Charli XCX, The XX Lead Austin City Limits Festival 2026 Lineup

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Charli XCX, the XX to Headline Austin City Limits Festival 2026

Geese, Lorde, Turnstile, Fakemink, Underscores, and more are also booked for the festival’s 25th-anniversary edition By Hattie Lindert May 5, 2026 Save this story Save this story

Austin City Limits Festival has announced the lineup for its 25th-anniversary edition, which will take place across two weekends in early October. Top-billed artists this year include Charli xcx , the xx , Lorde , and Twenty One Pilots . Skrillex will headline the festival’s first weekend, from October 2 through 4, and Kings of Leon will lead the second, from October 9 through 11. Check out the full lineup poster below.

Other highlights across the bill are Turnstile, Geese, Underscores, Fakemink, Rochelle Jordan, the War on Drugs, Fcukers, Audrey Hobert, Bleachers, Blood Orange, Lykke Li, Snow Strippers, and Rusowsky. ACL hosted its first edition in 2002; since then, the event has expanded from a two-day, one-weekend event to a three day, two-weekend series spread across nine stages at Zilker Park. Tickets for the 2026 edition are on sale today, May 5, at 12 PM CT; all three days of its first weekend will also stream on Disney+ and Hulu.

_Originally reported by [Pitchfork](https://pitchfork.com/news/charli-xcx-the-xx-to-headline-austin-city-limits-festival-2026/)._