Charli xcx, RÜFÜS DU SOL, Twenty One Pilots, Lorde and Skrillex Lead 2026 Austin City Limits Festival Lineup

Austin City Limits Festival has announced its 2026 lineup, with Charli xcx, RÜFÜS DU SOL, Twenty One Pilots, Lorde, Skrillex (weekend one), Kings of Leon and The xx set to headline the event’s 25th anniversary edition.

The festival returns to Zilker Park across two weekends, Oct. 2-4 and Oct. 9-11. The Tuesday (May 5) lineup reveal also confirmed appearances by Turnstile, Labrinth, Lola Young, The Chainsmokers, Geese, Young Miko, Bleachers, SOFI TUKKER, Parcels, The War on Drugs, Leon Thomas and Brandon Flowers (weekend one).

Additional acts include 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.

ACL’s nine-stage format will again span rock, pop, dance, country and folk programming. Organizers also confirmed the return of the Bonus Tracks stage, which hosts artist interviews, podcast tapings, cooking demos and drag performances alongside live music programming.

Three-day GA, GA+, VIP and Platinum passes go on sale today at 1 p.m. ET, with layaway plans available. One-day tickets will be released later. Children age 8 and under can enter general admission areas free with a ticketed adult. The Austin Kiddie Limits lineup will be announced later this summer.

Disney+ and Hulu will stream select performances and interviews from all three days of weekend one. A full streaming schedule is expected later this summer.

ACL is also launching a new in-app feature called Festival Persona, which uses a fan’s Spotify listening history against the 2026 lineup to generate a custom persona and playlist.