Key Takeaways:
- In March, Shamir, Alex the Astronaut, and other artists will perform at the in-person festival.
- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival was held virtually in 2020 and 2021.
The 36th Annual SXSW Music Festival has announced the second round of showcasing artists, including Black Lips, KT Tunstall, Angélica Garcia, Desire, Shamir, Alex the Astronaut, The Dream Syndicate, Charlie Hickey, and many more.
It will return live and in-person March 14-20, 2022, at dozens of venues throughout Austin, Texas.
The new lineup, which follows an initial lineup released in October, features a typically diverse mix of American and international artists from Argentina (Isla De Caras), Japan (4s4ki), Turkey (Affet Robot), Scotland (Joesef), Ireland (Just Mustard), Australia (Phebe Starr), Brazil (Tuyo), France (The Blind Suns), and China (Sophia Shen).
Italians Do It Better, Luminelle Recordings, Gorilla Vs. Bear, Domino Recording Company, Qobuz, City Slang, Bushwig, Initiative Musik, POP Montreal, M for Montreal, Sounds from Spain, Traffic Music.

Devil In The Woods, Atomic Music Group, Music from Ireland, End of the Trail Creative, Fierce Panda Records, LICKS Magazine, The Color Agent, Exploding in Sound. Care Free Black Girl, Chicken Ranch Records, and Modern Sky join the previously announced showcase present.
Subscribing to the festival’s official Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube Music Video playlists will allow you to hear all of the showcasing artists at SXSW 2022. In addition, the full schedule of programming, which will enable festivalgoers to create their plan, can be found here.
All of the artists announced in the second round are listed below. Additional artists will be announced later; the list is subject to change.
- Alex The Astronaut
- Allegra
- Altameda
- Clarissa Connelly
- Clementine & Valentine
- Club Intl
- Daniel Casimir
- Enamorados
- Enrique Campos
- Eric Tessmer
- Gamma Vibes
- George O’Hanlon
- George Riley
Source: Billboard
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