If you thought the Austin City Limits Music Festival was only about music, think again.
Every October, Zilker Park transforms into a giant celebration of music, Austin culture, and maybe most importantly food.
The 2026 ACL Fest food scene is shaping up to be particularly delicious.
The official food vendors directory includes an enormous mix of Austin institutions, beloved local restaurants, food trucks, pizza joints, taco specialists, barbecue spots, burger stands, Asian-inspired eateries.
Plus enough frozen desserts to make surviving an Austin afternoon considerably more enjoyable.
The festival also provides filters for gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian options, making it easier for ACL attendees with dietary restrictions to find something delicious.
The food items range from a variety of cuisines, you could spend the entire weekend eating your way through the festival grounds and still have a list of things you didn’t get around to trying.
Here is our guide to the 2026 ACL Eats & Sweets vendor lineup:
Aba
Aba is one of the hottest reservations in town, and it is bringing its Mediterranean-inspired cuisine to ACL’s VIP section, giving festivalgoers a break from the usual burger-and-fries routine.
Expect dishes inspired by the flavors of the Middle East, with grilled meats, vegetables, dips and fresh accompaniments.
Amy’s Ice Creams
Is it really an Austin festival without Amy’s Ice Creams?
The Austin-born ice cream company is one of the city’s most recognizable dessert institutions, and its presence at ACL is a particularly welcome one when the Texas sun starts doing its thing.
ACL also has roaming hawkers serving scoops of Amy’s around Zilker Park, meaning you don’t necessarily have to abandon your spot to find dessert.
How cool is that?
Austin Daily Press
Austin Daily Press specializes in sandwiches and pressed handhelds, making it a natural festival food.
Look for flavorful fillings in between warm toasty bread. It’s the perfect answer to soak up all those festival margaritas!
Austin’s Pizza
Pizza is practically its own food group at a music festival, and Austin’s Pizza is ready to make sure nobody goes hungry between sets.
It’s a straightforward Austin favorite for grabbing a slice or two without spending your entire afternoon standing in a food line.
Baba’s Fried Sweets
The name alone should tell you everything you need to know.
Baba’s Fried Sweets is here to make your ACL diet significantly less responsible. The vendor features sweet treats and is part of the festival’s dessert-friendly lineup.
Look for deep fried Oreos, deep fried PB&J sandwiches, and deep fried Snickers bars.
Bambino
Bambino is stationed at The Big Tent, where festivalgoers can find full pizzas and sandwiches along with canned craft beers.
The official ACL page specifically calls out Bambino as one of the Big Tent’s featured food options.
Bananarchy
Bananarchy takes bananas and turns them into an over-the-top frozen dessert with frozen bananas dipped in chocolate and toppings.
It’s the sort of ACL Sweets stop that can turn a perfectly reasonable walk between stages into an emergency banana-and-chocolate situation.
Bananarchy is particularly friendly to vegan diners, with plant-based frozen banana treats.
Bao’d Up
Bao’d Up brings fluffy bao buns and Asian-inspired comfort food to ACL.
Pick some traditional bao flavors or opt for their rainbow dessert bao complete with strawberry cream cheese dipping sauce.
We’re also looking forward to the Szechuan fries!
BBG’s
BBG’s which stands for Burgers, Beers, and Games covers plenty of festival favorites, including burgers, chicken, sandwiches, snacks and beverages.
It’s a handy choice for groups where everyone wants something slightly different.
Blenders & Bowls
When you’ve reached your personal fried-food limit, Blenders & Bowls is here to save you.
Smoothie bowls and fruit-forward options are a refreshing alternative to the heavier fare scattered throughout ACL.
This is a particularly good vegetarian and vegan option. Gluten-free choices may also be available.
BRB Coffee
BRB Coffee brings international bites to ACL’s VIP section from with sambosas in chicken, beef, and potato flavors.
They’ll also have Mexican hot chocolate, syrian tahini and rose lattes, and refreshing teas.
Cabo Bob’s
Cabo Bob’s brings Mexican-inspired flavors to the festival, making it another excellent choice when you’re craving something flavorful and filling.
Chi’lantro
One of Austin’s most recognizable Korean-Mexican fusion restaurants, Chi’lantro is a must-stop for anyone who likes their tacos and Korean barbecue flavors in the same meal.
The kimchi fries are the perfect mix of savory and tangy.
CM Smokehouse
For the serious barbecue crowd, CM Smokehouse brings BBQ, chicken, fries and Latin flavors to ACL. Up on the menu this year is brisket and cauliflower crunchwraps, chicken wings, and waffle fries.
This is the sort of meal designed to fuel several hours of standing, dancing and wandering the whole festival.
Cuantos Tacos
Cuantos Tacos is an Austin favorite specializing in small, traditional Mexican tacos.
