Every October, Zilker Park turns into the loudest 46 acres in Texas. Two weekends, nine stages, more than a hundred bands, and a skyline that keeps changing in the background. Austin City Limits Music Festival started in 2002 as a quick swing by C3 Presents founders Charlie Jones and Charles Attal, who put the whole thing together in about three months and named it after the long-running PBS show. Almost twenty-five years later, ACL is one of the largest music festivals in the country.

The numbers tell the story. Since the city began tracking economic impact in 2006, ACL has generated more than $4.7 billion for Austin, equivalent to nearly 43,000 full-time jobs, according to AngelouEconomics. The festival has also funneled over $71 million into Austin's public parks through its partnership with the Austin Parks Foundation. In 2025 alone, ACL pumped $557.8 million into the local economy and contributed another $8.5 million to citywide park improvements, according to Community Impact.

What follows is the full poster archive and lineup breakdown, year by year, from the very first weekend through the 25th anniversary edition.

Dates: September 28 to 29. Two days, five stages, 67 bands. One-day passes ran $25 and three-day passes were $45. Organizers expected 25,000 fans and got roughly 42,000 on day one alone.

Headliners: Emmylou Harris, Ryan Adams, Wilco, Los Lobos, Gillian Welch, Arc Angels, and The String Cheese Incident.

More Lineup & Notable Acts: Asleep at the Wheel, Joe Bonamassa, Blind Boys of Alabama, Gary Clark Jr., Shawn Colvin, Cross Canadian Ragweed, The Derailers, Ruthie Foster, G. Love & Special Sauce, The Gourds, Pat Green, Patty Griffin, Grupo Fantasma, The Jayhawks, James McMurtry, Nickel Creek, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Rebirth Brass Band, Reckless Kelly, Bob Schneider, Soulive, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Jimmie Vaughan, Robert Earl Keen, Bobby Bare Jr., Kelly Willis, and Karl Denson's Tiny Universe.

Dates: September 19 to 21. Expanded to three days, 100+ bands, three-day passes priced at $65. Attendance approached 150,000 across the weekend.

Headliners: R.E.M., Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, Steve Winwood, and Jack Johnson.

More Lineup & Notable Acts: Bright Eyes, Café Tacvba, Rosanne Cash, The Dandy Warhols, Drive-By Truckers, Steve Earle & the Dukes, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Galactic, Al Green, Patty Griffin, Mason Jennings, Robert Earl Keen, Kings of Leon, Ben Kweller, Miranda Lambert, Leftover Salmon, Los Lobos, Los Lonely Boys, The Mavericks, North Mississippi Allstars, O.A.R., Old 97's, Beth Orton, Liz Phair, The Polyphonic Spree, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Rebirth Brass Band, The Shins, Mavis Staples, Spoon, The String Cheese Incident, Ween, Lucinda Williams, Yo La Tengo, Dwight Yoakam, and Yonder Mountain String Band.

Dates: September 17 to 19. Eight stages, 130 acts. Saturday peaked at 75,000 attendees, prompting capacity caps in following years per neighborhood requests. Three-day passes ran $75.

Headliners: Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, Sheryl Crow, Elvis Costello and the Imposters, Jack Johnson, The Pixies, and Cake.

More Lineup & Notable Acts: Trey Anastasio, Marcia Ball, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Broken Social Scene, Solomon Burke, Calexico, Rosanne Cash, Cat Power, Neko Case, Dashboard Confessional, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Drive-By Truckers, Joe Ely, Franz Ferdinand, Gomez, Patty Griffin, The Killers, Ben Kweller, Los Lonely Boys, Ray LaMontagne, Shelby Lynne, Medeski Martin & Wood, Modest Mouse, My Morning Jacket, The Neville Brothers, North Mississippi Allstars, Old 97's, The Roots, Slightly Stoopid, Spoon, Toots & The Maytals, The Wailers, Wilco, and Yonder Mountain String Band.

Dates: September 23 to 25. Three-day passes hit $105. Known as the "Dust Bowl" year, with temperatures climbing to 108 degrees thanks to a heat wave spurred by Hurricane Rita. ACL won Pollstar's Festival of the Year award.

Headliners: Coldplay, Oasis, Widespread Panic, The Allman Brothers Band, and The Black Crowes.

