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Our favorite photos from Weekend 1 at ACL Fest

KUT 90.5

Published October 5, 2026 at 5:49 PM CDT

Lauren Sanderson performs in front of fans during her set at the Austin City Limits Music Festival.

Weekend 1 of the Austin City Limits Music Festival started off with a muddy bang, but that didn't stop tens of thousands of festivalgoers from reaching their favorite performers.

Even with a delayed start on Saturday, crowds donned boots and rain gear to see highly anticipated acts like Charli xcx, Lorde and CMAT.

The KUT and KUTX multimedia team ventured out into Zilker Park to find the best moments from the festival. Here's a selection of what they saw.

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CMAT performs on the opening day of ACL.

Tyler Joseph, lead singer of Twenty One Pilots, swings his microphone over the crowd during the band's performance to close out the first weekend of ACL.

People walk by a large mud pile during ACL Fest.

Amy Taylor, the lead singer for Amyl and the Sniffers, performs with the band.

Hugo Linton, dressed as a mermaid, moshes while Turnstile performs during the first day of ACL.

Cure for Paranoia performs during the Austin City Limits Music Festival.

From left, Mariah Shankle, Lauryn Davis and Ariel Corripio walk through the rain on Sunday.

A crowd moshes during Geese's set at ACL.

Faouzia performs at the Miller Lite stage during ACL.

Turnstile lead singer Brendan Yates performs on stage with a projection of the crowd behind him during their set.

Festivalgoers walks through mud on the rainy first day of ACL Fest.

Audrey Hobert sings into her microphone during her set.

Axel Manica raises his arms into the air following Turnstile's performance on Friday.

A large puddle of water shows the reflection of the ACL Fest flags while people walk past wearing rain ponchos.

Dillion Aitala of Grocery Bag performs on the opening day of ACL Fest.

Lola Young performs on the American Express stage.

Festivalgoers walk on synthetic turf near a muddy area in Zilker Park.

Suki Waterhouse performs on the T-Mobile stage.

Four women wear rain ponchos covering their backpacks as they walk through the rain and mud on Friday.

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