This year’s festival – Oct. 2-4 at the city’s Zilker Park, boasts seven stages – AMD (West), Lady Bird Lake, Austin Kiddie Limits, Austin Ventures, BMI, Xbox 360, Dell and Barton Springs (East). Headliners include John Legend, Lily Allen, Reckless Kelly, Los Amigos Invisibles, Andrew Bird and Kings of Leon. And that’s just Friday night.
Sunday’s program lists Ben Harper, Girl Talk, Dan Auerbach, Sonic Youth and Pearl Jam closing their respective stages. Other Sunday bands and artists include Brett Dennen, Raul Malo, The Dead Weather, Toadies, Clutch, State Radio and The B-52’s.
According to the festival’s Web site, Saturday passes are sold out, but single-day tickets for Friday and Sunday are still available for $85 each.
ACL is also offering three-day VIP passes for $850 each, which includes very important person access to the Grove as well as complimentary food servings, gourmet happy hours, complimentary beer, wine, water and specialty drinks, a mini spa and misting area, relaxed seating and air-conditioned restrooms. Purchase four VIP passes in one order and receive one VIP parking pass.
For more information on everything ACL, please click here for the festival’s Web site.