They’re an ideal festival food because you can grab a few, eat them quickly and get back to the music.
This year fest attendees can choose between suadero (brisket), pork carnitas or mushrooms in abodo (vegan) stuffed in 3 tacos or a quesadilla.
Dan’s Hamburgers
Dan’s Hamburgers is classic Austin burger territory: burgers, fries and straightforward comfort food.
When you’re craving something familiar after spending hours exploring the festival, this is a reliable stop.
Deep End Subs
Deep End Subs brings substantial sandwiches and flavors to ACL.
It’s a practical option when you want a meal you can eat without all the grease and oil.
Dovetail Pizza
Dovetail Pizza is located inside VIP if you’re lucky enough to snag those premium tickets.
It offers another reason to believe that ACL may have more pizza options than any one person could reasonably sample in a weekend.
Dulce Amor Mio
Dulce Amor Mio is all about frozen desserts and beverages, they typically serve it up out of their adorable pink food truck.
It’s a perfect ACL Sweets stop when you need something cold, sweet and preferably consumed while sitting somewhere shady.
El Patio Foods
El Patio Foods brings Latin flavors and snacks to the festival, making it a good option for ACL attendees looking for something with an Austin-Mexican flavor profile.
El Postrecito ATX
El Postrecito ATX whips up sweets like mini pancakes topped with fruits and chocolate as well as churros and waffles.
Traditional churros, Mexican strawberries and cream, angel kiss churros, which are topped with strawberries and cream, as well as dubai deluxe strawberries are all on the menu.
If you’re looking to cool off, you can also order a watermelon agua fresca.
Four Brothers Venezuelan Grill
Four Brothers brings Venezuelan flavors to the festival. Their arepas are filling with delicious fillings.
It’s a fun way to expand your festival food tour beyond tacos and barbecue.
Gati Ice Cream
Gati Ice Cream is another Austin favorite that is especially exciting for plant-based diners.
Its vegan ice cream makes it a standout among the festival’s frozen-dessert options. It’s made with coconut milk which brings tropical flavors to the ACL festival
Gelato Paradiso
When the temps are hot, having many ice cream vendors is always a win.
Gelato Paradiso adds a little Italian flair to ACL Sweets. With creamy gelato and plenty of flavors, this is the place to visit when you decide that dancing burns enough calories to justify dessert number two.
Goodpop
Goodpop brings frozen pops to the festival inside Austin Kiddie Limits, including roaming hawkers so you can cool down without leaving the action.
ACL specifically lists Goodpop among its roaming dessert options. If you have dietary restrictions, know that many Goodpop products are vegan and gluten-free.
Goodtimes Burgers
Goodtimes Burgers specializes in festival pop-ups and they focus on classic dishes made with quality ingredients.
Find grass-fed beef burgers, fries, and beverages. Sometimes you don’t need culinary innovation, you just need a solid burger.
Happy Chicks
Happy Chicks is your destination for crispy chicken and fries.
If you’re attending ACL with someone who believes chicken tenders are the perfect food in every situation, congratulations: you have found their happy place.
Grab your dipping sauce of choice and head to the next headliner with this perfectly portable food.
Hattie B’s Hot Chicken
More chicken, but with a KICK!
Nashville hot chicken makes its way to ACL through Hattie B’s Hot Chicken.
This Michelin-recognized fried chicken chain is the godfather of spicy chicken. With crispy chicken and fries, this is one for people who enjoy a little, or a lot, of heat.
Hawk’s Hot Chicken
Hawk’s Hot Chicken comes from nearby Waco, Texas and doubles down on spicy fried chicken and fries.
If you’re the person who sees “hot” on a menu and immediately asks for “hotter,” this one’s for you.
High Road Deli & Bar
High Road Deli & Bar is a new vendor at the ACL Festival.
Their Austin restaurant offers sandwiches and loaded hot dogs, making it a convenient festival stop when you want something portable and substantial.
JABS Burgers & Fries
If you want a good burger, like a really, really good burger, head to JABS.
One of our favorite burgers in town, JABS is known for their viral smashburger with perfectly crisp edges.
Juiceland
Juiceland is practically designed for Austin festival season.
Its juices and plant-forward drinks are refreshing, colorful and an excellent way to sneak some fruits and vegetables into a weekend otherwise dominated by fried food.
It’s also an excellent vegan and vegetarian option, and many drinks are gluten-free.
Kababeque
Kababeque brings grilled, Middle Eastern-inspired foods to ACL.
It gives festivalgoers another savory option outside the standard burger-and-pizza lineup.
KG BBQ
KG BBQ is one of the more exciting names for barbecue fans.
This Michelin-award winning food truck in Austin restaurant combines Texas barbecue techniques with Egyptian and Middle Eastern influences, creating something distinctly its own.
