Dry Cleaning, Bodega, Waterbaby Lead First Wave of SXSW 2024 Showcasing Artists

British indie band Dry Cleaning, New York punk rockers Bodega, and Swedish alternative act Waterbaby lead the first round of showcasing artists tapped for the South by Southwest Music Festival 2024.

Organizers today (Oct. 11) announce 149 new and established acts, all invited to perform at the 38^th annual edition of SXSW, set for March 11-16 in Austin, Texas.

Other performers confirmed for the six-night showcase program include cumgirl8 (New York), Desire (Los Angeles), Faux Real (Los Angeles), Georgia Gets By (Nelson, New Zealand), Giovannie & The Hired Guns (Stephenville, TX), greek (Martinsville, VA), Hermanos Gutierrez (Zurich, Switzerland), Hinds (Madrid, Spain), Lo Moon (L.A.), Omar S (Detroit, MI), Rawayana (Caracas, Venezuela), Reality Club (Jakarta, Indonesia), Red Axes (Tel Aviv, Israel), and Viji (London).

The performance spots are curated by SXSW programmers in collaboration with record labels, booking agencies, export offices, management and PR firms, publishers, media outlets, lifestyle brands and festivals.

To be considered for inclusion as a showcasing artist, apply here through Friday, Oct. 27.

SXSW 2024 is sponsored by Porsche, C4 Energy, and The Austin Chronicle. The SXSW Schedule will launch online Oct. 31, providing a complete rundown of 2024 programming.

Today’s first-wave announcement comes just days out from the start of the inaugural SXSW Sydney, marking the event’s first foray outside of the United States. Set to roll out from Oct. 15-22, 2023, SXSW Sydney is a collaboration with TEG, The NSW Government and Destination NSW, and will be the brand’s official Asia Pacific leg.

SXSW signed a “lifeline” deal with P-MRC, a joint venture between Penske Media Corporation and MRC, the companies announced in April 2021, making P-MRC a stakeholder and long-term partner with the Austin festival. P-MRC is the parent company of Billboard.

The first round of SXSW 2024 artists invited to perform include:

