South by Southwest

The South by Southwest ( SXSW ) combines festivals, conferences and exhibitions especially in the areas of " Music, Film and Interactive" in a year in March in Austin (Texas ) held event. The event is now over 10 days; if you count the front of it taking place sxsw - edu Education Fair and Conference, even 14 days. The festival was founded in 1987 and is measured by the number of its stages one of the largest in the world.

SXSW Music

SXSW Music 2011 celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2014 it will be held for the 28th time. It is the largest conference and the largest music festival in the Western Hemisphere. 2013 had the conference over 25,000 registered participants from 64 countries. The conference offers a wide range of forums, lectures and workshops. The keynotes are usually held by known quantities of the music industry (2013: Dave Grohl, 2012: Bruce Springsteen, 2011: Bob Geldof, 2010: Smokey Robinson, 2009: Quincy Jones, 2008: Lou Reed, 2007: Pete Townhead, 2006: Neil Young). At SXSW not play as usual at festivals usually a limited number of bands on some outdoor stages, but the festival offers over 2200 artists from over 50 countries on over 100 platforms in the clubs of Austin.

SXSW film

SXSW film offers a unique environment for creative talent, audiences and sizes in the industry. The film festival was appointed by indieWIRE the world's No. 4, 2011. The film had conference in 2013 more than 15,000 registered participants from 57 countries at the Film Festival 133 films and 110 short films were shown. Overall, the Film Festival 2013 had almost 75,000 visitors.

SXSW Interactive

SXSW Interactive 2013 celebrated its 20th anniversary and can record an increase in the double-digit percentage range for over 5 years. So it is one of the largest and most important annual meeting for "digital creatives " has become, which has brought together over 30,000 participants in 2013 from 57 countries. The focus of the 1000 lectures, and panel discussions, speakers and 1800 was placed on the areas of marketing, consulting, web development, social media, e-commerce, education, multimedia and interface design.

SXSW Comedy

SXSW Comedy features comedians since 2008 in the areas of standup, sketch and improv that occur during the festival at various clubs in Austin. Many of the performances of stars and newcomers will be recorded as podcasts. In addition, there are various lectures and workshops around the theme " comedy ". SXSW Comedy collaborates among others with comedy central.

More SXSW events

SXSW edu

The SXSW edu ​​place since 2008 instead of directly in front of SXSW and there as they exit conferences, lectures and an exhibition. Learning and Teaching in the Web 2.0 era with the latest multimedia possibilities stands in the foreground. 2013 had the SXSW Edu 4260 participants from 26 countries and there were 202 presentations with 473 speakers instead.

SXSW v2v Las Vegas

The SXSW v2v is the only SXSW event in Austin not held, but in Las Vegas. It is also the most recent event, they took place in 2013 for the first time. The v2v is an addition to the SXSW Interactive designed with the aim to bring together the entrepreneur and startup scene with the venture capital scene in a creative environment.

History

It started as the SXSW music festival with a focus on roots rock and alternative country. Since 1994, additional topics have been added film and interactive media program of events, and now make up an important part of the festival dar. At SXSW will also be awarded prizes in the two categories, find the world's attention. Among other things there in 2007 Twitter was introduced to a wider public. The SXSW was the model for the Berlin Independence Days and Popkomm in Germany.

Participant

Only five days worth of music and movies are offered a wide variety of venues. Just for the musical program are over 50 stages available on which to play often over 1,000 bands from all over the world. The SXSW is also the possibility of new artists under contract to a news and contact exchange for the music industry and record companies. Various artists and bands such as Norah Jones, The Darkness, The White Stripes or The Strokes experienced its breakthrough here. Hip indie rock bands with a strong stage presence are in demand, so the Noisettes from London were invited three times. From Germany there playing ( among other things ) Subway to Sally, The Twang, Guano Apes, Kadavar and 17 Hippies. 2014 was the U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden via an Internet video chat as a guest.

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