Founded in 2002, Austin City Limits Music Festival presented by the Austin Parks Foundation is one of the
premier destination festivals in the United States. ACL Festival is an 8–stage music, food, and art festival that
takes place on back–to–back weekends in Zilker Park in the heart of Austin, Texas.
In 2009, C3 Presents hired AngelouEconomics (AE) to measure the economic contributions of the Austin
City Limits Music Festival to Austin.
Austin City Limits 2022 contributed $447.9 million to the Austin economy