SXSW 2023: Sydney to host South by Southwest culture festival

Annual pop culture and tech conference is branching outside the US for the first time since it launched in Texas in 1987

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South by Southwest is heading to Sydney in 2023, the first time the pop culture and futurist" festival has branched outside the US since its launch in 1987.

SXSW Sydney will run from 15 to 22 October next year with 1,000 events, screenings and performances across the city, Destination NSW, the New South Wales government's tourism and major events agency, announced on Thursday.

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