The Austin City Limits Music Festival is approaching. If you're spending the festival weekends in the city, here's what you need to know:
Festival Details
- Weekend 1: Sept. 30-Oct.2, 11 a.m-10 p.m.
- Weekend 2: Oct.7-9, 11 a.m-10 p.m.
- Location: Zilker Park, 2100 Barton Springs Road, Austin.
- General admission tickets are still available for Sunday of weekend 1 and 2 at $100.
Transportation
This map shows the pick-up location of the free ACL festival shuttle.[/caption]Parking isn't an option at ACL. Residential neighborhoods surrounding Zilker Park will have signs installed that prohibit parking. No street parking is allowed within the Rollingwood city limits, 0.7-square-mile municipality immediately west of Zilker Park.
Rollingwood residents can pick up address and zone-specific parking permits at Rollingwood City Hall, 403 Nixon Drive, weekdays from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. starting Friday until Sept. 30, the start of the festival.
A ride-sharing company pickup area has been designated on Stephen F. Austin Drive at the north end of the MoPac footbridge.
Here are the ride-sharing companies currently operating in Austin:
Honda and the Central Texas Honda Dealers are partnering with RideAustin to launch Hail A Honda, which provides ACL attendees free rides to the festival over its two weekends in 2016 Honda CR-V sport utility vehicles, which can fit up to four riders. Festival ticket holders can hail Hondas from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. by downloading the RideAustin app and clicking on the "Honda at ACL Festival" tab. Riders will also receive a free bandana and ACL Fest chilled water.
A taxi pick-up and drop-off area is located at the bottom of William Barton Drive, just south of Barton Springs Road.
Free festival shuttles will pick up festival attendees at Republic Square, located at the intersection of Fourth and Guadalupe streets and will drop off at the festival entrance on Barton Springs Road. The shuttles begin running at 10:30 a.m. and will run until 11 p.m. each day of the festival.
Capital Metro is also ramping up its services during both weekends.
Bike racks are available at every entrance to the festival. Austin B-cycle will be operating a B-cycle valet at the Zilker Park B-station, offering to return the bikes to stations for festival goers. B-cycle is also looking for volunteers to help with the valet system.
Road closures
- Stratford Drive at Nature Center Drive and Barton Springs Road will be closed from 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Sept. 21-22, Sept 30-Oct. 3, Oct. 7-10 and Oct. 11-12.
- Barton Springs Road at Sterzing Street and Rollingwood Drive will be closed Sept. 30-Oct. 3 and Oct. 7-10. Residential traffic will be allowed to exit the neighborhood at Sterzing.
Zilker Park
Parts of Zilker Park are now closed until Oct. 21. Here's what's open before the festival takes place:
- Picnic areas
- Rugby field
- Polo field
- Playscape
- McBeth Recreation Center
- Greenbelt
- Zilker Botanical Garden
- Austin Nature and Science Center
- Barton Springs Pool
The Austin Parks and Recreation Department advises citizens to access Zilker Park through the south side main park entrances and the parking areas.
During the festival, the following areas and facilities will be open:
- Polo field
- Playscape
- Greenbelt
- Barton Springs Pool (accessed via Lamar Boulevard)
Following the festival, Parks and Recreation Department staff will spend a week cleaning up and doing maintenance. The following areas and facilities will be open:
- Picnic areas
- Rugby field
- Polo field
- Playscape
- Stratford field
- McBeth Recreation Center
- Zilker Botanical Garden
- Austin Nature and Science Center
- Barton Springs Pool
ACL late-night shows
Performances will be held at the following city of Austin restaurants and venues during both weekends:
