SXSW Lineup Phase 3 Lineup Announced Including A Few Denver Notables.

Esme Patterson

A few Denver locals have made the latest lineup for SXSW. Added to the list today were Esme Patterson, The Still Tide, and Kyle Emerson. They join previously announced bands Neoma (by way of Ecuador) and The Yawpers. Looks like the Mile High City will be well represented this year.

The South by Southwest® Music Festival (SXSW®) has announced the third — and to-date the largest — round of Showcasing Artists invited to perform at the 34th annual event. SXSW is where the entertainment, technology, and media industries converge, with the Music Festival shining a light on the acts that will shape the future of music. The first essential event on the music industry calendar, the SXSW Music Festival takes place March 16 - 22, 2020 in Austin, Texas.

Every year, the SXSW Music Festival programmers assemble a lineup of artists from around the world, with established performers playing alongside cutting-edge acts. The result is a live music experience like no other, where industry pros and music lovers alike discover an unparalleled range of artists and genres. 

The Still Tide

A few highlights from this batch of artists include: Aaron Smith (Polmont UK-SCOTLAND), alyona alyona (Kyiv UKRAINE), Astrid Sonne (Copenhagen DENMARK), Baba Ali (New York NY), Beach Slang (Philadelphia PA), Belako(Bilbao SPAIN), Caroline Rose (Austin TX), Dadabots (Boston MA), Didirri(Melbourne AUSTRALIA), Dragón Rojo (Cartagena COLOMBIA), Great Grandpa(Seattle WA), The Haden Triplets (Los Angeles CA), Hazy Sour Cherry (Tokyo JAPAN), HERO (Montreal CANADA), The Hormones (Chengdu CHINA), Knucks(London UK-ENGLAND), Long Beard (New Brunswick NJ), Lydia Lunch (Brooklyn NY), Nadia Reid (Dunedin NEW ZEALAND), Nicole Atkins (Nashville TN), Night Moves (Minneapolis MN), Overcoats (New York NY), The Posies (Seattle WA), Reuben and the Dark (Calgary CANADA), Self Esteem (Sheffield UK-ENGLAND), Shopping (London UK-ENGLAND), Soccer Mommy (Nashville, TN), Soul Asylum(Minneapolis MN), Tessellated (Kingston JAMAICA) and TSHA (London UK-ENGLAND).

Kyle Emerson

Showcases presented by some of our longtime partners include the BBC, We Found New Music, The Onion AV Club, Bella Union, Gorilla vs. Bear, Cascine, Damnably, Bloodshot Records, Levitation, Single Lock Records, Jazz Re:Freshed, Music From Ireland, Sounds From Spain, Focus Wales, Part Time Punks, Felte Records, Laneway Festival, Traffic Music, Desert Daze, Burger Records and more. First-time presenters include Italians Do It Better, Mercury Kx, Decca Publishing, Falls Festival, 6131 Records, Music Finland, Space Agency, Audiofemme, Artoffact Records and Roskilde Festival to name a few.