Austin City Limits 2013: Oct 4-6 &Oct 11-13

Man, I am so pumped for so much of this lineup. Depeche Mode, Autre Ne Veut, AfP, FIDLAR, Arctic Monkeys, Toro y Moi...

Weekend one is now sold out.

Are you going to have a car? If not, you either want to be in walking distance of Zilker Park, or near the shuttle which goes to 4th and Guadalupe St in Downtown.

Check out www.airbnb.com I use it all the time. People rent out their homes/apartments/rooms to others.

This is my usual go to under $200 a night hotel for ACL. It's sold out for the first weekend, probably the second by now too. It puts you right in the heart of downtown and the aftershows.

www.extendedstayamerica.com/property/extended-stay-america-austin-downtown-6th-st-hotel.html

Austin Motel.This is the best deal on a quality room around.Really cool place. They only take reservations a month in advance unfortunately. I think you have to be standing in their lobby on that day because I've never had luck getting booked for this fest.

www.austinmotel.com/

If you want to splurge, The San Jose is a really sweet hipster's paradise on South Congress.

www.sanjosehotel.com/


This probably hasn't been much help this late in the booking season.Airbnb may be your best bet. There are a few places around east of I-35, north of downtown, that are not really the best atmosphere but they are cheap and safe and within walking distance of downtown. I've used them as last resorts. There are also some nice Marriott hotels east of I-35 and south of downtown that offer a shuttle service.

I'm at the HI Hostel. Kind of looking forward to it as I haven't stayed in one in yeeeeaaaaars. And seeing as I am doing this festival solo, it seemed like a nice plan.

Am i doing this right? I would love to buy this ticket from you. Thanks bunches

When does the schedule for this usually come out?

Good choice. Definitely within walking distance to the fest. I love that place and the neighborhood on South Congress is fantastic. Guero's Taco Bar would be nice for afternoon lunch and margaritas. Try some Jo's Coffee and maybe some Amy's Ice Cream. More than likely a decent late night show will be happening at The Continental Club across the street on Sunday when not much else is going on at other venues. I'm curious as to how the aftershows will work with it being two weekends now.

Schedule is here: www.aclfestival.com/2013-schedule/

With a trip to Bear Creek beginning to look less likely, ACL could become an option. I'm loving the way this schedule lines up for me.

FRI
The Orwells > FIDLAR > Savages > Smith Westerns > Houndmouth/Local Natives > Vampire Weekend > Jon Spencer Blues Explosion > Depeche Mode

SAT
Parquet Courts > Autre Ne Veut/Deap Valley > Valerie June > True Believers > Grimes > Wilco > Bright Light Social Hour > The Cure/Kings of Leon

SUN
Band Of Heathens > Dawes > D'Angelo > White Denim > The National > Tame Impala > Neko Case/Shuggie Otis > Atoms For Peace

and I still have some acts I'm not familiar with to check out.

It's hard to beat the festival experience at Spirit Of Suwanee, but this would be a nice, closer consolation.

After seeing The Cure on the Lollapalooza webcast last night and listening to the new Valerie June album this morning I really wanna go.

"A friend and I" .... Hope you're there for the photography or video portion only.

Just giving you flack! That's really awesome.

ha!

Yeah. I tried that a week ago. The mobile app hasn't been updated for this year either. I think they will fix that within a couple of weeks. I'm really curious to see how they do the aftershows with this being the first fest to do the two weekend/mostly same lineup thing that has those late night club shows. Will they have the same bands at the same clubs both weekends? I've gone to ACL weekend in the past only for aftershows and it's usually tough picking the one you want to see.