Wondering who’s playing at the Austin F1 concert or what time your favourite artist will be hitting the stage at the US Grand Prix?
Unsure whether you need to buy additional tickets or if your Formula 1 tickets include access to the concerts?
This article has all the details on the live music playing during the F1 weekend at COTA this year.
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Who's performing at the 2025 Austin F1 concert?
COTA haven’t yet announced the headline artists performing over the Formula 1 weekend from October 17th-29th 2025. When they do this page will be updated.
The information below is about last year’s performers but much of it is still relevant.
- Friday 18th October: Sting
- Saturday 19th October: Eminem
- Sunday 20th October (post-race): Two Friends
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What time do the Austin F1 concerts start?
The Austin F1 concert headliner’s sets are scheduled to start 90 minutes after the on-track activity ends on the Friday and Saturday evenings. Their sets will last roughly 90 minutes.
On Sunday evening TwoFriends are due to start shortly after the Grand Prix has finished.
On the Friday the last on-track action is due to finish at 6:30pm once the Masters Endurance Legends qualifying is over.
On Saturday the final track action is due to be complete by 6:00pm after the F1 qualifying is over.
See the full COTA F1 schedule for more information on race timings.
Where is the Austin F1 concert held?
The Friday and Saturday headline artists at the US GP will be performing on the Germania Super Stage. This is located on the inside of the circuit near turns 8, 9 and 10.
The stage will actually be on the outside of the circuit on the other side of the back straight.
After the on-track action is finished the barriers will be moved from in front of the stage and the whole area inside the circuit will be a grassy lawn standing area.
To get to the lawn you can enter through the Infield Entrance near Tunnel 2 and The Ranch, or use the entrance between Turns 10 and 11.
The Sunday post-race performance will take place on the Germania Ampithetre next to turns 16, 17 and 18, right in the F1 Fan Zone at the foot of the COTA tower.
Do F1 tickets include the concerts?
If you have any type of Formula 1 tickets to the Austin Grand Prix then you have access to the concerts as well. You only have concert access for the days your ticket is valid.
If for example you only have COTA F1 General Admission tickets for the Friday, that means you can only get in to the circuit to see the Friday concert. If you have 3-day grandstand tickets then you can go to concerts all three days of the weekend.
Concert ticket upgrades
There are a number of upgrades you can make to your ticket to enhance the concert experience. These include:
- Reserved seat
- Concert floor upgrade (closer to the front)
- Private loge box
- Shared loge box
More info on all of these upgrades can be found on the COTA site here.
What if you only want to see the concerts?
You can still attend the concerts even if you’re not interested in the Formula 1 and have no desire to see the US GP trophy being lifted.
If that’s the case you need to purchase single-day general admission (grounds pass) tickets to the F1. You need to purchase these for the day of the concert you want to see.
Information on purchasing single day tickets can be found on the official site here.
You will also need to sort out parking at the circuit. See our COTA parking guide for more details on the different options.
What time to get to the Austin F1 concert?
If you’re going to be watching the Formula 1 anyway then you’ll already be at the circuit so you can meander over to the stage once the track action is over.
If you’re not interested in the racing and only coming for the music, the circuit gates open at around 9:00am each day of the race weekend. You can turn up any time after that before the concerts start.
My suggestion would be to aim to arrive before final F1 session of the day finishes to make sure you avoid the post-F1 traffic gridlock around the circuit.
Smaller artists
As well as the artists headling the Austin F1 concerts there’ll be dozens of smaller musicians playing at different stages dotted around the circuit across the Grand Prix weekend. A lot of these will be local Texas bands.
The stages they’ll be performing on are likely to be located in the following areas, found on the map below:
- La Cantina
- F1 Fan Zone
- Onederland (also known as Fan Field)
- Biergarten
Some of the other artists who will be performing across the United States Grand Prix weekend as part of ‘The American Soundtrack’ are:
- Mayeux & Broussard
- Mariachi Vos de Pasion
- Jane Leo
- Rob Baird
- Gentleman Rogues
- Los Desechos
- The Ugly Beats
- Volcan
- Half Dream
- El Combo Oscuro
- Girl in a Coma
- Bidi Bidi Banda
- Stella and the very Messed
- Luna Tropical
- Booher
- Conjunto Los Pinkys
- Tomar and the FCS
- Auerlio and the Garifuna Soul Band
- Der Klein Steins
- Chorizo Funk
- King Louie
- Squibs
- Billie Buck
- Manolo Black
- DJ Raquiqui