More Lineup & Notable Acts: Arcade Fire, Bloc Party, Built to Spill, Buddy Guy, The Bravery, Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists, Dierks Bentley, Drive-By Truckers, Steve Earle & The Dukes, Franz Ferdinand, Gov't Mule, Jet, John Butler Trio, Kaiser Chiefs, Kasabian, Keane, Lyle Lovett & His Large Band, M83, Jason Mraz, Rilo Kiley, Roky Erickson, Spoon, Tegan and Sara, Thievery Corporation, Tortoise, The Walkmen, John Prine, Robert Earl Keen, and Lucinda Williams.

Dates: September 15 to 17. Three-day passes around $115. Year one of the Austin Parks Foundation partnership. Misting stations and shade tents arrived to combat the previous year's heat.

Headliners: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Van Morrison, Willie Nelson, Ben Harper, and Massive Attack.

More Lineup & Notable Acts: Aimee Mann, Andrew Bird, Calexico, Cat Power, Explosions in the Sky, Feist, The Flaming Lips, Galactic, Ghostland Observatory, Gnarls Barkley, Gomez, Iron & Wine, Kings of Leon, Los Lonely Boys, KT Tunstall, Ray LaMontagne, Damian "Jr Gong" Marley, John Mayer, Matisyahu, Nickel Creek, Okkervil River, Phoenix, The Raconteurs, The Shins, Son Volt, Stars, The String Cheese Incident, Thievery Corporation, TV on the Radio, Ween, and Wolf Parade.

Dates: September 14 to 16. Attendance hit 225,000 across three sold-out days. The festival grossed $11.3 million.

Headliners: Bob Dylan, Björk, and Muse, who was promoted to headliner after The White Stripes canceled.

More Lineup & Notable Acts: Andrew Bird, Arctic Monkeys, Arcade Fire, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, Bloc Party, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Cold War Kids, Common, Crowded House, The Decemberists, Damien Rice, Ghostland Observatory, Joss Stone, The Killers, Kaiser Chiefs, LCD Soundsystem, M.I.A., Manchester Orchestra, Ziggy Marley, My Morning Jacket, The National, Peter Bjorn and John, Queens of the Stone Age, Reverend Horton Heat, Regina Spektor, Steve Earle, Spoon, Wilco, Yo La Tengo, Indigo Girls, Lucinda Williams, and Robert Earl Keen.

Dates: September 26 to 28. Over 125 acts. Three-day passes sold for $170. Attendance reached 218,000, with the festival grossing $11.8 million.

Headliners: Foo Fighters, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, and Beck.

More Lineup & Notable Acts: Band of Horses, Béla Fleck, The Black Keys, David Byrne, Erykah Badu, Drive-By Truckers, Fleet Foxes, John Fogerty, Galactic, Gnarls Barkley, Gogol Bordello, Hot Chip, Iron & Wine, Jamie Lidell, Jenny Lewis, Joe Bonamassa, The Kills, Manu Chao, The Mars Volta, MGMT, N.E.R.D., Neko Case, Conor Oberst, Okkervil River, Old 97's, The Raconteurs, Ryan Bingham, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Silversun Pickups, The Swell Season, Tegan and Sara, Vampire Weekend, M. Ward, and Gillian Welch.

Dates: October 2 to 4. Three-day passes at $185. Attendance of 195,000 with gross revenue of $13.5 million. Remembered as the "Mud Bowl" after torrential rains turned the new turf into a Dillo Dirt swamp.

Headliners: Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, Kings of Leon, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, who filled in for Beastie Boys after Adam Yauch's cancer diagnosis.

More Lineup & Notable Acts: !!!, Andrew Bird, Arctic Monkeys, The Avett Brothers, The B-52s, Bassnectar, Ben Harper and Relentless7, Bon Iver, Citizen Cope, Coheed and Cambria, The Dead Weather, The Decemberists, Devotchka, Flogging Molly, Ghostland Observatory, Girl Talk, Grizzly Bear, K'Naan, John Legend, Levon Helm Band, Lily Allen, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Mos Def, Passion Pit, Phoenix, Sonic Youth, STS9, Thievery Corporation, Toadies, The Walkmen, Zac Brown Band, and Black Joe Lewis.

Dates: October 8 to 10. Three-day passes sold out in 14 hours. Eight stages and over 130 bands. Single-day GA tickets ran $85.

