SXSW 2025: Ivan Cornejo, Gale and other Latino artists we can't wait to see

Now successful its 37th year, South by Southwest, the yearly arts and tech league that runs March 7-15 successful Austin, Texas, has nary shortage of stellar Latin euphony acts connected its roster.

On March 11, we astatine De Los volition big our 2nd yearly SXSW showcase astatine Mala Fama. Arsenal Efectivo, Edgar Alejandro and Midnight Navy volition prima successful the program, which you tin find here.

In the meantime, beneath are 10 indispensable Latino performances we’ll beryllium penciling into our schedule, listed successful chronological order.

Vanessa Zamora
March 11 astatine Flamingo Cantina
10-10:40 p.m.

The girl of Mexican pianists, bilingual indie darling Vanessa Zamora upped the ante by mastering the acoustic guitar, keyboard and drums to trade her ain dreamy, psychedelic attack to popular music.

She volition execute a 2nd amusement March 14 astatine Vaquero Taquero from 10-10:40pm.

El Dusty
March 10 astatine Coconut Club
11-11:45 p.m.

Corpus Christi-based DJ and cumbia electronica pioneer El Dusty volition beryllium connected the decks, melding soul, reggae and location with his homegrown Tejano groove.

He volition execute a 2nd SXSW showcase connected Wednesday astatine Rivian Park from 3-3:40 p.m., arsenic good arsenic a 3rd show Thursday at Hotel Vegas from 12:40-1:20 a.m.

Trooko
March 11 astatine Coconut Club
12:45-2 a.m.

Grammy-winning Honduran shaper Trooko has been credited connected a fig of acclaimed releases, including records by Beyoncé, M.I.A., Residente and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “The Hamilton Mixtape.” Yet this year, Trooko volition spell backmost to his roots by spinning astatine La Subcultura’s epic nine night.

Blood Club
March 12 astatine Elysium
8-8:40 p.m.

Hailing from the South Side of Chicago, the post-punk romantics volition usher successful the moonrise astatine SXSW connected aggregate nights. Their festival dates are a preview of their North American No Llores Tour, which volition spot the set passing done the U.S. and Mexico earlier landing astatine the Regent Theater successful Los Angeles connected May 18.

Their 2nd authoritative SXSW showcase volition instrumentality spot March 15 astatine Las Perlas from 10-10:40 p.m.

Gale
March 13 astatine the Moody Theater
7:45 p.m.-8:15 p.m.

The Latin Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Gale (pronounced “gah-leh”) packs a punch successful her indie-tinged popular music. Lauded arsenic the “Latin It Girl” by Rolling Stone, the Puerto Rican starlet volition grace the signifier astatine its “Future of Music” showcase.

Valé
March 13 astatine Cuatro Gato
8:20-9 p.m.

Si necesitas reggaetón: Valé. The Baranquilla autochthonal brings punk baddie vigor to her perreo- and R&B-infused creation tracks similar “Fit Mami” and the newer “Arrebatao.”

Twin Shadow
March 13 astatine Coconut Club
9:30-10:30 p.m.

The Dominican American synth-pop leader volition tease caller songs from his sixth workplace album, “Georgie,” a tribute to his precocious father. After years of cutting up creation floors with guitar tracks similar “Five Seconds” and “Saturdays” (with Haim!), “Georgie “ volition beryllium his archetypal medium sans drums. Get into it.

He volition besides execute a 2nd amusement March 14 astatine Central Presbyterian Church from 10-11 p.m.

Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso
March 13 astatine the Moody Theater
9:35-10:20 p.m.

Quirky Argentine MCs Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso enjoyed a vocation breakthrough past twelvemonth with their quality connected NPR’s “Tiny Desk” series, which became the No. 1 most-watched occurrence of 2024. “With ‘Tiny Desk,’ we consciousness that we hacked the system,” said Amoroso successful an interrogation with De Los this week. At SXSW, they’ll service an encore.

Oya Baby
March 13 astatine the Speakeasy Kabaret
10:50-11:05 p.m.

The audacious Cuban MC Oya Baby chopped her teeth arsenic a backup dancer for Pitbull, Bad Bunny and Flo Rida earlier she signed a grounds woody with the latter’s International Music Group label. She shared an electrical collaboration with Miami hip-hop fable Trina successful her 2022 azygous “Ride the Stick” and bounced backmost successful January with a swaggering reggaeton single, “Perra.”

Ivan Cornejo
March 13 astatine the Moody Theater
10:55 p.m.-midnight

Música Mexicana’s prince of darkness volition bid the Moody Theater connected Thursday nighttime with releases from his outstanding 2024 LP “Mirada,” arsenic good arsenic his archetypal hit, “Está Dañada,” which debuted connected the Billboard 100 erstwhile helium was conscionable 17.