The beloved Austin Music Festival heads into its 22nd year of bringing live music and acts to Zilker Park in Downtown Austin.
Austin City Limits is a music festival that was inaugurated in 2002, which includes 8 stages and a variety of genres from hip-hop and R&B to indie-rock and pop. To spice things up this year, the ACL team allowed fans to get a first ‘listen’ of performer hints through a payphone set up at the infamous park. Hints confirmed multiple artists, as the 2024 lineup was officially announced on May 7th at 9am.
This year’s lineup includes headliner Dua Lipa, who recently released third album Radical Optimism and hosted + performed on Saturday Night Live. The singer hasn’t released any tours and has been partaking in minimal promotions for the new record. Other headliners include Blink-182, Tyler the Creator, and Pretty Lights. Texas legends Khruangbin (from Houston) and Leon Bridges (from Ft. Worth), known for the Texas Moon and Texas Sun collaborations, are also headlining acts, making fans wonder if they’ll join each other on stage. This year’s festival also includes prominent country acts like Sturgill Simpson and Chris Stapleton set to headline.
Other notable performers include Foster the People, who last played the festival in 2017, and Catfish & the Bottlemen, who recently regrouped after splitting up in 2021. Pop superstar on the rise Chappell Roan is also set to take the stage, as well as Remi Wolf (W2), Kehlani (W1), Cannons, the Beaches and Qveen Herby. This year’s lineup also includes latin acts Carin Leon, the Marias, and Balthvs.
On top of the immense country acts set to close out the days at the festival, this year’s ACL lineup also includes numerous country + americana acts such as Orville Peck, Asleep at the Wheel and Katie Pruitt. It’s also diverse in terms of R&B and soul acts, as acts such as Elyanna, Rett Madison, Thee Sinseers, Tyla, JUNGLE and Dominic Fike are set to take the stage. Austin City Limits also never fails to focus on local acts, and this year the festival features bands like Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol, Being Dead, The Tiarras, West 22nd and more.
The ACL 2024 Lineup was announced on May 7th at 9am, and tickets go on sale the same day at 12pm CT. You can view the full lineup here, and get your tickets here.
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