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ACL's 2026 weekends are October 2–4 and October 9–11; use the official schedule for your chosen edition instead of treating an old lineup as current.","duration":"Suggested: One visit or performance","budget":"Festival admission, travel and personal extras","budgetDetail":"Festival admission, travel and personal extras. Agree the total before purchases or bookings. This is a planning suggestion, not a live price or availability quote.","goodFor":"Pick an exhibition, performance or festival session and make the arrival easy.","considerInstead":"A home listening party of artists the group chooses. No festival entry or crowd logistics, without the live performances.","options":[{"name":"ACL Festival with friends who like different artists","fit":"Separate only with an agreed regroup time; nobody has to follow one friend's entire lineup.","cost":"Festival admission, travel and personal extras","tradeoff":"Dates are a 2026 reference. 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