This is a list of Austin City Limits Music Festival lineups by year.
2002 was the inaugural year of the festival. Unlike subsequent years, it was a 2-day event only. The festival, arranged by Charlie Jones and Charles Attal founders of C3 Presents, was thrown together in a matter of three or four months. The 2-day festival hosted 5 stages and 67 bands. One-day passes were $25. 42,000 people attended the event when only 25,000 were expected. The festival has grown every year since.
September 19–21 marked the second year for the ACL Music festival. With 100 bands performing, tickets increase to $65 for a three-day admission pass. Children under 10 were admitted for free when accompanied by an adult with a ticket.
The 2004 festival took place on September 17, 18 and 19.
The 2004 festival had eight stages, and, on the second day of the festival, a top attendance of 75,000 people. This spike in attendance forced the festival promoters to lower capacity per the request of surrounding neighborhood associations.
The 2005 festival took place on September 23, 24 and 25.
The 2005 Austin City Limits Festival won Pollstar's Festival of the Year Award. This was also the infamous "Dust Bowl" year where dust kicked up by the festival crowd made it difficult for audiences to breathe. The following year, sprinklers were installed in Zilker Park to remedy this problem. Organizers reduced the daily capacity of the event by 10,000 fans because of neighborhood disputes in the previous years. Three-day passes were sold for $105.
Last minute replacement acts included:
Several acts were scheduled to appear, but cancelled due to transportation issues arising from Hurricane Rita. They included:
The 2006 festival took place on September 15, 16 and 17.
After sweltering heat in 2005, festival organizers attempted to relieve festival goers from the Texas sun by adding more misting and water stations and more tents for shade. Organizers also added a mobile phone texting feature to the festival. AT&T's Blue Room offered options for fans to watch live streaming bands playing from the comfort of their own homes.
Ben Kweller suffered a nosebleed during his set. He attempted to stem the flow by inserting a tampon, thrown to him by an audience member, into his nostril. The tampon expanded painfully and then he removed it. Kweller performed two more songs until he had to leave the stage.[1] The next day when The Flaming Lips performed, lead singer Wayne Coyne asked the audience to throw tampons at him to help mop up his signature fake blood. It continued to rain tampons on the band for well over two songs.
The 2007 Austin City Limits Music Festival occurred September 14, 15 and 16 in Zilker Park. Several acts, including Amy Winehouse, The White Stripes and Rodrigo y Gabriela, cancelled their appearances at the festival for health reasons, the latter two on very short notice. The scheduled performance by Saturday headliner The White Stripes was replaced by moving already scheduled Muse into the headlining slot.
Other notable moments include Friday when a propane tank was ignited and a fire broke out in the service area, burning down two trailers and several port-o-potties. Four people who were working at the festival were injured, two of them seriously. A second fire broke out on the speaker stack at the AT&T stage during Björk's set, but it was quickly extinguished and no injuries were reported.[2]
The 2008 edition took place September 26–28, 2008.
The 2009 festival took place on October 2–4, 2009. This year's festival is most commonly remembered as the one when torrential rains which started falling on Saturday afternoon turned the new grass turf into slick fields of Dillo Dirt mud.
The 2010 festival took place on October 8–10, 2010. The performers included The Eagles, Phish, Muse, The Strokes, and M.I.A.
ACL Festival celebrated its 10th anniversary on September 16–18, 2011.[3] The official lineup was announced on May 17, 2011.[4]
Austin City Limits took place from October 12–14, 2012. The official lineup was announced on May 22, 2012.[5]
For the first time, the Austin City Limits Music Festival was split across two weekends with matching lineups: October 4–6 and October 11–13, 2013.
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Due to heavy rains and flash floods, the festival was cancelled on day 3 of weekend 2.
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Austin City Limits Music Festival was held over two weekends: October 3–5 and October 10–12, 2014. Forbes called it one of five American music festivals to look forward to.[6]
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Austin City Limits Music Festival was held over two weekends: October 2–4 and October 9–11, 2015. The headliners were Foo Fighters, Drake, the Strokes, Florence and the Machine, and the Weeknd.
