SXSW 2026: The De Los showcase will be a celebration of Latin music. Here's who's performing

For the 3rd twelvemonth successful a row, De Los, the Latino-centric vertical of the Los Angeles Times, volition beryllium returning to South by Southwest successful Austin, Texas, and things are a small antithetic this clip around. While the euphony information of the festival has typically been fixed its ain play to shine, successful 2026, it’ll beryllium “folded into” a week-long lawsuit alongside film, TV and interactive programming.

But contempt these changes, 1 happening is clear: After a banner twelvemonth for Latin euphony astatine SXSW successful 2025, it seems similar everyone’s doubled down successful 2026, with the festival welcoming a historical fig of Latin artists to Austin. That includes the De Los showcase.

If our 2024 lawsuit was much of an intimate kickback, 2025 was an all-out party. Thanks to energetic sets from acts similar trap corrido pioneers Arsenal Efectivo and the clashing cumbia punk stylings of Sultanes del Yonke, the assemblage was up connected their feet dancing, twirling and adjacent forming a mosh pit astatine 1 constituent — each into the aboriginal hours of the morning. We anticipation to bring those aforesaid vibes backmost to SXSW this year.

If you’re successful Austin for the festival, articulation america astatine Mala Fama, located astatine 422 E. 6th St., Austin, connected Sunday, March 15 starting astatine 8 p.m. As always, the festival is simply a large accidental to observe caller artists and breathtaking caller sounds, truthful whether oregon not you’ll beryllium joining america successful Texas, we anticipation this lineup mightiness animate you to find a caller favourite artist, opus oregon band.

Here’s who’s playing astatine the 2026 De Los showcase.

Hermanos Espinoza

With their South Texas upbringing (Puro 956!), it shouldn’t travel arsenic a astonishment that this duo’s Norteño dependable has plentifulness of Tejano flair too. Hailing from Edinburg, brothers Joel and Leonel Espinoza broke retired not agelong aft making their debut successful 2022, erstwhile their opus “Prueba de Fuego” deed much than 100 cardinal streams. Their lively, accordion-rich euphony feels classical capable to beryllium close astatine location connected the playlist for your adjacent carne asada.

Noteworthy track: “Dios por Delante”

Vanita Leo

Music is successful Vanita Leo’s DNA. Born and raised successful San Antonio, the singer’s begetter and aunt are some Tejano musicians who inspired Leo to instrumentality up the household mantle and enactment her ain rotation connected the genre. With a emotion for the old-school dependable of the 1990s, Leo manages to weave unneurotic her flirty, unserious wit with vintage romance, penning songs that’ll either validate your heartbreak implicit a atrocious ex oregon person you acceptable to creation it disconnected and hide they ever existed.

Noteworthy track: “Caballito”

Tropa Magica

The 2nd sibling duo connected our lineup, Tropa Magica is the brainchild of brothers David and Rene Pacheco. Their signature sound, overmuch similar the East L.A. vicinity they grew up in, is simply a melting cookware of influences, combining old-school cumbias, ’90s grunge, and psychedelic stone into thing wholly unsocial to them. Since coming onto the country successful 2018, the set has gotten the stamp of support from established acts similar Bomba Estéreo, Los Tigres Del Norte and Chicano Batman.

Noteworthy track: “Ojos de Lágrimas”

Eddy

This is acceptable to beryllium Eddy’s year. Born Eduardo Hernández Payán, Eddy archetypal made waves erstwhile helium was discovered by corridos singer-songwriter Diego Millán (Calle 24) and signed to his Ondeados Mafia label. Last year, helium built up a estimation for being an creator to ticker successful the Regional Mexican abstraction acknowledgment to collaborations with Gabito Ballesteros and Ed Maverick. Now, Eddy is prepping for the merchandise of his debut album, “Náufrago,” aboriginal this month.

Noteworthy track: “Ultimo Cigarro”

Nezza

Many of you mightiness cognize Nezza from her viral infinitesimal past summer, erstwhile she went viral for singing the nationalist anthem successful Spanish astatine Dodger Stadium — her signifier of protestation against the migration raids that had been taking spot each implicit L.A. But conscionable instrumentality a perceive to the Dominican-Colombian singer’s archetypal music, and you’ll spot that she’s overmuch much than a viral moment. With her Spanglish lyrics, soulful vocals and glittery production, Nezza has her sights acceptable connected planetary popular stardom.

Noteworthy track: “Tasty”