{"id":621626,"date":"2026-10-05T20:56:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T20:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/621626\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T20:56:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T20:56:19","slug":"our-favorite-photos-from-weekend-1-at-acl-fest-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/621626\/","title":{"rendered":"Our favorite photos from Weekend 1 at ACL Fest 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Weekend 1 of the Austin City Limits Music Festival started off with a muddy bang, but that didn&#8217;t stop tens of thousands of festivalgoers from reaching their favorite performers.<\/p>\n<p>Even with a delayed start on Saturday, crowds donned boots and rain gear to see highly anticipated acts like Charli xcx, Lorde and CMAT.<\/p>\n<p>The KUT and KUTX multimedia team ventured out into Zilker Park to find the best moments from the festival. Here&#8217;s a selection of what they saw.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"A woman performs on stage with her face obscured by a scarf.\"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791233770_832_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    CMAT performs on the opening day of ACL.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"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. \"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791233771_887_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    Tyler Joseph, lead singer of Twenty One Pilots, swings his microphone over the crowd during the band&#8217;s performance to close out the first weekend of ACL.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"People walk by a large mud pile during a music festival. \"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791233771_131_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lorianne Willett<\/p>\n<p>\/<\/p>\n<p>KUT News<\/p>\n<p>People walk by a large mud pile during ACL Fest.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"A woman in a silver outfit screams into a microphone on a stage.\"  width=\"880\" height=\"613\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791233772_100_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    Amy Taylor, the lead singer for Amyl and the Sniffers, performs with the band.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"A man dressed as a mermaid jumps into the air in a crowd at a music festival.\"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791233772_370_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lorianne Willett<\/p>\n<p>\/<\/p>\n<p>KUT News<\/p>\n<p>Hugo Linton, dressed as a mermaid, moshes while Turnstile performs during the first day of ACL.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"A man raises his arm in the air as he sings into a microphone.\"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791233773_901_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    Cure for Paranoia performs during the Austin City Limits Music Festival.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Three women wearing rain ponchos laugh as they walk on muddy ground. \"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791233773_866_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    From left, Mariah Shankle, Lauryn Davis and Ariel Corripio walk through the rain on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"People mosh in front of a band. One man is turned toward the camera with his arm in the air as he smiles. \"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791233774_845_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    A crowd moshes during Geese\u2019s set at ACL.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"A woman looks up with one arm raised slightly while singing into a microphone on stage.\"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791233774_741_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    Faouzia performs at the Miller Lite stage during ACL.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"A man performs on a stage with a screen behind him showing an audience. \"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791233775_453_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    Turnstile lead singer Brendan Yates performs on stage with a projection of the crowd behind him during their set.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Two sets of boots, one yellow, are shown close up walking through wet mud. \"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791233776_4_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    Festivalgoers walks through mud on the rainy first day of ACL Fest.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"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. \"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791233776_27_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    Audrey Hobert sings into her microphone during her set.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"A shirtless man wearing a shirt tied around his face, while covered in mud, raises his arms into the air in a crowd.\"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791233776_331_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lorianne Willett<\/p>\n<p>\/<\/p>\n<p>KUT News<\/p>\n<p>Axel Manica raises his arms into the air following Turnstile&#8217;s performance on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"A puddle of water shows the reflection of flags and people walking with ponchos on. \"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791233777_301_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    A large puddle of water shows the reflection of the ACL Fest flags while people walk past wearing rain ponchos. <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"A man holds a guitar behind his head as he performs on stage. \"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791233777_301_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    Dillion Aitala of Grocery Bag performs on the opening day of ACL Fest.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"In front of a purple background a woman, shown closely, snears into a microphone.\"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791233778_981_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    Lola Young performs on the American Express stage.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"People walk past an area with astroturf while mud is shown surrounding it. \"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791233778_744_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lorianne Willett<\/p>\n<p>\/<\/p>\n<p>KUT News<\/p>\n<p>Festivalgoers walk on synthetic turf near a muddy area in Zilker Park.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"A woman holds an arrow out while she performs on stage. \"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791233779_296_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    Suki Waterhouse performs on the T-Mobile stage.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Four women are shown from behind with ponchos on walking across mud at a music festival. \"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791233779_36_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    Four women wear rain ponchos covering their backpacks as they walk through the rain and mud on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Weekend 1 of the Austin City Limits Music Festival started off with a muddy bang, but that didn&#8217;t&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[305947,305948,305949,53856,305950,156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-621626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-acl-fest-photos","tag-acl-photo","tag-austin-city-limits-music-festival","tag-austin-tx","tag-best-photos","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}