Youtube Music playlists for ACL broken up by weekend and day
I find it incredibly helpful to force myself to listen to the music from the artists scheduled for festivals I attend. I slowly curate my own version of the playlists and then later when the stage schedule comes out, I have a good idea of where I want to plant my feet.
I have a vibe coded some Python scripts that created ACL Festival playlists for Youtube Music. It takes the popular songs from each group. Defining "popular" is complex; but it's loosely based on number of plays until the counts drop dramatically in percentage. So, some artists have 15 songs, some have 5, etc.
ACL Festival 2026 W1
Note on Weekend 1, I had to skip DJ Cassandra, as I couldn't pinpoint any performances by her. I'm happy to add it in, if someone can positively identify any.
ACL Festival 2026 W2
Note: Weekend 2 is missing THE HUSTON-TILLOTSON UNIVERSITY JAZZ COLLECTIVE (couldn't pinpoint them on YTM.. oh well) and WORLD FAMOUS PETS, which from what I've read could be amazing. But AFAIK, they haven't released anything in the streaming world yet. https://www.worldfamouspetsband.com/
And for you day-pass people, here are some playlist links:
The above playlists are base lines. They will likely contain music that doesn't meet your standards. I suggest you "clone" the playlist, which you can do easiest by using a desktop browser. Open the playlist, select the box on the first song, and slowly scroll all the way to the bottom of the playlist as it slowly loads a few at a time and hold down SHIFT while you click the same box to place a check box on it. It should then select ALL of the songs on that playlist. Then simply hit the icon inviting you to add those selected songs to a playlist. Then create a new playlist of your own and go to town curating it to your heart's content.
Enjoy!