Austin City Limits Music Festival was held over two weekends: September 30 – October 2 and October 7–9, 2016. The headliners were Radiohead, Kygo, Kendrick Lamar, Mumford & Sons, and LCD Soundsystem.
Austin City Limits Music Festival was held over two weekends: October 6–8 and October 13–15, 2017. The lineup featured headliners Jay Z, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chance The Rapper, The Killers, and Gorillaz. This was the year that Silent Disco produced by Quiet Events began.[7]
Austin City Limits Music Festival was held over two weekends: October 5–7 and October 12–14, 2018. The lineup featured headliners Paul McCartney, Metallica, Arctic Monkeys, Travis Scott, Odesza, and The National. Childish Gambino was forced to cancel his performance after a foot injury, and Justice was promoted from an earlier time slot to replace him as a headliner. Phoenix and Lil Wayne were also added to fill the empty time slots, with the former playing on the first weekend of the festival and the latter on the second weekend.
2019 Austin City Limits Music Festival was held over two weekends: October 4–6 and 11–13. The festival was headlined by Guns N' Roses, Mumford & Sons, Childish Gambino, The Cure, Cardi B (first weekend only), Billie Eilish, Tame Impala, and Robyn (second weekend only).[8]
Friday: Asleep at the Wheel, Scarypoolparty, King Princess, Jai Wolf, Tame Impala
Saturday: Bayonne, Men I Trust, Brittany Howard, Billie Eilish, The Cure
Sunday: Julia Jacklin, Idles, Rosalía, Third Eye Blind, Cardi B
American Express Stage
Friday: The Amazons, Fidlar, Tyler Childers, The Raconteurs, Guns N' Roses
Saturday: Flora Cash, Sigrid, Lauren Daigle, Gary Clark Jr., Childish Gambino
Sunday: Nilüfer Yanya, Joseph, Rebelution, Kacey Musgraves, Mumford & Sons
Miller Lite Stage
Friday: Houses, Black Pistol Fire, Kaytranada, Thom Yorke's Tomorrow's Modern Boxes
Saturday: The Aquadolls, Finneas, Hippie Sabotage, Kali Uchis, James Blake
Sunday: Kevin Garrett, Still Woozy, Bea Miller, Banks, Lizzo
BMI Stage
Friday: Kim Viera, Palm Springsteen, Weyes Blood
Saturday: Ingrid Andress, Superet, Patrick Droney, Bones UK
Sunday: Cleopatrick, Faye Webster, TOBi, Billy Strings
VRBO Stage
Friday: Ladi Earth, Cherry Glazerr, K.Flay, Jenny Lewis
Saturday: Stone Wheels, Briston Maroney, MisterWives, Natalia Lafourcade, Metric
Sunday: Otis the Destroyer, The Japanese House, Shura, Caamp, LANY
Tito's Handmade Vodka
Friday: Erin Rae, Oliver Tree, Monsieur Periné, The Comet Is Coming, Silent Disco
Saturday: Disciples of Christ, Night Cap, Madison Ryann Ward, Rob Baird, Pink Sweats, Masego, Silent Disco
Sunday: Shields of Faith, Thomas Csorba, Delancey, KAINA, GoGo Penguin, Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers, Silent Disco
T-Mobile Stage
Friday: Alesia Lani, Jai Wolf, TroyBoi, RL Grime
Saturday: Diamante Eléctrico, Taylor Bennett, Tierra Whack, Judah & the Lion, 21 Savage
Sunday: Taela, Duckwrth, Koffee, Fisher, GRiZ
Friday: Mahalia, Madison Beer, King Princess, Jai Wolf, Tame Impala
