SXSW

Name: SXSW
Start: 2027-03-15
End: 2027-03-21
Location: Austin Convention Center and venues citywide

Austin, TX · Music

When: March 15–21, 2027
Where: Austin Convention Center and venues citywide · Austin · TX
Cost: Not confirmed
Status: Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule

Began in 1987 as a music festival and grew to absorb film, technology, and comedy programmes across the whole of downtown Austin. The 2027 calendar was restructured to concentrate events midweek; SXSW EDU runs March 13 to 16, just ahead of the main festival.

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