Austin City Limits Music Festival 2026 – Weekend 1 at Zilker Park
October 2 - October 4
Every October, Austin does what Austin does best: it takes over Zilker Park, throws open the gates, and reminds the entire world why it has been the Live Music Capital of the World for as long as anyone can remember. The Austin City Limits Music Festival returns for Weekend 1 on October 2–4, 2026 — and this year carries extra weight. ACL Fest 2026 is celebrating its 25th anniversary, a quarter-century of music at Zilker Park that has made this two-weekend Texas tradition one of the most beloved festivals in the country. If there was ever a year to be there, it’s this one.
🎟️ Buy Austin City Limits Festival Weekend 1 tickets at Zilker Park in Austin, TX — the 25th anniversary edition of the Lone Star State’s most iconic music festival, headlined by Charli XCX, Rüfüs Du Sol, Twenty One Pilots, Lorde, and Skrillex.
The milestone lineup is led by Charli XCX, Rüfüs Du Sol, Twenty One Pilots, Lorde, and The xx, with Skrillex headlining Weekend 1 specifically. That alone is a stacked bill by any measure — pop’s most electrifying boundary-pusher, an Australian electronic duo at the height of their powers, arena rock’s most acrobatic live act, one of indie pop’s most distinctive voices, and the architect of modern electronic music, all on one weekend in Austin. But the depth of this lineup doesn’t stop at the headliners.
The broader 2026 lineup for Weekend 1 includes Turnstile, Labrinth, Lola Young, The Chainsmokers, Young Miko, Bleachers, SOFI TUKKER, The War on Drugs, Brandon Flowers, Blood Orange, Lykke Li, Suki Waterhouse, Amyl and the Sniffers, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Natasha Bedingfield, and Rebecca Black, among dozens of others. Across nine stages and three full days, there is no such thing as a dead hour at ACL.
The festival features nine stages and 100+ performances across genres including hip-hop, rock, country, folk, and EDM. Whether you’re moshing at the main stage, catching an emerging artist you’ve never heard of on a smaller stage — and telling everyone about it before they blow up — or just soaking in the atmosphere of 75,000 music lovers sharing a sprawling green park in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, ACL Weekend 1 delivers an experience that no other festival in the state can match.
Beyond the music, ACL Fest 2026 will feature Austin Kiddie Limits, the culture-forward Bonus Tracks stage, and a variety of upgraded ticketing and hospitality options including GA+, VIP, Platinum, Bungalows, and the newly announced Speakeasy Lounge. Disney+ and Hulu will serve as the official streaming destinations for the festival, offering select live performances, interviews, and more during Weekend 1.
A word to the wise: three-day GA and GA+ tickets for Weekend 1 are already sold out, which means the secondary market is your best path to being on those grounds when October rolls around. Don’t wait and don’t sleep on it — Austin in the fall, with the temperature finally dropping to something a Texan can live with and the best lineup ACL has assembled in years, is not something you want to watch from your couch.
This is Austin at its absolute finest — 25 years of music, culture, and Texas magic all colliding in Zilker Park over three unforgettable October days.