Saturday: Orville Peck, Denzel Curry, Brittany Howard, Billie Eilish, The Cure
Sunday: Julia Jacklin, Idles, Rosalía, Third Eye Blind, Robyn
American Express Stage
Friday: The Beaches, The Aces, Tyler Childers, The Raconteurs, Guns N' Roses
Saturday: Flora Cash, Sigrid, Lauren Daigle, Gary Clark Jr., Childish Gambino
Sunday: Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, Joseph, Rebelution, Kacey Musgraves, Mumford & Sons
Miller Lite Stage
Friday: Houses, Black Pistol Fire, Kaytranada, Thom Yorke's Tomorrow's Modern Boxes
Saturday: The Aquadolls, Megan Thee Stallion, Hippie Sabotage, Kali Uchis, James Blake
Sunday: Caroline Rose, Still Woozy, Bea Miller, Banks, Lizzo
BMI Stage
Friday: Savannah Conley, Friday Pilots Club, The Score
Saturday: Laundry Day, Vanessa Zamora, Dayglow, Chris Shiflett
Sunday: Sego, Kat Dahlia, IDK, Wrabel
VRBO Stage
Friday: The Band Camino, Cherry Glazerr, K.Flay, Jenny Lewis
Saturday: Blackillac, Diamante Eléctrico, Briston Maroney, Natalia Lafourcade, Metric
Sunday: Kady Rain, Mallrat, Shura, Caamp, LANY
Tito's Handmade Vodka
Friday: Jane Ellen Bryant, Flamingosis, Monsieur Periné, The Comet Is Coming, Silent Disco
Saturday: Welsey Bray & the Disciples of Joy, Abhi the Nomad, Madison Ryann Ward, Dylan LeBlanc, Pink Sweats, Masego, Silent Disco
Sunday: The Gospel Stars, Ley Line, Shandon Sahm, Yola, GoGo Penguin, Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers, Silent Disco
T-Mobile Stage
Friday: Pike & Sutton, Jai Wolf, TroyBoi, RL Grime
Saturday: Armani White, Taylor Bennett, Tierra Whack, Judah & the Lion, 21 Savage
Sunday: PNTHN, Duckwrth, Koffee, Fisher, GRiZ
2020 Austin City Limits Music Festival was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Austin, Texas. The festival was held on October 9–11 and streamed previous festivals as well as live performances.[9]
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2021 Austin City Limits Music Festival was held over two weekends: October 1–3 and 8–10. The headliners were George Strait, Billie Eilish, Tyler, the Creator, Miley Cyrus, Rüfüs Du Sol, and Duran Duran.[10]
Friday: Machine Gun Kelly, Megan Thee Stallion, Miley Cyrus
Saturday: Frances Forever, Surfaces, Future Islands, Modest Mouse, Rüfüs Du Sol
Sunday: Mother Mother, White Reaper, Polo G, Karol G, Duran Duran
Lady Bird Stage
Friday: Joy Oladokun, Black Pumas, George Strait
Saturday: Amber Mark, Girl in Red, Phoebe Bridgers, Doja Cat, Billie Eilish
Sunday: Jessie Murph, Tate McRae, Band of Horses, Greta Van Fleet, Tyler, the Creator
Miller Lite Stage
Friday: Skip Marley, Moses Sumney, Chet Faker
Saturday: Payday, Gracie Abrams, AG Club, Arizona Zervas, Jack Harlow
Sunday: Deezie Brown, Sofía Valdés, Cautious Clay, Chris Lake, Erykah Badu
BMI Stage
Friday: Carolesdaughter, Zella Day, Bexley
Saturday: Sun Room, Yendry, Katie Pruitt, Gina Chavez
Sunday: Jany Green, Public Library Commute, Tenille Arts, Hardy
VRBO Stage
Friday: Emotional Oranges, Finneas, Dermot Kennedy
Saturday: Aaron Stephens, Mob Rich, Charley Crockett, Missio, Dayglow
