contexts: South by Southwest The official logo for SXSW , 2017 Genre Conference and festival Dates March ( dates vary but generally coinciding with University of Texas at Austin spring break and also usually includes St. Patrick 's Day ) Frequency Annual Location ( s ) Austin , Texas , U.S. Years active 31 Inaugurated Founders Roland Swenson , Louis Jay Meyers , Louis Black , Nick Barbaro Next event March 8 -- 17 , 2019 Attendance SXSW Music : 28,119 SXSW Interactive : 30,621 SXSW Film : 16,297 SXSWEdu : 4,260 Other Exhibits / Parties : 152,000 Organized by SXSW , LLC Website sxsw.com
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answers.span_text: March 8 -- 17 , 2019
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