Looking to spot a celeb at SXSW? You’ve come to the right place. Each year, the Spill the ATX team publishes a list of celebrities confirmed to attend South By Southwest and SXSW 2026 is no different.

In regards to speculation, we will publish separate posts so bookmark this page. Please note, this list will be continuously updated up until the festival begins.

This list only contains CONFIRMED celebrities attending SXSW 2026.

As usual, the term “celebrity” is difficult to define. Most of the list will be comprised of actors who have started to make a name for themselves. Some musicians, athletes and comedians will make the list due to their level of awareness. If you see someone missing from the list that you feel should be included, please DM us on social.

Also, because other events coincide with South By, we will include those known performers and guests as well, should the dates fall March 12 through 18.

Keep in mind that appearances are always subject to change.

And now, here are the confirmed celebrities attending SXSW 2026:

• Josh Abbott – Fast Company Grill.
• Naomi Ackie – Cast ofI Love Boosters.
• Christina Aguilera – Performing at Sips and Sounds Fest on Friday, March 13.
• Riz Ahmed – SXSW Panel.
• Austin Amelio – Cast of Family Movie.
• Eric Andre – SXSW Comedy.
• Iris Apatow – Cast of Pretty Lethal.
• Judd Apatow – Director of Paralyzed By Hope: The Maria Bamford Story
• Maude Apatow – Director of Poetic License.
• Patricia Arquette – Cast of They Will Kill You.
• Sean Astin – Cast of Chili Finger and taking part in Podcast Movement Evolutions.
• Avantika – Cast of Pretty Lethal.
• Kevin Bacon – Director of Family Movie
• Sosie Bacon – Cast of Family Movie.
• Penn Badgley – Taking part in Podcast Movement Evolutions.
• Elizabeth Banks – Cast of Dreamquil.
• Alexandra Barreto – Taking part in an acting round table on March 14.
• Anna Baryshnikov – Cast of Sender.
• Zazie Beetz – Cast of They Will Kill You.
• K Kamau Bell – SXSW Keynote Speaker.
• Kate Berlant – Cast of Wishful Thinking.
• Corbin Bernsen – Starring in Woodstockers.
• Ryan Bingham – Performing at Tecova’s Love Letter to Texas event.
• Ruben Blades – Cast of Campeón Gabacho.
• Nazanin Boniadi – Cast of The Saviors.
• Devon Bostick – Cast of Mile End Kicks.
• Nicholas Braun – Cast of The Shitheads.
• Drew Brees – Speaking about Flag Football and Building a Global Sport for LA28 on March 18 at the Marriott.
• Brené Brown – Appearing at the Vox Media Podcast Stage, taking place March 13 through 15.
• Marques Brownlee – Appearing at the Vox Media Podcast Stage, taking place March 13 through 15.
• Dan Bucatinsky – The Comeback.
• Bill Burr – SXSW Comedy.
• Lana Candor – Cast of Pretty Lethal.
• Lizzy Caplan – Cast of Drag.
• Nestor Carbonell – Cast of Ready or Not 2: Here I Come.
• Steve Carell – Taking part in HBO’s Rooster panel.
• Sydney Chandler – Starring in the film Anima.
• Andy Cohen – SXSW panel: Matt Strauss & Andy Cohen: Community, Culture & the Future of Entertainment.
• Alex Cooper – Unwell Present County Fair.
• Charley Crockett – Premiering a documentary and headlining a showcase.
• Alfonso Cuarón – Producer of Campeón Gabacho.
• Mark Cuban – Inc.’s Founders House on Friday, March 13.
• Jamie Lee Curtis – Presenting a panel titled: If Not Now, When, If Not Me, Who? Pivoting and Manifesting! and cast of Sender.
• David Dastmalchian – Cast of Sender.
