SXSW: South by Southwest at Various Locations in Austin, TX

South By Southwest (SXSW) Music and Media Conference, the world’s leading music industry event, offers attendees the opportunity to explore the future of the music industry during the day at panels, talks, the Trade Show, Music Gear Expo and other conference activities at the Austin Convention Center.

At night, an awesome mix of musical performances from over 2,200 regional, national, and international acts take place. Altogether, SXSW presents unmatched networking opportunities, career-building conference programming and over 100 stages of music for showcasing bands and conference attendees. In 2013, 2,278 bands performed on 113 stages over the course of five nights.