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Chappell Roan fans wait at the stage barricade hours before she is set to perform at Austin City Limits Music Fest on October 6, 2024.

It’s a femininomenon: Crowds gather for Chappell Roan’s set as soon as ACL doors open

Amelia Engstrom, Life&Arts Editor October 6, 2024

Masses of feathered cowboy hats and fans in bubblegum pink sit in the hot Austin heat waiting for Chappell Roan. The pop star’s set begins at 6:45 p.m. but crowds formed even before the festival doors...

Festival attendees watch football at Austin City Limits Music Fest on October 5, 2024.

Festival attendees beat the ACL heat with college football

Amelia Engstrom, Life&Arts Editor October 6, 2024

Ready for day two of the Austin City Limits Music Festival, Ana Lorden arrived early enough to enter Zilker Metropolitan Park right as the doors opened. Her early arrival reflected something other than...

Prom Queen performs at Austin City Limits Music Fest on October 5, 2024.

Local artist promqueen talks first ACL performance, incorporating Vietnamese American identity into music

Angelina Liu, General Life&Arts Reporter October 6, 2024

With a platinum bob and a tear jewel on their left cheek, pop-rap artist promqueen takes on Austin City Limits Fest Nights at the IHG Hotels and Resorts stage on Saturday from 12:05-12:50 p.m.  The Vietnamese...

Prom Queen performs at Austin City Limits Music Fest on October 5, 2024.

Photo Gallery: ACL Fest 2024 Weekend 1 Saturday

Coco Becker, Associate Photo Editor October 6, 2024

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...

Richard Powers brilliantly navigates ocean, dangers of AI, loss via decades-long friendship in ‘Playground’

Richard Powers brilliantly navigates ocean, dangers of AI, loss via decades-long friendship in ‘Playground’

Joe Ferrara, General Life&Arts Reporter October 4, 2024

“If you want to make something smarter, teach it to play,” oceanographer Evelyne says in Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Powers’ fictional 14th novel, after observing a formidable manta ray soar over...

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...

Julieta Garcia poses with a ceramic she made for a portrait in her bedroom, where she creates and packs orders, on Sept. 30, 2024.

Student entrepreneur molds personality into clay with her small business

Angelina Liu, General Life&Arts Reporter October 3, 2024

Julieta Garcia meticulously molds pea-sized amounts of neon green polymer clay. With a precision blade and the wet cotton of a cotton swab, she shapes the clay into tiny frog figurines. After baking and...

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