Charli xcx's "360" single art Credit: Atlantic

Austin City Limits Music Festival returns to Zilker Park for its 25th year October 2-4 and 9-11 with a packed lineup including headlining performances from Charli xcx, RÜFÜS DU SOL, Twenty One Pilots, Lorde, The xx, Skrillex (Weekend 1), and Kings of Leon (Weekend 2).

The two-weekend, nine-stage festival will also welcome a mix of rock, pop, and rap artists, with an emphasis on recent favorites and Latin artists including hardcore-inspired Turnstile, British songwriter Labrinth, and Puerto Rican rapper Young Miko. 

Recent rock upshoots Geese and New York duo SOFI TUKKER are also among the notable names on this year’s bill, as are Jack Antonoff project Bleachers, Australian pop group Parcels, singer-rapper Leon Thomas, recent South by Southwest alum Lola Young, and the Killers’ lead singer Brandon Flowers (Weekend 1). 

“Closer” pop duo the Chainsmokers return 10 years after their first ACL performance, and the War on Drugs will follow up on their 2022 appearance. 

Texas-grown up-and-coming acts will also take the stage, including Calder Allen, Asleep At the Wheel (Weekend 1), Grocery Bag (Weekend 1), Cure For Paranoia (Weekend 1), lluvii (Weekend 2), Montclair (Weekend 2), Almost Heaven (Weekend 2), and the Huston Tillotson University Jazz Collective (Weekend 2).

Three-day tickets for both weekends go on sale at 12pm CT today, May 5, at https://www.aclfestival.com/.

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Caroline is the Music and Culture staff writer and reporter, covering, well, music, books, and visual art for the Chronicle. She came to Austin by way of Portland, Oregon, drawn by the music scene and the warm weather.