ACL Music Festival
ACL Greening Programs
APF makes the festival greener by encouraging reducing, re-using and recycling. ACL Fest’s Signature Greening Programs, Rock & Recycle, Divert It!, and Water Refill Stations are presented by Austin Parks Foundation. Rock & Recycle encourages festival attendees to pick up a bag of recyclables from the grounds in exchange for a specially designed ACL Fest line-up tee. Divert It! enlists volunteers to encourage and educate fans by helping them compost, recycle and send less waste to landfills. Water Refill stations encourage ACL Fest fans to bring a reusable water bottle to reduce waste.
VOLUNTEER WITH US AT ACL FEST
APF has expanded our role at the fest with tons of opportunities to volunteer for the Greening Programs as well as Austin Kiddie Limits, Greeters, Media Team, Volunteer HQ, and Backup. Volunteers ensure the smooth operations of one of Austin's most iconic events.
For the past 19 years, ACL Music Festival and Austin Parks Foundation have worked together to improve Austin's nearly 400 parks, trails and green spaces. Through the ACL Music Festival Grants Program, we are able to fund community-initiated park renovations and improvements in parks across the city.
ACL Fest contributions have also gone into signature park improvements and redevelopments all across Austin with targeted investments in underserved communities. In 2023 alone, ACL Fest fans contributed $8.1 Million to APF through a percentage of ticket sales and other revenues. Thanks to their generosity, we're also able to host hundreds of volunteer events and signature programs in parks each year. Click here to learn more about ACL's overall economic impact on the City of Austin.