Shows kick off on September 28th on PBS
Austin City Limits has announced the lineup for the first part of its 50th broadcast season. Kacey Musgraves, Chris Stapleton, Juanes, Gary Clark Jr., Brittany Howard, Nickel Creek, Black Pumas, Maggie Rogers, and The War And Treaty, return to the program while Gracie Abrams, Jelly Roll, and Jacob Collier make their ACL debuts.
ACL returns on Saturday, September 28th at 8 pm ET with a luminous hour from an American original, seven-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves. The program airs weekly on PBS stations and streams online immediately following the initial broadcast.
Produced by Austin PBS, and recorded live at ACL’s studio home ACL Live in Austin, Texas, the program has earned its place in history. In May 2024, the show’s longtime executive producer Terry Lickona was awarded public television’s highest honor, The Beacon Award, presented by Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl. The esteemed award pays tribute to individuals whose work inspires Americans and enriches our nation, in keeping with the mission of PBS.
Iconic music series Austin City Limits (ACL) kicks off the 50th anniversary celebration by welcoming a new Austin City Limits Hall of Fame honoree into its ranks for this milestone: Garth Brooks. For the first time in the decade-long history of the ACL Hall of Fame, only one inductee will be honored at this epic tenth anniversary Hall of Fame celebration taking place on September 5th at ACL’s studio home, ACL Live at The Moody Theater in downtown Austin. Brooks and his band will perform for the occasion. Brooks anchored ACL’s 25th anniversary broadcast season with a pair of appearances and returns now for the Hall of Fame salute to launch the trailblazing television series’ record-making 50th season. Musical highlights and Brooks’ induction from the Hall of Fame ceremony will air as a special hourlong broadcast of Austin City Limits as a highlight of the program’s golden anniversary season 50.
The complete line-up for the full 14-week season, including seven new episodes to air beginning January 2025, will be announced later.
2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the live music beacon Austin City Limits, which taped its debut pilot episode on October 17, 1974; the pioneering series premiered on PBS in 1975. ACL celebrates its remarkable legacy with a yearlong celebration through 2025. Since its inception in 2014, the ACL Hall of Fame has honored legendary artists who have played a pivotal role in the trailblazing music series’ outstanding half-century as a music institution. The inaugural awards in 2014 honored Willie Nelson and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Garth Brooks has longtime ties to ACL, with three legendary Austin City Limits performances. He first appeared on the program in 1990, during Season 15, at the beginning of his career. The celebrated artist returned a decade later to both open and close ACL’s milestone Season 25 with two hourlong episodes.
