SXSW 2018 coincided with a string of bombings in Austin , which had begun on March 2 and ended on March 21 , when the presumed perpetrator , Mark Anthony Conditt , blew himself up after being discovered by police . Two of the bombings occurred during SXSW . On March 17 , Live Nation Music , a company organizing events for SXSW , received a bomb threat via email . Police searched the area mentioned in the email and found nothing of concern , but planned performances by The Roots and Ludacris , among others , were canceled . Police arrested 26-year-old Trevor Weldon Ingram the next day ; Ingram was charged with making a terroristic threat , a third-degree felony , in connection with the email
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