Parking for ACL Weekend One.
The first of two ACL weekends and the start of the heaviest month on the Austin calendar. Zilker fills, the roads around it close, and downtown absorbs everything on either side of the festival day.
About 2.5 miles to Zilker. Walk 8 minutes to the free festival shuttle
Park at 715 Nueces Street, Austin, TX 78701. Gated entry runs 24 hours, so the car is never on a clock that runs out before you are done.
Where to park for ACL Weekend One
Zilker is not walkable from downtown and we will not pretend it is. What works on an ACL weekend is parking downtown, getting to the festival from downtown, and having somewhere to come back to that is not a field. The festival runs its own free shuttle from Republic Square, about an 8 minute walk from our gate. If you would rather ride, we schedule a pedicab to be around the lot while people are parking on both ACL weekends, so you can ride from our gate out to the festival.
Not walking it? Park here and we can help arrange a pedicab from the lot out to the event. It goes one way, lot to event, and we can't help with the ride back. You pay the pedicab driver directly, not ANW. Rides usually run about $15, plus a tip if you'd like.
October special: these rates hold every day from October 1 through October 31, ACL, F1 and UT game days included. Outside October, rates may increase during citywide events (SXSW, ACL, F1, UT football, and Capitol session weekends). We post current pricing at the lot entrance and on this page.
Other things within walking distance.
Most people park once and do two things. These are the walks from our gate.