One iconic venue.Two Stages.All Austin.Venue Overview
In the heart of downtown Austin, the Live Music Capitol of The World, Austin City Limits Live (ACL Live) at The Moody Theater is a world-class live music venue and home of the longest running music series on television—Austin City Limits.
ACL Live promotes over 250 concerts a year as well as over 200 private events every year, including SXSW, benefit galas, parties, and conferences with over 500k+ attendees yearly.
This state-of-the-art soundstage with in-house video capture capabilities has become one of the country’s premiere content and media centers, reaching millions of viewers worldwide.
Photos by Jonathan Jackson
“I had no idea how grand a lady she would turn out to be. The place is stunning, not a bad seat in the house.”
Austin City Limits TV
ACL Live at The Moody Theater is the permanent home of the longest-running music series in American television history, celebrating 50 years in 2024.
Austin City Limits showcases popular music legends and innovators from every genre. Since 1974, over 800 artists have performed. In addition to being honored by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum as a rock and roll landmark, Austin City Limits is the only television program to ever receive the National Medal of Arts, the nation’s highest award for artistic excellence, reaching over 108 million households per year.
Photos by Jonathan Jackson
TWO STAGES. ALL AUSTIN.
ACL Live at The Moody Theater
Downtown Austin’s ultimate live entertainment venue, ACL Live at the Moody Theater, is a 2,750-capacity space where modern music headliners come to put on exceptional shows for extraordinary audiences. Decked out with top-tier audio and visual technology, ACL Live at the Moody Theater was built to showcase a diverse lineup of chart-topping artists and entertainers, creating a concert experience as undeniably cool as Austin itself.
Acoustically optimized recording environment
State-of-the-art HD production facility
Reconfigurable seating for multi-purpose use, including 10,000 square foot soundstage
No seat more than 75’ from stage
Silver LEED certified building
Located in Austin's urban chic 2nd Street District featuring locally owned restaurants & retail
2,750+ Capacity In Three Intimate Levels
> 10 Bars with 20 Wells
> 27 Digital Signage Screens
Floor Level
Stage & 1,000 general admission / 800 reserved seated capacity
Large entry open-air “music porch” for pre-function socializing, merch sales, and sponsor activations
Two Dell Video Wall digital signs
Mezzanine Club Level
Premium theatre seats & suites with VIP food and beverage service
Austin City Limits gallery featuring Scott Newton’s iconic photographs
Luxury Owners’ Suite (up to 40 people)
5 luxury suites (up to 20 people each)
334 premium seats
Balcony Level
Reserved seating with 1100+ capacity
Austin Music Gallery featuring photos by house photographer Alison Narro
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ACL Live at 3TEN
Located downstairs from ACL Live at the Moody Theater in downtown Austin, ACL Live at 3TEN is a 350-person capacity state-of-the-art showcase listening room presenting over 200 smaller “house” shows of world-renowned, emerging, and local artists, as well as custom private event experiences, hosting over 35,000 attendees per year.
And as with its bigger cousin ACL Live at The Moody Theater, 3TEN is also the embodiment of style, technological innovation, and exceptional quality. The venue is equipped with the most advanced audio and lighting systems available to deliver a live music experience like no other.
One-level Venue
2700 Sq. Ft. Indoor Event Space with Private VIP room and luxury green room spaces
700 Sq. Ft. Outdoor Patio facing 2nd Street
Custom state-of-the-art Sound and Lighting systems
Removable / customizable stage 20 w x 16 d x 30 h
9×16 Custom Video Wall (Content Display
Custom Digital Bar Menus
LEED Certified
Turn-key private event solutions
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Past ACL Live Artists
Willie Nelson · DeVotchKa · Sting · Miranda Lambert · Stone Temple Pilots · Dave Chapelle · Queens of the Stone Age · Rodrigo y Gabriela · Vampire Weekend · Erykah Badu · Juanes · Tom Jones · Devo · Fleet Foxes · She & Him · Coldplay · 311 · Cat Power · The Shins · Martina McBride · Local Natives · B.B. King · Arcade Fire · Elton John · Nine Inch Nails · Rüfüs Du Sol · Wilco · The XX · Phoenix · Robyn · Al Green · Erasure · Deadmau5 · Alice in Chains · Ghostland Observatory · Mumford & Sons · Aretha Franklin · Jimmy Buffett · Beirut · Beck · Norah Jones · Tony Bennett · Styx · Toadies · Neutral Milk Hotel · Eli Young Band · Soundgarden · Incubus · Bob Schneider · ZZ Top · Santana · Lyle Lovett · Flordia Georgia Line · Peter Frampton · Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros · STS9 · The Head and The Heart · Keith Urban · Lupe Fiasco · Deftones · Radiohead · Florence and the Machine · Louis CK · Pat Metheny · Old Crow Medicine Show · Jack White · The National · Janet Jackson · John Mellencamp · Robert Plant · Daryl Hall & John Oates · Ringo Starr · Pet Shop Boys · Pat Green · Diana Ross · Earth Wind & Fire · Mary J Blige · Chicago · Death Cab for Cutie · Steve Miller · Lionel Riche · Chris Isaak · Blue October · Widespread Panic · Neon Trees · & many more!
