Weekend 1 of the Austin City Limits Music Festival started off with a muddy bang, but that didn’t stop tens of thousands of festivalgoers from reaching their favorite performers.

Even with a delayed start on Saturday, crowds donned boots and rain gear to see highly anticipated acts like Charli xcx, Lorde and CMAT.

The KUT and KUTX multimedia team ventured out into Zilker Park to find the best moments from the festival. Here’s a selection of what they saw.

A woman performs on stage with her face obscured by a scarf.

CMAT performs on the opening day of ACL.

A man in a mask swings a microphone on a long cord over a crowd at night. Everyone in the image is awash in red light.

Tyler Joseph, lead singer of Twenty One Pilots, swings his microphone over the crowd during the band’s performance to close out the first weekend of ACL.

People walk by a large mud pile during a music festival.

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People walk by a large mud pile during ACL Fest.

A woman in a silver outfit screams into a microphone on a stage.

Amy Taylor, the lead singer for Amyl and the Sniffers, performs with the band.

A man dressed as a mermaid jumps into the air in a crowd at a music festival.

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Hugo Linton, dressed as a mermaid, moshes while Turnstile performs during the first day of ACL.

A man raises his arm in the air as he sings into a microphone.

Cure for Paranoia performs during the Austin City Limits Music Festival.

Three women wearing rain ponchos laugh as they walk on muddy ground.

From left, Mariah Shankle, Lauryn Davis and Ariel Corripio walk through the rain on Sunday.

People mosh in front of a band. One man is turned toward the camera with his arm in the air as he smiles.

A crowd moshes during Geese’s set at ACL.

A woman looks up with one arm raised slightly while singing into a microphone on stage.

Faouzia performs at the Miller Lite stage during ACL.

A man performs on a stage with a screen behind him showing an audience.

Turnstile lead singer Brendan Yates performs on stage with a projection of the crowd behind him during their set.

Two sets of boots, one yellow, are shown close up walking through wet mud.

Festivalgoers walks through mud on the rainy first day of ACL Fest.

A woman is seen from the side singing into a microphone as her hair is straight out behind her. In the background is a blue screen.

Audrey Hobert sings into her microphone during her set.

A shirtless man wearing a shirt tied around his face, while covered in mud, raises his arms into the air in a crowd.

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Axel Manica raises his arms into the air following Turnstile’s performance on Friday.

A puddle of water shows the reflection of flags and people walking with ponchos on.

A large puddle of water shows the reflection of the ACL Fest flags while people walk past wearing rain ponchos.

A man holds a guitar behind his head as he performs on stage.

Dillion Aitala of Grocery Bag performs on the opening day of ACL Fest.

In front of a purple background a woman, shown closely, snears into a microphone.

Lola Young performs on the American Express stage.

People walk past an area with astroturf while mud is shown surrounding it.

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Festivalgoers walk on synthetic turf near a muddy area in Zilker Park.

A woman holds an arrow out while she performs on stage.

Suki Waterhouse performs on the T-Mobile stage.

Four women are shown from behind with ponchos on walking across mud at a music festival.

Four women wear rain ponchos covering their backpacks as they walk through the rain and mud on Friday.