Showing posts with label Austin City Limits Festival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Austin City Limits Festival. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

ACL Music Festival - Now Two Weekends - Announces Lineup

This week the organizers of the Austin City Limits Music Festival, now held over two weekends (Oct. 4-6 & 11-13, 2013), announced the lineups for the expanded festival. And its a blast from the past featuring Depeche Mode, The Cure, and Lionel Richie. But there's plenty of lower tiered talent to coax me to Austin's  Zilker Park: Silversun Pickups, Neko Case, The Mavericks, Dawes, Delta Rae, The Blind Boys Of Alabama, JD McPherson, Greensky Bluegrass, Holly Williams, and the Band of Heathens to name a few. Tickets for each three day weekend are $225 - so start making your travel plans.
Posted by Todd M. Godbout at 7:13 AM 0 comments
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

ACL's 10th Anniversary Line-Up Announced

With the announcement of the 10th Anniversary (Sept 16-18) of the ACL Festival, it is clear that the promoters of the Austin City Limits Festival have moved full swing from the early years where alt-country bands were highlighted to a more broad-based popular culture sound. That's not too say the musicians are not highly skilled, just its no longer a place to hear Guy Forsyth, Bob Schneider, Kelly Willis, Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, The Randy Rogers Band, Jack Ingram.. Oops Ingram is scheduled and besides Ryan Bingham and Hayes Carll, that's about it for the Texas crowd. And where are the classic headliners like Tom Petty or Van Morrison. Now there is Stevie Wonder, plus Randy Newman, and several solid other acts. But this just isn't lineup that entices a trip to Austin. So check out the lineup and let me know if I'm making a big mistake.
Posted by Todd M. Godbout at 11:40 AM 1 comments
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