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AMM Oct 3 2026
ACL Fest 2026 picks for Saturday, and festival alternatives – FreeBloo & The Freak at Hole In the Wall, and Heavy Velvet at 13th Floor.
Your friendly neighborhood AMM has a few more selections for ACL Festival today and tomorrow, plus a couple of festival alternatives for tonight:
Today at Zilker Park, make a beeline for the heart-fueled Loveland of Suki Waterhouse and ’70s rock-inspired Fire From The Hip by Finn Wolfhard, plus London quartet Palace, instant KUTX fave Cure For Paranoia (“No Brainer” is on today’s AMM), and phenomenal acoustic guitar duo Rodrigo Y Gabriela.
If you’re not vibing with ACL stuff tonight, head over to Hole In the Wall for FreeBloo&theFreak‘s album release party celebrating their “previously thought…unfathomable” creation, The Fathoming. Special guests Powdah, Lulamoon and Black Nomad round out this badass bill. Doors at 8 p.m. Also tonight, Heavy Velvet unleashes a grunge/psych fury at The 13th Floor, with Killer Kaya, so many cults and noise/doom duo Screamin J. Doors at 8 p.m.
If you’re headed to the festival tomorrow, check out Jess Williamson, Cannons, producer/composer/songwriter Devonté Hynes‘ Blood Orange and The War On Drugs.
