Conference Submissions Now Open!
We're looking for bold perspectives, breakthrough ideas and the voices shaping the future.
Conference Submissions Now Open!
We're looking for bold perspectives, breakthrough ideas and the voices shaping the future.
Explore The Ideas That Shaped SXSW London 2026
Discover our six Conference Theme Takeaways, featuring key speaker quotes and speakers to look out for.
Explore The Ideas That Shaped SXSW London 2026
Discover our six Conference Theme Takeaways, featuring key speaker quotes and speakers to look out for.
Discover What Comes Next in Technology, Culture and Business.
Six days in Shoreditch. A head start in the ideas, talent and people that matter to your work.
Returning to Shoreditch 24th - 29th May 2027
It Happens at SXSW First
40 years in Austin. Now in London.
Billie Eilish played SXSW before her debut album.
Everything Everywhere All At Once premiered at SXSW a year before its seven Oscars.
OpenAI was on stage four days before GPT-4 launched.
Why You Need to Be Here
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See it First
New artists, films, technology and art before they break through. 256 artists, 100 screenings and 13 premieres in 2026.
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Hear it First
The ideas changing your industry, from the people behind them. 863 speakers in 2026.
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Meet Them First
Founders, backers, commissioners and collaborators you would not meet in an ordinary week. 19,500 connections made in 2026.
The Programme
A Festival Built Into Shoreditch
Warehouses, halls, churches and yards, a short walk apart. You will run into people between sessions. That is the point.
Quotes
"The festival gave me new music, new connections and, most importantly, renewed inspiration."
Josephine, Global (Sony Music)
"While tech connects, it's IRL that transforms."
Kanisha, Uncovered
"I walked into the Women in Film & TV event knowing nobody and walked out with a dozen of the sharpest, most generous creatives I've met in years."
Aisha, Stage Analytics
"We went to a Women in Music event and ended up hiring one of the women we met for a project that is still underway now."
Dora, Griffin King Creative
"Some of the relationships and conversations that started during SXSW London have continued well beyond the event and opened the door to new collaborations and opportunities."
Marcus, Da Fingaz Music
"I never knew how much joy, knowledge and exposure one festival could bring me as well as enhance my network and opportunities so greatly."
Arabella, Filmmaker
"The mix of live music, screenings, networking and panels really made it for us."
Dora, Griffin King Creative
Hear it First
Programme announcements, new artists and films, pass releases and ways to take part.
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