Headliners: The Eagles, Phish, Muse, The Strokes, and M.I.A.

More Lineup & Notable Acts: Band of Horses, Beach House, Beats Antique, The Black Keys, Blues Traveler, Broken Bells, Cage the Elephant, Dawes, Deadmau5, Devendra Banhart, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Foals, The Gaslight Anthem, Gogol Bordello, Gayngs, LCD Soundsystem, Local Natives, Matt and Kim, Mayer Hawthorne, Miike Snow, Monsters of Folk, Norah Jones, The National, Ozomatli, Portugal. The Man, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Sonic Youth, Spoon, Switchfoot, The Temper Trap, Two Door Cinema Club, Vampire Weekend, The xx, and Yeasayer.

Dates: September 16 to 18. The 10th anniversary edition. 130-band lineup. Single-day passes ran $90.

Headliners: Stevie Wonder, Kanye West, Arcade Fire, Coldplay, and My Morning Jacket.

More Lineup & Notable Acts: The Airborne Toxic Event, Alison Krauss & Union Station, AWOLNATION, Big Boi, Bright Eyes, Broken Social Scene, Brandi Carlile, Sara Bareilles, CeeLo Green, Chromeo, City and Colour, Cold War Kids, Death From Above 1979, Empire of the Sun, Fitz and the Tantrums, Fleet Foxes, Foster the People, Gary Clark Jr., Iron & Wine, James Blake, Ray LaMontagne, Mavis Staples, Nas & Damian Marley, Old Crow Medicine Show, Pretty Lights, Randy Newman, Santigold, Skrillex, Social Distortion, TV on the Radio, The Walkmen, Wanda Jackson, Wild Beasts, and Young the Giant.

Dates: October 12 to 14. 130 bands. Three-day passes ranged from $50 early-bird to $270 at the gate. The final single-weekend year before the two-weekend format.

Headliners: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, The Black Keys, Jack White, Florence + The Machine, and The Avett Brothers.

More Lineup & Notable Acts: The Afghan Whigs, Alabama Shakes, Andrew Bird, Avicii, Bassnectar, Band of Skulls, Bombay Bicycle Club, Childish Gambino, The Civil Wars, Crystal Castles, Delta Spirit, Die Antwoord, Esperanza Spalding, First Aid Kit, Father John Misty, Gary Clark Jr., Gotye, Iggy & The Stooges, Kimbra, The Lumineers, M83, Metric, Punch Brothers, The Roots, The Shins, Steve Earle, Tegan and Sara, Thievery Corporation, Two Door Cinema Club, Umphrey's McGee, The War On Drugs, Weezer, and Zola Jesus.

Dates: October 4 to 6 and October 11 to 13. The first two-weekend edition. Grossed $32.1 million and drew 375,000 fans across five days. Three-day passes ran $225. Day three of weekend two was canceled due to historic flooding.

Headliners: Depeche Mode, The Cure, Muse, Kings of Leon, Atoms For Peace, Lionel Richie, Phoenix, and Wilco.

More Lineup & Notable Acts: Arctic Monkeys, D'Angelo, Dawes, The Bright Light Social Hour, Divine Fits, Eric Church, FIDLAR, Foxygen, Franz Ferdinand, fun., Grimes, Grouplove, Haim, Jake Bugg, Jimmy Eat World, Junip, Kaskade, Kendrick Lamar, Local Natives, The Mavericks, Neko Case, Okkervil River, Parquet Courts, Passion Pit, Portugal. The Man, Purity Ring, Queens of the Stone Age, Savages, Shakey Graves, Silversun Pickups, Tame Impala, The National, The Joy Formidable, Toro y Moi, Vampire Weekend, Walk the Moon, and White Denim.

Dates: October 3 to 5 and October 10 to 12. The year ACL Cashless wristbands debuted. Three-day passes around $235.

Headliners: Eminem, Pearl Jam, Outkast, Skrillex, Beck, Calvin Harris, Lana Del Rey, The Replacements, Foster the People, Zedd, and Lorde (weekend two only).

