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Festival friendship: long-time friends celebrate tradition at ACL

Festival friendship: long-time friends celebrate tradition at ACL

Minza Mirza, Associate Life&Arts Editor October 5, 2024

Long-time friends Pam Griffin and Shelly Hefferton did not speak for months before this October. As the two went on about their lives, one little detail stayed tucked away in the backs of their minds,...

Q&A: Asleep at the Wheel celebrates 50 years of ACL TV with Willie Nelson, talks ACL performance

Q&A: Asleep at the Wheel celebrates 50 years of ACL TV with Willie Nelson, talks ACL performance

Charlotte Karner, General Life&Arts Reporter October 5, 2024

Inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame in 2015, Austin-based band Asleep at the Wheel is no stranger to ACL. The band performed on ACL TV’s first official episode in 1976, following Willie...

The “Bonus Tracks” area at Austin City Limits Music Fest on October 4, 2024.

Photo Gallery: ACL Fest 2024 Weekend 1 Friday

Coco Becker, Associate Photo Editor October 5, 2024

Texas native Chance Peña performs on the T-Mobile stage at his first Austin City Limits Music Festival on October 4, 2024.

Chance Peña talks Texas roots, playing one of the biggest festivals in home state

Amelia Engstrom, Life&Arts Editor October 4, 2024

At eight years old, Chance Peña bought his first guitar and soon started playing at bars around his hometown of Tyler, Texas. At 15 years old, Peña competed on season 9 of “The Voice,” starting his...

Students attend ACL as workers for local businesses

Students attend ACL as workers for local businesses

Behr Rinke, General Life&Arts Reporter October 3, 2024

Like many young Austinites, then-seventh grader Jackie Meisel knew exactly what to ask her parents for each year when birthdays and Christmas came around — a prized Austin City Limits Music Festival...

Austin Kiddie Limits makes live music accessible to families

Austin Kiddie Limits makes live music accessible to families

Analise Pickerrell, Senior Life&Arts Reporter October 3, 2024

Amongst the hustle and bustle of people rushing from stage to stage, watching their favorite artists perform and soaking up the sights and sounds of Austin City Limits Music Festival, a miniature version...

History of Austin City Limits Music Festival

History of Austin City Limits Music Festival

Tyler Pullum, General Life&Arts Reporter September 30, 2024

Inspired by the 50-year-old television series of the same name, the Austin City Limits Music Festival has stood as a musical hallmark of the city of Austin for over 20 years. ACL’s stages in Zilker...

QUIZ: Which Chappell Roan song are you?

QUIZ: Which Chappell Roan song are you?

Analise Pickerrell, Senior Life&Arts Reporter September 30, 2024

One of the most highly-anticipated artists making their Austin City Limits debut this fall, Chappell Roan mesmerizes audiences with her avant-garde persona and undeniable talent. The Daily Texan put together...

The Texan compiles tips and tricks from seasoned ACL-goers and students.

Tips and tricks from seasoned ACL-goers, students

Joe Ferrara, General Life&Arts Reporter September 30, 2024

Siyona Nayampally - attending ACL since age 3 Most excited for: Tyler, the Creator “Always bring a water bottle,” said Nayampally, a Plan II and economics sophomore. “It has to be empty, and...

Annual ACL act Barton Hills Choir platforms young Austin talent for 15 years

Annual ACL act Barton Hills Choir platforms young Austin talent for 15 years

Riddhi Bora, Senior Life&Arts Reporter September 30, 2024

Five years ago, then-6-year-old Brynn Toungate sang and danced along to Barton Hills Choir’s performance at Austin City Limits from the audience. This year, she will join them on stage for the third...

Before ACL was famous: long-time attendees reminisce on first ACL weekend in 2002

Before ACL was famous: long-time attendees reminisce on first ACL weekend in 2002

Flora Farr, Life&Arts Desk Editor September 30, 2024

A Longhorn football game away in Louisiana left many UT students in Austin with little to do the weekend of Sept. 28, 2002. Catching wind of a weekend music festival taking over Zilker Metropolitan...

Austin City Limit attendees pose in front of the iconic flag poles that are erected each year in Zilker Park on October 6, 2023.

Letter from the Editor: ACL, Austin’s ultimate third place

Amelia Engstrom, Life&Arts Editor September 30, 2024

Every evening, Austinites gather their pets, picnic blankets and spike ball sets and head to Zilker Park for respite after a long day. They chat with family and friends as the sunset’s colors melt into...

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