Austin City Limits (1974) — Watch, Cast & Overview

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Country: United States · Type: Variety

Genres: Documentary, Music, Musical

Years: 1974

Seasons: 52 · Status: Continuing

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Summary

Established singer-songwriters and acclaimed newcomers perform country, blues, rock, folk, bluegrass, and related styles of music.

Seasons (52)

Season 1

17 Oct 1974 · 1 episode

1Willie Nelson17 Oct 1974

Season 2

Season 3

28 Jul 1975 · 1 episode

12Merle Haggard28 Jul 1975

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

1 Jan 1983 – 11 Feb 1983 · 2 episodes

2Roy Orbison1 Jan 1983
5B.B. King11 Feb 1983

Season 9

3 Feb 1984 · 1 episode

13Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble / The Fabulous Thunderbirds3 Feb 1984

Season 10

25 Sep 1984 – 1 Mar 1985 · 2 episodes

2Neil Young and The International Harvesters25 Sep 1984
11Larry Gatlin / Nanci Griffith1 Mar 1985

Season 11

21 Feb 1986 · 1 episode

5Tanya Tucker / Sawyer Brown21 Feb 1986

Season 12

17 Jan 1987 – 21 Mar 1987 · 2 episodes

1Ronnie Milsap17 Jan 1987
3The Fabulous Thunderbirds followed by Omar & the Howlers21 Mar 1987

Season 13

19 Mar 1988 – 2 Apr 1988 · 2 episodes

3Ricky Van Shelton / Darden Smith19 Mar 1988
4Nitty Gritty Dirt Band / New Grass Revival2 Apr 1988

Season 14

25 Feb 1989 – 29 Apr 1989 · 4 episodes

5Emmylou Harris / Nanci Griffith25 Feb 1989
7Dwight Yoakam / Patty Loveless10 Mar 1989
11Leonard Cohen4 Apr 1989
14John Hiatt / Los Lobos29 Apr 1989

Season 15

10 Feb 1990 – 3 Mar 1990 · 3 episodes

4Kathy Mattea / Tish Hinojosa10 Feb 1990
5Waylon Jennings17 Feb 1990
7John Denver / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band3 Mar 1990

Season 16

Season 17

1 Feb 1992 – 7 Mar 1992 · 3 episodes

3Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks / The Acoustic Warriors1 Feb 1992
5Albert Collins / Danny Gatton21 Feb 1992
8The Subdudes/Béla Fleck and the Flecktones7 Mar 1992

Season 18

23 Jan 1993 · 1 episode

2Marc Cohn / Leo Kottke23 Jan 1993

Season 19

15 Jan 1994 – 12 Mar 1994 · 3 episodes

1Rosanne Cash / Carlene Carter15 Jan 1994
2Hal Ketchum/Kelly Willis22 Jan 1994
9Songwriters Special12 Mar 1994

Season 20

5 Mar 1995 · 1 episode

8Stevie Ray Vaughan: A Retrospective5 Mar 1995

Season 21

20 Jan 1996 – 1 May 1996 · 2 episodes

2John Prine / Todd Snider20 Jan 1996
12Sagebrush Symphony1 May 1996

Season 22

25 Jan 1997 – 12 Apr 1997 · 2 episodes

1Wynonna25 Jan 1997
12Sheryl Crow12 Apr 1997

Season 23

28 Mar 1998 – 13 Aug 1999 · 2 episodes

1Nanci Griffith28 Mar 1998
11Old '97s / Whiskeytown13 Aug 1999

Season 24

27 Feb 1999 – 24 Apr 1999 · 3 episodes

4Billy Bragg sings Woody Guthrie / Lucinda Williams27 Feb 1999
5Vince Gill / Martina McBride6 Mar 1999
6Hootie and the Blowfish / Nanci Griffith24 Apr 1999

