A chemist said hello as we both got off the plane in Austin, Texas, headed for South by Southwest. She'd seen my C&EN hat and correctly guessed that I work for the magazine. Her greeting was a ...

This story has been updated to add more information. The South by Southwest Conference and Festival is undergoing a dramatic transformation. With dwindling band numbers and a surge in Film ...

Festival spokespeople say the music part of South by Southwest will now be concurrent with the film/TV component, across seven days. The first distinction from this and other past years is that ...

With above-average temperatures in Austin, Texas, reaching as high as the 90s, there were way more people in shorts onstage and in the audience throughout South by Southwest 2025 than in recent ...

AUSTIN — The South by Southwest festival will look a lot different next year: Festival officials announced over the weekend it is shrinking its traditional footprint. For years, the conference ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — South by Southwest 2025 wrapped up less than 24 hours ago, and the conference/festival has already announced preliminary plans for next year and opened presale for badges.

South by Southwest has just concluded, but preparations for next year's festivities are already underway as organizers plan for new changes. For the first time ever, SXSW 2026 will feature a ...

A big change is coming to South by Southwest in 2026, as the festival and conference pulls back from its now-traditional nine days to seven. The news came as Austin's original culture jam ...

Austin confirmed its reputation as a hotbed for documentary filmmaking as South by Southwest announced its audience awards for the 2025 Film & Television Festival. That's not the only film with a ...

How did that tension play out South by Southwest, the yearly festival which blends the two? Claudia Cockerell4 days ago “Keep Austin Weird” is the unofficial slogan of Texas’s capital.