ACL Fest 2026: how to watch the first weekend live on Disney+ and Hulu
Austin City Limits Music Festival will stream all three days of its first 2026 weekend live on Disney+ and Hulu from 2 to 4 October, with two channels carrying sets from the afternoon into late night. The published schedule lists all streaming times in Eastern Standard Time. Pitchfork
The 2026 festival is the 25th-anniversary edition. It runs across two weekends, 2 to 4 October and 9 to 11 October, at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas. Only the first weekend is part of the announced livestream.
Headliners for this year include Charli XCX, the xx, Lorde, Twenty One Pilots and Skrillex. All five are included in the streaming programme for the first weekend.
For fans, this means no extra ticket is needed beyond a subscription. Disney+ and Hulu subscribers can watch the exclusive livestream from 2 to 4 October at no additional cost, according to the festival site. ACL Festival Hulu notes that viewers need an active Hulu subscription and a supported device for live TV to watch favourite performers live. Hulu Help
Friday, 2 October opens the stream at 4:35 PM EST on both channels. Channel 1 begins with Asleep at the Wheel, followed by New Constellations at 5:25 PM, Brandon Flowers at 6:15 PM, Turnstile at 7:15 PM and Leon Thomas at 8:15 PM. The night then moves to The Chainsmokers at 9:35 PM and Charli XCX at 10:45 PM.
The second channel on Friday offers a parallel run. LP starts at 4:35 PM, followed by Jesse Welles at 5:40 PM, Bunt. at 6:45 PM, Labrinth at 7:50 PM and Molly Santana at 8:55 PM. Skrillex closes that channel at 10:05 PM.
Saturday, 3 October follows the same two-channel pattern. Channel 1 lists Finn Wolfhard at 4:25 PM, Suki Waterhouse at 5:15 PM, Palace at 6:30 PM, Lola Young at 7:30 PM and Lykke Li at 8:35 PM, leading into Lorde at 9:40 PM. Channel 2 lists Arcy Drive at 4:25 PM, Young Miko at 5:30 PM, Balu Brigada at 6:35 PM, Bleachers at 7:45 PM and Levity at 8:55 PM, with Snow Strippers at 10:00 PM.
Sunday, 4 October is the longest streaming night. Channel 1 runs from Dexter and the Moonrocks at 4:35 PM through Audrey Hobert at 5:30 PM, Max Mcnown at 6:25 PM, Geese at 7:30 PM and Blood Orange at 8:35 PM. Twenty One Pilots follow at 9:45 PM, with Parcels closing at 11:20 PM.
Channel 2 on Sunday starts with Stella Lefty at 4:35 PM, then Claire Rosinkranz at 5:25 PM, Cannons at 6:30 PM, Sofi Tukker at 7:30 PM and Saint Motel at 8:35 PM. The xx are listed at 9:45 PM, directly opposite Twenty One Pilots, before The War on Drugs close at 11:05 PM.
Hulu has streamed the festival before. It served as the official streaming destination for Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits in 2022 and 2023, with select performances shown to subscribers at no extra cost. The 2026 edition extends that arrangement to Disney+ as well.
