Austin City Limits Celebrates 50 Years: Leon Bridges, Gary Clark Jr., Billy Strings & Friends + More

Austin City Limits, the longest-running live music television show in history, will commemorate the program’s 50th anniversary with a special concert on Thursday, November 21 at ACL Live at The Moody Theater. The all-star Austin City Limits Celebrates 50 Years show will include performances by Leon Bridges, Gary Clark Jr. joined by Eve Monsees, Billy Strings featuring Sierra Hull and Zach Top, Indigo Girls, Lyle Lovett and more.

Shawn Colvin, Brandy Clark, Rufus Wainwright, The Mavericks, Ángela Aguilar, Cam, Lloyd Maines & the ACL All-Stars are also aboard. Additionally, Trio Los Panchos and Austin’s Tosca String Quartet will make appearances. Austin City Limits Celebrates 50 Years organizers tapped Austin-based actors Jared and Genevieve Padalecki (Walker, Supernatural, Gilmore Girls) to co-host “a night that’s a half-century in the making.

Performances from Austin City Limits Celebrates 50 Years will be filmed for a two-hour PBS primetime special of the same name set to air on April 4, 2025. Gary Clark Jr. and fellow Texas blues guitarist Eve Monsees will pay tribute to the late Stevie Ray Vaughan, who delivered a pair of iconic ACL performances in 1983 and 1989.

“Austin City Limits Celebrates 50 Years represents what the program stands for, has always, and will continue to—a broad, diverse, inclusive spectrum of music from all genres, showcasing legends and emerging artists alike,” noted ACL executive producer Terry Lickona.

Tickets for Austin City Limits Celebrates 50 Years go on sale this Friday, November 1 at 10 a.m. CT. Proceeds from the concert will benefit Austin PBS, the program’s producing station.