Announcements

2024 ACL Festival Neighborhood Information

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The Austin City Limits Music Festival will take place over two consecutive weekends: Friday, October 4th through Sunday, October 6th, 11am to 10pm; and Friday, October 11th through Sunday, October 13th, 11am-10pm.

The event will significantly affect area traffic conditions and public recreational use of the park during event hours. Our neighborhood access via Barton Springs Road/Azie Morton is affected. Visit the links provided by the City below for interactive park access maps and detailed road closure information.

Road Closure and Park Access Calendar
Interactive Park Access and Road Closure Map
Mobility Access Map
ACL Music Festival FAQ

Neighborhood NO PARKING restrictions will be in effect (view map for locations). Signed “no parking areas” are actively enforced only on event days (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday).

The City advises that sound or other neighborhood concerns should be reported by dialing 311 or using the Austin 311 mobile app.

2023 ACL Music Festival Neighborhood Information

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The following information was provided by the City of Austin and C3 Presents to help our neighborhood prepare for the upcoming Austin City Limits Music Festival:

ACL Music Festival will take place over two consecutive weekends: Friday, Oct. 6th through Sunday, Oct. 8th; and Friday, Oct. 13th through Sunday, Oct. 15th, from noon to 10 PM on Friday, and 11 AM to 10 PM on Saturday/Sunday.

The event will significantly affect area traffic conditions and public recreational use of the park on both load in/out and event days. Neighborhood NO PARKING restrictions are in effect. Signed “no parking areas” are actively enforced only on event days (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday). The ACL Festival web site offers extensive information about transportation to/from the event.

Azie Morton (between Barton Hills Drive and Barton Springs Road) will be closed from 11 AM to 11:59 PM each day of the festival. Barton Springs Road through Zilker Park will be closed starting Thursday at 8 PM until 11:59 PM on Sunday, both weekends. No vehicular traffic will be allowed on Barton Springs Road from South Lamar to Sterzing from 9 PM to 11 PM both weekends.  For load in/out Barton Springs Road will have varying lane closures on Saturday, Sept. 30 and Monday, Oct. 2 through Thursday, Oct. 5 and Monday, Oct. 16 through Wednesday, Oct. 18.

The maps linked below offer a high-level overview of the scheduled street closures and transportation options for patrons to travel to Zilker Park from outside the surrounding neighborhoods. Please visit the city event pages for detailed park access maps.

Barton Springs Pool is open at all times during normal hours. During Festival days parking is protected at the south gate lot off Azie Morton Rd. for pool swimmers. In addition, Auditorium Shores will be open at all times for general and off-leash use.

NEIGHBORHOOD INFO

TRAFFIC AND PARKING

CITY RESOURCES

Join us Sunday, April 30 for our neighborhood spring Picnic in the Park

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The BHNA spring Picnic in the Park is back!

Sunday April 30, 3:00 – 5:00 PM (postponed from Sunday April 23 due to weather), at the Barton Hills Community Park adjoining the school. Pack a picnic, beverages, a blanket and maybe a thing or two to share, and join us. For the kids and those of us adults who love field games, we’ll have a water balloon toss, egg race, and three-legged race.

Please help get the word out by sharing this invite with your neighbors, & come meet more of the fantastic people who live around you!

Best,
Lindsay Razzaz (Barton Skyway)
BHNA Partnerships Coordinator