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2011 ACL Music Fest (9/16-9/18) Stevie Wonder, Arcade Fire, Kanye West, Coldplay, etc

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What?
The 10th Anniversary of the Austin City Limits Music Festival that bares the same name as the long-running PBS series that is filmed in downtown Austin.

When?
September 16th - September 18, 2011

Where?
Beautiful Zilker Park located just south of downtown Austin, TX

Why?
The following musicians will be playing during the festival.

Friday, Sep 16
Kanye West
Coldplay
Nas & Damian "Jr Gong" Marley
Bright Eyes
Santigold
Pretty Lights
Big Boi
Ray LaMontagne
Old Crow Medicine Show
Cold War Kids
Delta Spirit
Foster The People
Smith Westerns
Mavis Staples
Jack Ingram
James Blake
Sara Bareilles
Wild Beasts
Brandi Carlile
The Secret Sisters
Phosphorescent
Charles Bradley
Reptar
Beardyman
An Horse
Asleep at the Wheel
Futurebirds
Theophilus London
The Moondoggies
The Cave Singers
Ha Ha Tonka
Miniature Tigers
Bells Of Joy
Disciples Of Christ
Sara Hickman
The School of Rock
Heidi Swedburg
Mariana Iranzi
Recess Monkey

Saturday, Sep 17
Stevie Wonder
My Morning Jacket
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Cee Lo
Cut Copy
TV On The Radio
Skrillex
Iron & Wine
Chromeo
Fitz and the Tantrums
Court Yard Hounds
Young The Giant
Alexander
Preservation Hall Jazz Band and The Del McCoury Band
City and Colour
Twin Shadow
The Antlers
Wanda Jackson
Abigail Washburn & The Village
The Belle Brigade
Aloe Blacc & The Grand Scheme
Daniel Lanois' Black Dub
Fool's Gold
Patrice Pike
Cowboy and Indian
The Warrior Gospel Band
Endurance
Tyree Morris & The Hearts of Worship
Quinn Sullivan
Fresh Millions

Sunday, Sep 18
Arcade Fire
Fleet Foxes
Social Distortion
Empire Of The Sun
Randy Newman
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses
Broken Social Scene
Death From Above 1979
The Airborne Toxic Event
Elbow
The Walkmen
Chiddy Bang
Gomez
AWOLNATION
Hayes Carll
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
The Head and the Heart
Mariachi El Bronx
Joseph Arthur
Bomba Estereo
MONA
The Vaccines
The Greencards
Ruby Jane
Little Hurricane
MilkDrive
The Lee Boys
The Durdens
Peter DiStefano & Tor
Q Brothers
The Barton Hills Choir
Seth Walker

How?
All standard 3-day passes have been sold out. Single day passes will go on sale on May 17th at 10:00 AM CST for $90.
 
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Meier

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Full lineup is out and the 5th headliner is Coldplay! It looks like Arcade Fire will be playing unopposed on Sunday which is rather shocking as I'd definitely put Kanye, Coldplay and Stevie Wonder as significantly bigger draws. Sad that I will miss seeing Coldplay..really sad. :(
 
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Telosfortelos

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Wow, that might be the best ACL lineup yet. Really wish I had gotten tickets this year. Maybe I'll look into day passes.
 
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squidhands

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I was getting pretty worried about this year's line up over the weekend, but the full lineup makes me happy that the wife and I bought 3-day tix a while back. Really excited to finally see Elbow.
 
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Meier

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"Aftershows" listing is out.. it's okay but lacks the star power of the Lolla aftershows line-up. I bought tickets to see The Vaccines support DFA 1979.

Thursday, September 15
PRETTY LIGHTS w/ Nas and special guest Run DMT at Austin Music Hall (Ages 16+)
Old Crow Medicine Show w/ Hayes Carll at Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
Delta Spirit w/ J. Roddy Walston and the Business, Futurebirds at Emo’s Outside
North Mississippi Allstars at Antone’s

Friday, September 16
Manu Chao La Ventura at Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
Skrillex w/ Chiddy Bang at La Zona Rosa (Ages 16+)
Twin Shadow and Cut Copy DJ Set w/ Theophilis London and Diamond Rings at Emo’s (Inside and Outside)
Smith Westerns and Cults at The Parish
Gary Clark Jr. at Antone’s
Lance Herbstrong at Stubb’s Indoors

Saturday, September 17
Empire of the Sun w/ Mayer Hawthorne & The County at Austin Music Hall
Bright Eyes w/ Kurt Vile and the Violators at Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
Fitz and the Tantrums w/ Aloe Blacc & The Grand Scheme at La Zona Rosa
Death From Above 1979 w/ The Vaccines at Emo’s
The Head and The Heart w/ The Moondoggies at Antone’s
Wild Beasts w/ Telekinesis at The Parish
Phosphorescent w/ little hurricane at Stubb’s Indoors
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. w/ Yellow Ostrich at Lambert’s (Ages 21+)
Gospel Brunch: The Lee Boys at Stubb’s Indoors (11AM & 1PM Seatings)

Sunday, September 18
Iron & Wine and Yim Yames at Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
Gospel Brunch: Tyree Morris & Heart of Worship at Stubb’s Indoors (11AM & 1PM Seatings)
 
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Meier

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Coming up this weekend! Youtube will be doing a live stream of the fest -- I'll throw up the link once its up.
 
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StoOgE

First tragedy, then farce.
My girlfriend is covering it for MTV again (I think, she may bow out).. For the first time in forever I'm not going. F' this heat. Won't do it.
 
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Meier

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God damn Kanye was fucking amaaaazing! Dude is just the ultimate performer.. his show is second to none. Hated missing Coldplay but I'd do it again in a heartbeat. That was my 3rd time seeing him and it's just an absolute religious experience every time.
 
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Tunavi

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Meier said:
God damn Kanye was fucking amaaaazing! Dude is just the ultimate performer.. his show is second to none. Hated missing Coldplay but I'd do it again in a heartbeat. That was my 3rd time seeing him and it's just an absolute religious experience every time.
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How long does it take to walk from one side of the park to the other?
 
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squidhands

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Tunavi said:
How long does it take to walk from one side of the park to the other?
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Looks like we'll be seeing a lot of the same shows. :)

As for the walk, if you're going from Honda to Bud Light for Social to Arcade Fire, it's maybe 10mins I think. If you want to get close to the stage, you'll want to leave a bit earlier because there are a shit ton of people. After my experience on Friday, I'll probably stay back for everyone else this weekend with the exception of Elbow.
 
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Meier

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squidhands said:
Looks like we'll be seeing a lot of the same shows. :)

As for the walk, if you're going from Honda to Bud Light for Social to Arcade Fire, it's maybe 10mins I think. If you want to get close to the stage, you'll want to leave a bit earlier because there are a shit ton of people. After my experience on Friday, I'll probably stay back for everyone else this weekend with the exception of Elbow.
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Hey man, sorry we didn't end up getting to meet up. I actually watched Elbow as well from a ways back and they were incredible! I love a shitton of Manc bands but just never got into them.. gotta remedy that.

Sorry I missed your post Tunavi. The park is so small compared to Grant Park and Lollapalooza.. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not. I feel like they definitely need to split up the food vendors though. That area is ridiculous.
 
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