TAPINGS BEGIN AT 8PM SHARP CT; THEATER DOORS ARE AT 7PM AND WILL CALL/FRONT PORCH BAR OPENS AT 6PM.
DIRECTIONS, PARKING AND OTHER VENUE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND HERE.
ACL Live at The Moody Theater is located at 310 W. 2nd Street, Willie Nelson Blvd.
Entering multiple times does not improve your chances of winning and multiple entries will be deleted. A random drawing is conducted to determine the winners of the Space Available passes. Passes are not transferable or for sale.
You will be notified via email if you have won tickets to a taping; the email will contain further instructions. Two passes per person are allowed. Please be in Austin or the surrounding community. A pass does NOT guarantee admission to a taping. KLRU will admit as many ticket holders as our capacity limit allows. That limit is set by the State Fire Marshal and is strictly enforced. In order to be assured of a full house for the taping, KLRU distributes tickets in excess of our capacity to account for “no-shows.”
If you are in Austin for a visit you are welcome to follow the giveaway process detailed here. Unfortunately, KLRU cannot accommodate special out-of town requests. However, another way to get the Austin City Limits experience is to attend the Austin City Limits Music Festival, or attend a scheduled concert at ACL Live at The Moody Theater, the new home of Austin City Limits.
ABOUT SAMARA JOY
Samara Joy is having a banner year, earning a remarkable fourth and fifth Grammy at this year’s Awards, taking home gold for both Best Jazz Performance and Best Jazz Vocal Album. The 25-year-old jazz vocalist’s latest studio album Portrait won the Outstanding Jazz Album Award at the NAACP Image Awards in February. Joy co-produced the acclaimed Verve release with veteran trumpeter/bandleader and multi-Grammy winner Brian Lynch. Portrait showcases the intimate, soulful chemistry she’s developed with her touring band and spotlights her burgeoning gifts as a lyricist in ingenious arrangements that meld her thoughtful words with music by Charles Mingus, Sun Ra and her late mentor Barry Harris. Joy continues to secure her status as perhaps the first Gen Z jazz vocal star: The New York Times praised the “silky-voiced rising star” for “helping jazz take a youthful turn,” while NPR named her a “classic jazz singer from a new generation.” Joy’s meteoric rise launched in 2022 with the release of her breakout Verve debut, Linger Awhile, which garnered critical raves and signaled the arrival of a once-in-a-generation vocalist. The album earned her a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album in addition to a headline-making win for Best New Artist. A native of the Bronx, Joy became entranced by classic R&B as a child and cut her teeth as a singer in her church’s gospel choir. And while her family history is deeply musical, Joy didn’t delve into the jazz tradition until college. During her studies she won the 2019 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, which introduced her to the larger jazz scene as a rising star to watch. She was heard, by audiences and critics alike, as a masterful interpreter of jazz standards and a rightful heiress of the sound, technique and charisma that defined her jazz heroines — including Vaughan, Betty Carter, Abbey Lincoln and Carmen McRae. Joy will tour across the globe throughout 2025, including a career high: her highly-anticipated Carnegie Hall debut this spring.
