<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> South by Southwest </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> The official logo for SXSW , 2017 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Conference and festival </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dates </Th> <Td> March ( dates vary but generally coinciding with University of Texas at Austin spring break and also usually includes St. Patrick 's Day ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Frequency </Th> <Td> Annual </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location ( s ) </Th> <Td> Austin , Texas , U.S. </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 31 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Inaugurated </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Founders </Th> <Td> Roland Swenson , Louis Jay Meyers , Louis Black , Nick Barbaro </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Next event </Th> <Td> March 8 -- 17 , 2019 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Attendance </Th> <Td> SXSW Music : 28,119 SXSW Interactive : 30,621 SXSW Film : 16,297 SXSWEdu : 4,260 Other Exhibits / Parties : 152,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Organized by </Th> <Td> SXSW , LLC </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Website </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> sxsw.com </Td> </Tr> </Table>
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March 8 -- 17 , 2019