Season 25

1 Apr 2000 – 6 May 2000 · 2 episodes

6Lynyrd Skynyrd1 Apr 2000
11Songwriters Special with Emmylou Harris6 May 2000

Season 26

14 Oct 2000 – 6 Apr 2001 · 5 episodes

1Phish14 Oct 2000
3Shelby Lynne / Toni Price17 Nov 2000
14Bruce Hornsby / Eric Johnson3 Feb 2001
16Classic: Stevie Ray Vaughan: The Outtakes17 Feb 2001
18Dolly Parton with Nickel Creek6 Apr 2001

Season 27

20 Oct 2001 – 24 Nov 2001 · 3 episodes

2Richard Thompson20 Oct 2001
5The String Cheese Incident10 Nov 2001
7Brooks & Dunn24 Nov 2001

Season 28

5 Oct 2002 – 4 Jan 2003 · 5 episodes

1Bonnie Raitt and Special Guests5 Oct 2002
3Alison Krauss & Union Station / The Flatlanders19 Oct 2002
6Robert Plant9 Nov 2002
7Jackson Browne16 Nov 2002
10Beck4 Jan 2003

Season 29

11 Oct 2003 – 1 Jun 2004 · 11 episodes

1Steve Winwood11 Oct 2003
2Susan Tedeschi / Ruthie Foster18 Oct 2003
3Vince Gill25 Oct 2003
4Tracy Chapman1 Nov 2003
5Rosanne Cash / Neko Case12 Nov 2003
6John Mayer with Special Guests Buddy Guy and Double Trouble15 Nov 2003
8Jason Mraz / Fountains of Wayne20 Dec 2003
10Keith Urban / Rodney Crowell4 Jan 2004
11Guster / Los Lonely Boys10 Jan 2004
12Ben Harper17 Jan 2004
14Roy Orbison1 Jun 2004

Season 30

6 Oct 2004 – 29 Jan 2005 · 13 episodes

1Robert Randolph and the Family Band6 Oct 2004
2John Fogerty10 Oct 2004
3Damien Rice / Patty Griffin16 Oct 2004
4Michael McDonald / Joss Stone23 Oct 2004
5Lyle Lovett / Jamie Cullum30 Oct 2004
6Sheryl Crow6 Nov 2004
7Polyphonic Spree / Ozomatli13 Nov 2004
8Elvis Costello20 Nov 2004
9The Flaming Lips / The Shins18 Dec 2004
10Wilco / Bright Eyes8 Jan 2005
11Trey Anastasio15 Jan 2005
12Modest Mouse / Guided by Voices22 Jan 2005
13Pixies29 Jan 2005

Season 31

8 Oct 2005 – 11 Feb 2006 · 13 episodes

1Jack Johnson followed by Rilo Kiley8 Oct 2005
2Alison Krauss and Union Station followed by Kathleen Edwards15 Oct 2005
3Etta James22 Oct 2005
4Ben Folds followed by Ray LaMontagne29 Oct 2005
5The Killers followed by Spoon5 Nov 2005
6John Prine followed by Amos Lee12 Nov 2005
7Franz Ferdinand followed by What Made Milwaukee Famous19 Nov 2005
8Coldplay17 Dec 2005
9Blues Traveler followed by Café Tacuba14 Jan 2006
10Ryan Adams followed by Tift Merritt21 Jan 2006
11Widespread Panic28 Jan 2006
12Gretchen Wilson followed by Miranda Lambert4 Feb 2006
13Death Cab for Cutie followed by My Morning Jacket11 Feb 2006

Season 32

7 Oct 2006 – 20 Jan 2007 · 13 episodes

1Ray Davies7 Oct 2006
2The New Orleans Social Club14 Oct 2006
3Juanes21 Oct 2006
4Alejandro Escovedo28 Oct 2006
5Sufjan Stevens followed by Calexico4 Nov 2006
6Ladysmith Black Mambazo11 Nov 2006
7Van Morrison18 Nov 2006
8Corinne Bailey Rae followed by KT Tunstall25 Nov 2006
9Los Lonely Boys followed by The Gourds23 Dec 2006
10The Raconteurs followed by Cat Power30 Dec 2006
11Damian Marley6 Jan 2007
12James Blunt followed by James McMurtry13 Jan 2007
13Dixie Chicks20 Jan 2007

