2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival Line Up Announced

Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, Beastie Boys, Kings of Leon, Ben Harper and Relentless7, and Thievery Corporation to headline Austin City Limits Music Festival.

The 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival will showcase a diverse blend of acts both fresh and familiar at the eighth edition of the event in Zilker Park October 2-4. Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, and Beastie Boys are performing for the first time at the Festival, with Kings of Leon, Ben Harper and Relentless7, and Thievery Corporation returning to Zilker Park once again. John Legend, The Dead Weather, and The Levon Helm Band will also make their ACL Festival debut, while Austin‘s own Ghostland Observatory will no doubt deliver another memorable set for festival goers.

With over 130 artists on this year’s bill, the list of acts awes at each note with the likes of Sonic Youth, Mos Def, Toadies, Flogging Molly, The B-52s, Lily Allen, Citizen Cope, Arctic Monkeys, The Decemberists, Coheed and Cambria, Andrew Bird, Girl Talk, and many more.

In the tradition of the TV show from which it was born, the Festival has always aimed to offer musical discovery for the fans. The 2009 lineup is rich with pop, country, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, indie rock, hip-hop, and gospel, to name a few, spanning cultures and countries from New Orleans to Venezuela to France.

Three-day passes are available and selling at a brisk clip at the Regular price of $185. As always, prices include all service fees. Tickets and VIP packages are available at www.aclfestival.com.

“Zilker Park’s transformation is nearly complete,” said Charlie McCabe, Executive Director of the Austin Parks Foundation, non-profit beneficiary of the Festival. “The fields have been re-graded, over 17,000 linear feet of irrigation pipe are now in place, and work began to install 42 acres of new sod on Earth Day. Patrons of this year’s Festival will rock out on a lush new blanket of grass, and the Austin community will enjoy a greener park this year and in years to come.”

The ACL Festival is committed to minimizing its environmental impact with green initiatives in practice throughout Zilker Park. This year’s Festival will once again be carbon neutral. Festival goers are encouraged to get in on the act by buying a BeGreen Fan Tag during the ticket purchase process to offset their Festival travel, riding free Festival shuttles, walking, or biking to the grounds. Honda, ACL Festival’s official eco-partner, is upping the ante of the Rock & Recycle program this year for fans willing to do their part for the environment. Fans that Rock &
Recycle in Zilker Park will earn the chance to win a brand new 2010 Honda Insight hybrid.

The 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival is generously sponsored by AMD, Dell, Austin Ventures, BMI, H-E-B, Heineken, Sweet Leaf Tea, and VitaminWater.

As of May 19, 2009: http://2009.aclfestival.com/

Friday, October 2

• Beastie Boys
• Kings of Leon
• Thievery Corporation
• Mos Def
• Lily Allen
• Coheed and Cambria
• Andrew Bird
• Phoenix
• Bassnectar
• Medeski, Martin & Wood
• Avett Brothers
• Reckless Kelly
• Los Amigos Invisibles
• The Walkmen
• Asleep at the Wheel
• Poi Dog Pondering
• Dr. Dog
• Blitzen Trapper
• The Knux
• Zac Brown Band
• Daniel Johnston
• School of Seven Bells
• Todd Snider
• Walter “Wolfman” Washington
• K’Naan
• The Greencards
• The Wood Brothers
• Sara Watkins
• The Parlor Mob
• Low Anthem
• Mishka
• Leatherbag
• Jonell Mosser
• Sarah Siskind
• Nelo
• The Gospel Silvertones
• Barton Hills Choir
• Loose Cannons
• Paul Green’s School of Rock All Stars
• Telephone Company
• Milkshake
• Lunch Money

Saturday, October 3

• Dave Matthews Band
• John Legend
• The Levon Helm Band
• Ghostland Observatory
• The Decemberists
• Flogging Molly
• Citizen Cope
• STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9)
• Bon Iver
• Mute Math
• !!!
• DeVotchka
• The Scabs
• Grizzly Bear
• The Airborne Toxic Event
• The Raveonettes
• Federico Aubele
• The Felice Brothers
• Eek-A-Mouse
• Henry Butler
• Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3
• John Vanderslice
• The Virgins
• Alberta Cross
• Sam Roberts Band
• Bell X1
• Deer Tick
• The Henry Clay People
• Cotton Jones
• Papa Mali
• Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights
• Mimicking Birds
• Sarah Jaffe
• The Soul Stirrers
• Jeffrey Steele
• Damien Horne
• Diakonos
• Quinn Sullivan
• The Dexateens
• Mr. Leebot
• Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
• Ralph’s World

Sunday, October 4

• Pearl Jam
• Ben Harper and Relentless7
• The Dead Weather
• Sonic Youth
• Toadies
• The B-52s
• Arctic Monkeys
• Clutch
• Michael Franti & Spearhead
• Girl Talk
• Passion Pit
• Heartless Bastards
• White Lies
• Dan Auerbach
• Raul Malo
• Brett Dennen
• The Dodos
• Preservation Hall Jazz Band
• Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears
• State Radio
• Here We Go Magic
• David Garza
• Rodriguez
• Marva Wright
• Rebirth Brass Band
• Terri Hendrix
• Alela Diane
• Lisa Hannigan
• L.A.X.
• Suckers
• Sons of Bill
• Jypsi
• Danny Brooks
• Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
• The Durdens
• Vince Mira
• Keith Gattis
• Q Brothers

Pick of the Week: Kings of Leon 05.19.2009

Kings Of Leon @ Mesa Amphitheatre, Mesa