SXSW Sydney 2024 Music Program Overview

Here’s your comprehensive overview of music content throughout the 2024 program, including panels, mixers, parties and presenter events!  

For access details and the full artist showcase schedule, please check the SXSW Sydney app.
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Tuesday 15 October

6pm – 9pm   Music Festival Opening Party @ UTS Underground  

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Wednesday 16 October

9.30am –11am triple j Unearthed drop-n @ JMC Academy  

10.15am – 11.15am PANEL Harnessing the power of the Diaspora @ UTS Chau Chak Auditorium

10.30am – 11.30am WORKSHOP: Virtual Live Performance Motion Capture @ UTS Other  

11.00am -11.45am WORKSHOP: Headbanging the Hard Way @ All.com Lobby

11.30am -12.15pm Featured Session | Between Music and Wellness with Pianist, Podcaster, and Composer Chad Lawson (US)

12.00pm – 1.30pm NETWORK: Sounds Australia Presents: APAC Connect @ The Lansdowne

1.00pm-3.00pm MEET-UP One of One presents Women in Music meet-up

1.30pm - 2.30pm PANEL:  Asia Unlocked: Navigating New Tour Routes in APAC @ UTS Chau Chak Auditorium

2.00pm-3.15pm Music Industry Mentor Sessions presented by Live Event Logistics

2.00pm-3pm PANEL: Streaming Thieves: The Secret Networks Stealing Billions from Artists @ ICC Sydney Cockle Bay 1

2.30pm - 4pm WORKSHOP:  Hands-On AI and Music Workshop @ JMC Academy  

3.15pm - 4.15pm PANEL:  New Trends in Artist marketing @ UTS Chau Chak Auditorium

3.30pm-6.30pm SHOWCASE: impressed Recordings & COHORT Party ft. Rinse, Juice Webster, Liminal and Loose Content @ Lord Gladstone

3.30pm-6.30pm MIXER: GigLifePro & Friends @ The Barrie

4.00pm-7.00pm MIXER: Meta Music @ The Chippo  

4.00pm-6.45pm MIXER: The Orchard mixer @ The Abercrombie  

6:00pm –12:00am Rolling Stone House @ The Underground Sydney, ft. Full Moon Flower Band, The Grogans, Hockey Dad, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers (DJ Set)

6.00pm-6.45pm IBIS Music Moment – Moonchild Sanelly @ Tumbalong Park  

6.00pm-6.45pm Laneway Presents party @ The Commons ft. Coldwave, Total Tommy, Ixaras & Garage Sale  

6.30pm-11.00pm Warner Music presents Cene ft Chiseiko, Jason Dhaka, Olivia Marsh, Bean Magazine @Kyiv Social, Main Room

6.30pm-11.30pm Rolling Stone House ft. Hockey Dad, The Grogans, Full Flower Moon Band, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers  @ The Underground Sydney, Main Room

7.30pm-12.00am British Music Embassy ft Joel Sunny, Sarah Meth, Jeshi, Special Feelings @The Lansdowne Hotel, Level 1  

Thursday 17 October

8.30am-10.00am AMCOS-AMCOS Industry Breakfast @ APRA AMCOS, Foyer  

10am – 11.30pm WORKSHOP: Sound Country Presents Sustainable Touring Workshop @ JMC Academy

10.15am – 11.15am PANEL: Cancelled! A Crisis PR Firedrill @ ICC Sydney E3.9  

12.00pm - 1.00pm PANEL:  Superagent Lucy Dickins in conversation with Susan Heymann @ ICC, Pyrmont Theatre

1.30pm – 2.30pm PANEL: The Indian Market – Opportunities and Obstacles @ ICC, Room C2.2

1.30pm – 2.45pm   PANEL: New Voices in Arts and Technology (Future Art and Culture) @ The Lansdowne

1.30pm – 3.30pm PANEL AND PERFORMANCE: Sony Music Publishing Presents: Performance & Female Perspectives ft. Sarah Blasko, Annie Hamilton and Eliza Hull @ Kyiv Social 

3.00pm – 4.00pm WORKSHOP: Music Streaming Growth for Artists @ JMC
3.00pm – 4.00pm PANEL: Edge of the Future: Music x AI

2.00pm – 4.00pm MIXER: RAC Arena Presents: Agents vs. Promoters Mixer @ The Loft on Broadway  

4.00pm-7.00pm Our Golden Friend x Chapter Music Party ft. NPCEDE, Ella Ion and Coldwave @ The Loft on Broadway, Main Room  