More Lineup & Notable Acts: AFI, The Avett Brothers, Belle and Sebastian, Benjamin Booker, Bleachers, Broken Bells, Chromeo, CHVRCHES, Childish Gambino, Fitz and the Tantrums, The Gaslight Anthem, Glitch Mob, The Head and the Heart, Hozier, Icona Pop, Iggy Azalea, Interpol, Jenny Lewis, Jimmy Cliff, Jon Batiste and Stay Human, Mac DeMarco, Major Lazer, Phantogram, Real Estate, Sam Smith, Spoon, St. Vincent, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, tUnE-yArDs, Turnpike Troubadours, and Lake Street Dive.

Dates: October 2 to 4 and October 9 to 11. Dave Grohl headlined from a guitar throne after breaking his leg on tour. Three-day passes ran $235.

Headliners: Foo Fighters, Drake, The Strokes, The Weeknd, and Florence + The Machine (weekend two only). Modest Mouse replaced The Strokes on weekend two.

More Lineup & Notable Acts: APRocky, AlabamaShakes, alt−J, Bassnectar, Billy Idol, BØRNS, Brand New, Brandon Flowers, Chance the Rapper, Cold War Kids, Curreny, Daughter, Deadmau5, Disclosure, Father John Misty, Flosstradamus, Gary Clark Jr., Glass Animals, GoldLink, Halsey, Hot Chip, Houndmouth, Hudson Mohawke, Joey Bada$$, José González, Kygo, Kurt Vile and the Violators, Leon Bridges, Mac DeMarco, Manchester Orchestra, MisterWives, Of Monsters and Men, Royal Blood, Run the Jewels, Saint Motel, Sturgill Simpson, Sylvan Esso, Tame Impala, A Tribe Called Quest, TV on the Radio, Tycho, Vince Staples, Walk the Moon, Waxahatchee, Wolf Alice, Years & Years, and Zedd.

Dates: September 30 to October 2 and October 7 to 9. Willie Nelson made his first ACL appearance in a decade. Three-day passes ran $255.

Headliners: Radiohead, Kendrick Lamar, Mumford & Sons, LCD Soundsystem, Kygo, Major Lazer, Willie Nelson, and LL Cool J.

More Lineup & Notable Acts: Andrew Bird, Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, Band of Horses, BØRNS, Cage the Elephant, The Chainsmokers, Chris Stapleton, Conor Oberst, Die Antwoord, Empire of the Sun, Flume, Flying Lotus, Foals, The Front Bottoms, Future, Glass Animals, Haim, Kacey Musgraves, Kaleo, Lord Huron, Local Natives, M83, Maren Morris, Mura Masa, The Naked and Famous, Of Monsters and Men, Rufus Du Sol, Saint Motel, ScHoolboy Q, Sturgill Simpson, Tame Impala, Two Door Cinema Club, Vince Staples, Whitney, Years & Years, and ZHU.

Dates: October 6 to 8 and October 13 to 15. Silent Disco debuted. Three-day passes ran $255.

Headliners: Jay-Z, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chance the Rapper, The Killers, Gorillaz, Martin Garrix, and The xx.

More Lineup & Notable Acts: A$AP Ferg, Angel Olsen, Bonobo, BROODS, Car Seat Headrest, Cut Copy, Crystal Castles, Danny Brown, D.R.A.M., Eagles of Death Metal, First Aid Kit, Foster the People, Glass Animals, Ice Cube, Jamila Woods, Khalid, The Lemon Twigs, Liam Gallagher, Mavis Staples, Milky Chance, Maggie Rogers, Mutemath, Portugal. The Man, Run the Jewels, Ryan Adams, Skepta, Solange, Spoon, Sylvan Esso, The Head and the Heart, Thundercat, Tove Lo, Vance Joy, Whitney, and ZHU.

Dates: October 5 to 7 and October 12 to 14. Childish Gambino dropped out with a foot injury and Justice stepped up to fill the headlining slot. Phoenix and Lil Wayne also filled empty time slots. Three-day passes ran $265.

Headliners: Paul McCartney, Metallica, Arctic Monkeys, Travis Scott, Odesza, The National, Childish Gambino, and Justice.

More Lineup & Notable Acts: Big Thief, Blood Orange, BROCKHAMPTON, Brandi Carlile, The Breeders, Camila Cabello, CHVRCHES, David Byrne, Deftones, Father John Misty, Greta Van Fleet, Hozier, Illenium, Janelle Monáe, Japanese Breakfast, Jungle, Khalid, Khruangbin, Lil Wayne, Lily Allen, Manchester Orchestra, Moses Sumney, Nelly, Noname, Parquet Courts, Phoenix, REZZ, The Revolution, Shawn Mendes, Sharon Van Etten, Shakey Graves, Sofi Tukker, St. Vincent, Sylvan Esso, Tinashe, and Trampled By Turtles.