Aleighcia Scott (Cardiff UK-WALES)
alyona alyona (Kyiv UKRAINE)
Ariel & The Culture (Dallas TX)
Arielle Soucy (Montreal CANADA)
ASHY (Christchurch NEW ZEALAND)
ÄTNA (Berlin GERMANY)
Azahriah (Budapest HUNGARY)
BALTHVS (Bogotá COLOMBIA)
Bathe Alone (Atlanta GA)
Bay Ledges (Portland ME)
Beharie (Sandnes NORWAY)
Benét (Brooklyn NY)
Birthday Girl (Brooklyn NY)
Bisa Kdei (Accra GHANA)
Blood (Philadelphia PA)
BODEGA (New York NY)
Boogey The Beat (Winnipeg CANADA)
Candeleros (Madrid SPAIN)
C.Diab (Vancouver CANADA)
Cecilia Castleman (Franklin TN)
CHAII (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
Chiedu Oraka (Hull UK-ENGLAND)
Coach Party (Newport UK-ENGLAND)
Cool Sounds (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
Cosmo Pyke (London UK-ENGLAND)
cumgirl8 (New York NY)
DENDÊ & BAND (Salvador BRAZIL)
Desire (Los Angeles CA)
Dry Cleaning (London UK-ENGLAND)
Dylan Gossett (Austin TX)
Ebi Soda (London UK-ENGLAND)
Edan Archer (Gainesville FL)
El Combo Oscuro (Austin TX)
Elijah Johnston (Atlanta GA)
Faux Real (Los Angeles CA)
Fieh (Toten NORWAY)
Fire EX. (Kaohsiung TAIWAN)
fuvk (Austin TX)
Georgia Gets By (Nelson NEW ZEALAND)
Gia Ford (Sheffield UK-ENGLAND)
Giovannie & The Hired Guns (Stephenville TX)
Girl and Girl (Brisbane AUSTRALIA)
Glare (Mcallen TX)
Glue Trip (São Paulo BRAZIL)
Godcaster (Brooklyn NY)
greek (Martinsville VA)
Half Dream (Austin TX)
Heffner (Athens GA)
Hello Mary (Brooklyn NY)
Hermanos Gutierrez (Zurich SWITZERLAND)
Hinds (Madrid SPAIN)
Holiday Ghosts (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
HONESTY (Leeds UK-ENGLAND)
Horse Jumper of Love (Boston MA)
Hot Garbage (Toronto CANADA)
HotWax (Hastings UK-ENGLAND)
Housekeys (Fort Worth TX)
Housewife (Toronto CANADA)
iogi (Tel Aviv ISRAEL)
Islet (Cardiff UK-WALES)
Jazzbois (Budapest HUNGARY)
Joe King Carrasco (Austin TX)
Kam Franklin (Houston TX)
Karl Vento (Gothenburg SWEDEN)
Kassa Overall (Seattle WA)
Kelz (Westminster CA)
Kibi James (Atlanta GA)
Kiwi Jr. (Toronto CANADA)
Kyra (London UK-ENGLAND)
La Sécurité (Montreal CANADA)
Le Couleur (Montreal CANADA)
The Life (New York NY)
Lika Nova (Bogotá COLOMBIA)
Lip Critic (New York NY)
Little Mazarn (Austin TX)
Living Hour (Winnipeg CANADA)
Lo Moon (Los Angeles CA)
Lord Friday The 13th (Austin TX)
Los Premios (Valencia SPAIN)
Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys (Berlin GERMANY)
Luge (Toronto CANADA)
Malice K (New York NY)
Mama Duke (Austin TX)
Mamalarky (Atlanta GA)
Marem Ladson (Galicia SPAIN)
Maria Chiara Argirò (Rome ITALY)
Maura Weaver (Cincinnati OH)
Mei Semones (Brooklyn NY)
Middle Sattre (Austin TX)
Miller Campbell (Bigfork MT)
Mim Jensen (Christchurch NEW ZEALAND)
Minimal Schlager (Berlin GERMANY)
Miss Kaninna (Bruny Island AUSTRALIA)
Modern Woman (London UK-ENGLAND)
Mong Tong (Taipei TAIWAN)
Moritz Simon Geist (Dresden GERMANY)
mui zyu (London UK-ENGLAND)
Nabihah Iqbal (London UK-ENGLAND)
Neptune’s Core (Chicago IL)
NEWDAD (Galway IRELAND)
OH HE DEAD (Washington DC)
Omar S (Detroit MI)
orbit (Achim GERMANY)
ORION (Providence RI)
Otto Aday (Ferndale UK-WALES)
Paisley Fields (Brooklyn NY)
Pauli The PSM (London UK-ENGLAND)
Peach Luffe (Toronto CANADA)
Pehuenche (Xalapa MEXICO)
PHILMON LEE (Atlanta GA)
Phony (Los Angeles CA)
The Pink Stones (Athens GA)
Pons (Brooklyn NY)
porij (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)
Psymon Spine (Brooklyn NY)
Rawayana (Caracas VENEZUELA)
Reality Club (Jakarta INDONESIA)
Red Axes (Tel Aviv ISRAEL)
Reilly Downes (Bandera TX)
Richard Spaven (London UK-ENGLAND)
Sam Tudor (Gavin Lake CANADA)
Sarah Klang (Gothenburg SWEDEN)
Sarah Morrison (Tallahassee FL)
semiwestern (Rockwall TX)
Sen Morimoto (Chicago IL)
Shelf Lives (London UK-ENGLAND)
The Silver Lines (Birmingham UK-ENGLAND)
Smut (Chicago IL)
Sorry Girls (Montreal CANADA)
Spencer Thomas (Athens GA)
Spyres (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
Subsonic Eye (Singapore SINGAPORE)
Tagua Tagua (São Paulo BRAZIL)
TAUK (Oyster Bay NY)
Teethe (Dallas TX)
Telula (New York NY)
They Are Gutting A Body Of Water (Philadelphia PA)
Tomato Flower (Baltimore MD)
Tough On Fridays (Georgetown TX)
Tramhaus (Rotterdam NETHERLANDS)
Uma (Barcelona SPAIN)
Usted Señalemelo (Mendoza ARGENTINA)
Viji (London UK-ENGLAND)
waterbaby (Stockholm SWEDEN)
West Texas Exiles (Austin TX)
Winona Fighter (Nashville TN)
Winona Forever (Vancouver CANADA)
Wolves of Glendale (Glendale CA)
zzzahara (Los Angeles CA)