South-by-Southwest returned to Austin, a week earlier this year, but still extended to Monday-Saturday, March 11th-16th. Even without University of Texas teens volunteering or partying during their spring break, there was a strong turnout. Yes, SXSW isn’t the massive sponsored juggernaut it was even just five years ago, but instead there was a diversity of acts playing downtown, often multiple gigs over the week, and you could actually see a lot of what you intended to (and still get free drinks)
Monday | Interactive met Music on SXSW Monday. Recap > |
Tuesday | FLOOD Magazine and BMI threw two great events on Tuesday of SXSW ’19. Recap > |
Wednesday | Everything from an Instagram outage to a Shameless party came on Hump Day. Recap > |
Thursday | Broken Social Scene’s You Forgot It In People & more on SXSW Thursday. Recap > |
Friday | Need for rest brought about a lighter SXSW Friday. Recap > |
Saturday | Rachael Ray & Scoot Inn to close out SXSW ’19. Recap > |
58 acts, 64 performances:
…And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead – Saturday, photos @ Scoot Inn
Anni – Wednesday, photos @ Finnish Home Party
Asleep At the Wheel – Tuesday, photos @ GSD&M Courtyard
Baby FuzZ – Thursday, photos @ Bungalow
Big Boi – Saturday, photos @ Stubb’s
The Black Angels – Monday, photos @ Empire Garage; Wednesday, photos @ Mohawk
Black Pistol Fire – Monday, photos @ Empire Garage
Bleachers – Saturday, photos @ Stubb’s
Wade Bowen – Tuesday, photos @ GSD&M Courtyard
The Bright Light Social Hour – Monday, photos @ Empire Garage
Broken Social Scene – Tuesday, photos @ Cedar Street Courtyard; Wednesday, photos @ Mohawk; Thursday, photos @ Container Bar, photos @ Bungalow; Saturday, photos @ Scoot Inn
Castlecomer – Friday, photos @ Rachael Ray’s Feedback House
Cautious Clay – Saturday, photos @ Stubb’s
Charly Bliss – Saturday, photos @ Scoot Inn
City of the Sun – Saturday, photos @ Rachael Ray’s Feedback House
Jamie N Commons – Friday, photos @ Rachael Ray’s Feedback House
The Cringe – Saturday, photos @ Rachael Ray’s Feedback House
Dead Soft – Thursday, photos @ Bungalow
The Dirty Nil – Wednesday, photos @ Bungalow
DRAKULAS – Wednesday, photos @ Bungalow
DRAMA – Thursday, photos @ Rachael Ray’s Feedback House
Robert Ellis – Tuesday, photos @ GSD&M Courtyard
GEA – Wednesday, photos @ Finnish Home Party
HÆLOS – Tuesday, photos @ Cedar Street Courtyard
Randy Houser – Tuesday, photos @ GSD&M Courtyard
Durand Jones & The Indications – Wednesday, photos @ Mohawk; Saturday, photos @ Scoot Inn
Just Loud – Friday, photos @ Rachael Ray’s Feedback House
Robert Earl Keen – Tuesday, photos @ GSD&M Courtyard
La Force – Thursday, photos @ Bungalow
Dan Luke & The Raid – Friday, photos @ Mohawk
Walker Lukens – Thursday, photos @ Nuevo Leon
Adam Melchor – Monday, photos @ Empire Garage
Mike D – Saturday, photos @ Stubb’s
Moving Panoramas – Monday, photos @ Empire Garage
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real – Saturday, photos @ Stubb’s
Palm Palm – Saturday, photos @ Stubb’s
Waylon Payne – Tuesday, photos @ GSD&M Courtyard
Priests – Tuesday, photos @ Cedar Street Courtyard
Katie Pruitt – Tuesday, photos @ GSD&M Courtyard
The Rad Trads – Friday, photos @ 18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn
Rachael Ray – Saturday, photos @ Stubb’s
Ringo Deathstarr – Saturday, photos @ Scoot Inn
Ed Roland – Tuesday, photos @ GSD&M Courtyard
Rotto’s Magic Act – Saturday, photos @ Rachael Ray’s Feedback House
Saint PHNX – Thursday, photos @ Nuevo Leon
Pierson Saxon – Monday, photos @ Empire Garage
Sego – Monday, photos @ Empire Garage
Seratones – Friday, photos @ Mohawk
Chris Shiflett – Tuesday, photos @ GSD&M Courtyard
SONTALK – Saturday, photos @ Rachael Ray’s Feedback House
The Strumbellas – Wednesday, photos @ Mohawk
Will Varley – Thursday, photos @ Rachael Ray’s Feedback House
Andrew W.K. – Wednesday, photos @ Bungalow
Dale Watson – Tuesday, photos @ GSD&M Courtyard
White Denim – Tuesday, photos @ Cedar Street Courtyard
Wild Moccasins – Friday, photos @ Mohawk
Jamie Lin Wilson – Tuesday, photos @ GSD&M Courtyard
Wintersleep – Wednesday, photos @ Bungalow
Unfortunately missed:
-Her’s, who tragically died with their tour manager in a car accident just weeks after South-by-Southwest.