The Austin City Limits Music Festival is a music and art festival in Austin, Texas, typically held over a Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in the end of September. The festival is run by the Austin City Limits television show and Waterloo Music, and takes place in Zilker Park, in Austin.
The 2004 festival had eight stages, and, on the second day of the festival, a top attendance of 75,000 people. While the television program is known primarily for country music, the festival features more indie rock and mainstream music.
Bands who have performed at the festival include:
- Old 97's
- Broken Social Scene
- The Pixies
- Franz Ferdinand
- Modest Mouse
- R.E.M.
- Wilco
- Sheryl Crow
- Los Lonely Boys
- Sloan
- Neko Case
- Patty Griffin
- Roseanne Cash
- The Killers
- Trey Anastasio
- Dashboard Confessional
- Cat Power
- Cake
- Spoon
- Ryan Adams
Bands that appeared at the 2005 festival include: