Austin City Limits Festival 2026: W1, Day Two Was Full Of Mud And Memories!

ACL Music Festival day 1 was one to remember, and day 2 was no different!

Unfortunately, Saturday started with a delay with doors opening at 2pm instead of noon, due to some heavy rain overnight! The festival worked hard night and day to lay out some new turf on the field, shoveled mud into specific places across the park and overall tried to give the attendees a more comfortable experience.

BALU BRIGADA

FINN WOLFHARD

SUKI WATERHOUSE

Sadly, some sets did have to get cancelled or shortened, but that didn’t stop attendees from trying their best to go see them. Some of the artists that were on many peoples radar included Balu Brigada, Finn Wolfhard, Suki Waterhouse, Young Miko and many more!

We managed to catch Ryan Beatty at the Beatbox stage and wow was his voice soothing. We then walked the park and stumbled upon the Aperol Day Club by Aperol Spritz where they had a DJ playing music from all the eras, fun games where you could win prizes and an outdoor area to relax and enjoy your drinks. We then returned to the T-Mobile stage to watch the one and only Bleachers – they had everyone in the crowd singing, dancing and cheering non stop.

YOUNG MIKO

IT’S MURPH

BLEACHERS

LYKKE LI

The final set of the night that we caught was the one and only Lorde. The singer opened the set with an unreleased song followed by ‘Royals,’ and immediately the nostalgia poured in, everyone sang at the top of their lungs. The set included songs such as ‘What Was That,’ ‘Perfect Places,’ and even ‘Buzzcut Season,’ songs from almost her entire discography! She thanked fans for coming out to the set and mentioned how this was a special festival for her as she opened the Ultrasound World Tour a year prior in Austin, and is now finishing the tour in Austin as well, it was a very bittersweet moment.

For the final song ‘Ribs,’ the singer came into the crowd and performed the song, leaving everyone in tears as they danced and sang along to what some consider one of her best songs. The set ended with fireworks across the T-Mobile stage and Lorde thanking everyone for coming out, concluding day two of Austin City Limits Music Festival.

LORDE

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