AUSTIN (KXAN) — More than 100 performers will take to nine stages in Zilker Park this weekend and next weekend for Austin City Limits Music Festival’s 25th year.
While performers come from around the world, ACL Fest stages also welcome plenty of acts from Texas and the Austin area.
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This year, ACL Weekend 1 runs from Oct. 2-4, and ACL Weekend 2 runs Oct. 9-11. Main headliners for the festival include:
- Charli XCX
- Rüfüs Du Sol
- Twenty One Pilots
- Lorde
- Skrillex (W1)
- Kings of Leon (W2)
- The XX
Among the smaller names were Turnstile, Geese, Lola Young, The Chainsmokers, Young Miko, Bleachers, Blood Orange, Leon Thomas, Rebecca Black (W1), Natasha Bedingfield (W2), and many others.
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We’ve rounded up a list of Texas performers for festival-goers itching to catch some locally grown acts.
Friday
Bella Kay (Weekend 2)Indie pop singer-songwriter Bella Kay was born in Houston and graduated high school from Vista Ridge High School in Cedar Park. She has more than 12.3 million monthly listeners on Spotify, with her biggest hit being the single ‘iloveitiloveitiloveit.’ Bella Kay is set to perform on the T-Mobile stage at 2:30-3 p.m. on the Friday of Weekend 2.
Bo StalochAustin-born, Nashville-based folk Americana artist Bo Staloch is scheduled to perform on the Tito’s stage at 3:15-4 p.m. on the Friday of both weekends. Staloch has 554.5K monthly listeners on Spotify…