Season 33

6 Oct 2007 – 2 Feb 2008 · 14 episodes

1Norah Jones6 Oct 2007
2The Decemberists followed by Explosions in the Sky13 Oct 2007
3Femi Kuti with Positive Force20 Oct 2007
4Tribute to Bluesman Jimmy Reed27 Oct 2007
5Wilco3 Nov 2007
6Arcade Fire10 Nov 2007
7Paolo Nutini Followed by Grupo Fantasma17 Nov 2007
8John Mayer15 Dec 2007
9Lucinda Williams followed by Old Crow Medicine Show22 Dec 2007
10Bloc Party followed by Ghostland Observatory29 Dec 2007
11Crowded House13 Sep 2007
12Kings of Leon followed by Roky Erickson12 Jan 2008
13Brad Paisley followed by Dierks Bentley26 Jan 2008
14Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival2 Feb 2008

Season 34

24 May 2008 – 14 Feb 2009 · 13 episodes

1R.E.M.24 May 2008
2Bettye LaVette followed by Pinetop Perkins11 Oct 2008
3Songwriters Special: Lyle Lovett, Guy Clark, John Hiatt, Joe Ely18 Oct 2008
4Jakob Dylan followed by Carrie Rodriguez25 Oct 2008
5My Morning Jacket1 Nov 2008
6Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings followed by Carolyn Wonderland8 Nov 2008
7Aimee Mann followed by Iron & Wine15 Nov 2008
8Gnarls Barkley followed by Thievery Corporation22 Nov 2008
9Foo Fighters17 Jan 2009
10Manu Chao24 Jan 2009
11Nick Lowe followed by The Swell Season31 Jan 2009
12Drive-By Truckers followed by Ryan Bingham7 Feb 2009
13Sarah McLachlan followed by Duffy14 Feb 2009

Season 35

3 Oct 2009 – 13 Feb 2010 · 14 episodes

1The Dave Matthews Band3 Oct 2009
2Ben Harper and Relentless710 Oct 2009
3Kenny Chesney17 Oct 2009
4Andrew Bird / St. Vincent24 Oct 2009
5M. Ward / Okkervil River31 Oct 2009
6Elvis Costello / Band of Heathens7 Nov 2009
7Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel14 Nov 2009
8Pearl Jam21 Nov 2009
9Allen Toussaint9 Jan 2010
10Mos Def / K'naan16 Jan 2010
11Avett Brothers / Heartless Bastards23 Jan 2010
12Steve Earle / Kris Kristofferson30 Jan 2010
13Esperanza Spalding / Madeleine Peyroux6 Feb 2010
14Them Crooked Vultures13 Feb 2010

Season 36

2 Oct 2010 – 29 Jan 2011 · 13 episodes

1Jimmy Cliff2 Oct 2010
2Spoon9 Oct 2010
3Patty Griffin & Friends16 Oct 2010
4Alejandro Escovedo / Trombone Shorty23 Oct 2010
5Robert Earl Keen / Hayes Carll30 Oct 2010
6Steve Martin / Sarah Jarosz6 Nov 2010
7Rosanne Cash / Brandi Carlile13 Nov 2010
8John Legend & The Roots20 Nov 2010
9Cheap Trick1 Jan 2011
10Monsters of Folk8 Jan 2011
11The National / Band of Horses15 Jan 2011
12Sonic Youth / The Black Keys22 Jan 2011
13Lyle Lovett / Bob Schneider29 Jan 2011

Season 37

1 Oct 2011 – 24 Mar 2012 · 15 episodes

1Mumford & Sons / Flogging Molly1 Oct 2011
2Raphael Saadiq / Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears8 Oct 2011
3Widespread Panic15 Oct 2011
4The Decemberists / Gillian Welch & David Rawlings22 Oct 2011
5Steve Miller Band / Preservation Hall Jazz Band29 Oct 2011
6Miranda Lambert / Jeff Bridges5 Nov 2011
7Randy Newman12 Nov 2011
8Tom Waits24 Dec 2011
9Coldplay New Years Eve31 Dec 2011
10The Head and the Heart / Gomez7 Jan 2012
11Arcade Fire14 Jan 2012
12Fleet Foxes / Joanna Newsom21 Jan 2012
13Florence + The Machine / Lykke Li28 Jan 2012
14Wilco4 Feb 2012
15Coldplay24 Mar 2012

