Furthering its commitment to sustainability efforts, Austin City Limits Music Festival, in partnership with REVERB’s Music Decarbonization Project is excited to announce that the IHG® Hotels & Resorts stage, will be powered solely and completely on a hybrid battery system, including all audio, lighting, video and stage production. The hybrid powered stage will deploy over 1 MWh of battery storage capacity, minimizing the run time of biodiesel generators providing significant fuel and emissions savings. In addition, the giant shade tents at ACL Eats, the West Entrance of the festival, and a variety of backstage areas will also be powered on hybrid battery systems.
“Following this year’s highly successful and history-making battery-powered main stage at Lollapalooza, we are excited to bring this sustainable solution to Austin City Limits Music Festival. We have set a goal to build a more sustainable future for music festivals, which involves implementing solutions that make our operations more energy efficient and reinventing how we look at power,” said Jake Perry, Director of Operations and Sustainability at C3 Presents. “We are grateful to REVERB’s Decarbonization Project for their partnership in helping us move closer to our goals.”
“We’re thrilled to partner with ACL Fest and the team at C3 Presents for this effort,” said Tanner Watt, REVERB Director of Partnerships. “Decarbonizing power is the future for the music industry and every industry. What’s happening this year at ACL Fest is an important step towards eliminating our reliance on fossil fuels and reducing greenhouse gas pollution.”
ACL Festival is committed to sustainable festival practices in the field, behind the scenes and through the preservation of the ever-beautiful Zilker Park. This commitment is integrated into every area of the park, from recycling and composting to eco- friendly service items at ACL Eats and Electrolit Hydration Stations that provide patrons free, filtered water, while diverting thousands of plastic bottles from the landfill. Biodiesel is utilized in diesel engines across the festival site, and the festival producers offset the carbon dioxide emissions of festival vehicles, generators, and staff travel by purchasing certified carbon offsets. The festival also utilizing a material recovery program that identifies key materials that can be diverted from landfills and shared with partners across our community. This year, ACL Fest will work with Food for All Project to donate any unused backstage meals to feed people in need.
Austin Parks Foundation (APF) will present ACL Fest’s signature greening programs for both weekends of the festival. APF and its volunteers will be managing Rock & Recycle, Divert It! and Water Refill Stations. Rock & Recycle, which is co-presented by H-E-B, encourages festival attendees to pick up a bag of recyclables or TURN reusable cups 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. And Hydration Stations Presented by Electrolit encourage ACL Fest fans to bring a reusable water bottle to reduce waste. APF also invites guests to stop by the APF booth to snap a photo, enjoy some free swag, and learn more about how to support Austin’s parks and green spaces.
ACL Fest 2024 takes place October 4-6 and October 11-13 at Zilker Park, featuring headliners Dua Lipa, Tyler, The Creator, Chris Stapleton, blink-182, Sturgill Simpson, Pretty Lights and many more. Limited tickets are available at www.aclfestival.com.
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Austin City Limits Music Festival 2024 thanks American Express, Honda, T-Mobile, Miller Lite, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, IHG® Hotels & Resorts, BMI, Hulu and Lifeway Kefir.
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ABOUT AUSTIN CITY LIMITS MUSIC FESTIVAL
Launched in 2002 and inspired by the long-running PBS show, Austin City Limits, The Austin City Limits Music Festival has grown into a two-weekend experience, featuring world-renowned and up-and-coming acts on 8 stages in Austin’s crown jewel Zilker Park. The festival, now among the largest and most recognized in the country, hosts 75,000 music lovers per day from Austin and around the globe. Its diverse lineup spans pop, rock, folk, alt-country, blues, gospel, R&B and electronic music.
ABOUT REVERB & Music Decarbonization Project
Celebrating 20 years of leading the green music movement, REVERB is a 501c3 nonprofit partnering with artists, festivals, venues, and industry leaders to reduce their environmental footprint while empowering millions of fans to take action on today’s most pressing environmental issues. REVERB’s Music Decarbonization Project advances innovative climate solutions to directly eliminate carbon emissions created by the music industry. In 2023, Music Decarbonization Project partnered with Billie Eilish to power her headline set at Lollapalooza with solar-charged intelligent battery systems, drastically reducing the use of fossil fuels and associated greenhouse gas pollution. Learn more at REVERB.org and MusicDecarbonizationProject.org.
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