Nothing really new here, but interesting to hear C3 COO answering question on how local Austin bands are booked. He also said a 2027 Headline was already booked that he is excited about 👀

To the young guys who took this photo of me while Murph was playing in Saturday, I didn’t get your names but this was my first solo fest (I was SO nervous) and you were the only people who offered to take photos of me (even told me to put my glasses on with my mask 😂 to make the photo complete), absolutely adore the shit out of both of you and I hope your whole group had the most amazing time 💜

I saw this mom who was covering her son's ears with HER HANDS at bleachers. She was wearing ear protection but not him, he was playing on his switch sitting down on a chair.

Like what are moms hands gonna do for him?! The damage is done, parents need to adult and find a babysitter instead of dragging their kids places.

In the yall access during geese

Hiiiiii! Was hoping to connect with anyone who might have videos from Turnstile Wknd 2! Their videographer recorded me and they played the clip before their set and I’m trying to find a recording of it! I was too excited when I saw myself to pull my phone out haha

For reference I was wearing glasses, a black headband and a tie dye shirt! OR if anyone knows where someone might have clipped/posted the full live stream? I’d really appreciate it!

What do you think? John Fogerty would be incredible

Hi!! My bf and I were in the GA barricade stage right and were on the screen behind Tyler when he’s walking back to the stage during RAWFEAR. I found a video of the screen and we’re in it, but the thing is, the screen glitched the exact moment we were on it. Is there any way to get that original footage? Do the side screen recordings ever get uploaded? TIA🫶🏼

Anybody else experience this for Murph weekend2? 15-20m from rail, a bunch of people (25+ people taking about 3-5 square meters) were sitting down before the set. Kinda annoying but what can ya do. After they stand up a bunch of people slowly take up more space.

After murph comes on a bunch of high schoolers form dance circle(s) 1-3 square meters. If you displace that surface area of space, you also displace an equal number of people occupying said space. In a crowded area, it leads to pushing.

Got bad to the point of people crying and screaming, difficulty breathing, and being swept by a literal human wave. I remember almost being able to touch rail which is crazy since I started pretty far away. I had to basically put my arms up in order to have chest space to breath.

Anyways, I timed up the wave so that it carried me away from the crowd and then started to push through the crowd to leave.

Kinda bummed I had to miss his set but beats getting crushed lol. Anybody else have this experience?

hi, i was at ACL this past weekend and there was a vendor that only sold banana food items. i got a frozen chocolate banana. does anyone know the name of the vendor? i'm obsessed with bananas lol

I went to ACL 2026 on Sunday of weekend one. I was in the mosh pit that formed at the end of the Underscores set at Beatbox. I had just put my camcorder back in my little backpack moments before and I guess it unzipped in the commotion just enough to fall out. I walked away from the stage afterwards and realized immediately my camcorder was missing, but I couldn't find it when tracing back my steps. I put in a report at the lost and found and went back later that night but never heard back.

Here's the thing. I don't even care about the camcorder anymore. I just want my pictures and videos back. My dumbass didn't back up what was on it, but it is very meaningful to me. This camcorder's SD card has pictures from my mom, sister's and I's arrival to Santiago, Spain this past summer after walking 100 km over 5 days for our pilgrimage to the city (bring out the violins, I know.) So yeah, if you are or know somebody who picked up a camcorder, just get in touch with me or something. You will know it's mine if it has a picture of an eye with spikey blue eye shadow among the more recent pics.

It happens every year, I understand it’s hard to schedule every artist and it’s hard to know just how large any given crowd may be.

However, when there is poor foresight into stage/artist placement, it creates hell and congestion for the rest of the park leading to a degraded experience.

1. Natasha Bedingfield @ Tito’s - Just dumb. There’s no speakers outside of the tent, so the sound that people get even being a few feet outside is not even worth standing out there for imo. She’s a pop icon and it boggles the mind why she was there. She killed it btw and I waited 30min for a good spot.
   
2. Steve Aoki - same thing. Ridiculous level of popularity for that small cramped space between important bathrooms and food vendors.
   
