Austin City Limits — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

2–11 Oct 2026 (10 days)

Location

Zilker Park, Austin, United States

Sound

EDM

Line-up announced

3 artists so far

The story

Austin City Limits is a music festival held in Austin, Texas, from October 2 to 11, 2026. The festival features a diverse lineup of artists performing across multiple days in Zilker Park. With a history of showcasing popular headliners, it creates an energetic atmosphere celebrating music in the heart of Austin. The festival will include notable performances from artists such as RÜFÜS DU SOL, Charli XCX, and Twenty One Pilots.

Austin City Limits is a 10-day edm festival at Zilker Park in Austin, United States. The October 2026 edition runs 2–11 Oct 2026.

Announced so far: Charli XCX, RÜFÜS DU SOL and Twenty One Pilots. The line-up is spread across the 10 festival days, so a full-weekend ticket is the only way to catch every name.

Everything happens at Zilker Park, in Austin. Austin is the base for the trip: it is where the affordable beds, the late trains and the after-parties are, and where prices climb fastest as the dates approach.

Austin City Limits keeps the same calendar slot each year: October 2026 for this edition, opening on a Friday and closing on a Sunday. It falls in autumn, after the summer circuit closes, when flights and rooms come back down in price. That slot matters for the budget — flights and rooms in Austin are priced for the festival weekend, not the week around it, so shifting your arrival by a day often saves more than any ticket tier does.

• Zilker Park, Austin, TX
• 10-day festival running from Oct 2 to Oct 11, 2026
• Headliners include RÜFÜS DU SOL, Charli XCX, and Twenty One Pilots
• Website: www.aclfestival.com

What the trip costs from Paris

No ticket price is published for this edition yet, so the total below covers travel and a bed only. It updates automatically as soon as the organiser opens sales.

Planning the trip, step by step

1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Austin City Limits are sold in waves and the cheapest wave is gone long before the line-up is complete.
2. 2Then price the travel from Paris — Cinderella compares train, bus, car and flight for the same dates, and the cheapest option is not always the obvious one.
3. 3Reserve 11 nights rather than 10: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
4. 4Follow Austin City Limits on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.

Line-up, day by day

• Day 1 — Friday 2 October

  Charli XCX

• Day 2 — Saturday 3 October

  RÜFÜS DU SOL

• Day 3 — Sunday 4 October

  Twenty One Pilots

• Day 4 — Monday 5 October

  Line-up to be announced

• Day 5 — Tuesday 6 October

  Line-up to be announced

• Day 6 — Wednesday 7 October

  Line-up to be announced

• Day 7 — Thursday 8 October

  Line-up to be announced

• Day 8 — Friday 9 October

  Line-up to be announced

• Day 9 — Saturday 10 October

  Line-up to be announced

• Day 10 — Sunday 11 October

  Line-up to be announced

Full line-up

Ordered as the poster reads it — headliners first, then most booked to least. Each name opens that artist's festival dates.

Past editions

Dates are the event's recurring calendar slot, so treat them as approximate — the organiser keeps the official archive.

• 2025

  2–11 Oct 2025 (approx.)

  Regulars: Charli XCX, RÜFÜS DU SOL, Twenty One Pilots

• 2024

  2–11 Oct 2024 (approx.)

  Regulars: RÜFÜS DU SOL, Twenty One Pilots

• 2023

  2–11 Oct 2023 (approx.)

  Regulars: Twenty One Pilots

Travel tips from Paris

• The site itself is Zilker Park, in Austin.
• Book a bed in Austin early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.