Season 38

6 Oct 2012 – 23 Feb 2013 · 13 episodes

1Radiohead6 Oct 2012
2Bon Iver13 Oct 2012
3Bonnie Raitt / Mavis Staples20 Oct 2012
4The Shins / Dr. Dog27 Oct 2012
5The Civil Wars / Punch Brothers3 Nov 2012
6Jack White5 Jan 2013
7Rodrigo y Gabriela12 Jan 2013
8Norah Jones / Kat Edmonson19 Jan 2013
9Bob Mould / Delta Spirit26 Jan 2013
10Tim McGraw2 Feb 2013
11Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes / tUnE-yArDs9 Feb 2013
12Gary Clark Jr. / Alabama Shakes16 Feb 2013
13Esperanza Spalding23 Feb 2013

Season 39

5 Oct 2013 – 8 Feb 2014 · 13 episodes

1Juanes / Jesse & Joy5 Oct 2013
2Phoenix12 Oct 2013
3The Lumineers / Shovels & Rope19 Oct 2013
4Vampire Weekend / Grizzly Bear26 Oct 2013
5Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell2 Nov 2013
6Emeli Sandé / Michael Kiwanuka9 Nov 2013
7Jim James / The Black Angels16 Nov 2013
8Queens of the Stone Age4 Jan 2014
9Jason Isbell / Neko Case11 Jan 2014
10fun. / Dawes18 Jan 2014
11Portugal. The Man / Local Natives25 Jan 2014
12Sarah Jarosz / The Milk Carton Kids1 Feb 2014
13Kacey Musgraves / Dale Watson8 Feb 2014

Season 40

4 Oct 2014 – 14 Feb 2015 · 14 episodes

1Beck4 Oct 2014
2Ed Sheeran / Valerie June11 Oct 2014
3Nine Inch Nails18 Oct 2014
4Tweedy25 Oct 2014
5Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds1 Nov 2014
6Los Lobos / Thao & The Get Down Stay Down8 Nov 2014
7Eric Church15 Nov 2014
8The Avett Brothers / Nickel Creek3 Jan 2015
9Spoon / White Denim10 Jan 2015
10Sam Smith / Future Islands17 Jan 2015
11Ryan Adams / Jenny Lewis24 Jan 2015
12The Black Keys / J. Roddy Walston & the Business31 Jan 2015
13Foo Fighters7 Feb 2015
142014 Hall of Fame14 Feb 2015

Season 41

3 Oct 2015 – 13 Feb 2016 · 14 episodes

12015 Hall of Fame Special3 Oct 2015
2Cassandra Wilson10 Oct 2015
3Sturgill Simpson / Asleep at the Wheel17 Oct 2015
4Don Henley24 Oct 2015
5Gary Clark Jr. / Courtney Barnett31 Oct 2015
6TV on the Radio / The War on Drugs7 Nov 2015
7James Taylor14 Nov 2015
8Alabama Shakes / Vintage Trouble2 Jan 2016
9Kendrick Lamar9 Jan 2016
10Ryan Adams / Shakey Graves16 Jan 2016
11Angelique Kidjo23 Jan 2016
12Sleater-Kinney / Heartless Bastards30 Jan 2016
13Leon Bridges / Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats6 Feb 2016
14Tedeschi Trucks Band13 Feb 2016

