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Photo of SXSW 2010 act Band of Horses courtesy of Sean Mathis

2011 welcomes the 25th Anniversary of the SXSW Music and Media Conference, one of the largest, most influential, and most anticipated music events of the year. Over 13,000 music industry professionals attended SXSW 2010 for compelling panels, industry discussions, demo listening sessions, trade show exhibits, and now six nights of music by no less than 1,978 acts representing 49 different countries, performing in 89 venues in downtown Austin, Texas. For 2011, SXSW plans on keeping with our tradition of continuously outdoing ourselves by bringing you even more of the absolute best mix of brand new, up-and-coming, international and legendary musical performances, planted all over Austin in bars, clubs, halls, parks and even in churches and a historical museum. No one is going to want to miss this landmark year.

Want to apply to play at the 2011 SXSW Music and Media Conference? Be sure to get your applications in as soon as possible for an opportunity to play at one of the most important music industry events of the year! Click here for info.

SXSW Music Festival Alumni Include: Ryan Adams • Lilly Allen • Tori Amos • Erykah Badu • Devendra Banhart • David Banner • Barenaked Ladies • Beach House • Beastie Boys • Beck • Ben Folds Five • Tony Bennett • Doug Benson • The B-52's • Big Boi • Big Star • Andrew Bird • The Black Keys • Black Eyed Peas • Blur • Bomba Estereo • Billy Bragg • Bright Eyes • Broken Bells • Broken Social Scene • David Byrne • Cage the Elephant • Neko Case • Johnny Cash • Cat Power • Margaret Cho • Choc Quib Town • Circle Jerks • Guy Clark • Clinic • George Clinton • Clipse • Cold War Kids • The Crystal Method • Cypress Hill • Dead Prez • Death Cab For Cutie • The Decemberists • DEVO • Ani DiFranco • Dinosaur Jr • Niña Dioz • Dixie Chicks • Kimya Dawson • The Drums • Duffy • Dum Dum Girls • Steve Earle • Echo and the Bunnymen • Explosions in the Sky • Perry Farrell • Flaming Lips • The Flatlanders • Florence and the Machine • Franz Ferdinand • Fucked Up • Fugees • Gang Starr • Ghostland Observatory • Gomez • Grandaddy • David Gray • Grizzly Bear • Guided By Voices • Hanson • Ben Harper • PJ Harvey • The Hold Steady • Ice Cube • Insite • Interpol • Joe Jackson Band • Wanda Jackson • Japandroids • Daniel Johnston • Norah Jones • Rickie Lee Jones • Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings • Jurassic 5 • The Killers • Kinky • Kings of Leon • Kris Kristofferson • La Gusana Ciega • Natalia Lafourcade • Daniel Lanois • Little Richard • Local Natives • Los Lonely Boys • Lucero • Mayer Hawthorne & The County • Roger McGuinn • Meat Puppets • Medeski Martin & Wood • Metallica • MGMT • Mission of Burma • Modest Mouse • Janelle Monae • Mogwai • Tom Morello • Morrissey • My Morning Jacket • Motorhead • Muse • N.E.R.D. • Willie Nelson • Neon Indian • New York Dolls • Randy Newman • NOFX • Beth Orton • Ozomatli • Passion Pit • Pato Machete • Peaches • Carl Perkins • Katy Perry • Peter, Bjorn, and John • Liz Phair • Iggy Pop • Public Enemy • Queens of the Stone Age • Ray Price • Robert Randolph • The Rapture • Redman • REM • Smokey Robinson • Raphael Saadiq • Ximena Sariñana • She&Him • The Shins • Silversun Pickups • SFDK • Elliott Smith • Patti Smith • Sonic Youth • The Sonics • Spoon • St. Vincent • The Stooges • The Strokes • Sublime • Supergrass • Surfer Blood • The Ting Tings • Pete Townshend • Ike Turner • UGK • Uncle Tupelo • Vampire Weekend • The Vines • Rufus Wainwright • Tom Waits • M Ward • The White Stripes • Wilco • Lucinda Williams • Amy Winehouse • the xx • Yeah Yeah Yeahs • Yo La Tengo • Zoe

Photo of Dum Dum Girls at SXSW 2010 by Ryan Stark.
Photo of Partners N Crime at SXSW 2010 by Bronson Dorsey.