Festival dijadwalkan dari 08 Mar hingga 17 Mar 2013 (9 hari).
South By Southwest (SXSW) berlangsung di Austin, United States. Berikut adalah alamat lengkap festival: Austin Convention Center, Austin, TX, US 78701
Depeche Mode, Green Day, twenty one pilots, Travis Scott, The 1975, Fall Out Boy, Kendrick Lamar, The Neighbourhood, Pentatonix, Paramore, The Smashing Pumpkins, Ice Nine Kills, John Fogerty, Bastille, Ice Cube, Mac DeMarco, Usher, Lacuna Coil, alt-J, Justin Timberlake, Third Eye Blind, Tenacious D, Frank Turner, Kid Cudi, Charli XCX, Steve Earle, Richard Thompson, deadmau5, Jason Isbell, Clutch, Emmylou Harris, Flume, El Cuarteto de Nos, Portugal. The Man, City and Colour, Shakey Graves, Café Tacvba, Death Grips, HAIM, Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Genre dan sub-genre yang paling populer dari edisi sebelumnya adalah:
rock
pop
electronic
indie rock
indie
alternative
alternative rock
indie pop
experimental
psychedelic
americana
psychedelic rock
metal
garage rock
hard rock
lo-fi
punk rock
folk rock
hardcore