Austin: Grupo Duelo at ACL Live
September 18 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
$81
Grupo Duelo brings its accordion-driven norteño sound to ACL Live at the Moody Theater in Austin on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, with tickets starting at $81.
Founded in 1996 when Óscar Iván Treviño and Dimas López started performing together in a restaurant in Roma, Texas, Grupo Duelo grew into one of the most consistently successful bands in norteño music, splitting its identity between the Texas border town where it started and Monterrey, Nuevo León, just across the Rio Grande. The band’s 2003 album Desde Hoy topped sales charts in Monterrey and earned a gold record in Mexico, launching a run that included a No. 1 debut on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart with 2009’s Necesito Más de Ti and another chart-topper the following year with Solamente Tú.
Grupo Duelo Returns to Its Texas Roots
That Roma, Texas origin story makes Grupo Duelo’s Austin stop feel like something of a homecoming, even though the band has spent three decades building an international following. Norteño’s blend of accordion, bajo sexto and close-harmony vocals has deep roots along the Texas-Mexico border, and Grupo Duelo has been one of the genre’s most durable ambassadors, carrying that Rio Grande Valley sound to arenas and theaters across the country.
The band’s romantic, hook-heavy songwriting has earned multiple Billboard nominations for Regional Mexican Album and Song of the Year, and its live shows remain a fixture on the Texas dance-hall and theater circuit. That border-crossing legacy sits alongside other South Texas institutions honored at the Totally Tejano Hall of Fame & Museum in San Antonio, which traces the broader Tejano and norteño lineage Grupo Duelo has helped carry forward.
Doors open at 7 p.m. for the 8 p.m. show. ACL Live sits atop the W Austin Hotel at Second and Lavaca, with several nearby garages for downtown parking; given the band’s loyal following, arriving early for a good spot on the floor is a good idea.