Austin City Limits Festival Travel Deals

The city of Austin has an incredibly good reputation when it comes to places to see live music. Not only is the city home to the famous SXSW festival, there’s fantastic live music (much of it local) in venues around town all year long. Then of course there’s the long-running concert series, Austin City Limits, which is where the newer – but equally as spectacular – Austin City Limits Festival gets its name.

Yes, Austin is the place to be if you love live music – but if you can’t be there year-round, then making a trip to see the annual Austin City Limits Festival is a great alternative. Although the festival only started in 2002, it has quickly gained a deserved reputation among the other great music festivals on the calendar.

In the series of articles linked below, we offer tips on how to make the Austin City Limits Festival a part of your music intake this year (or any year, for that matter) without breaking the bank.

>> When is Austin City Limits Festival in 2010? It runs from October 8-10.

How to Find Cheap Airfare to Austin City Limits Festival

Many of the tips you’ll find in this article will help you save money on airfare no matter where you’re flying or when you’re traveling, but when you’re talking about flying to an event like the ACL Festival that draws tens of thousands of people each day you want to make sure you don’t pay too much for your ticket.

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How to Get to Austin City Limits Festival

If you live within driving distance of Austin, that’s great – but if you don’t, here are your options for getting to Austin for the festival. You’ll find information here about flying and driving (making a long road trip out of it is always an option!) as well as taking the train or the bus to Austin. And then once you’re in town, why not rent a bike to get around? This is the home of Lance Armstrong, after all.

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Airports to Use for Austin City Limits Festival

Austin has its own small airport, but for a greater selection of flights in and out of the area you may want to cast a wider net and include other airports as well. The two biggest and busiest airports in Texas are within a 3-hour drive of Austin, and there are other regional airports within that radius as well, all of which you might want to consider – and all of which are listed here.

>> Read more on what airports to fly into for Austin City Limits Festival

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