SXSW London Confirms 2026 Return: Here Are the Dates & Ticket Details

SXSW London has confirmed connected Monday (Sept. 22) it volition instrumentality to the English superior successful 2026 and announced summons details for the upcoming event.

The European variation of SXSW volition tally from June 1 to 6 successful eastbound London for a 2nd consecutive year. The 2025 variation took spot passim venues and locations successful Shoreditch successful June. Tickets for the lawsuit are acceptable to motorboat connected Oct. 20 from the festival’s website.

2025’s programme saw a unrecorded show from Tems arsenic portion of Billboard’s The Stage, a European premiere of Eminem documentary Stans, and a sojourn from King Charles.

Submissions for league proposals crossed the 2026 conference, euphony and surface verticals are besides present open. The winning selections for the league are reviewed by the nationalist earlier being considered by an advisory radical and editorial squad for inclusion successful the festival. The euphony festival and surface festival nationalist submissions are managed by manufacture assemblage votes. 

The submissions play for the league programme volition adjacent connected Dec. 7, and from the pursuing day, the nationalist volition beryllium capable to presumption and ballot for their favorites. Submissions for the euphony vertical volition adjacent connected Nov. 24, and adjacent for surface connected Dec. 31.

SXSW London has besides announced 15 “forward-thinking” league tracks, which see topics specified arsenic artificial intelligence, startup innovation and immersive realities. In 2025, 9,868 submissions were made crossed its 3 verticals (screen, conference, music), with the league strand attracting 40,000 nationalist votes. The festival featured 400 talks, 1067 speakers, 562 euphony performances and 114 movie and TV screenings.

Katy Arnander, manager of programming for SXSW London said successful a statement, “Bringing SXSW to London has ever been astir creating a level for convergence crossed technology, concern and creativity. Now successful our 2nd year, that ngo is much live than ever, and the SXSW London unfastened submissions allows america to physique the festival astir what is astir existent and captious successful these sectors.

“SXSW London 2026 volition physique connected the momentum of our debut, expanding the scope of ideas, voices and disciplines we convene,” she continued. “We privation our attendees to brushwood unexpected perspectives and foster bold conversations, and we’re creating an situation for groundbreaking ideas to flourish successful 1 of the astir important superior cities successful the world.”