We love getting the lamb chops and the BBQ rice bowls in between hearing our favorite musicians.
Koko’s Bavarian
Koko’s Bavarian beer hall brings German-inspired sausages, fries and snacks to the festival.
Think of it as a little Oktoberfest tucked inside your ACL weekend.
Lambas Kitchen
Lambas Kitchen brings Indian-inspired snacks to the ACL food court.
It’s a useful stop when you’re looking for lots of flavor and global cuisine.
La Santa Barbacha
La Santa Barbacha is an Austin hot spot that specializes in barbacoa and Latin flavors.
For meat lovers, this is exactly the kind of rich, flavorful taco-style meal that feels particularly appropriate in Austin.
La Taquicardia
La Taquicardia brings Mexican street-food energy to ACL. If your festival strategy is essentially “find tacos and repeat,” you will be very happy with this food vendor.
Fingers crossed that they will be featuring their pastor tacos during the festival weekend.
Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove Western Bistro comes from Texas Celebrity Chef Tim Love.
The Austin restaurant is known for creative Texas cuisine, so this is a nice opportunity to get a taste of a more chef-driven approach while staying inside the ACL grounds.
Mama Fried
Mama Fried is another all-time-favorite ACL food vendor. It is not trying to be the lightest meal of your weekend – and honestly, that’s part of its charm.
We literally get their loaded fries every single year, it’s hangover food perfection.
If you’re feeling extra snacky, get the gigantic corn dog bucket to share with friends… or not.
Mexico Ceaty
Another new food vendor at ACL for 2026, Mexico Ceaty hails from San Antonio and offers Mexico City-inspired snacks.
It’s another stop worth bookmarking for taco and Mexican-food fans who want to sample as much of Austin’s sea of local eateries as possible.
P. Terry’s Burger Stand
Few names scream Austin quite like P. Terry’s Burger Stand.
The beloved local burger chain brings burgers and fries to ACL, providing a taste of the Texas capital without requiring a trip outside Zilker Park.
Ranch 616
Ranch 616 is a longtime Austin restaurant known for Southwestern and Texas-inspired fare.
At ACL, it brings Latin flavors and snacks to the festival’s Grove area.
Royal Blue Grocery
Royal Blue Grocery is a particularly useful festival vendor because it covers a broad range of snacks to the VIP section.
Basically, it’s the ACL equivalent of opening the refrigerator and saying, “What do we have?”
Saigon On 7th
Saigon On 7th food truck adds Vietnamese-inspired flavors to ACL, with chicken and beverages among its listed categories.
Fingers crossed that their bahn mi sandwiches are on the menu.
Salt & Time
Salt & Time is known for its butcher shop, charcuterie and restaurant, so expect a meat-forward presence at ACL with burgers.
If you’re looking for quality meat and a gourmet spin, don’t miss this spot.
Shawarma Point
Shawarma Point brings Middle Eastern street food to the festival, with chicken, fries, sandwiches and beverages.
A shawarma bowl can be a particularly good option when you want something flavorful without another burger.
Show. Me Pizza
Show Me Pizza joins the growing pizza contingent with highly rated Neapolitan pizza.
Find them at both ACL Eats and inside VIP.
Skull & Cakebones
Skull & Cakebones is particularly exciting for vegetarian and vegan festivalgoers because its menu focuses on creative plant-based comfort food.
Sno-Beach
Sno-Beach is all about frozen treats and snacks.
When the afternoon heat has you questioning every life choice that brought you to Austin in October, shaved ice suddenly becomes a very serious matter.
Southside Flying Pizza
Southside Flying Pizza is bringing another Austin pizza favorite to ACL and it’s classic pizza hits the spot.
Steamies Dumplings
Steamies Dumplings is one of the vendors we are especially excited to see because dumplings are an excellent festival food: flavorful, portable and considerably more interesting than another sandwich.
Susushi
Susushi is a recent addition to the Austin food scene, bringing push pop sushi to ATX.
This sushi-inspired Asian fare is a more portable option than traditional sushi, which should work great in a festival setting.
We love the lighter alternative to some of the heavier festival offerings.
Taqueria Los Regios
Taqueria Los Regios brings classic Monterry, Mexico flavors to ACL.
For taco enthusiasts, it is another reason to arrive hungry if you’re in the GA+ section.
Tender Dady
Tender Dady from San Antonio chef Jason Dady specializes in chicken and fries, making it another straightforward comfort-food option.
Thai Fresh
We love how Thai Fresh adds Thai flavors to the ACL food lineup.
Thai cuisine can also be particularly adaptable for vegetarians and vegans when dishes are prepared with tofu or vegetables.
The Corndog Company
Nothing says festival quite like a corndog. The Corndog Company brings battered, portable goodness all across ACL, and this is sure to be especially popular around Austin Kiddie Limits. For a unique twist try the honey dog.
