SXSW Sydney Has Added 62 New Acts and a Heap of Speakers to Its 2025 Music Festival Lineup
Rashmeet Kaur, Vandelux, The Thing and August Wahh are the latest names on the bill for SXSW Sydney's third year.
Live tunes. Folks in the know unpacking everything from music and film to gaming and technology. Movies and TV shows to watch. Buttons to mash. Parties to hang out at. New favourite bands to be found. 2025 will mark the third year that SXSW Sydney brings all of the above together, and its lineup keeps growing. The event's music festival started dropping acts and speakers earlier in the year. It has just announced plenty more.
Rashmeet Kaur, Vandelux, The Thing and August Wahh are the latest names on the bill between Monday, October 13–Sunday, October 19 in the Harbour City. So are Tenxi & Jemsii, Holly Hebe, Munan and Yasmina Sadiki. A huge 62 acts have joined the lineup in this round, with Bump2Soul, Charlotte OC, DC Maxwell, DOOR PLANT, EZUZ, 花溪 Flowerstream, Holy Void, Jasmine Thompson, MANAGONA草本藥師, No Life, Puff Punch, RESORT, Rovv, SHN, Sir Echo, Thy Howler, Tripov, Virgin Vacation and Womb among the international contingent.
Also taking to the stage during 2025's SXSW Sydney: everyone from Beryl, C.O.F.F.I.N, Denzel Kennedy, Geography and Hey, Love to Last Quokka, Lyric, Mariae Cassandra, Robert Baxter, Sesame Girl and Ullah, and more. In total, this year's fest is due to feature more than 300 music performances, which means that this roster of talents is only going to grow.
Already named in the past reveal: Jasmine 4.t, Freak Slug and Ristband + Pivots from the UK; Slowwves from Thailand; Japan's Suichu Spica 水中スピカ; New Zealand's Serebii and Tusekah; and Cardinals from Ireland; and Autralia's Jamaica Moana, JJ4K, RICEWINE, Sacred Hearts, Swapmeet and BADASSMUTHA.
After the 2025 SXSW Sydney Music Festival speaker lineup initially advised that music supervisor Jen Malone, an alum of Euphoria, Yellowjackets, Wednesday, Atlanta, Mr & Mrs Smith, Dark Matter, The Umbrella Academy, The Penguin, Overcompensating and Sirens, would get chatting — plus Dr Marcus Collins, Beyoncé's former Digital Strategy Director — it too has boosted its list. Rachel So, Festival Manager at Goldenvoice, which is behind Coachella and Stagecoach, is among those who'll be part of the discussions. So are Warner Music Korea's Director of Domestic Marketing Stacy Nam, BandLab's Head of Communications & Creator Insights Dani Deahl, Amazon Music's of Label Relations and Marketing ANZ Chantelle Georgiou, Warp Publishing Director and Heard & Seen Founder Theo Seffusatti, and others.
"The breadth of talent joining SXSW Sydney this year speaks to our growing role as the premier destination for music discovery and professional development in the Asia Pacific," said SXSW Sydney's Head of Music Claire Collins, unveiling the fest's latest additions.
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"With some of the world's most-respected talent buyers and industry leaders in attendance, SXSW Sydney has become a truly global meeting point — a place where careers are launched, collabs take shape and real deals are done," Collins continued.
So far, SXSW Sydney has also revealed that there'll be more free programming, and named other speakers from an array of fields. Given that the full fest will span 1600-plus sessions, including 550 conference and professional development sessions, 90-plus movie screenings and over 150 games, keep watching this space for more announcements.
SXSW Sydney 2025 runs from Monday, October 13–Sunday, October 19 at various Sydney venues. Head to the SXSW Sydney website for further details.
Top image: Jess Gleeson.
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