Austin: Indigo Girls at ACL Live
September 26 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
$108
Indigo Girls bring their signature blend of folk rock and soaring two-part harmony to ACL Live at the Moody Theater in Austin on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026, with tickets starting at $108.
Amy Ray and Emily Saliers met as elementary school students in Decatur, Georgia, and started writing songs together in high school, formally taking the name Indigo Girls in 1985. Their 1989 major-label debut, Indigo Girls, produced the enduring hit “Closer to Fine” and won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Recording, launching a career that has since spanned more than fifteen studio albums and nearly four decades of steady touring built on little more than two voices, two guitars, and a devoted following.
Indigo Girls and the Texas Folk Circuit
The duo’s stripped-down, harmony-driven sound has always fit naturally alongside the singer-songwriter tradition that Texas folk festivals helped nurture. That same lineage runs through the Kerrville Folk Festival’s New Folk competition, the Hill Country launching pad that helped build Robert Earl Keen’s career and has served for decades as a proving ground for the kind of literate, acoustic songwriting Indigo Girls have championed since the 1980s.
Beyond their catalog of hits, Ray and Saliers have built a reputation as tireless advocates for environmental and social causes, threading activism through their music without ever losing the plainspoken warmth that made “Closer to Fine” a singalong staple. Their live shows lean on that same intimacy, trading arena spectacle for close vocal blend and audience connection.
Doors open at 6 p.m. for the 7 p.m. show. ACL Live sits atop the W Austin Hotel at Second and Lavaca, with several nearby garages for downtown parking; note the earlier-than-usual start time when planning your evening, and expect a set list built around both catalog favorites and songs from throughout the duo’s long career.