3. Chainsmokers @ Snapchat - this was my biggest pain point. I didn’t care to see these guys click play and lip sync, but my crew did. When we all realized just how mid it was of a “performance”, we started to leave, but we just couldn’t. It took us probably 10 minutes to traverse the criss-crossed crowds and walkways to get out. Straight up dangerous.
   
4. Blood Orange @ Beatbox - same story, crowd blocking food, blocking the bathrooms, and the store.

I’m sure there were more, but these were some I experienced first hand. Moral of the story: when an artists crowd takes away critical walkways in an already overcrowded space: bad idea guys.

I had a discussion with my crew and we will be spending time and money trying out another big festival next year. One that isn’t oversold and with room to breath.

Help a free-spirited sister out!! I’m an ASL interpreter that was working both weekends and I met a guy at the ACL volunteer APF/ASL/ADA production tent area on Weekend 2 - Friday between 3-8pm and I need help finding him! 😅

We locked 👁️👁️ a few times and I bravely made conversation with him - but we totally bypassed intros. Loved his energy and vibes!! ✨✨✨

When I was waiting to be picked up for a show, he got my attention and asked if I was working all weekend, I said yes. But…I didn’t catch what he said as he walked away while leaving for vol duty. #hardofhearingproblems Didn’t see him on Saturday or Sunday 🫠.

If you were working that area and know him - connect me!! He was working as a volunteer, has short dark brown hair, blue eyes, approx 5’8-5’10, fit, and has a tattoo of a tree on the back of his leg. I think he’s in his mid-30’s…. 🤓

Picture of me for reference. 💅

☮️🫶♾️✨🤩

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FIRST TIME COMING TO ACL AND JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS TO EVERYONE, SUCH AN AMAZING TIME!

This might be a long shot, but I figured this would be the place to ask!

I got engaged this past weekend at ACL during Kings of Leon’s set!

I noticed quite a few people around us taking pictures and videos while it was happening, and I would absolutely LOVE to track down any footage of the moment!

If you happened to be nearby and caught any pictures or videos of a proposal in the crowd, please reach out! It would mean so much to us to have those memories from another perspective.

Thanks in advance, Reddit! 🤞🏼

Charli xcx brought out Tinashe

Twenty one pilots brought out a security guard for ride again

Common People brought out Matt Shultz from cage the elephant

Finn wolfhard brought out Tommy Stinson (of The Replacements and Guns N' Roses)

Anything else?

It’s weird I’m seeing such negative things on SM about the crowds and the people this year. I was with my daughter, her friend and my niece at Sienna Spiro and my daughter’s friend fainted. It was hot that day and I was totally freaked out. Her mom was watching another artist at a different stage so I wasn’t sure what to do. Medical just took her under the food/drink tent and she was all good after. This was her first time at a festival so I think her knees might have been locked and it was hot.

Everyone around jumped in with fans, water, electrolytes and I just want to say thanks. My weekend experience was super positive but I didn’t deal with Tito’s or Snapchat bottlenecks and everyone was cool at the stages we traveled too. I feel like if ACL puts the established artists on bigger stages things would go much smoother. All in all I had a great experience and I was lucky to meet good people. Now I’m missing it lol! 🤘🏼

amazing set, first time ever seeing T0P

I went to my second ACL w1 this year. I liked being weekend 1 but had a lot of FOMO during weekend 2.

Wondering if weekend 2 is better bc you have anticipation with your fomo and can at least stream some artists weekend 1.

Thoughts on pros & cons for each weekend?

Amazing to have this experience with my daughter.

Hey! Thought I’d try this too, seeing a lot of others posting so throwing it out there 😊.

I had a really fun conversation with you at the Amex lounge before all the major headliners kicked off this past Saturday. Sadly we never formally introduced even after chatting quite a bit!

You were new to the area & loving it + were a TXST alum that was very passionate about your work. Helping instruct on how to be a good person as you phrased it 😉.

Would love to connect if you enjoyed talking too!!