Season 42

6 Aug 2016 – 11 Feb 2017 · 13 episodes

1Ms. Lauryn Hill6 Aug 2016
2Paul Simon1 Oct 2016
3James Bay / Rhiannon Giddens8 Oct 2016
4Robert Plant15 Oct 2016
5Florence and the Machine / Andra Day22 Oct 2016
6Iggy Pop29 Oct 2016
7Natalia Lafourcade / Grupo Fantasma5 Nov 2016
8My Morning Jacket / Ben Harper12 Nov 2016
9Cyndi Lauper14 Jan 2017
10Margo Price / Hayes Carll21 Jan 2017
11Band of Horses / Parker Millsap28 Jan 2017
12Cece Winans / St. Paul & the Broken Bones4 Feb 2017
13Foals / Alejandro Escovedo11 Feb 2017

Season 43

7 Oct 2017 – 17 Feb 2018 · 13 episodes

1Ed Sheeran7 Oct 2017
2The Pretenders14 Oct 2017
3Zac Brown Band21 Oct 2017
4Norah Jones / Angel Olsen28 Oct 2017
5Miranda Lambert4 Nov 2017
6The Head and the Heart / Benjamin Booker11 Nov 2017
7Father John Misty / The Black Angels6 Jan 2018
8Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit / Amanda Shires13 Jan 2018
9Herbie Hancock20 Jan 2018
10Run the Jewels27 Jan 2018
11LCD Soundsystem3 Feb 2018
12Dan Auerbach / Shinyribs10 Feb 2018
13Chris Stapleton / Turnpike Troubadours17 Feb 2018

Season 44

6 Oct 2018 – 2 Feb 2019 · 13 episodes

1St. Vincent6 Oct 2018
2John Prine13 Oct 2018
3Sam Smith / Anderson East20 Oct 2018
4Brandi Carlile27 Oct 2018
5Miguel / Alessia Cara3 Nov 2018
6Kacey Musgraves / Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real10 Nov 2018
7Janelle Monáe17 Nov 2018
8Khalid / Mac Demarco15 Dec 2018
9Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue5 Jan 2019
10Residente12 Jan 2019
11Arctic Monkeys / Wild Child19 Jan 2019
12Willie Nelson26 Jan 2019
13Buddy Guy / August Greene2 Feb 2019

Season 45

5 Oct 2019 – 8 Feb 2020 · 13 episodes

1Gary Clark Jr.5 Oct 2019
2Maggie Rogers12 Oct 2019
3Steve Earle & The Dukes: A Tribute to Guy Clark19 Oct 2019
4H.E.R.26 Oct 2019
5Patty Griffin / The Revivalists2 Nov 2019
6Vampire Weekend9 Nov 2019
7Kane Brown / Colter Wall16 Nov 2019
8Sharon Van Etten / Lucy Dacu4 Jan 2020
9The Raconteurs / Black Pumas11 Jan 2020
10Mitski / Rainbow Kitten Surprise18 Jan 2020
11Cage the Elephant / Tank and the Bangas25 Jan 2020
12Billie Eilish1 Feb 2020
13Rosalía8 Feb 2020

Season 46

3 Oct 2020 – 13 Feb 2021 · 13 episodes

1The Best of John Prine3 Oct 2020
2Yola10 Oct 2020
3Stevie Ray Vaughan: A Retrospective17 Oct 2020
4Rufus Wainwright24 Oct 2020
5John Legend & The Roots: Wake Up!7 Nov 2020
6Jackie Venson / Mavis Staples with Special Guest Bonnie Raitt14 Nov 2020
7The Mavericks: En Espanol21 Nov 2020
8Foo Fighters Rock Austin City Limits9 Jan 2021
9The War and Treaty / Ruthie Foster16 Jan 2021
10Ray Wylie Hubbard23 Jan 2021
11The Best of Spoon30 Jan 2021
12Texas Icons: Jerry Jeff Walker & Billy Joe Shaver6 Feb 2021
13Allen Toussaint: New Orleans Legend13 Feb 2021

