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World-renowned multi-disciplinary festival SXSW arrives in London in just a few short weeks, and we’re pretty excited about it.
The likes of Steven Spielberg, Barack Obama and Malala Yousafzai have spoken at previous iterations of the Austin festival, which has also helped to launch the careers of numerous world-renowned acts including Amy Winehouse, Little Simz and Billie Eilish, so we’re expecting pretty big things from the first-ever European edition of Texas export.
Time Out is thrilled to be partnering with SXSW London for its inaugural edition to give both festival-goers and our culture-loving readers (that’s you!) a no-holds-barred insight into the epic affair, which features a whopping 600 talks, 600 gigs and 200 films screenings, all taking place around Shoreditch over six days this June.
While details of the festival’s conference arm having been announced back in February, we’ve been eagerly waiting for more information on the musical line-up, which has been co-curated with a host of esteemed musical partners including The BRIT School, BBC Introducing, Sony Music, Abbey Road Music, Keep Hush, City Splash, Eastern Margins and Reform Radio.
Joining previously-announced headliner, Grammy-winning Nigerian singer Tems, are the likes of Brit Award-winner Mabel, Crystal Castles’s Alice Glass, east London-based R&B artist NAO and rising south London star Sasha Keable. The full list of venues for the music festival has also been announced this morning, and it includes plenty of Shoreditch’s best-loved institutions, from Village Underground, XOYO and Shoreditch Town Hall to Jaguar Shoes, Shoreditch Church and the Old Blue Last.
SXSW has long been known as a launchpad for emerging artists and a discovery platform for keen music fans looking for their next favourite band, and the London edition of the festival will be no different. Announced alongside these established names are the first 100 showcase acts on the line-up, full details of which can be found on the festival’s website here.
Keen to check out some gigs? Music wristbands for SXSW London go on sale next Monday, April 14, starting at £65 for three days, or £99 for the full duration of the festival (excluding Tems’ headline set), while wristbands for the full festival are already on sale here. See you in the mosh pit soon!
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