Hopefully you read our Top 5 SXSW 2026 Performance list, but we cannot only mention our Top 5. We became fans of pretty much everyone we heard, which is a testament to the talented artists who perform night after night at SXSW. So, this list will not be in any particular ranking order; instead, we are ordering it by the day and time that we caught their sets. Grace Sorenson We kicked off our SXSW days in the early afternoon with some local R&B vibes from Austin native Grace