Claim: John Mayer appeared at a music festival.
Evidence: After his appearance at the 2001 South by Southwest Festival , he was signed to Aware Records , and then Columbia Records , which released his first EP , Inside Wants Out.
South by Southwest -LRB- abbreviated as SXSW -RRB- is an annual conglomerate of film , interactive media , and music festivals and conferences that take place in mid-March in Austin , Texas , United States.