So You Wanna See An ACL Taping

Some of the biggest artists playing at next week's Austin City Limits Music Festival will also be taping episodes of KLRU's Austin City Limits, the wide-acclaimed PBS show that begat it all.

Unfortunately, the demand for space-available tickets is so intense that they're only announcing them via the radio.

Fortunately, we've got the scoop on when and where you should be listening: below are the stations and times that you'll need to tune into if you wanna get in super-intimate performances by the likes of Arcade Fire, Bloc Party, and Wilco.

Artist	Taping	Radio Station & Show	Date/Time of Announcement
Crowded House	9/13	KGSR 107.1FM, Jody Denberg's Daily Demo	9/12	3pm-7pm
Arcade Fire	9/14	KUT 90.5FM, Eklektikos with John Aielli	9/13	9am-Noon
Wilco	9/15	KUT 90.5FM, Left of the Dial	9/14	8pm-11pm
Regina Spektor	9/17	KUT 90.5FM, Music with Jay Trachtenberg	9/13	Noon-3pm
Bloc Party	9/17	KUT 90.5FM, Austin Music Unlimited	9/14	Noon-1pm
Lucinda Williams	9/18	KGSR 107.1FM, Jody Denberg's Daily Demo	9/17	3pm-7pm

Behold, the fine print:

Austin City Limits will have numerous tapings in the next week in conjunction with the ACL Festival. A very limited number of space available tickets will be given away for each taping. The free tickets will be given out on a first-come first-served basis. Each person will ONLY receive two tickets and a ticket does NOT guarantee admission to the taping. Tickets will be distributed at the location and time announced on the radio station listed with each artist.

Lastly, we'll be running giveaways for the Regina Spektor and Bloc Party tapings, so check back next week for details.

[Austin City Limits Homepage]
[Austinist Covers ACL Fest]

Wilco press photo courtesy Emily Rosenblum

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By Allen Y Chen on September 7, 2007 4:18 PM 0 Comments

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kenneth1

Anybody know what time the Wilco taping is?

guest

They're gone.

guest

Have they said when the Wilco giveaway is yet?

guest

#8, i tried to get Arcade Fire tickets today and the pickup point was the KLRU studios at the UT communications building. i was there less than 10 minutes after they were announced but they were all gone. sucks sucks sucks. oh well.

there was also a sign (presumably from yesterday), saying that all Crowded House tickets had been given away. so same pickup point, probably.

if only i had known ... i, too, would've waited in the line that apparently had formed outside the office. instead of on the drag, in my car, on the assumption that the pickup point could've been anywhere.

- ash

guest

Can someone at LEAST tell us *where* the Crowded House ticket drop was today?

guest

I agree with Kenneth up there - it would be very, very nice if the Austinist fill us in on these ticket drops, not all of us have time to glue ourselves to radios...

guest

Crowded House and Arcade Fire will tape at 8 p.m.

guest

Any idea on time (of show) Crowded House or Arcade Fire?

guest

wilco's at 4 PM.

guest

What time on Saturday the 15th will Wilco be taping?

guest

Arent the ticket drops always at the Communications builing at UT?

kenneth1

I think it would be awesome if the crack staff at Austinist would post the time & place of ticket drops once they are announced (like Matt did last year).