South By Southwest Festival is back on this week in Austin in Texas and among the hundreds of acts playing live showcases this Friday are these acts.
The Irish showcase is run by Music From Ireland and happens this Friday March 13th at Swan Dive Patio at 8pm with these six acts playing.
- YARD – Dublin electropunk trio with immersive live shows
- Bricknasty – Irish quintet exploring society’s most complex topics on Black’s Law
- MOIO – Nigerian-Irish R&B/indie artist with tens of millions of streams worldwide
- Basht. – Rock band combining classic energy with new-wave influence
- Sugaboo – Dublin underground rising rapper following debut mixtape Kimmagination
- Sarah Crean – Irish/Brighton indie-pop singer-songwriter with early streaming momentum.
Also playing SXSW but not at this showcase are Northern Irish acts :
- Jamie Duffy
- Chalk
Additional Performances
Chalk
Jun 15th,00.00 – Midnight at the British Music Embassy – Steve Lamacq’s BBC Showcase
Mon 16th,17:00 – Waterloo Records in-Store Performance & album signing.
Tue 17th,22.15 – Mint Talent Group Showcase at Brushy Street Commons.
Jamie Duffy
Mon 16th, 20.50 – Flamingo Cantina, Classical Unlocked
YARD
Sat 14th 01:00 – Hotel Vegas (Inside Stage)
More from Music From Ireland on the acts.
Los Angeles
Two of the SXSW acts Basht. and MOIO along with rising stars Florence Road will also play in LA School Night on Monday March 16th.
School Night is a long running weekly live music showcase in Los Angeles that has become one of the city’s most respected spaces for discovering emerging artists and songwriters.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