The Mighty Cone
The Mighty Cone is one of the most recognizable names in the ACL food scene.
Its signature tortilla lined cone makes festival food ridiculously portable, which is exactly what you want when you’re trying to eat while walking toward the Lady Bird Stage.
The batter includes a crunch of sesame seeds which makes the fried chicken, shrimp, or avocado extra irresistible.
The Well
The Well is located in VIP and features more wellness-focused dining options.
For those looking for something that won’t weigh them down, The Well is likely a good option.
Tiff’s Treats
Tiff’s Treats cookies are another Austin-born favorite, and its warm cookies are the kind of ACL Sweets offering that somehow becomes breakfast, lunch or dinner depending on how late it is.
T-Loc’s Sonora Hot Dogs
If you like your hot dogs loaded, T-Loc’s Sonora Hot Dogs is calling your name.
Sonoran-style hot dogs are wrapped in bacon and piled with toppings, creating a gloriously messy festival meal.
They were even voted best hot dog in Texas by Food and Wine Magazine.
Vaquero Taquero
Vaquero Taquero is another taco destination worth adding to your ACL hit list.
The Austin taqueria is known for handmade tortillas and flavorful meats, making it a strong choice for taco aficionados.
Veracruz Tacos
Veracruz Tacos, from the Austin favorite Veracruz All Natural, brings fresh Mexican flavors to ACL. We especially love their migas tacos.
This is another vendor where tacos make perfect sense for festival life: portable, satisfying and easy to eat between sets..
Wicky’s Walking Tacos
Wicky’s Walking Tacos takes the walking-taco concept and makes it even more appropriate for a music festival.
You can literally eat your meal while walking from one stage to another.
Zilker Provisions by Chef Jason Dady
The name couldn’t be more appropriate. Zilker Provisions by Chef Jason Dady brings chef-driven festival food to the VIP section.
ACL Sweets: Because One Dessert Is Never Enough
The 2026 ACL lineup doesn’t stop with savory food.
The festival has a dedicated ACL Sweets component, plus roaming dessert hawkers. The official festival page specifically highlights Goodpop and Amy’s Ice Creams roaming throughout the park.
In other words, if you’re the kind of person who thinks dessert should be its own food group, ACL understands you.
The Tito’s ACL Activation
Food isn’t the only reason ACL attendees may find themselves wandering toward the Tito’s area.
Tito’s Handmade Vodka is listed among ACL’s official partners, and the brand has become one of the festival’s most recognizable activations.
The Tito’s experience has evolved over the years. In previous ACL festivals, the public-facing That Tito’s Thing activation has included interactive games, photo opportunities, while the private That Tito’s Lounge has offered a more exclusive experience with cocktails, shaded seating and ways to watch the festival.
For 2026, the Tito’s brand remains part of ACL’s official partner lineup, and the Tito’s Handmade Vodka Stage is one of the festival’s performance areas.
The ‘That Tito’s Thing’ experience is open each day of the festival until 8 PM, featuring a photo booth, shaded areas to relax and hang, and a claw machine that can be played for a chance to win Tito’s swag giveaways and other on-site surprises.
Find it directly to the right of the Tito’s stage tent. You’ll know you’re there when you spot the giant disco ball!
Tips for Eating Your Way Through ACL Fest
With this many food vendors, trying everything is basically impossible. And that’s before you factor in the music.
Our advice? Don’t make the mistake of spending the entire day in one food court. Explore. ACL spreads food and drink options across multiple dining areas, including ACL Eats, ACL Eats South, ACL Sweets, Austin Kiddie Limits, Rock Island, The Grove, The Big Tent, The Shade Tent, VIP East and VIP West.
Bring a reusable water bottle and take advantage of the festival’s free water stations. Hydration is not optional when you’re spending hours outside in Austin.
And if you have dietary restrictions, use the official ACL website’s dietary filters before heading into the festival grounds. The site specifically provides filters for gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian options, which is a great starting point for planning your meals.
The best part about the 2026 ACL music festival food lineup is that it feels like a giant love letter to Austin’s restaurant scene.
You’ve got beloved Austin staples, creative newcomers, barbecue, tacos, pizza, Asian cuisine,, Mediterranean-inspired dishes, burgers, chicken, and desserts galore. It’s a culinary snapshot of the live music capital of the world, all packed into Zilker Park.
Whether this is your first time attending ACL or you’ve been coming for previous years, the food is worth making time for. And if you’re one of those ACL enthusiasts who plans your festival schedule down to the minute, we recommend leaving a little wiggle room.
Because your favorite band might be playing on the other side of the park.
But the tacos are right here.
And that, friends, is a very serious scheduling conflict.
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