Nick Barbaro (born Nicolo Rafael Barbaro; 1952) is co-creator of the

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(SXSW) festival and co-founder of ''

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''. Barbaro's contributions have helped define the

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music community. He co-owns the South by Southwest festival, which he co-created with Roland Swenson, Louis Black and Louis Jay Meyers in 1987.A Guide to the South By Southwest, Inc., Records, 1987–1997
Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin He is also the publisher of ''The Austin Chronicle'', an alternative weekly newspaper, which he founded in 1981 with Louis Black.

Biography

Barbaro is the son of Marilyn Buferd (

Miss America 1946 Miss America 1946, the 20th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 7, 1946. The winner, Marilyn Buferd, later became an actress, as did fourth runner-up Carol Ohmart and one of the 16 fi ...

) and Francesco Barbaro, a WWII Italian submarine commander, movie agent and producer. Barbaro grew up in Los Angeles and also Dallas. He attended UCLA where he developed his interest in cinema. In the mid-70s he moved to Austin and enrolled in the

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. There he earned a graduate degree in Radio, Television, and Film. While at UT he worked on '' The Daily Texan'' where he served as film critic. He lives in Austin with his wife Susan Moffat.

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