Photo by Alison Narro
Premium Seat Licenses & Suites
The Premium Seat License (PSL) program at ACL Live offers the best, most exciting way to impress and entertain your clients, friends, and family with the best seats in the building in the heart of the Live Music Capital of the World. The PSL program allows license holders the first right to purchase the best seats in the building to over 150 annual ACL Live concerts before they go on sale to the public.
Custom Corporate Hospitality packages are also available.
For more information regarding ACL Live Premium Seating or Custom Hospitality packages please email: PSL@acllive.com
Photos by Alison Narro
Custom Sponsorship Opportunities
Tap into affluent & diverse music lovers through custom music promotion with national reach:
Global live streaming / Branded video
on-demand content
National fly-away promotions driving fans to a world renown premiere entertainment center
In-venue brand integration with exposure to 200+ events per year
In-venue digital signage
Tickets & hospitality
Digital & traditional media integration
Private events rentals
Branded concert series
Sponsorship Case Studies
Tito's Handmade Vodka
With the help of Design Build Adventure, Tito’s Handmade Vodka brought their unique brand aesthetic to two bars at the venue with custom light fixtures made from Tito’s bottles and hand-painted signage.
Jack Daniel's: The Jack & Jim Gallery
The Jack & Jim Gallery at ACL Live represents a passion for music that unites three American institutions: the Jack Daniel’s Distillery, Jim Marshall Photography, and ACL Live. These iconic organizations have joined forces to produce the second installation of the Jack & Jim Gallery in celebration of the spirit and history of rock and roll.
This exhibition of Jim Marshall photographs includes never-before-printed and recently released images from the Marshall Archive. Widely acknowledged as the godfather of music photography, Marshall always seemed to be at the right place at the right time. His 50-year career photographing music luminaries resulted in over 500 album covers, multiple magazine features and countless iconic images spanning every musical genre.
PNC Plaza at ACL Live
PNC Bank entered the Austin market in Fall 2021 and made it a priority to support the local music community by way of meaningful partnerships, including with ACL Live and Austin City Limits. PNC Bank acquired the naming rights for the terrace space outside of ACL Live’s main entrance, now known as “PNC Plaza at ACL Live”. Events such as “Party on PNC Plaza” are hosted monthly in partnership with Austin Music Foundation’s Artist Development Program featuring a residency program for up-and-coming Austin musicians.
“... artists now have a place to play where they know they’ll sound exactly like they’re supposed to sound - it’s incredible.”
Private Events
From intimate gatherings on the Music Porch to grand galas on the Concert Floor, treat your guests to a fine-tuned Austin experience. Austin City Limits Live is the premier destination in Austin for private events, performances, banquets, galas and fashion shows. The creative possibilities for your event are endless in this flexible, world-class space.
- Capacity on concert floor for up to 500 in rounds
- Flexible, varied spaces to accommodate both small & large groups
- Advanced concert lighting provides endless possibilities for event design
- Optimized for audio recording & filming
- World-class concert sound
“ACL Live was there every step of the way to help with the familiar details and educate or take the lead on the foreign ones.
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Past Clients
Custom Content
+ Live Streaming
Our infrastructure of High Definition recording, mulit-bit rate live streaming and qualified personnel give us the unprecedented ability to create superb broadcast quality content. Past performances for content capture and live streaming at ACL Live include Bruce Springsteen, Jay-Z, Widespread Panic, Yeasayer, Neon Trees, and more.
With our production partners, experience an attractive option for top quality and comprehensive production—all under one roof.
Waylon Jennings Tribute, taped for DVD release
Pro Tools Audio Control Room
Widespread Panic Livestream
Yeasayer performing at the Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 launch party, livestreamed to the world
Infrastructure &
In-House Equipment
High Definition Broadcast Video Control Room
· Sony MVS 8000G multi-format HD production switcher
Pro Tools Audio Control Room
· Euphonix System 5-B audio console w/ Pro Tools 10
· 72 microphones inputs, including 8 audience microphones
· 5.1 Genelec speaker monitor system
Sony Broadcast High Definition Cameras
includes, in addition to pedestals & handhelds
· 1 robotic track camera (Mezzanine Level)
· 2 floor track camera systems
· 2 jib camera systems
· Sony Digital Recording / Playback Decks
· 2 multi-nitrate hardware encoders (1 is a backup system)
· Full all-inclusive production crew available in-house
High Definition Broadcast Quality ENG Crew
· Multicam mobile ENG crew available as additional or stand-alone crew
· Ability to shoot inside & outside the venue
· Ideal for backstage, interview, or offsite footage
· Mobile audio & lighting rigs
In-House Editing
· Full editing capabilities available in-house, including audio mixing
· Abilities rage from fully-formatted TV broadcast shows to promotional footage for artist & everything in-between
· Distribution outlets available for discussion
Past Clients
“ACL Live is spectacular, the best mid-sized live music venue I’ve ever been to. The much ballyhooed ‘worst seat in the house’ was just as good as my seat on the floor.”