For Austin-area ACL Fest fans, we would like to take this time to showcase a number of music-related events that the local arts community has put together to help aid earthquake relief currently underway in Haiti.
Antone’s Medical Supplies Donation Drive
Antone’s will be throwing a medical supply drive for Haiti earthquake survivors Tuesday, January 19th. The drive will last into the night, and people can drop off medical and surgical supplies at the nightclub. Film and music industry members and Texans for Haiti are organizing the drive, and supplies will be delivered to Haiti via a jet provided by a private foundation. Medical supplies needed include elastic bandages, splints, slings, antibiotic ointment, latex-free gloves and respirator masks. For a complete list of requested supplies, visit their website below, or search for “Haiti Med Supplies” on Facebook.
Antone’s Medical Supplies Donation Drive
Tuesday, January 19th
Antone’s
213 West Fifth St.
(512) 413-7657 More Info
Show Austin Cares
Scholz Garten is hosting an Austin Helps Haiti fundraiser from 5:00pm to 7:30pm Wednesday, January 20th. Monetary donations collected at the live music benefit concert will be donated to support the work of The Salvation Army in Haiti. Jimmie Dale Gilmore, James McMurtry and Jenny Reynolds will perform.
Show Austin Cares
Wednesday, January 20th
Scholz Garten
1607 San Jacinto
(512) 474-1958 More Info
Help Us Help Haiti Help Us Help Haiti, taking place at the Austin Music Hall, begins at 5:00pm and includes performances from Asleep at the Wheel, Band of Heathens, Bruce Robison, Charlie Sexton, The Flatlanders, The Gourds, Guy Forsyth, Jack Ingram, Joe Ely, Kelly Willis, Kinky Friedman, Patricia Vaughn, Paula Nelson, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Reckless Kelly, Robert Earl Keen and Shawn Colvin.
Help Us Help Haiti
Sunday, January 24th
The Austin Music Hall
208 Nueces
(512)263-4240 More Info
Can’t make it to any of these events? The Entrepreneurs Foundation of Central Texas has announced that they will match all donations to Haiti given through their website up to $600,000. To connect with them and donate, click here.
Now through the holidays, shop the 2009 ACL Festival Store for 50% off. Nab a limited-edition, screen printed commemorative poster by longtime Pearl Jam designers the Ames Bros for only $10. Or pick up the t-shirt of the year — the sumptuously airbrushed masterpiece Two Squirrel Moon — for only $12.50. While supplies last!
Just because the ACL Festival for this year is over, the music doesn’t have to stop. You can relive the entire weekend with ACL Festival Radio on Goom.
You’ll hear music from many of the 2009 participants along with exclusive backstage interviews with bands like Phoenix, Michael Franti, Raphael Saadiq, STS9, K’naan and more. Don’t let your 09 ACL Festival end yet. Check out the Goom ACL Festival Radio!
Here’s a big shout out to the more than 3,000 ACL Festival goers who made this year’s Rock & Recycle program a smashing success.
Neither rain nor mucky mud kept you from being eco-mindful and taking (green) action in Zilker Park this year. Thank you for helping us make a difference!
AND THE WINNER OF THE 2010 HONDA INSIGHT IS…
Nehal Sanghavi of Austin, Texas! He rocked. He recycled. And now he will be the envy of all of his friends driving around town in his brand new 2010 Honda Insight. Congratulations!
We wanted to take some time to clarify a few things concerning our recent Early Bird ticket sales for the 2010 Austin City Limits Music Festival. You got the questions and we have the answers. Didn’t get to your question? Shoot us an e-mail at info@austincitylimits.com.
1. I’ve bought an Early Bird ACL ticket every year, but this year they sold out before I could even get online to buy them! What’s up?
Due to extremely high demand, 2010 Early Bird 3-Day Passes sold out in record time (less than an hour). The same exact quantity of Early Bird passes was made available this year as in previous years; however, the demand for tickets this year was unprecedented. If you missed out on this batch, stay tuned next spring when 2010 Advance-priced three day passes go on sale for $165, all fees included.
2) Why are there 2010 ACL Festival Early Bird tickets available on scalper websites?
2010 Early Bird tickets were only made available directly to the public via Front Gate Tickets last Tuesday. Front Gate Tickets takes proactive steps to try and ensure that tickets get into the hands of fans — not scalpers — by maintaining an active reseller database and prohibiting known resellers from purchasing tickets. Ticket limits are set to prohibit individuals from ordering excessive amounts of tickets (for 2010 ACL Early Bird tickets the limit was (4) per person). Also, Captcha code and other technologies prohibit automated agents or bots from purchasing tickets through their site, making it very difficult for a reseller to gain access to a large quantity of tickets. Because these security measures are not fool-proof, Front Gate Tickets then takes every step possible to find resellers, cancel any associated orders, and prohibit the person from purchasing tickets again in the future.
