanDon Giovanni RecordsNine Mile Records and Touring, and Focus Wales, with many more to come.

Artists invited to perform include:

44s4ki (Tokyo JAPAN)
A-Wall (Dallas, TX)
a/lpaca (Mantua ITALY)
Ada Lea (Montreal CANADA)
Affet Robot (Istanbul TURKEY)
Alex The Astronaut (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Allegra (New York NY)
Altameda (Toronto CANADA)
Amber Van Day (London UK-ENGLAND)
Andrea Magee (Austin TX)
Angélica Garcia (El Monte CA)
Anna B Savage (London UK-ENGLAND)
Anna Fox Rochinski (New York NY)
Annie Blackman (Brooklyn NY)
Aoife Nessa Frances (Dublin IRELAND)
ÄTNA (Dresden GERMANY)
Ayoni (Los Angeles CA)
Baba Ali (London UK-ENGLAND)
BABii (Margate UK-ENGLAND)
Bad Bad Hats (Minneapolis MN)
bad tuner (Brooklyn NY)
Bad Waitress (Toronto CANADA)
Baiuca (Galicia SPAIN)
Balto (Los Angeles CA)
BBY Kodie (Houston TX)
bbymutha (Chattanooga TN)
Beachtape (London UK-ENGLAND)
Beat Root Revival (Austin TX)
BELAKO (Mungia SPAIN)
Bess Atwell (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
BESTIAL MOUTHS (Los Angeles CA)
Black Lips (Atlanta GA)
Blondes (Liverpool UK-ENGLAND)
BORAJ (Pucón CHILE)
Boy Scouts (Oakland CA)
Boyish (New York NY)
Bradley Zero (London UK-ENGLAND)
Broadside Hacks (London UK-ENGLAND)
Brother. (Salt Lake City UT)
Brown Penny (London UK-ENGLAND)
Buenos Diaz (Austin TX)
Cadence Weapon (Toronto CANADA)
Capsula (Bilbao SPAIN)
CARYS (Toronto CANADA)
Cedric Noel (Montreal CANADA)
Charlie Hickey (Pasadena CA)
Chateau Chateau (Tucson AZ)
Chela (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
CHERISE (London UK-ENGLAND)
CHERYM (Derry UK-N. IRELAND)
Children Collide (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Christina Wheeler (Berlin GERMANY)
Circuit Des Yeux (Chicago IL)
Cítrico (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA)
Ciudadanos (Santiago CHILE)
Clarissa Connelly (Copenhagen DENMARK)
Clementine & Valentine (Christchurch NEW ZEALAND)
Club Intl (New York NY)
CMAT (Dublin IRELAND)
Coach Party (East Cowes UK-ENGLAND)
Colectiva (London UK-ENGLAND)
COMMANDO (San Francisco CA)
COSBY (Munich GERMANY)
Cruz Cafuné (Tenerife SPAIN)
dal:um (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
Daniel Casimir (London UK-ENGLAND)
Danielle Durack (Phoenix, AZ)
Danny B. Harvey & Annie Maire Lewis (Austin TX)
daysormay (Vancouver CANADA)
Dead Horses (Milwaukee WI)
Deap Vally (Los Angeles CA)
Dende (Houston TX)
Derby Motoreta's Burrito Kachimba (Sevilla SPAIN)
Desire (Los Angeles CA)
Discovery Zone (New York NY)
DJ SHANI (Austin TX)
Donzii (Miami FL)
Dreamgirl (Kansas City MO)
Duquette Johnston (Birmingham AL)
Easy Wanderlings (Pune INDIA)
Eddie 9V (Atlanta GA)
El Shirota (Chiluca MEXICO)
Eli Fola (Arverne NY)
Eliza Hull (Castlemaine AUSTRALIA)
ELLEVATOR (Hamilton CANADA)
Enamorados (Barcelona SPAIN)
Enrique Campos (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA)
Eric Tessmer (Austin TX)
exociety (Rav / Kill Bill: The Rapper / Airospace / Scuare) (Austin TX)
Farah (Dallas TX)
Fears (Dublin IRELAND)
Ferdinand the Bull (Pittsburgh PA)
Ferris & Sylvester (London UK-ENGLAND)
Fieh (Toten NORWAY)
Film School (Los Angeles CA)
Flasher (Washington DC)
flipturn (Fernandina Beach FL)
Flower Face (Windsor CANADA)
Foxx Bodies (Los Angeles CA)
FRANKIIE (Vancouver CANADA)
Free (Grand Prairie TX)
FUR (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
Gallus (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
Gamma Vibes (Bucheon SOUTH KOREA)
George O'Hanlon (Dorking UK-ENGLAND)
George Riley (London UK-ENGLAND)
Georgia Cécile (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
Glüme (Los Angeles CA)
Godcaster (New York NY)
Good Dog Nigel (Richmond VA)
Good Looks (Austin TX)
Grandmas House (Bristol UK-ENGLAND)
Gus Englehorn (Montreal CANADA)
Hamzaa (London UK-ENGLAND)
Hanita Bhambri (Delhi INDIA)
