Festival dijadwalkan dari 07 Mar hingga 15 Mar 2003 (8 hari).
South By Southwest (SXSW) berlangsung di Austin, United States. Berikut adalah alamat lengkap festival: Austin Convention Center, Austin, TX, US 78701
Avenged Sevenfold, Death Cab for Cutie, Theory of a Deadman, The Darkness, Taking Back Sunday, Ben Harper, Lagwagon, Blur, Cat Power, Gavin DeGraw, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Calexico, Yo La Tengo, Explosions in the Sky, Mastodon.
Genre dan sub-genre yang paling populer dari edisi sebelumnya adalah:
rock
folk
pop
alternative
indie
indie rock
alternative rock
indie pop
hardcore
metal
acoustic
americana
emo
lo-fi
hard rock
experimental
metalcore
punk rock
folk rock