If you attended ACL Festival in 2024, your wristband helped contribute $8.4 million in funding to beautify local parks.

The 2024 funding is ~$300,000 more than the amount awarded to Austin Parks Foundation in 2023 and ~$1.2 million more than 2022's total. Here are a few more fun facts about the fest's economic impact:

ACL Fest 2024 contributed $534.8 million to the local economy, which is the equivalent of 3,607 full-time jobs.
ACL Fest has generated an estimated $4.1 billion for the local economy since its partnership with APF began.
ACL and APF's partnershiphas raised more than $71 million for Austin green spaces since it began in 2006.

Data from 2020 was excluded since the festival was held online that year. | Graphic by ATXtoday

Compare that to years prior:

2023: The festival raised $8.1 million for local parks and generated $499.9 million for the local economy.
2022: ACL raised $7.2 million dollars for parks and generated $447.9 million for the local economy.
2021: $6.7 million went toward local parks and $369 million in economic impact was generated.

Brownie Neighborhood Park and Pan Am Neighborhood Park each received $250,000 in investments, while Deep Eddy Pool received $200,000 in improvements thanks to past allotments of ACL funding.

Here are some projects this year's $8.4 million check will go toward, in addition to the restoration and maintenance of Zilker Park:

Restoration of the historic Henry Madison Cabin and playground replacement at Rosewood Neighborhood Park
Construction at Grand Meadow Neighborhood Park
Design, permitting, and engineering at Jamestown Neighborhood Park
Creation of the first all-abilities playground at Onion Creek Metro Park
Trail + greenbelt improvements across the city

In the past 20 years, funding has been used for 250+ projects across town. Now, it's time for the fun part: check out who is performing at ACL 2025.