i park here. its an enclosed garage. always been around 7 or 8 bucks, even on acl weekend. and about a 30 min walk (i walk slow) to zilker park. its also where the pedicaps lineup, so if a 20-30 min walk is too much, you can hitch a ride for a small donation. ive never ever had trouble finding a spot here. and sometimes i dont mosey on out of the house till 1pm or 2pm. been parking here for years. and a stroll down barton springs road is part of the experience at acl.
Yeah, I know where that is. Just across Congress from my old college apartment. Used to be an auditorium like thing, until they tore it down and refurbished, right?
i dunno if it was torn down or refurbished. but they redid the whole thing. parking garage is quite sizable. i actually drive in, and start going in the down/exit direction, and find a spot close to the exit. cause you never know.
anyways, that is an option. but there is always the shuttles. getting there they are quite good. getting back is a gamble.
It's gone. It is now the Long Center for the Performing Arts. Quite nice and if this is the parking garage you speak of it could be the best bet.
Anyone had experience with catching a cab after? There's supposed to be a drop-off and pick-up spot for the cabbies but I'm not sure how long of a wait it would be to get one. Yeah, it'll be expensive but I'm going by myself and live in NW hills. I thought a cab might be less time than the shuttle....?? I gotta work on Monday :x
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Anyone had experience with catching a cab after? There's supposed to be a drop-off and pick-up spot for the cabbies but I'm not sure how long of a wait it would be to get one. Yeah, it'll be expensive but I'm going by myself and live in NW hills. I thought a cab might be less time than the shuttle....?? I gotta work on Monday :x
yeah---the shuttle line will be long. you can walk out and catch a cab..just be prepared to either spend a decent amount of $ or share a cab. there are also bike taxis that are waiting to pick up fares right near the gate. this year is the first year that we've really planned this part of it out by asking my wife's cousin to pick us up in exchange for some gas/grocery money. we're very thankful that he said yes.
Anyone had experience with catching a cab after? There's supposed to be a drop-off and pick-up spot for the cabbies but I'm not sure how long of a wait it would be to get one. Yeah, it'll be expensive but I'm going by myself and live in NW hills. I thought a cab might be less time than the shuttle....?? I gotta work on Monday :x
yeah---the shuttle line will be long. you can walk out and catch a cab..just be prepared to either spend a decent amount of $ or share a cab. there are also bike taxis that are waiting to pick up fares right near the gate. this year is the first year that we've really planned this part of it out by asking my wife's cousin to pick us up in exchange for some gas/grocery money. we're very thankful that he said yes.
Thanks for the info. Yeah, sharing a cab would be great if I could link up with someone who lives central or northwest. The last time I cabbed it from the airport to home it cost me almost $40 and that was a year ago. Ain't no way I want to be driving though.....!!
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Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
i park here. its an enclosed garage. always been around 7 or 8 bucks, even on acl weekend. and about a 30 min walk (i walk slow) to zilker park. its also where the pedicaps lineup, so if a 20-30 min walk is too much, you can hitch a ride for a small donation. ive never ever had trouble finding a spot here. and sometimes i dont mosey on out of the house till 1pm or 2pm. been parking here for years. and a stroll down barton springs road is part of the experience at acl.
My friends and I parked here last year each day (after getting parking at the Elks Club the year before, about the same distance) and this was great. Hardly anyone seemed to even know about this. Very easy access. As we were walking out Sunday night I said something to one of my friends about "when we get to the truck" and this girl who was walking beside me said "You guys found parking? YOU SUCK!" Everybody just broke up. She said she and her friends were waiting around a LONG time every night for a cab. On the other hand, if you plan on drinking it's nice to let somebody else do the driving.
i park here. its an enclosed garage. always been around 7 or 8 bucks, even on acl weekend. and about a 30 min walk (i walk slow) to zilker park. its also where the pedicaps lineup, so if a 20-30 min walk is too much, you can hitch a ride for a small donation. ive never ever had trouble finding a spot here. and sometimes i dont mosey on out of the house till 1pm or 2pm. been parking here for years. and a stroll down barton springs road is part of the experience at acl.
My friends and I parked here last year each day (after getting parking at the Elks Club the year before, about the same distance) and this was great. Hardly anyone seemed to even know about this. Very easy access. As we were walking out Sunday night I said something to one of my friends about "when we get to the truck" and this girl who was walking beside me said "You guys found parking? YOU SUCK!" Everybody just broke up. She said she and her friends were waiting around a LONG time every night for a cab. On the other hand, if you plan on drinking it's nice to let somebody else do the driving.
If I did drive and park, I imagine I'd be sober by the time I got out of the parking lot I'm just not sure about walking by myself back to my car..... plus, I get lost real easy when I've been drinking. I'm directionally challenged even when sober! :shock:
~I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth.~
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
If I did drive and park, I imagine I'd be sober by the time I got out of the parking lot I'm just not sure about walking by myself back to my car..... plus, I get lost real easy when I've been drinking. I'm directionally challenged even when sober! :shock:
you wont be walking alone. the garage is huge, and will fill up by days end. so there will be folks walking back with you.
lost? its a straight shot down barton springs road.
If I did drive and park, I imagine I'd be sober by the time I got out of the parking lot I'm just not sure about walking by myself back to my car..... plus, I get lost real easy when I've been drinking. I'm directionally challenged even when sober! :shock:
you wont be walking alone. the garage is huge, and will fill up by days end. so there will be folks walking back with you.
lost? its a straight shot down barton springs road.
BUT i don't recommend the drinking and driving.
Is that ever the truth. You will be walking out of the gates in a crowd of several hundred people that may gradually thin down to a couple hundred by the time you get to the garage. Police will have the side streets closed down each night after the fest ends. You will be fine.
