Pearl Jam (photo: Danny Clinch)
Pearl Jam (photo: Danny Clinch)

The Austin City Limits Music Festival returns for its 13th year Austin’s Zilker Park with an energetic lineup featuring headliner Eminem in his only performance in the Southwest in 2014.

Also headlining are Pearl Jam, Outkast, Skrillex, Beck, Calvin Harris, Lana Del Rey, Lorde (Weekend Two only), Foster The People, The Replacements and Zedd.

Joining the three-day, eight-stage party are Major Lazer, The Avett Brothers, Austin’s own Spoon, The Head and the Heart, Belle & Sebastian, Interpol, Chromeo, Broken Bells, Childish Gambino, CHVRCHES, Jimmy Cliff, St. Vincent and Phantogram.

The 2014 edition of the Austin City Limits Music Festival is October 3-5 and October 10-12 in Zilker Park.

ACL Festival keeps 2014 diverse with such women artists as Lana Del Rey and Lorde (Weekend Two only) and female-led outfits The Head and the Heart, St. Vincent, Phantogram, Iggy Azalea, Jenny Lewis, tUnE -yArDs, and My Brightest Diamond.

The lineup includes international artists Zedd (Germany), CHVRCHES (Scotland), Juanes (Columbia,) Iggy Azalea (Australia), Icona Pop (Sweden), Paolo Nutini (Scotland), Sam Smith (England), KONGOS (South Africa), Temples (England), Ana Tijoux (France), Hozier (Ireland), MØ (Denmark), and Zoé (Mexico) and a kick of bass to start the dance party with The Glitch Mob, Gramatik, Beats Antique and others.

In ACL Festival tradition, you don’t have to look far for musical discoveries with such “heatseekers” as the Boston indie jazz quartet, Lake Street Dive, Lucius, Falls, Nikki Lane, Young & Sick, The Districts and New Orleans-based singer-songwriter Benjamin Booker.

Each weekend of ACL Festival will showcase acts that call the Live Music Capital of the World their home, including the 13th appearance of Asleep at the Wheel, Saints of Valory, Black Pistol Fire, Blue Bear, Wood & Wire, Emily Wolfe, The NIGHTOWLS, Dawn and Hawkes, Mike and the Moon Pies, Sphynx, Penny & Sparrow, Riders Against the Storm, Hard Proof and Arum Rae.

Regularly priced three-day passes for both weekends of ACL Festival, as well as VIP and Platinum Passes and travel packages, are available at the official website here.

Learn more about the festival via iHeartRadio, which will launch ACL Festival Radio, the festival’s official station. The exclusive digital radio provider and official partner of Austin City Limits Music Festival will be filling the internet airwaves with music from ACL performers and more via this link.

Austin City Limits Music Festival is sponsored by Samsung Galaxy, Honda, Miller Lite, RetailMeNot, Austin Ventures, BMI, Fireman’s #4, CamelBak and Tito’s Handmade Vodka.

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