Haviah Mighty (Toronto CANADA)
Hayfitz (Brooklyn NY)
Heavy Salad (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
Her Skin (Modena ITALY)
Hera (Reykjavík, ICELAND)
Hēran Soun (Oakland CA)
Hope (Berlin GERMANY)
Hot Garbage (Toronto CANADA)
Hotel Lux (London UK-ENGLAND)
Igor Grohotsky (Kyiv UKRAINE)
Ilira (Berlin GERMANY)
Indigo Sparke (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Isla De Caras (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA)
Ivypaint (Orlando FL)
jackie (Toronto CANADA)
Jake Etheridge (Nashville TN)
Jake Lloyd (Austin TX)
James Holt (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
Jamie Webster (Liverpool UK-ENGLAND)
Jan Verstraeten (Oostende BELGIUM)
Jas Kayser (London UK-ENGLAND)
jazz re:freshed DJs (London UK-ENGLAND)
Jelani Blackman (London UK-ENGLAND)
Jenny Owen Youngs (Kittery ME)
Jerry Paper (Los Angeles CA)
Jess Williamson (Los Angeles CA)
jéTexas (Austin TX)
JM Stevens (Austin TX)
Jodi (Chicago IL)
Joecephus and The George Jonestown Massacre (Memphis TN)
Joesef (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
John The Martyr (Brooklyn NY)
Johnny Jewel (DJ Set) (Los Angeles CA)
Jon Muq (Austin TX)
Josh Fudge (Oklahoma City OK)
Juni Ata (Cuyamaca CA)
Just Mustard (Dundalk IRELAND)
Kainalu (Madison WI)
Kareem Ali (Phoenix AZ)
Katerine Duska (Athens GREECE)
KAVYA (Delhi INDIA)
KAZKA (Kyiv UKRAINE)
King Hannah (Liverpool UK-ENGLAND)
Kiwi Jr. (Toronto CANADA)
KOKO (Pesaro ITALY)
KT Tunstall (Edinburgh UK-SCOTLAND)
Kwesi Arthur (Accra GHANA)
Kydd Jones (Austin TX)
Kylie Price (Dunedin NEW ZEALAND)
La Sra. Tomasa (Barcelona SPAIN)
Laurence-Anne (Montreal CANADA)
Lavender Thug (El Paso TX)
Le Pain (Los Angeles CA)
Leif Vollebekk (Montreal CANADA)
Leon III (Houston TX)
Leon of Athens (Athens GREECE)
Ley Line (Austin TX)
LEYA (New York NY)
Lie Ning (Berlin GERMANY)
Lil Texxan (Plano TX)
Lisa Morales (Austin TX)
Little Quirks (Central Coast AUSTRALIA)
Liz Lawrence (Stratford Upon Avon UK-ENGLAND)
Lofi Legs (San Francisco CA)
Los Bitchos (London UK-ENGLAND)
Low Girl (Hemel Hempstead UK-ENGLAND)
Low Hummer (Hull UK-ENGLAND)
Lowertown (Atlanta GA)
Luther & Lamar of North Mississippi Allstars (Hernando MS)
Macy Rodman (New York NY)
Mae Powell (San Francisco CA)
Malin Pettersen (Oslo NORWAY)
MAN ON MAN (New York NY)
MANE (Adelaide AUSTRALIA)
Marina Herlop (Barcelona SPAIN)
Marion Raw (Mexico City MEXICO)
Marta Knight (Barcelona SPAIN)
Mauskovic Dance Band (Amsterdam NETHERLANDS)
MELTS (Dublin IRELAND)
Meltt (Vancouver CANADA)
MEMES (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
MENGERS (La Magdalena Contreras MEXICO)
Mini Trees (Los Angeles VA)
Mint Field (Ciudad De México MEXICO)
Mise en Scene (Gimli CANADA)
MLE (Berlin GERMANY)
MØAA (Venice ITALY)
moistbreezy (New York NY)
Molly Payton (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
Moor Mother (Philadelphia PA)
MOTHERMARY (New York NY)
Mulay (Berlin GERMANY)
My Expansive Awareness (Zaragoza SPAIN)
Natalie McCool (Liverpool UK-ENGLAND)
Necking (Vancouver CANADA)
Nemegata (Austin TX)
Ness Heads (Chicago IL)
New Candys (Venice ITALY)
Nicolás Molina (Aguas Dulces URUGUAY)
Night Palace (Athens GA)
NOCONA (Los Angeles CA)
Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band (Austin TX)
Nova Twins (London UK-ENGLAND)
Núria Graham (Vic SPAIN)
Orion (Providence RI)
Pacific Jam At My Apartment (Saltillo MEXICO)
Page 9 (Dallas TX)
Parliamo (Perth UK-SCOTLAND)
Pearla (New York NY)
Phebe Starr (Dorrigo AUSTRALIA)
Pip Blom (Amsterdam NETHERLANDS)
Pleasure Venom (Austin TX)
Poppy Jean Crawford (Los Angeles CA)
Population II (Montreal CANADA)
Psymon Spine (Brooklyn NY)
Qarabagh Ensemble (Baku AZERBAIJAN)
Qlowski (Bologna ITALY)
Rachika Nayar (Brooklyn NY)
Raffaella (New York NY)
Rakky Ripper (Madrid SPAIN)
Randy Randall (Los Angeles CA)
Red Rum Club (Liverpool UK-ENGLAND)
