How much money did the 2023 ACL Music Festival bring to Austin?
The Austin Parks Foundation and C3 Presents, which produces Austin City Limits Music Festival, will give the economic impact report from the 2023 festival Monday morning.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — C3 Presents, which produces the Austin City Limits Music Festival, presented the Austin Parks Foundation with an $8.1 million check Monday that will go toward improvements at the hundreds of parks and recreation centers throughout the city.
The festival's commitment to Austin parks is nearly $1 million more than last year's contribution to the foundation.
Festival organizers and city leaders said the 2023 festival had a $500 million impact on the city — a more than 10% increase from 2022.
The 2022 ACL Music Festival brought in nearly $448 million for the Austin economy. More than $3 billion has been generated since ACL began tracking the festival’s economic impact in 2006, organizers previously said.
Kendrick Lamar, Foo Fighters, Mumford & Sons, Odesza, The Lumineers, Shania Twain, Alanis Morissette and Hozier headlined in 2023.
The 2024 festival lineup was released on May 9 with Dua Lipa, Tyler, The Creator, Chris Stapleton, Blink-182, Sturgill Simpson, Pretty Lights, Khruangbin and Leon Bridges among the artists scheduled to perform.