Austin City Limits Music Festival, one of Texas' biggest events, is having a banner year for its 25th Anniversary. Five months before the festival — held October 2-4 and October 9-11 — music lovers now know who to expect on the lineup.

The highly anticipated headliners include:

• Charli xcx
• RÜFÜS DU SOL
• Twenty One Pilots
• Lorde
• Skrillex (Weekend One only)
• Kings of Leon (Weekend Two only)
• The xx

Of course, there are plenty of other acts worth seeing who aren't headliners. Some standouts chosen by the festival include:

• Turnstile
• Labrinth
• Lola Young
• The Chainsmokers
• Geese
• Young Miko
• Bleachers
• SOFI TUKKER
• Parcels
• The War On Drugs
• Leon Thomas
• Brandon Flowers (Weekend One)

While there are certainly less expensive and crowded places to see Texas musicians, ACL Fest is a rite of passage — and for bigger or traveling artists, sometimes a homecoming. Here's who's representing the Lone Star State this year:

• Bo Staloch (W1)
• World Famous Pets (W2)
• Calder Allen
• Solya (W1)
• Asleep At The Wheel (W1)
• DJ Cassandra (W1)
• Cure For Paranoia (W1)
• NIGHT TRAVELER (W1)
• Grocery Bag (W1)
• Coleman Jennings (W1)
• lluvii (W2)
• Montclair (W2)
• Almost Heaven (W2)
• Left Lucid (W1)
• The 4411 (W1)
• The Moriah Sisters (W1)
• Huston Tillotson University Jazz Collective (W2)

In our opinion, a few acts got short shrift in the announcement. Here are the names we're excited to see while digging deeper:

• Lykke Li
• Jesse Welles
• Saint Motel
• LP
• Natasha Bedingfield (W2)
• Rebecca Black (W1)

Three-day tickets for both weekends go on sale today, May 5, at noon at ACLFestival.com.

The full ACL Fest lineup for 2026.Graphic courtesy of Austin City Limits Music Festival