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Did SXSW 2026 Flourish or Flop? We Asked Our Experts.
At the 2026 edition of South by Southwest, we saw a festival that’s been in the midst of reinvention since the pandemic undergo its most substantial overhaul yet. Out were a number of longtime leaders, the Austin Convention Center (the event’s home base for more than thirty years), and two entire days of programming. All of this followed a year during which rumors about the signature Austin event’s future swirled: After introducing London and Sydney editions, might the Texas festival relocate? (Leadership insists it will not.) Can SXSW maintain a balance between the artists it relies on for the film and music festivals and a tech industry increasingly built around defense and military investment? And what’s going on with the music festival, anyway? The event ended…The post Did SXSW 2026 Flourish or Flop? We Asked Our Experts. appeared first on Texas Monthly.