Dates: October 4 to 6 and October 11 to 13. The last full pre-pandemic ACL. Three-day passes ran $260, with Platinum tickets at $3,600.

Headliners: Guns N' Roses, Mumford & Sons, Childish Gambino, The Cure, Cardi B (weekend one), Billie Eilish, Tame Impala, and Robyn (weekend two).

More Lineup & Notable Acts: 21 Savage, BANKS, Black Pumas, Brittany Howard, Denzel Curry, FINNEAS, Gary Clark Jr., GRiZ, Hippo Campus, IDLES, James Blake, Jenny Lewis, JID, Kacey Musgraves, Kali Uchis, Kaytranada, King Princess, The Kooks, Lauren Daigle, Lil Uzi Vert, Lizzo, Madison Beer, Megan Thee Stallion, Men I Trust, The Raconteurs, Rebelution, RL Grime, Rosalía, Sigrid, Soccer Mommy, Tash Sultana, Third Eye Blind, Thom Yorke Tomorrow's Modern Boxes, Tierra Whack, Tyler Childers, and Yves Tumor.

Canceled in person on July 1 due to COVID-19. A virtual edition streamed October 9 to 11, blending live performances from artists including Foo Fighters, Brittany Howard, Black Pumas, and Jackie Venson with archival sets from past ACL festivals.

Dates: October 1 to 3 and October 8 to 10. The festival's 20th anniversary edition. ACL returned to Zilker after a two-year absence. Three-day passes started at $295.

Headliners: George Strait, Billie Eilish, Tyler the Creator, Miley Cyrus, RÜFÜS DU SOL, and Duran Duran. Stevie Nicks and Erykah Badu also topped the bill.

More Lineup & Notable Acts: 21 Savage, Alison Wonderland, Band of Horses, Black Pumas, Bleachers, Caamp, Chris Lake, Channel Tres, Dayglow, Doja Cat, Finneas, Freddie Gibbs, Future Islands, Greta Van Fleet, Hinds, Jack Harlow, Jhené Aiko, Joji, Lane 8, Machine Gun Kelly, Madeon, Marc Rebillet, Megan Thee Stallion, Modest Mouse, Moses Sumney, Phantogram, Phoebe Bridgers, Polo G, St. Vincent, Tame Impala, Tate McRae, Tanya Tucker, Tierra Whack, Trippie Redd, Wallows, and Wet Leg.

Dates: October 7 to 9 and October 14 to 16. Three-day GA passes started at $295.

Headliners: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pink, The Chicks, SZA, Kacey Musgraves, Flume, Paramore, and Lil Nas X.

More Lineup & Notable Acts: Aly & AJ, Arlo Parks, BANKS, Bartees Strange, BIA, Big Gigantic, Billy Strings, Black Pumas, Carly Rae Jepsen, Charlotte Cardin, Conan Gray, Diplo, Goose, James Blake, Japanese Breakfast, Jazmine Sullivan, JID, Lord Huron, Lucky Daye, Manchester Orchestra, Marcus King, The Marias, Mt. Joy, MUNA, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, Noah Cyrus, Omar Apollo, Phoenix, Pinkpantheress, Princess Nokia, Sam Fender, Sofi Tukker, Spoon, The War on Drugs, Tobe Nwigwe, Wallows, Wet Leg, Yungblud, Zach Bryan, and ZHU.

Dates: October 6 to 8 and October 13 to 15. Three-day GA presale started at $285.

Headliners: Kendrick Lamar, Foo Fighters, Mumford & Sons, The Lumineers, Shania Twain (weekend one), The 1975 (weekend two), Odesza, Maggie Rogers, Alanis Morissette, Hozier, Major Lazer, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Labrinth.

More Lineup & Notable Acts: Above & Beyond, Arlo Parks, Beach Fossils, boygenius, Caamp, Carly Rae Jepsen, Cigarettes After Sex, Declan McKenna, Foster the People, JID, Jungle, Kali Uchis, Maren Morris, Marcus Mumford, Mt. Joy, NIKI, Niall Horan, Noah Kahan, Polo & Pan, Portugal. The Man, Pusha T, Rina Sawayama, Sam Hunt, Sam Smith, Sleigh Bells, Sudan Archives, Suki Waterhouse, Tegan and Sara, Tank and the Bangas, The Breeders, The Driver Era, The Walkmen, Tomberlin, Tove Lo, Wet Leg, Yung Gravy, and ZHU.