Season 47

2 Oct 2021 – 12 Feb 2022 · 13 episodes

1Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram & Jon Randall: The Marfa Tapes2 Oct 2021
2Jade Bird; Dayglow9 Oct 2021
3Jon Batiste16 Oct 2021
4Sarah Jarosz; Billy Strings23 Oct 2021
5Brandy Clark; Charley Crockett30 Oct 2021
6Leon Bridges / Khruangbin6 Nov 2021
7Jackson Browne13 Nov 2021
8Brittany Howard20 Nov 2021
9Olivia Rodrigo / Phoebe Bridgers4 Dec 2021
10St. Vincent / Joy Olakokun15 Jan 2022
11Duran Duran22 Jan 2022
12Terry Allen29 Jan 2022
13The Best of Nanci Griffith12 Feb 2022

Season 48

1 Oct 2022 – 18 Feb 2023 · 13 episodes

1Brandi Carlile1 Oct 2022
2Japanese Breakfast / Arlo Parks8 Oct 2022
3Sylvan Esso / Lucius15 Oct 2022
4Allison Russell / The Weather Station22 Oct 2022
5Parker McCollum / Robert Earl Keen29 Oct 2022
6Lyle Lovett and His Large Band5 Nov 2022
7Cimafunk and The Tribe12 Nov 2022
8Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats / Adia Victoria14 Jan 2023
9Boleros Psciodélos21 Jan 2023
10The War On Drugs28 Jan 2023
11Pavement4 Feb 2023
12Maren Morris11 Feb 2023
13Spoon18 Feb 2023

Season 49

7 Oct 2023 – 24 Feb 2024 · 13 episodes

1Rodrigo y Gabriela featuring the Austin Symphony Orchestra7 Oct 2023
2Jenny Lewis / MUNA14 Oct 2023
3Lil Yachty / Sudan Archives21 Oct 2023
4Margo Price / Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway28 Oct 2023
5Jorge Drexler4 Nov 2023
6Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit11 Nov 2023
7Foo Fighters18 Nov 2023
8Robert Glasper; DOMi and JD Beck20 Jan 2024
9Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo27 Jan 2024
10Tanya Tucker / Brittney Spencer3 Feb 2024
11Noah Kahan / Flor de Toloache10 Feb 2024
12Alanis Morissette17 Feb 2024
13Bonnie Raitt24 Feb 2024

Season 50

28 Sep 2024 – 8 Feb 2025 · 13 episodes

1Kacey Musgraves28 Sep 2024
2Gary Clark Jr. / Black Pumas5 Oct 2024
3Maggie Rogers / Gracie Abrams12 Oct 2024
4Jacob Collier / Nickel Creek19 Oct 2024
5Brittany Howard26 Oct 2024
6Jelly Roll / The War And Treaty2 Nov 2024
7Wynonna9 Nov 2024
8Juanes16 Nov 2024
9Norah Jones / Hurray For The Riff Raff11 Jan 2025
10The Avett Brothers18 Jan 2025
11Mickey Guyton / Carín León25 Jan 2025
12Chris Stapleton1 Feb 2025
13Sturgill Simpson presents Johnny Blue Skies8 Feb 2025

Season 51

4 Oct 2025 – 7 Feb 2026 · 13 episodes

1Finneas4 Oct 2025
2The Mariás11 Oct 2025
3Austin City Limits 11th Hall of Fame Honors My Morning Jacket18 Oct 2025
4Charley Crockett | Waxahatchee25 Oct 2025
5Samara Joy1 Nov 2025
6Austin City Limits Celebrates Antone's & the Blues8 Nov 2025
7Kelsea Ballerini | CAM15 Nov 2025
8Role Model / MJ Lenderman & The Wind22 Nov 2025
9Jon Batiste13 Dec 2025
10Reneé Rapp / Thee Sacred Souls17 Jan 2026
11Marcus King Band / Wyatt Flores24 Jan 2026
12Queens of the Stone Age31 Jan 2026
13Leon Thomas7 Feb 2026

Season 52

4 Sep 2026 – 3 Oct 2026 · 5 episodes

1Carlos Vives y La Provincia4 Sep 2026
2ACL 12th Annual Hall of Fame Honors Brandi Carlile12 Sep 2026
3Billy Strings19 Sep 2026
4Miguel26 Sep 2026
5Sienna Spiro3 Oct 2026

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