By now, I would not be afraid to do it and I am a total wuss about my personal safety.
If I did drive and park, I imagine I'd be sober by the time I got out of the parking lot I'm just not sure about walking by myself back to my car..... plus, I get lost real easy when I've been drinking. I'm directionally challenged even when sober! :shock:
you wont be walking alone. the garage is huge, and will fill up by days end. so there will be folks walking back with you.
lost? its a straight shot down barton springs road.
BUT i don't recommend the drinking and driving.
I think I'll check out the location this weekend. I don't really drink that much - especially when I'm by myself. I learned my lesson last time I went to Mid-town Music Festival in Atlanta - (2005 maybe?) I came out of the wrong exit from the park because cops were forcing people to go to specific exits. I got lost walking and ended up on "ho's row" with one of the pimps grabbing my arm and escorting me to the end of the block. Luckily a group of kids wandered by and helped me find my way back to where my car was parked. Now I know Austin ain't no Atlanta.... but it was one of those life-changing moments if you know what I mean..... :shock:
~I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth.~
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
I think I'll check out the location this weekend. I don't really drink that much - especially when I'm by myself. I learned my lesson last time I went to Mid-town Music Festival in Atlanta - (2005 maybe?) I came out of the wrong exit from the park because cops were forcing people to go to specific exits. I got lost walking and ended up on "ho's row" with one of the pimps grabbing my arm and escorting me to the end of the block. Luckily a group of kids wandered by and helped me find my way back to where my car was parked. Now I know Austin ain't no Atlanta.... but it was one of those life-changing moments if you know what I mean..... :shock:
I would understand that completely and like I said, I don't take chances with my safety and don't make any apologies for it. But by now, after attending 2 years and seeing how well everything is managed at night after the fest is over and how friendly people tend to be, I would feel OK doing it by myself. I would probably scope out a group of people to walk with and stay with them, but it wouldn't be too hard. For most of the route you're going to be be part of a throng.
Thanks Lost Soul and Whoprincess... maybe I'll see you there!!
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Mohandas K. Gandhi
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Henry David Thoreau
I'm on the fence about this. I don't want to miss a bunch of the festival waiting in line for tickets and waiting to get into the simulcast. But I bet it would be really cool, even if you aren't actually in the same place as the band.
I went to an ACL taping last year, and the band played for an hour and a half, of which only a half hour of material actually ended up on the final show. So I'm guessing Pearl Jam might play a regular-ish two hour set for the taping? And then you'd also get to see all the backstagey stuff in between songs that won't make it into the final product.
Hmm. I might go for it.
Either way I'm so excited that this is coming up so soon!
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I'm on the fence about this. I don't want to miss a bunch of the festival waiting in line for tickets and waiting to get into the simulcast. But I bet it would be really cool, even if you aren't actually in the same place as the band.
yeah---there are a lot of bands that we want to see over those 3 days...i don't know if we will want to spend a good chunk of time waiting in line...we'll see, i guess.
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It's gone. It is now the Long Center for the Performing Arts. Quite nice and if this is the parking garage you speak of it could be the best bet.
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
yeah---the shuttle line will be long. you can walk out and catch a cab..just be prepared to either spend a decent amount of $ or share a cab. there are also bike taxis that are waiting to pick up fares right near the gate. this year is the first year that we've really planned this part of it out by asking my wife's cousin to pick us up in exchange for some gas/grocery money. we're very thankful that he said yes.
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Thanks for the info. Yeah, sharing a cab would be great if I could link up with someone who lives central or northwest. The last time I cabbed it from the airport to home it cost me almost $40 and that was a year ago. Ain't no way I want to be driving though.....!!
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
If I did drive and park, I imagine I'd be sober by the time I got out of the parking lot
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
you wont be walking alone. the garage is huge, and will fill up by days end. so there will be folks walking back with you.
lost? its a straight shot down barton springs road.
BUT i don't recommend the drinking and driving.
to me
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The park will be open around 11 AM each day.
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Is that ever the truth. You will be walking out of the gates in a crowd of several hundred people that may gradually thin down to a couple hundred by the time you get to the garage. Police will have the side streets closed down each night after the fest ends. You will be fine.
By now, I would not be afraid to do it and I am a total wuss about my personal safety.
I think I'll check out the location this weekend. I don't really drink that much - especially when I'm by myself. I learned my lesson last time I went to Mid-town Music Festival in Atlanta - (2005 maybe?) I came out of the wrong exit from the park because cops were forcing people to go to specific exits. I got lost walking and ended up on "ho's row" with one of the pimps grabbing my arm and escorting me to the end of the block. Luckily a group of kids wandered by and helped me find my way back to where my car was parked. Now I know Austin ain't no Atlanta.... but it was one of those life-changing moments if you know what I mean..... :shock:
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
http://www.aclfestival.com/inthepark/map.html
I'll never remember all the new names for the stages.
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No way. Dammit.
Only 400 tickets to the Simulcast? That sucks!
BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
HTFD-6/27/08
ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
OKC-11/16/13
SEA-12/6/13
TUL-10/8/14
Limit per person is 4. I'll be there. Not sure how early on Friday I'd need to line up. Did anyone do the live simulcast for DMB? How was it?
I went to an ACL taping last year, and the band played for an hour and a half, of which only a half hour of material actually ended up on the final show. So I'm guessing Pearl Jam might play a regular-ish two hour set for the taping? And then you'd also get to see all the backstagey stuff in between songs that won't make it into the final product.
Hmm. I might go for it.
Either way I'm so excited that this is coming up so soon!
yeah---there are a lot of bands that we want to see over those 3 days...i don't know if we will want to spend a good chunk of time waiting in line...we'll see, i guess.
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DVR, baby.
for the least they could possibly do