The xx, Geese, Rüfüs Du Sol, Bleachers, the War on Drugs, and dozens more booked for ACL Fest’s 25th anniversary
Charli XCX, Lorde, Twenty One Pilots, and the xx are among the headliners at this year’s Austin City Limits Festival in the Texas capital for two weekends in October.
Rüfüs Du Sol, Skrillex (weekend one only), and Kings of Leon (weekend two) will also deliver headlining sets, while the stacked lineup also boasts Geese, Turnstile, Labrinth, Bleachers, Lola Young, the War on Drugs, Blood Orange, and the Killers’ Brandon Flowers, who will perform a rare solo set during the first Oct. 2 weekend.
Also on the bill for the fest — celebrating its 25th anniversary this year — are Suki Waterhouse, Sofi Tukker, Parcels, Finn Wolfhard, Leon Thomas, Asleep at the Wheel, Young Miko, the Chainsmokers, Jesse Welles, and dozens more.
This year’s ACL Fest will take place the weekends of Oct. 2 through Oct. 4 and Oct. 9 through Oct. 11 at Austin’s Zilker Park. Full ticket information is available at the festival’s website.
Other highlights across the bill are Turnstile, Geese, Underscores, Fakemink, Rochelle Jordan, the War on Drugs, Fcukers, Audrey Hobert, Bleachers, Blood Orange, Lykke Li, Snow Strippers, and Rusowsky. ACL hosted its first edition in 2002; since then, the event has expanded from a two-day, one-weekend event to a three day, two-weekend series spread across nine stages at Zilker Park. Tickets for the 2026 edition are on sale today, May 5, at 12 PM CT; all three days of its first weekend will also stream on Disney+ and Hulu.