Dates: October 4 to 6 and October 11 to 13. Three-day GA presale jumped to $320, with single-day GA at $165. Over 100 artists across nine stages.

Headliners: Dua Lipa, Tyler the Creator, Chris Stapleton, Blink-182, Sturgill Simpson, Pretty Lights, Leon Bridges, and Khruangbin.

More Lineup & Notable Acts: Beabadoobee, Beach House, Benson Boone, Cage The Elephant, Cannons, Carín León, Chappell Roan, Charley Crockett, Conan Gray, Devo, Dom Dolla, Dwight Yoakam, Ethel Cain, Faye Webster, Foster the People, Future Islands, Gracie Abrams, Hozier, Inhaler, James Blake, Jamie xx, Japanese Breakfast, John Summit, Jungle, Kim Petras, Lord Huron, Maggie Rogers, The Marias, Mt. Joy, NewJeans, Norah Jones, Phantogram, Pierce the Veil, Reneé Rapp, Shaboozey, Sofi Tukker, Sublime, Subtronics, Teddy Swims, The Last Dinner Party, The Red Clay Strays, Tinashe, Tucker Wetmore, Two Door Cinema Club, Vince Staples, Wallows, and Young Miko.

Dates: October 3 to 5 and October 10 to 12. Total attendance of 450,000 across 75,000 fans per day. ACL contributed $557.8 million to the Austin economy and $8.5 million to city parks, per AngelouEconomics. The Killers stepped in as Sunday headliner for both weekends after Doja Cat withdrew in late August. Three-day GA passes started at $345.

Headliners: Hozier, Luke Combs, Cage the Elephant, Empire of the Sun, Sabrina Carpenter, The Strokes, Doechii, Djo, John Summit, Feid, T-Pain, MK.gee, and The Killers.

More Lineup & Notable Acts: Above & Beyond, Aly & AJ, Bartees Strange, Beach Fossils, Briston Maroney, Caamp, Car Seat Headrest, Chappell Roan, FINNEAS, Father John Misty, Future Islands, Glass Animals, Indigo de Souza, Inhaler, Japanese Breakfast, JID, King Princess, Knock2, Lola Young, LP Giobbi, Magdalena Bay, Manchester Orchestra, Maren Morris, Maude Latour, MJ Lenderman, Modest Mouse, Mt. Joy, Niall Horan, Panda Bear, Phantogram, Pierce the Veil, Polo & Pan, Quinn XCII, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Reneé Rapp, Rilo Kiley, Role Model, Royel Otis, Sammy Virji, Slow Pulp, Smino, Suki Waterhouse, The Backseat Lovers, The Beaches, The Dare, The Last Dinner Party, The Walkmen, TOPS, Two Friends, Wet Leg, Wisp, Walker Hayes, and Zeds Dead.

Dates: October 2 to 4 and October 9 to 11. The 25th anniversary edition. Weekend one 3-Day GA sold out before the lineup was announced by day. Weekend two starts at $375 for GA, with GA+ at $750, VIP at $1,760, and Platinum at $5,670.

Headliners: Charli XCX, RÜFÜS DU SOL, Twenty One Pilots, Lorde, The xx, Skrillex (weekend one), and Kings of Leon (weekend two).

More Lineup & Notable Acts: Labrinth, Lola Young, Leon Thomas, The Chainsmokers, and Natasha Bedingfield. Full single-day lineup and complete artist roster is being rolled out through the festival's official channels as the festival approaches. For the most up-to-date complete 2026 lineup, see the Grooveist 2026 page linked below.

The headliners drifted from Texas roots-rock and jam bands toward pop, hip-hop, country, and electronic. Ticket prices climbed from $25 a day in 2002 to $375 for a three-day pass in 2026. The lineup grew from 67 acts on five stages to over 130 acts on nine stages. The festival expanded from one weekend to two. The city skyline behind the main stage transformed completely. And through it all, ACL kept growing, kept selling out, and kept pumping hundreds of millions of dollars back into Austin's economy and parks.