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Monday, September 12, 2011
No smoking at ACL
Don’t light up during the Austin City Limits Music Festival.
That’s the word from the city’s parks department, which has prohibited smoking, as well as charcoal and wood grilling, in all city parks due to extreme drought conditions. That ban, which was put in place in April 2010, includes Zilker Park, site of this weekend’s three-day ACL Fest.
City officials say recent wildfires that devastated parts of Bastrop, Spicewood and Steiner Ranch have shown just how quickly fire can spread. That, they hope, will be on the minds of festival-goers.
“We have more people who are aware,” said fire department spokeswoman Michelle DeCrane. “The awareness is very high right now.”
Park rangers will first ask people caught smoking to stop, said parks department spokesman Victor Ovalle. If they don’t, they’ll be asked to leave. Refuse to leave, and Austin police will get involved.
“At that point, officers would issue a trespassing citation,” said Lt. Todd Smith. “We hope it wouldn’t get that far.
“We just want everyone to have a good time.”
The ban is a directive from parks director Sara Hensley — not a city ordinance — which means officers can’t issue citations for smoking alone, Smith said.
Smokers with three-day passes have the option of leaving the park grounds to light up, then re-entering after passing through a security checkpoint, according to an ACL Fest spokeswoman.
Festival-goers with one-day passes can’t do that.
With signs posted around the park — inside and outside the gates — Ovalle says he doesn’t expect a problem with compliance.
“People know how bad it is right now,” he said. “It’s been all over the news.”
Cars parked on bone-dry grass are also a concern for parks officials, Ovalle said. The heat generated by a car’s underside can — and frequently does — start fires.
“The last thing anyone wants is a fire in our parks,” he said.
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The National and Local Natives to play Austin Music Hall Dec. 4
The National, who engaged in some balloon popping antics at last year’s ACL Fest and more recently released a song that was used in the video game Portal 2, will stop by Austin Music Hall on Dec. 4 with Local Natives, who filled Stubb’s (and also promised to return with new music) the last time they were here. Tickets are $38. The presale happens at 10 a.m. on Sept. 22 (you have to sign up for the Austin Music Hall newsletter), with a public onsale Sept. 23 at 10 a.m. through Front Gate.
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Waterloo Records announces ACL Festival autograph schedule
Several artists performing at the Austin City Limits music festival, including My Morning Jacket, Broken Social Scene, AWOLNATION, James Blake and Social Distortion, will be signing autographs throughout the weekend at the Waterloo Records tent. The full schedule is below:
Friday
Hudson Moore - 12:30pm
Cults - 1pm
Ha Ha Tonka - 2pm
Theophilus London 2pm
Reptar - 2:30pm
Wild Beasts - 3:15pm
Foster the People - 3:30pm
Bobby Long - 3:45pm
Fool’s Gold - 3:45pm
Delta Spirit - 4pm
James Blake - 4:40pm
Smith Westerns - 5pm
The Cave Singers - 6pm
Kurt Vile - 6:15pm
Saturday
Telekinesis - 1pm
The Antlers - 1:45pm
Cut Copy - 2:40pm
Fitz & the Tantrums - 3pm
J.Roddy Walston & The Business - 3:30pm
Young the Giant - 3:30pm
TV on the Radio - 4pm
Daniel Lanois - 4:30pm
My Morning Jacket - 5pm
Abigail Washburn - 5:30pm
Moondoggies - 5:45pm
Sunday
Yellow Ostrich - 1pm
Little Hurricane - 1:30pm
Mariachi El Bronx - 2pm
The Head & the Heart - 3pm
Dale Earnhardt Jr - 3pm
Gomez - 3pm
MONA - 3:45pm
Walkmen - 4pm
The Airborne Toxic Event - 4pm
AWOLNATION - 5pm
We Are Augustines - 5pm
Nick 13 - 5pm
Social Distortion - 5pm
Broken Social Scene - 6pm
Bomba Estereo - 6pm
Joseph Arthur - 6:15pm
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Tonight’s picks: Deleted Scenes, Santana and Michael Franti, more
Deleted Scenes at Mohawk.This Washington, D.C.-based indie rock band was compared to the Talking Heads after the release of their 2009 album “Birdseed Shirt.” With their latest EP, “Bedbedbedbedbed,” the band moves away from that comparison with three songs that offer the same electronic effects and falsetto vocals, but don’t lean as heavily on epic rock crescendos, opting instead for something a bit more abstract. With Royal Forest. 10 p.m. $6. 912 Red River St. mohawkaustin.com.
Also playing:
- Cough, Bridge Farmers, Burials, Boars at Red 7
- Santana and Michael Franti at ACL Live