4.00pm-7.00pm MIXER: Concord Mixer @ The Abercrombie Hotel, Abercrombie Rooftop  

6.00pm-7.00pm MIXER: Virgin Music Rooftop Mixer @ The Commons

7.00pm-10.00pm Virgin Music Rooftop Party ft. Sycco, KAHUKX, Peking Duk

6:00pm –12:00am     Rolling Stone House @ The Underground Sydney ft. Bakers Eddy, Divebar Youth, Mulga Bore Hard Rock, The Buoys, Party Dozen and Voice of Baceprot

6:00pm –12:00am  Blak Label Presents ft. Special Feelings, Kurlipa Reach, Tjala, Miles Nautu and Kee’ahn @ The Barrie  

6.30pm-11.30pm TAICCA presents Taiwan Beats ft. imdifficult, YenTing Lo, Scattered Purgatory, ANDR @ Abercrombie  

7.00pm-12.00am ADA Presents ft Stan Walker, Claire Anne Taylor, Jess Moskaluke, Neptune and YT Thompson @ The Lord Gladstone  

7.30pm-12.00am British Music Embassy ft Pyra, Yung D3MZ, Facesoul, The Lottery Winners, ENNY @ The Lansdowne  

Friday 18 October

9.45am – 10.45am. PANEL: Releasing and touring in Southeast Asia: A Guide @ UTS Collaborative Theatre  

11.00am – 12.00pm PANEL: Live A&R Workshop @ UTS Collaborative Theatre  

11.00am - 12:15pm PANEL: Screen Commentary: Jed Kurzel @ Fortress

11.30am -12.30pm PANEL: The music AI rights debate: Beyond the track and the training data @ ICC C2.3  

12.00pm-3.00pm NETWORK: BMI Brunch @ The Chippo Hotel, Ground Floor  

12.00pm - 1.00pm PANEL: How to tour in 2024 – UTS Chau Chak Auditorium

1.00pm - 2.00pm WORKSHOP: Unlocking Opportunities in the International Sync Industry @ JMC

1.00pm - 3.00pm NETWORK: Country Connections @ The Lansdowne

1.30pm – 2.30pm PANEL: The Next Gen. of Live Music Lovers: Navigating Opportunities in a Changing Landscape @ ICC Sydney C2.3

2.00pm-12.00AM [PIAS] & Inertia present Day2Night ft. Pa777ience, Kheelan Mac, Ruby Jackson, Lance Gurlseik, Moonchild Sanelly, Crocodylus, Delivery, total tommy, 2touch @ The Lord Gladstone, Main Room  

2.30pm – 3.30pm WORKSHOP: Feel Great to Create @ JMC Academy

6.00pm-10.00pm ACCLAIM Presents @ The Commons ft Mammoth, Maina Doe, Heno., Chxrry22  

6:00pm –12:00am     Rolling Stone House @ The Underground Sydney ft. Phoebe Rings, Yung Raja, Ayesha Madon, daste., BALTHVS and 9lives

7.00pm-12:00am Awesome Black Presents ft. Mulga Bore Hard Rock, Homesick, Kootsie Don, Kayps, 3% @ The Chippo Hotel, The Den  

7.00pm-12:00am British Music Embassy ft Elizabeth M Drummond, Devaura, O., Moonchild Sanelly @ The Lansdowne Hotel, Level 1  

9.00pm-late UNPOPULAR Records Label Launch ft. Sex Mask and friends @ The Barrie, Main Room  

Saturday 19 October

2.00pm – 3.00pm KEYNOTE: The Kid LAROI @ Darling Harbour Theatre, ICC

3.30pm – 5.00pm The Kid LAROI, triple j's Blak Out and Unearthed present Blak Future @ Tumbalong Park (free and all-ages)

6.30pm-12.30am fbi.radio party ft Jerome Blaze, Wet Kiss, Manfredo Lament, Twine, Devaura, Brazen Barbie, Garage Sale, Kootsie Don, MAMMOTH. @ Lord Gladstone

9.00pm-3.00am Astral People presents Spice Trail ft Menara, Dualist Enquiry, Anusha @ Lansdowne

10pm-4.00am Future Classic presents Sycco & Friends, Touch Sensitive, 9Lives, VV Pete & Utility @ Abercrombie  

Sunday 20 October

12.30pm-6.30pm +91 Calling! A one-day showcase of Indian Creative Culture ft Tushar, SHRETA, Mali,  Young Raja, Kavya Trehan, Prabh Deep, KR$NA

1.00pm-9pm Fest by Inner West @ various venues throughout Enmore

Plus check out these music themed films from the Screen Festival!  

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Alien Weaponry: Kue Tupu Te Ara

Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird

Pavements

Teaches of Peaches

The Most Australian Band Ever!

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