• Larry David – Taking part in a panel titled: A Waste of Time.
• Charlie Day  – Cast of Kill Me.
• Danielle Deadwyler – Taking part in HBO’s Rooster panel and cast of The Saviors.
• Danny Devito – Producer of Drag.
• Lucy Devito – Producer of Drag.
• Daveed Diggs – Cast of The Saviors.
• Jay Duplass – Director of See You When I See You.
• Mark Duplass – EP of See You When I See You.
• Hannah Einbinder – Cast of Seekers of Infinite Love.
• Giancarlo Esposito – Cast of Kill Me.
• Dakota Fanning – Cast of The Sun Never Sets.
• Elle Fanning – Cast of Margo’s Got Money Troubles.
• Andrew Barth Feldman – Cast of Poetic License.
• Tom Felton – Cast of They Will Kill You.
• Barbie Ferreira – Cast of Mile End Kicks.
• Will Ferrell – iHeart Podcast Awards.
• Chloe Fineman – Cast of Love Language.
• Chris Fleming – SXSW Panel.
• Jane Fonda – SXSW Keynote Speaker.
• Dave Franco – Cast of The Shitheads.
• Lukas Gage – Cast of Love Language.
• Scott Galloway – SHE Media Co-Lab.
• Sarah Michelle Gellar – Cast of Ready or Not 2: Here I Come.
• Sean Giambrone – Cast of Pizza Movie.
• Vince Gilligan – Taking part in a panel titled: Albuquerque Aftermath: From Breaking Bad to Pluribus.
• Griffin Gluck – Cast of Seekers of Infinite Love.
• Eiza Gonzáles – Cast ofI Love Boosters and Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice.
• John Goodman – Cast of Chili Finger.
• Heather Graham – Cast of They Will Kill You.
• Thaddea Graham – Cast of Margo’s Got Money Troubles
• Andy Grammer – Taking part in Podcast Movement Evolutions.
• Judy Greer – Cast of Chili Finger.
• Jackie Earle Haley – Cast of Family Movie.
• Calvin Harris – Performing at Sips and Sounds Fest on Saturday, March 14.
• Hassie Harrison – Tecova’s Love Letter to Texas event.
• Shawn Hatosy – Cast of Ready or Not 2: Here I Come.
• Maya Hawke – Taking part in Podcast Movement Evolutions and cast of Wishful Thinking.
• Myha’la Herrold – Cast of They Will Kill You.
• Kim and Penn Holderness – SHE Media Co-Lab.
• Josh Holloway – Cast of He Bled Neon.
• Oshea Jackson Jr. – Cast of The Shitheads.
• Rickea Jackson – SHE Media Co-Lab.
• Keith Jardine – Cast of Over Your Dead Body.
• Ken Jeong – Cast of Sender.
• Daymond John – Inc. Founders House on Saturday, March 14.
• Jack Johnson – Subject of Jack Johnson: SURFILMUSIC.
• Jake Johnson – Cast of The Sun Never Sets.
• Nick Jonas – Cast of Power Ballad.
• Spike Jonze – Vox Media Stage.
• Noah Kahan – Cast of Noah Kahan: Out of Body.
• David E. Kelly – Showrunner of Margo’s Got Money Troubles.
• Michael Patrick King – Director/ Showrunner of The Comeback.
• Greg Kinnear – – Cast of The Saviors.
• Liza Koshy – Cast of Family Movie.
• Lisa Kudrow – The Comeback.
• Padma Lakshmi – SHE Media Co-Lab.
• Bill Lawrence – Taking part in HBO’s Rooster panel.
• Maggie Lawson – Star of Woodstockers.
• Zachary Levi – Taking part in a private film panel.
• Poppy Liu – Cast of I Love Boosters.
• Britt Lower – Cast of Sender.
• Marshawn Lynch – Cast of He Bled Neon.
• William H. Macy – Cast of Brian.
• Billy Magnussen – Star of Audacity.
• Leslie Mann – Cast of Poetic License.
• Cheech Marin – Cast of Campeón Gabacho.
• Gaten Matarazzo – Cast of Pizza Movie.
• Isabel May – Cast of Love Language.
• Ayden Mayeri – Director of Summer 2000: The X-Cetera Story.
• Scoot McNairy – Cast of Family Movie.
• Leighton Meester – Cast of Basic.
