Welcome to the Jungle: Guns N’ Roses Will Headline ACL Fest 2019

Plus Childish Gambino, Billie Eilish, Cardi B, the Cure, and Mumford

"...Austin’s most anticipated, prognosticated, and deliberated annual festival announcement materialized this morning. Guns N’ Roses, Childish Gambino,..."

April 30, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

ACL Festival Cancels 2020 Event

Citing safety concerns, organizers look forward to 2021

"...that comes as no surprise to anyone following national festival news – or global health news for that matter..."

July 1, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

ACL Music Festival 2019: Sunday, Second Weekend

Oct. 14, 2019 Photo Gallery

ACL Music Festival 2019: Saturday, Second Weekend

Oct. 13, 2019 Photo Gallery

ACL Music Festival 2019: Friday, Second Weekend

Oct. 12, 2019 Photo Gallery

ACL Music Festival 2019: Sunday, First Weekend

Oct. 7, 2019 Photo Gallery

ACL Music Festival 2019: Saturday, First Weekend

Oct. 6, 2019 Photo Gallery

ACL Music Festival 2019: Friday, First Weekend

Oct. 5, 2019 Photo Gallery

Faster Than Sound: ACL Fest’s Recipe for Success

Essential ingredients for a modern edition of our city’s largest music festival

"...Last year's Paul McCartney mania could have left ACL Fest 2019 looking like sloppy seconds...."

Oct. 4, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Three Generations of Writers Reflect on ACL Fest 2021

Personal journals from a plague-era festival

"...Name: Raoul HernandezYears Attending ACL Fest: 19..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

ACL Live Review: Lizzo

Crowning the queen of ACL Fest 2019

"...one word on everyone’s lips after weekend one of ACL Fest: Lizzo...."

Oct. 14, 2019 Music Post by Isa Jones

Faster Than Sound: KVRX Launches the Largest College Radio Festival

KVRX station manager Gab Soong starts the largest ever student-run radio fest, national phone theft ring uncovered from ACL Fest, and Big Thief’s Buck Meek settles down outside the city

"...asked if the UT radio station put on a festival. Aside from increasingly big South by Southwest events and..."

March 1, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Most Memorable Moments of Sunday’s ACL Fest Weekend Two

Urban Heat, Faye Webster, and BIA getting sturdy

"...acts provided the most interesting moves on Sunday of ACL Fest’s Weekend Two, unfortunately matched with sweltering temps. Here..."

Oct. 17, 2022 Music Post by Laiken Neumann

ACL Fest Interview: Pink Sweat$

Teddy bear R&B pop quietician skyrocketed from the bedroom to festival stages

"...go from first-ever live show to a late-afternoon major festival set within a calendar year...."

Oct. 4, 2019 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

ACL Live Review: 21 Savage

A cold-hearted voice relaying intense indecency over trap beats

"...but his Saturday night performance during weekend one of ACL Fest 2019 showcased clear improvement...."

Oct. 6, 2019 Music Post by Derek Udensi

The Most Memorable Moments of Saturday’s ACL Fest

Billie Eilish, Jack Harlow, Mongolian metal, Doja Cat, Dayglow, & more

"...the Chronicle music writers’ highlights from day two of ACL Fest...."

Oct. 3, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Quin NFN, corook, ​​and More Highlights From Sunday at ACL Fest

From viral “If I Were a Fish” to M83’s essential “Midnight City”

"...held for the final date of Austin City Limits Festival, where the Chronicle team caught another heavyweight run of..."

Oct. 16, 2023 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Extra Extras at ACL

Everything ACL fest has to offer

"...Austin City Limits Music Festival is notorious for a lot of things – great..."

Oct. 10, 2018 Events Post by Savannah Opre

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Grace Sorensen, and More Highlights From Sunday at ACL Fest

From The Breeders’ sustaining cool to GloRilla’s unfazed flow

"...Sorensen back to back, Sunday of Austin City Limits Festival opened with a Chron-beloved run of Austin-affiliated artistry...."

Oct. 9, 2023 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Most Memorable Moments of Friday’s ACL Fest

Cassandra Jenkins, Billy Strings, and SZA on a lighthouse

"...An ideally-overcast Friday opened Weekend One of ACL Fest. Here are the Chronicle music writers’ highlights from..."

Oct. 8, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Award-Winning Restaurants Within Walking Distance of the ACL Music Festival

Step away from the music for a taste of Austin

"...now – is perfect for dining outside of the ACL Festival grounds and includes South Lamar, Barton Springs Road,..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Lil Yachty’s Whiplash Catalog Run and More Highlights From Friday at ACL Fest

Maggie Rogers, Little Simz, and more kicked off at Zilker Park

"...The kickoff to Austin City Limits Music Festival sustained quite a few hits...."

Oct. 7, 2023 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: A Festival Blooms in the Desert

Amid concern over a new C3 festival, homegrown Marfa Myths strives to grow with the Texas city

"...Bourdain, Marfa remains a cacti-embellished arts haven. So, when ACL Fest promoters C3 Presents proposed a three-day festival just..."

May 3, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

ACL Live Review: The Cure

Four-decade Brits make it look and sound easy

"...play. Twenty-four songs in two hours Saturday night at ACL Fest’s Honda stage? No sweat...."

Oct. 6, 2019 Music Post by Elise Barbin

ACL Live Review: Billie Eilish

Superstar teen proves she should’ve been a headliner

"...Sunday ACL ticket holders should consider themselves lucky that music festivals..."

Oct. 6, 2019 Music Post by Libby Webster

AGLIFF Going Online, Holding Weekend Teaser Festival

House of Cardin and more streaming free for Pride Weekend

"...the organizers of All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival (aGLIFF) announced today they will be bringing their programming..."

June 11, 2020 Screens Post by James Scott

Must-See Saturday Acts at ACL Music Festival

Including a handful of weekend-two exclusives

"...Scene, her Toronto band Metric was born to play festivals and arenas. The 20-year-old quartet makes synth-frosted big rawk..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Music Feature

6 ACL Music Festival Picks for Friday

National, international, and local faves the fest's first day

"...sparse. The skittered, Atari-electronic single "Dysfunctional" accounts for his 2019 releases. Montreal's mercurial DJ/producer pivots on a genre-bending amalgam..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Music Feature

ACL Interview: Country Rebel Tanya Tucker Reflects on Her Career Resurgence

“I’m not done yet. I might have a few more years, and I’m ready.”

"...Following her double weekend appearance at ACL Festival, Tanya Tucker will head to Nashville for induction..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Tyler, the Creator Answers ACL’s Call

Hip-hop great delivers a solid, if anticlimactic, performance

"...replace DaBaby as a marquee 2021 Austin City Limits Festival headliner...."

Oct. 4, 2021 Music Post by Derek Udensi

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