Alternative rock band GROUPLOVE is set to headline Longhorn City Limits this weekend, performing immediately after the Texas Longhorns take on the Florida Gators at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 17. The free concert takes place on the LBJ Lawn, located on the stadium's northeast corner, and no game ticket is required to attend.
The headliner news comes from a post on the Texas Longhorns' official X account, which declared, “you heard it here first: @GROUPLOVE is headlining LCL this weekend 🤘‼️ #HookEm.” According to texaslonghorns.com, Longhorn City Limits is a free pregame concert experience on the LBJ Lawn featuring national and regional artists, with admission free for every show throughout the season. As reported by KVUE, the Saturday lineup kicks off at 8 a.m. with Austin-based cover band The Motts taking the stage at 8:30 a.m. ahead of kickoff, with GROUPLOVE set to perform right after the Longhorns and Gators finish playing.
Kickoff Time Still Up in the Air
Exactly when that game will start remains a bit murky. The Texas Longhorns' own game center lists an 11 a.m. CT kickoff at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium, per texaslonghorns.com's game center page. Florida's athletic department, however, says otherwise: according to floridagators.com, the Gators and Longhorns are scheduled for a noon kickoff in Austin, broadcast on ABC. Neither school's page acknowledges the discrepancy, so fans heading to the LBJ Lawn may want to double check before planning their morning.
Whatever time the first whistle blows, the concert series built around it has become a fixture of Texas football Saturdays. Now in its seventh season, Longhorn City Limits has hosted more than 80 acts, offering free pregame and postgame concerts by national and regional artists after select home games, the athletics site notes. All areas tied to the gameday experience, including the concert lawn, are free and open to every fan regardless of whether they hold a game ticket, per the same account.
A Season Full of Headliners
GROUPLOVE joins a lineup of acts that have already rotated through the LBJ Lawn stage this fall. Eli Young Band headlined the series' first 2026-27 show before Texas played Texas State on Sept. 5, and Robert Earl Keen followed as the headliner ahead of the Longhorns' matchup with Ohio State on Sept. 12. Sugar Ray took the stage before Texas faced UTSA on Sept. 19, joined that night by special guest Flight By Nothing.
Beyond the music, UT Austin officials are also hosting a free tailgating area for fans 21 and older, stocked with beverages, games and giveaways, according to KVUE's report. The gameday build-out reflects how much the Longhorn City Limits concept has grown since it first launched, turning what used to be just a football Saturday into a full morning-to-afternoon event on campus.
What's Next for Texas Football
The Florida matchup is one stop in a packed stretch of home games for the Longhorns. Texas is scheduled to host Ole Miss at DKR on Oct. 24, followed by Mississippi State on Oct. 31, before closing out its home slate against Arkansas on Nov. 21. Whether Longhorn City Limits announces more headliners for those dates remains to be seen, but this weekend's show is shaping up to be one of the season's bigger draws if GROUPLOVE's appearance holds as reported.