• Demi Moore – Cast of I Love Boosters.
• Natalie Morales – Cast of Brian.
• Gavin Newsom – SXSW panel.
• Katherine Newton – Cast of Ready or Not 2: Here I Come.
• Ego Nwodim –  Hosting the 2026 iHeartPodcast Awards.
• Bob Odenkirk – Cast of Normal.
• Timothy Olyphant – Cast of Over Your Dead Body.
• Rita Ora – Cast of He Bled Neon.
• Taylour Paige – Cast of I Love Boosters.
• Adam Pally – SXSW Comedy.
• Keke Palmer – Cast of I Love Boosters.
• Ashley Park – Cast of Basic.
• Randall Park – Cast of Brian.
• Edi Patterson – Cast of Brian.
• Victoria Pedretti – Cast of Forbidden Fruits.
• Chelsea Peretti – SXSW Comedy.
• Ron Perlman – Cast of The Saviors.
• Tefi Pessoa – Vox Media stage.
• Michelle Pfeiffer – Cast of Margo’s Got Money Troubles.
• Lewis Pullman – Cast of Wishful Thinking.
• Anthony Ramos – Cast of Love Language.
• Gabby Reece – SHE Media Co-Lab.
• Lili Reinhart – Cast of Forbidden Fruits.
• John Reynolds – Cast of Seekers of Infinite Love.
• Theo Rossi – Cast of The Saviors.
• Paul Rudd – Cast of Power Ballad.
• Adam Scott – Cast ofThe Saviors and Hokum.
• Rhea Seehorn – Taking part in a panel titled: Albuquerque Aftermath: From Breaking Bad to Pluribus and cast of Sender.
• Kyra Sedgwick – Director of Family Movie.
• Jake Shane – Cast of Wishful Thinking.
• Alexandra Shipp – Cast of Forbidden Fruits.
• Millicent Simmonds – Cast of Pretty Lethal.
• Michael Shannon – Tecova’s Love Letter to Texas event.
• Keirnan Shipka – Cast of The Shitheads.
• Iliza Shlesinger – Screenwriter of Chasing Summer.
• Miriam Shor – Director of My NDA.
• Jamie-Lynn Sigler – SHE Media Co-Lab.
• John Stamos – Fast Company Grill, happening March 13 through 16, and cast of Drag.
• LaKeith Stanfield – Cast of I Love Boosters.
• Ella Stiller – Cast of The Comeback.
• Rider Strong – Taking part in an acting round table on March 14.
• Asa Taccone – SXSW Panel.
• Jorma Taccone – SXSW Panel.
• Lili Taylor – Speaking at the session titled: It All Begins With Birds – Insights, Joy and Lessons From Avian Life.
• Mason Thames – Cast of The Shitheads.
• Justin Theroux – Cast of Seekers of Infinite Love.
• Uma Thurman – Cast of Pretty Lethal.
• Stephen Tobolowsky – Starring in Woodstockers.
• Lola Tung – Cast of Forbidden Fruits.
• Robin Tunney – Starring in Ugly Cry.
• Jonathon Van Ness – Taking part in the Create and Cultivate summit.
• Vince Vaughn – Cast of Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice.
• Devon Walker – SXSW Comedy.
• Garrett Wareing – Cast of Chasing Summer.
• Samara Weaving – Cast of Ready or Not 2: Here I Come and Over Your Dead Body.
• Tom Welling – Cast of Chasing Summer.
• Allison Williams – Cast of Kill Me.
• Serena Williams – SXSW Panel: Breaking Barriers, Building Solutions: Meet the Changemakers Transforming Health Innovation.
• Lainey Wilson – Premiering a documentary and headlining a showcase and star of Lainey Wilson: Keeping Country Cool.
• Russell Wilson – Inc. Founders House.
• Elijah Wood – Cast of Ready or Not 2: Here I Come.
• Mark Wystrach – Wystrach and his band Midland will perform at Rodeo Austin on March 18.
• Lola Young – the Grammy winning British singer-songwriter, most known for the song Messy, will perform at the Rolling Stone Future of Music showcase.
• Maddie Ziegler – Cast of Pretty Lethal.
• Constance Zimmer – SHE Media Co-Lab.

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