This year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) is
going to be da bomb!!!
(From Friday March 8th – Sunday March 17th
2019)
What is South by Southwest?
South by Southwest (SXSW) is an annual conglomerate
of film, interactive media, music festivals, conferences and
more held annually in Austin Texas U.S.A. It began in 1987,
and has continued to grow in both scope and size every year! In 2017, the
conference lasted for 10 days with SXSW interactive lasting for five days,
music for seven days and film running concurrently for nine days. Comedy and
gaming components to the festival are particularly fast-growing. SXSW is run by
the company SXSW, LLC which organizes conferences, trade shows, festivals, and
other events.
Where is Music found in this
colourful event?
SXSW Music is the largest music festival of its kind
in the world, with more than 2,000 acts and above in most seasons. SXSW Music
offers artist-provided music and video samples of featured artists at each
festival via their official YouTube channel. The music event has grown from 700
registrants in 1987 to over 28,000 registrants in 2019! SXSW Film and
SXSW Interactive events have grown every year, most recently bringing over
51,000 registrants from all the world (and Africa) to Austin
What about Film?
SXSW Film Conference spans five days of conference panels and
sessions, and welcomes filmmakers of all levels. Programming consists of
keynote speakers, panels, workshops, mentor sessions and more, with expert
filmmakers and industry leaders. Although the film festival often highlights
independently produced films and emerging directing talent with unique visions,
the festival has long served studios as a starting point for their comedies,
using enthusiastic fans as a barometer of how they might play in wide release.
The SXSW Film Festival runs nine days, simultaneously with the SXSW Film
Conference, and celebrates raw innovation and emerging talent both behind and
in front of the camera. Festival programming categories include:
Special Events, Headliners, Narrative Spotlight, Documentary Spotlight,
Narrative Competition, Documentary Competition, Visions, Midnighters, 24 Beats
Per Second, SXGlobal, Episodic, Festival Favorites and Short Film Programs. The
SXSW Film Awards, which occur on the last day of the Film Conference, honor
films selected by the Feature and Short Film Juries.
What Nigerian Artistes
are performing in this year’s SXSW 2019?
While SXSW is home to a lot of incredible
activities, the music segments are definitely its biggest draw. Just last year,
Mr Eazi, Runtown, Maleek Berry
This year 2019, Patoranking, Adekunle
Gold, Not3cs and LAX will be the Nigerian artists
headlining the Sounds From Africa segment —
which, since last year, is now merged with the Sounds From The Carribean segment. They
also will be joined by Ghanaian stars, Kojo Funds and AKA. While Seyi Shay won't be part of the Sounds From Africa segment, she
will be performing alongside the likes of Wyclef Jean at the Highland Lounge.
Other artists of Nigerian descents billed to perform include Fat
Tony, Kalu & The Electric Joint, Jim-E-O, Wunmi, Kelvyn
Colt and Amanze..
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