Sunday: Shooks, Noga Erez, Cam, Channel Tres, Tierra Whack
Tito's Handmade Vodka
Friday: Disko Cowboy, Zhu, Silent Disco
Saturday: The Mighty Sincere Voices, Sir Woman, Moziah, La Doña, Lunay, The Hu, Silent Disco
Sunday: Shields of Faith, Calder Allen, TC Superstar, Claud, 070 Shake, Lane 8, Silent Disco
T-Mobile Stage
Friday: The Backseat Lovers, Tkay Maidza, Jon Pardi
Saturday: Skyler Day, Arlie, Remi Wolf, Freddie Gibbs, Alison Wonderland
Sunday: Allison Ponthier, KennyHoopla, Toosii, Marc Rebillet, St. Vincent
Friday: Saleka, Jxdn, Machine Gun Kelly, Megan Thee Stallion, Miley Cyrus
Saturday: Frances Forever, Surfaces, Future Islands, Modest Mouse, Rüfüs Du Sol
Sunday: Serena Isioma, AG Club, Polo G, Karol G, Duran Duran
Lady Bird Stage
Friday: Vincent Neil Emerson, Heartless Bastards, Bleachers, Black Pumas, George Strait
Saturday: Holly Humberstone, Girl in Red, Phoebe Bridgers, Doja Cat, Billie Eilish
Sunday: Jessie Murph, Tate McRae, Band of Horses, Greta Van Fleet, Tyler, the Creator
Miller Lite Stage
Friday: Daydream Masi, Skip Marley, Moses Sumney, Erykah Badu
Saturday: WiztheMC, Gracie Abrams, White Reaper, Arizona Zervas, Jack Harlow
Sunday: Nané, Amber Mark, Cautious Clay, Chris Lake, Madeon
BMI Stage
Friday: Leah Blevins, The Teeta, OMB Peezy
Saturday: Gigi, Leyla Blue, Samantha Sanchez, Raiche
Sunday: Zach Person, Mattiel, Superfónicos, David Ramirez
VRBO Stage
Friday: Claud, Hinds, Finneas, Dermot Kennedy
Saturday: Mike Melinoe, Arlie, Charley Crockett, Missio, Dayglow
Sunday: Blk Odyssy, Noga Erez, Cam, Channel Tres, Tierra Whack
Tito's Handmade Vodka
Friday: Riders Against the Storm, Q, Disko Cowboy, Lane 8, Silent Disco
Saturday: Disciples of Christ, The Tender Things, LP Giobbi, La Doña, 070 Shake, The Hu, Silent Disco
Sunday: Calder Allen, Shiela, Ant Clemons, Lunay, Trixie Mattel, Silent Disco
T-Mobile Stage
Friday: Maggie Rose, Durand Jones & The Indications, LeAnn Rimes, Jon Pardi
Saturday: Jade Bird, Aaron Frazer, Remi Wolf, Freddie Gibbs, Alison Wonderland
Sunday: Payday, KennyHoopla, Toosii, Marc Rebillet, Jon Batiste
2022 Austin City Limits Music Festival was held over two weekends: October 7–9 and 14–16. The festival was headlined by Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pink, The Chicks, SZA, Kacey Musgraves, Flume, Paramore and Lil Nas X.[11]
Friday: Asleep at the Wheel, Kevin Morby, Jazmine Sullivan, James Blake, SZA
Saturday: The Future X, Adrian Quesada's Boleros Psicodélicos, Conan Gray, Big Boi, Flume
Sunday: Taipei Houston, Larry June, Spoon, 6lack, Kacey Musgraves
American Express Stage
Friday: Tamino, Noah Cyrus, Zach Bryan, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, The Chicks
Saturday: The Ventures, The Midnight, Wallows, Lil Nas X, Pink
Sunday: Glove, Goth Babe, Oliver Tree, Paramore, Red Hot Chili Peppers
Miller Lite Stage
Friday: Nation of Language, Gayle, Arlo Parks, Omar Apollo
Saturday: Spill Tab, Slayyyter, Samia, Sofi Tukker, Diplo
Sunday: Happie Hoffman, Jake Wesley Rogers, Bia, Big Wild, Zhu
Barton Springs Stage