Reserva Fantasma (San José COSTA RICA)
Revii612 (St. Paul MN)
Rianne Downey (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
Rikas (Stuttgart GERMANY)
Robin Kester (Rotterdam NETHERLANDS)
Robynn Shayne (Austin TX)
Rock Eupora (Nashville TN)
Russian Baths (Brooklyn NY)
Ruth Lyon (Newcastle Upon Tyne UK-ENGLAND)
Sarah Mary Chadwick (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
School of X (Copenhagen DENMARK)
Scrounge (London UK-ENGLAND)
SELF ESTEEM (London UK-ENGLAND)
Sgt. Papers (Hermosillo MEXICO)
Shamir (Philadelphia PA)
Shovel Dance Collective (London UK-ENGLAND)
Shutups (Oakland CA)
Sinead O'Brien (Limerick IRELAND)
Skiifall (Montreal CANADA)
Smoothboi Ezra (Greystones IRELAND)
Snapped Ankles (London UK-ENGLAND)
Sofía Campos (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA)
Sofia Talvik (Gothenburg SWEDEN)
Sophia Kennedy (Hamburg GERMANY)
Sophia Shen (Zhangzhou CHINA)
Status/Non-Status (Toronto CANADA)
Steam Down (London UK-ENGLAND)
Steven Bamidele (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
Stuck (Chicago IL)
Sue Foley (Austin TX)
Suenatron (San Jose CA)
Sunflower Bean (New York NY)
SUSTO (Charleston SC)
SUU (Barcelona SPAIN)
Sweeping Promises (Austin TX)
Sweet Spirit (Austin TX)
Talk Show (London UK-ENGLAND)
TC Superstar (Austin TX)
Teagan Johnston (Whitehorse CANADA)
the 4onthefloor (Minneapolis MN)
The Blind Suns (Angers FRANCE)
The Bots (Los Angeles CA)
The Dream Syndicate (New York NY)
The Garrys (Saskatoon CANADA)
The HawtThorns (Nashville TN)
The Institutes (Coventry UK-ENGLAND)
The Lathums (Wigan UK-ENGLAND)
The Lottery Winners (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
The Lounge Society (Hebden Bridge UK-ENGLAND)
The Pine Hill Haints (Florence AL)
The Prescriptions (Nashville TN)
The School (Cardiff UK-WALES)
The Shivas (Portland OR)
The Texas Gentlemen (Dallas TX)
The Thing With Feathers (Nashville TN)
The Waymores (Atlanta GA)
The Wood Burning Savages (Derry UK-N. IRELAND)
Thee Unemployed (Austin TX)
THELIMITDOESNOTEXIST (Brooklyn NY)
Tisakorean (Houston TX)
Tom West (Adelaide AUSTRALIA)
Tomás del Real (Santiago CHILE)
Toya Delazy (London UK-ENGLAND)
Tres Leches (Seattle WA)
Tufan Derince (Diyarbakir TURKEY)
Tuyo (Curitiba BRAZIL)
VALERAS (Reading UK-ENGLAND)
Van Mary (Austin TX)
Vaya Futuro (Tijuana, MEXICO)
Velvet Starlings (Los Angeles CA)
Vera Di Lecce (Lecce ITALY)
Vision Video (Athens GA)
Volk (Nashvillle TN)
W. H. Lung (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
Warren Hood (Austin TX)
We Were Promised Jetpacks (Edinburgh UK-SCOTLAND)
Weakened Friends (Portland ME)
Western Youth (Austin TX)
Whitney K (Montreal CANADA)
Whitney Rose (Austin TX)
Wiley From Atlanta (Atlanta GA)
Wired Sessions (Santiago CHILE)
Xcelencia (Caguas PUERTO RICO)
Yoo Doo Right (Montreal CANADA)
zannie (New York NY)
Zoon (Toronto CANADA)

(This list is subject to change. More performers will be announced at later dates.)

Listen to the artists who will be performing at SXSW 2022 by subscribing to the official SXSW Apple MusicSpotify and YouTube Music Video playlists.

All SXSW Music registrants receive primary access to Music and Convergence Conference programming, including Keynotes and Featured Speakers, Music Festival showcases, the Comedy Festival, exhibitions, networking Meet Ups, Game Industry  Expo, the Flatstock Poster Show, Registrant Lounge, the SXSW Outdoor Stage at Lady Bird Lake concerts, and the closing BBQ & softball tournament. Secondary access is available for most Interactive and Film events. They will also receive access to all SXSW Online programming and networking.

The online SXSW Schedule provides a complete rundown of 2022 programming, broken down by time and event category, with the ability to build a customized schedule. To get started, visit schedule.sxsw.com.