Austin City Limits is heading back to Zilker Park in Austin, Texas, for two weekends on October 2–4 and October 9–11, 2026, and this year carries extra weight: ACL is celebrating its 25th anniversary.

The festival first launched in 2002 as a two-day event at Zilker Park and has since grown into one of the defining multi-weekend festivals in the U.S.

To mark the milestone, we used Booking Agent Info’s music industry database to look up the agencies behind this year’s lineup and compared the results to last year.

The Team leads all agencies with 28% of the lineup, up from 26% last year. They booked headliners Lorde, Skrillex, The xx, and more.

CAA follows with 22%, a notable jump from 17% last year, powered by headliners including Charli xcx, RÜFÜS DU SOL, Twenty One Pilots, and others.

UTA remained relatively steady, rising slightly from 12% last year to 13% this year, with artists including Cure for Paranoia, Rebecca Black, Noga Erez, and more.

WME with 11%, last year they had 17%, they represent headliner Kings of Leon along with Dev Hynes, Lola Young, Labrinth, and others.

TBA Agency held steady at 3%, representing DÁMARIS BÓJOR, Kevin Atwater, Rio Kosta, and Underscores.

Atlas Touring, IAG, and Paladin Artists each account for 2% of the lineup, with Atlas representing Fai Laci and Happy Landing, IAG representing Izzy Escobar and Joe Jordan, and Paladin Artists representing Dallas Wax and Solya.

The remaining 15% share of the lineup is spread across a mix of other agencies and artists who handle their bookings in-house.

We excluded 2 artists.