Friday: Cassandra Jenkins, Gabriels, L'Impératrice, Carly Rae Jepsen
Saturday: Mama Duke, Lido Pimienta, Tyla Yaweh, DJ Mel, Tobe Nwigwe
Sunday: Luna Luna, Caleb de Casper, Muna, The Marías, Goose
BMI Stage
Friday: Elijah Wolf, Lilyisthatyou, Sarah and the Sundays
Saturday: Katzu Oso, Jessia, Charlotte Sands, Aly & AJ
Sunday: Chicocurlyhead, Darkbird, Isaac Dunbar, Eric Tessmer
T-Mobile Stage
Friday: Zai1k, Charlotte Cardin, Benee, Billy Strings
Saturday: Walt Disco, The Aquadolls, Role Model, Manchester Orchestra, The War on Drugs
Sunday: Danielle Ponder, Dehd, PinkPantheress, Japanese Breakfast, Marcus Mumford
Tito's Handmade Vodka Stage
Friday: THEBROSFRESH, Cory Henry, Genesis Owusu, Big Gigantic, Silent Disco
Saturday: The Past Lives, Cimafunk, Omah Lay, Maude Latour, Purple Disco Machine, Silent Disco
Sunday: Wesley Bray and the Disciples of Joy, Primo the Alien, Buffalo Nichols, Claire Rosinkranz, Magdalena Bay, Robert Glasper, Silent Disco
Friday: Happie Hoffman, Wet Leg, Jazmine Sullivan, Phoenix, SZA
Saturday: Como las Movies, Tai Verdes, Boy George & Culture Club, Death Cab for Cutie, Flume
Sunday: Taipei Houston, Larry June, Spoon, James Blake, Kacey Musgraves
American Express Stage
Friday: Twen, Noah Cyrus, Conan Gray, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, The Chicks
Saturday: Habibi, The Midnight, Wallows, Lil Nas X, Pink
Sunday: Glove, Yungblud, Oliver Tree, Paramore, Red Hot Chili Peppers
Miller Lite Stage
Friday: Blondshell, Vacations, Arlo Parks, Omar Apollo
Saturday: Spill Tab, Neil Frances, Samia, Sofi Tukker, Diplo
Sunday: Flora & Fawna, Jake Wesley Rogers, Bia, Big Wild, Zhu
Barton Springs Stage
Friday: Dcarr, Glaive, L'Impératrice, Lucky Daye
Saturday: Lesly Reynaga, Lido Pimienta, Tyla Yaweh, Sabrina Claudio, Tobe Nwigwe
Sunday: Pleasure Venom, Tom Odell, Faye Webster, The Marías, Goose
BMI Stage
Friday: Early James, Dro Kenji, Lily Rose
Saturday: Izzy Heltai, Ben Reilly, Sloppy Jane, The Brummies
Sunday: Siena Liggins, Joshua Ray Walker, Urban Heat, Jackson Dean
T-Mobile Stage
Friday: Bktherula, Teezo Touchdown, Benee, Billy Strings
Saturday: Jake Lloyd, Ripe, Princess Nokia, The Front Bottoms, The War on Drugs
Sunday: Danielle Ponder, Dehd, PinkPantheress, Japanese Breakfast, Marcus Mumford
Tito's Handmade Vodka Stage
Friday: The Huston-Tillotson University Jazz Collective, Sarah Kinsley, Genesis Owusu, Purple Disco Machine, Silent Disco
Saturday: J Soulja, Good Looks, Southern Avenue, Josh Fudge, Disko Cowboy, Big Gigantic, Silent Disco
Sunday: The Spiritualettes, Me nd Adam, Buffalo Nichols, Wilderado, Magdalena Bay, Robert Glasper, Silent Disco
2023 Austin City Limits Music Festival was held over two weekends: October 6–8 and 13–15. The festival was headlined by Kendrick Lamar, Foo Fighters, Mumford & Sons, The Lumineers, Shania Twain (first weekend), The 1975 (second weekend), Odesza, Maggie Rogers, Alanis Morissette, Hozier, Major Lazer, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Labrinth.[12]
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