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Guide to SXSW 2025’s Best Free Events

Guide to SXSW 2025’s Best Free Events

Katherine Jones, General Life & Arts Reporter  March 7, 2025

Though South by Southwest badges offer a lot, experiencing the festival doesn’t have to come with a hefty price tag. From free concerts and interactive installations to film pop-ups and thought-provoking...

Top 5 must-see international rock performances this SXSW

Top 5 must-see international rock performances this SXSW

Layla Dajani, General Life & Arts Reporter March 7, 2025

South by Southwest draws hundreds of bands from across the globe to Austin each year, offering a unique opportunity to experience music that might otherwise remain out of reach. With over 240 bands...

UT RTF Longhorn Denius Student Film Showcase highlights diverse filmmaking voices

UT RTF Longhorn Denius Student Film Showcase highlights diverse filmmaking voices

Katherine Jones, General Life&Arts Reporter March 7, 2025

As the lights dim in AFS Cinema on Friday, March 7, a new wave of student filmmakers will see their work projected on the big screen, marking a milestone in their creative journeys.  The 2025 UT RTF...

Texas films to watch in the Criterion Collection before SXSW

Texas films to watch in the Criterion Collection before SXSW

Charlotte Karner, Senior Life&Arts Reporter March 7, 2025

In honor of its 40th anniversary, the Criterion Collection is coming to Austin in the form of an 18-foot delivery van — a mobile replica of the famous film closet. The collection includes more than 1,500...

People in the lobby of the Austin Convention Center during South by Southwest on March 15, 2024. March 15 was the final day of conferences for the festival.

Letter from the editor: SXSW offers platform for young voices, access to new ideas despite prestige

Flora Farr, Life&Arts Editor March 7, 2025

After months of hush-hush and dedicated planning from a group of music and Austin enthusiasts in The Austin Chronicle offices, the first South By Southwest event was held in March 1987. Since the first...

The Austin Convention Center on March 2, 2025.

5 Tech-Related Events to Check Out at SXSW

Angelina Liu, Senior News Reporter March 7, 2025

With words such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing becoming common in everyday vocabulary, confusion and uncertainty about the future can arise. The Daily Texan compiled a list of SXSW events...

5 short films premiering at SXSW to look out for

5 short films premiering at SXSW to look out for

Elie Brunson, General Life&Arts Reporter March 7, 2025

As South by Southwest approaches, so does the chance to experience exceptional storytelling in its many forms. The Daily Texan compiled a diverse lineup of short films premiering this year, each one delivering...

SXSW music showcases to check out if you’re under 21

SXSW music showcases to check out if you’re under 21

Ana Taveira, General Life&Arts Reporter March 7, 2025

Living in the “Live Music Capital” definitely comes with perks, but for those under 21, it can be frustrating to miss out on shows. To help navigate South by Southwest, The Daily Texan put together...

Outside the Austin Convention Center on day seven of South by Southwest, March 15, 2024.

Longhorns balance course loads while working SXSW

Tyler Pullum, Entertainment Columnist March 7, 2025

South By Southwest, one of the largest media conferences in the world, attracts hundreds of thousands of guests to downtown Austin each year. The conference has developed a reputation of attracting high...

People gathered for the First Texas Chai-Down at Nueces Mosque late March 3, 2025 to see which student organization has the best chai. Black Muslims Alliance won the audience vote and Alpha Lambda Mu won the judge vote.

Nueces Mosque hosts ‘Chai-Down’ to kick off the month of Ramadan

Tyler Pullum, Entertainment Columnist March 7, 2025

Ramadan, a holy month in Islam, is a time of fasting, reflection and community. To mark the this sacred month’s beginning, five Muslim student organizations — Muslim Students Association, Ahlul Bayt...

Polymathic Scholars art gallery auction to raise funds for Indigenous and Chicano communities

Polymathic Scholars art gallery auction to raise funds for Indigenous and Chicano communities

Layla Dajani, General Life&Arts Reporter March 7, 2025

Feeling like an outsider as an international student from Shanghai four years ago, Rinka Ko found her place at UT through singing. She found a welcoming community with the Polymathic Scholars and will...

“Opus” inspires discomfort in attempt to become a cultist classic

“Opus” inspires discomfort in attempt to become a cultist classic

Bailey Raymond, General Life&Arts Reporter March 7, 2025

In Mark Anthony Green’s directorial debut, which releases next Friday, “Opus” depicts a young journalist’s journey to the remote compound of superstar Alfred Moretti (John Malkovich, “Red”)...

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