However, it is impossible for Front Gate Tickets to stop individuals from purchasing Early Bird tickets and then turning around and selling them to ticket brokers (or to successfully stop 100% of individuals who work for ticket brokers from buying tickets). Again, if you’re interested in attending ACL Festival next October, 2010 Advance-priced 3-Day passes will be available in the spring for $165 each. Do not feel like you should pay a ticket broker an inflated price for Festival tickets now.
3) I got the ACL 2010 notification e-mail hours after the Early Birds went on sale! Why so late?
We use a top service provider for email distribution that follows industry best practices. We have verified that all of the emails we sent from our provider’s servers went out within just 10 minutes of when we pushed the send button, which is very standard for large email lists. Delays in receiving the message in your inbox may have happened on the server-side of your email service provider (like Google, Yahoo, MSN, AOL, etc.). The arrival of an email can be held up for an indeterminate amount of time for a variety of reasons – like server processes, spam controls, or filters applied for general email management. Long story short, there are multiple email servers involved in delivery of an ACL Festival email, so arrival times will vary based on your personal email provider. This is one of the reasons we notified our fans in advance of the 10am onsale time, and also posted notice on both the ACL Twitter and Facebook pages Tuesday morning — which are both more instantaneous messaging channels — at 10:01am (CST).
The $50 Souvenir 3-Day tickets were snapped up lickity split. If you missed them, you can still get tickets at the lowest price for 2010. Check the Tickets page on Tuesday at 10am CST for 2010 Early Bird 3-Day tickets.
Own a piece of ACL Festival history! Ames Bros has designed a limited edition Pearl Jam poster to commemorate their performance at this year’s ACL Festival. Two posters signed by Pearl Jam are available via online auction starting today through October 14th.
Here’s the 411: As part of standard ACL Festival preparations, we (C3 Presents) worked with the Austin Parks and Recreation Department to establish a plan for post-Festival maintenance. This plan includes an extended load-out period to allow time for the grounds to dry before breaking down large structures (like stages), taking extra precautions during the load-out process to further protect the grounds, thoroughly assessing conditions, then repairing and resodding areas of the park as needed.
While many areas of Zilker Park were very muddy, the Austin Parks and Recreation Department states that the grass and root system are still in tact. Zilker Park will be restored to pre-Festival conditions, and as always, C3 Presents will be covering the cost of post-Festival park maintenance. Park officials expect Zilker to re-open at the end of October. Stay tuned for updates & images of the return of Zilker Park!
The 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival will be remembered as an event that brought diverse music — and diverse weather — to Zilker Park. From blue skies and green grass that greeted music lovers as they filled Zilker Park on Friday, to the rain no one seemed to care about on Saturday, and the ensuing emergence of mud on Sunday, tens of thousands of resilient music lovers were dead set on catching their favorite acts no matter what Mother Nature served up.
The threat of rain was not deterrent to the thousands of festival goers who made their way to downtown Austin for the third and final day of the eight edition of the Festival. Classic bands like the B-52’s, Toadies and The Preservation Hall Jazz Band shared the billing with buzz worthy acts like L.A.X., Passion Pit, The Heartless Bastards and Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears. Each act amped up the energy of every set while playing the final day of the Festival, and the crowd was always sure to return the favor. The end of the night belonged to Pearl Jam. Closing the gig for the capacity crowd (many of whom waited patiently to see them bring the weekend home) Eddie Vedder and company played many of their popular hits, as well as their some of their latest. They even brought in some surprise guests including an intimate set with Ben Harper and an off-the-wall appearance from Jane’s Addiction’s Perry Ferrell.
An after three days of food, art and the most important ingredient — music, fans left Zilker Park on Sunday with, yes, a little mud stuck on their feet (and in some other places too), but with more amazing songs stuck in their heads, and indelible memories of great times with friends and strangers alike.
Enjoy some of the photos from day three, but be sure to visit our official ACL Fest Flickr for more shots.
Oh, and to give you an idea of what it took to throw this thing together, here are some quick numbers on the 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival.
130 bands performed on 8 stages over 3 days of music.
700 bartenders served beer, wine and water to thirsty fans.
650 port-o-potties lined the park.
700 trash and recycle containers were scattered throughout the park.
300 guards & 150 police officers helped watch keep everyone orderly, safe and secure.
50,000 feet of fence lined the park.
Pearl Jam, Fans & LiveStrong Stage photos by Jack Edinger. Crowd shot, Girl Talk & Passion Pit photos by Patrick Dentler
Now through the holidays, shop the 2009 ACL Festival Store for 50% off. Nab a limited-edition, screen printed commemorative poster by longtime Pearl Jam designers the Ames Bros for only $10. Or pick up the t-shirt of the year — the sumptuously airbrushed masterpiece Two Squirrel Moon — for only $12.50. While supplies last!
Just because the ACL Festival for this year is over, the music doesn’t have to stop. You can relive the entire weekend with ACL Festival Radio on Goom.
