Three Sydney acts plus one each from Melbourne, Brisbane, Newcastle, Perth and Auckland have been added to the SXSW line-up for 2019.
The new Australia artists are:
Vacations (NEWCASTLE)
Emerson Snowe (BRISBANE)
I Know Leopard SYDNEY)
Denise le Menice (PERTH)
Odette (SYDNEY)
Jo Schornikow (MELBOURNE)
Haiku Hands (SYDNEY)
and from New Zealand:
Jonathan Bree (AUCKLAND)
They join the first 26 first round acts announced in October:
AUSTRALIA
Acharné (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Amaru Tribe (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
Amyl & The Sniffers (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
Black Rheno (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Bloods (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Body Type (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Castlecomer (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Catherine Britt (Newcastle AUSTRALIA)
Death Bells (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Feels (Perth AUSTRALIA)
Georgi Kay (Perth AUSTRALIA)
The Gooch Palms (Newcastle AUSTRALIA)
Goo Munday (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
NOIRE (Brisbane AUSTRALIA)
Skegss (Byron Bay AUSTRALIA)
Tia Gostelow (Mackay AUSTRALIA)
WAAX (Brisbane AUSTRALIA)
WAFIA (Brisbane AUSTRALIA)
NEW ZEALAND ARTISTS
The Beths (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
The Chills (Dunedin NEW ZEALAND) (Who have also entered their film in SXSW Film Festival
Emily C. Browning (Christchurch NEW ZEALAND)
Emily Fairlight (Wellington NEW ZEALAND)
French for Rabbits (Wellington NEW ZEALAND)
Hans. (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
Jackie Bristow (Gore NEW ZEALAND)
Swallow the Rat (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
Speakers for SXSW so far are:
Keynotes Shirley Manson, lead vocalist of Garbage,
Lauren Mayberry of Chvrches,
as well as musician and activist Laura Jane Grace,
Soundcloud CEO Kerry Trainor,
Head of A&R at SM Entertainment Chris Lee,
singer and actor Lance Bass, artist and
musician Amanda Palmer,
musician Wyclef Jean,
and multi-platinum songwriter, artist, and advocate Ross Golan
The SXSW Music Festival and Conference to be held in Austin Texas March 11-18, 2019.
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