Southwest Audio Fest 2025 Show Report
SWAF 2025 high-end audio / audiophile event coverage.

  Now in their second year, the Southwest Audio Fest (SWAF) high-end audio show by the dynamic duo Gary Gill (Capital Audiofest) and Lou Hinkley (Pacific AudioFest / Daedalus Audio) brings magical music to Dallas. SWAF 2025 follows their sensational success with the popular Pacific Audio Fest event. Attendees may listen to many of the world's top manufacturers who create a wide variety of exciting home and portable audio products. Within this expansive Resort environment, bask in luxurious sounds that caress your ears and bring newfound meaning to many of the songs you've heard many times in the past. All this and more within a curated experience filled with fine art and acres of event space.

Enjoy the Music.com's Southwest Audio Fest 2025 show report will be online in March.

SWAF 2025 Details
The show promoters worked very hard to secure this amazing event venue, which is extremely safe, family fun friendly, and features great weather during March too! The Anatole Hilton in Dallas will host the Southwest Audio Fest audiophile show that is slated for March 21st through 23rd, 2025. Southwest Audio Fest 2025 focuses on being a small but solid regional event. Both Lou Hinkley and Gary Gill are very confident that this show will continue to grow, as the Anatole has all the exhibit space one could desire for a high-end premium audio event.

With over 17 million people and exceptional wealth in this corner of Texas, the local demographics is excellent for a high end audio show. The location is also very safe and is a very convenient ride from the airport. Plus there are two major hub airports and the ability to get a non-stop flight to Dallas from virtually anywhere in this country and beyond. The SWAF 2025 event promoters have secured an ideal location for a major high-end audiophile / luxury audio event. Spring in Dallas is exceptionally beautiful, with live music at local clubs augmenting this amazing audiophile show venue.

Seminars, Music, And More!
Seminars daily with live music in the evenings.
Local Wine, Beer and Spirit Tasting
Hi-Fi Marketplace
Vinyl Record Row
Personal Hi-Fi Head Zone with dozens of listening rooms.

Show Schedule
Friday, March 21   10pm to 6pm
Saturday, March 22   10am to 6pm
Sunday, March 23   10am to 4pm

Where
Hilton Anatole
2201 North Stemmons Freeway
Dallas, TX 75207

About The Southwest Audiofest Promoters
Gary Gill started the Capital Audiofest as the East Coast's largest and longest running consumer high-end audio show, and the only show in the Mid-Atlantic area. Started in 2010 by Gary Gill, CAF presents a wide range of music reproduction products for the enthusiast, from start-up and cutting-edge technologies to cost-no-object aspirational gear, and everything in between. Capital Audiofest offers a fun and congenial weekend for the whole family, including live music, seminars and presentations and tasting from local distilleries.

In 1992, Lou Hinkley founded Daedalus Audio as a manufacturer of high-quality speakers for both professional and home use. For the last 30 years, the highly acclaimed Daedalus speaker systems have been used by professionals in both live and studio settings, as well as in home audio systems around the world. During the past three decades, Lou Hinkley has exhibited in practically every type of festival and audio show, plus he knows the industry well from the manufacturer's perspective. Lou started the Pacific Audio Fest as a way to reach music lovers in Washington Sate.

Both Gary Gill and Lou Hinkley have partnered together as show promoters to give us the Southwest Audio Fest show. Learn more about the SWAF at this link. 

Previous Southwest Audio Fest Show Reports
Southwest Audio Fest (SWAF) 2024 Premium Audiophile Show Report.