Jay Z, Chance The Rapper, Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Killers, the xx, Foster The People. The dust has barely settled on the amazing 2017 installment of the Austin City Limits Music Festival. But festival over-achievers who like to make their road-trip plans far in advance can now look ahead to ACL 2018.
According to the festival's official website, the 2018 festival will take place over two weekends once again, on Oct. 5–7, 2018, and Oct. 12–14, 2018.
In addition to a dazzling diverse lineup, the festival provides a huge boost to the local economy each year. In 2016 the ACL festival generated more than $277 million into the Central Texas economy — a 24 percent increase from its 2015 economic impact, and up nearly 52 percent from 2013, when the festival expanded to two weekends.
The Recording Academy was on the ground for ACL 2017, providing coverage during weekend one. Some of the artists we interviewed were Grace VanderWaal, Devin Dawson and Lukas Nelson.
