It’s hard to believe that SXSW 2020 is just one month with day 1 starting on March 13th in Austin, Texas. Currently and till the festival begins SXSW will still be adding more artists and speakers to the festival. This week they just announced more additions to the Music and Film Festival including more speaker. Tomorrow, February 14th is also the last day to register for SXSW before the festival rates go up. Below please find the latest SXSW 2020 updates.
Additions to the SXSW 2020 Music Festival include:
- Savages frontwoman Jehnny Beth
- Stone’s Throw pop-experimentalist Sudan Archives
- NYC’s genre-skirting Gen Z LAUNDRY DAY
- Ghostly International electronic producer Telefon Tel Aviv
- R&B up-and-coming gems Erika de Casier from Copenhagen and Georgia’s Baby Rose
- Helsinki-based punk-tinged pop songwriting powerhouse ALMA
- Icelandic solo-synth artist Sólveig Matthildur (of Kælan Mikla)
- SXSW rap veteran Trae Tha Truth to name a few.
Earlier this week they also announced two showcases for the British Music Embassy presented by BBC Introducing and BBC Radio 6 Music. Check out the full lineups with the hottest music coming out of the UK.
The New Keynotes Announced:
- Multiple Grammy-award winning musician, actress, producer, director, and writer St. Vincent a/k/a Annie Clark with musician, actress, writer, and director Carrie Brownstein in conversation about their upcoming collaboration on The Nowhere Inn (Music)
- The founder of SM Entertainment, one of Asia’s largest entertainment groups, and pioneer and innovator of the modern K-Pop industry, Soo-Man Lee (Music) in conversation with COO of Capitol Music Group, Michelle Jubelier (Music)
- Eight-time Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, producer, activist, star of the second season of Amazon’s critically acclaimed series Homecoming and the upcoming film Antebellum Janelle Monáe (Convergence)
- Executive Director of Los Angeles Department of Cannabis Regulation Cat Packer in conversation with Cannabis Doing Good and king colorado president and founder Kelly Perez (Convergence)
- Oscar, Golden Globe, and Grammy Award-winning composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross — who also comprise Nine Inch Nails, which will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this Spring and join Emmy Award-winning Executive Producer and writer Damon Lindelof to discuss their collaboration on the HBO series Watchmen. (Convergence)
- Filmmaker, and writer and director of the Golden Globe-nominated film The Farewell Lulu Wang (Film)
- Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore has been added to the keynote conversation with founding member and creative force for Pink Floyd, Roger Waters (Music)
Newly-added Featured Speakers include:
- Judd Apatow
- Kenya Barris
- Kudzi Chikumbu
- Noam Chomsky
- Kevin Feige
- Alex Garland
- Robert Greenblatt
- Guru Gowrappan
- Jameela Jamil
- Spike Jonze
- Michael E. Kassan
- Jeffrey Katzenberg
- Admiral William McRaven
- Desus Nice and The Kid Mero
- Julianne Moore
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Jon Platt
- Margo Price
- Raekwon
- Jason Segel
- David M. Solomon
- Robin Thede
- Kim Kardashian West
- Jaboukie Young-White
- Meg Whitman, and many more.
Explore all of the newly added Showcasing Artists and add Favorites to your SXSW Schedule. And remember, the deadline to register is tomorrow, February 14 before the rates increase.
Please visit www.sxsw.com for more information!
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Source: SXSW
