Charli xcx, Rüfüs Du Sol, Twenty One Pilots, Lorde & Skrillex To Headline 2026 Austin City Limits Festival
Kings of Leon, The XX, Turnstile, Lola Young, Geese and many more acts will play the 25th anniversary event on Oct. 2-4 and Oct. 9-11.
Black News 
The 25th anniversary edition of the Austin City Limits Festival will feature headliners Charli xcx, RÜFÜS DU SOL, Twenty One Pilots, Lorde, Skrillex (weekend one), Kings of Leon (weekend) and The xx. The fest that takes over Austin’s Zilker Park for two weekends every fall will also have sets from Turnstile, Labrinth, Lola Young, The Chainsmokers, Geese, Young Miko, Bleachers, SOFI TUKKER, Parcels, The War On Drugs, Leon Thomas and Killers singer Brandon Flowers (weekend one), according to a lineup announced on Tuesday morning (May 5).
The nine-stage, two-weekend (Oct. 2-4, Oct. 9-11) festival that mixes rock, pop, dance, country and folk will also host Blood Orange, Lykke Li, Suki Waterhouse, Amyl and the Sniffers, Snow Strippers, Cannons (weekend one), Steve Aoki, Jesse Welles, Fakemink, Saint Motel, Houndmouth (weekend two), Fcukers, Paris Paloma, LP, Natasha Bedingfield (weekend two) and Skye Newman.
Three-day general admission, GA+ and VIP and Platinum tickets will go on sale today at 1 p.m. ET here, with layaways plans available and one-day tickets going on sale at a later date. Attendees eight and under are welcome for free in all general admission areas with a ticketed adult, with the lineup for Austin Kiddie Limits to be announced later this summer.
In addition to the main stages, fans can also stop by the Bonus Tracks stage, the smallest platform with the most eclectic lineup, featuring artist interviews, podcast recordings, cooking demos, drag performances and other surprises.
Disney+ and Hulu will stream select live performances, interviews and more over all three days of the first weekend, with a broadcast lineup and schedule slated to drop later this summer. This year’s event will also introduce a custom “Festival Persona” in-app experience that will spotlight the overlap between the user’s Spotify listening history and the 2026 ACL lineup, creating a customized persona based on their listening habits and then generating a bespoke playlist.
Check out the full 2026 ACL Festival lineup below.
