The Battle Was Epic!
The 2026 Corporate Battle of the Bands presented by Cirrus Logic returned to ACL Live for the 17th year
On June 10, 2026, six rockstar bands from Cirrus Logic, H-E-B, ABC Home & Commercial, Netspend, PNC Bank, and Ascension Seton unleashed their talents on the ACL Live stage for a great cause - to keep music in Austin alive and well.
The evening raised over $241,000! Through partnerships with area providers, HAAM is able to leverage those dollars into nearly $1.7 million in direct healthcare services for the more than 3,300 area musicians it serves annually. Thank you, Austin! A special thanks to presenting sponsor Cirrus Logic and stage sponsors, H-E-B and C3 Presents.
Thank you to all of our Band, Award, Suite and Event sponsors for making this epic evening possible and for helping to keep music in Austin alive and well. With competition tight and judging fierce, the following bands took home the 2026 gold record awards:
Best Band: The Anteaters (ABC Home & Commercial). Award sponsored by Maxwell Locke & Ritter
Best Song: “Helena” (My Chemical Romance) performed by Knuckle Sammich (H-E-B). Award sponsored by Tecovas
Best Stage Presence: The Haptics (Cirrus Logic)
Fan Favorite - awarded to band that raises the most funds for HAAM: The Haptics (Cirrus Logic). Award sponsored by Austin Subaru
All bands received an Appreciation Award sponsored by FVF Law
2026 Corporate Battle of the Bands Photos
Photos by Jake Rabin & David Brendan Hall
Thank You to our Generous 2026 Sponsors & Partners
PRESENTING SPONSOR
Cirrus Logic
STAGE SPONSORS
H-E-B | C3 Presents
BAND SPONSORS
Cirrus Logic | H-E-B | PNC Bank | ABC Home & Commercial | Ascension Seton l Netspend
AWARD & EVENT SPONSORS
Airbnb - Event Sponsor | Tito’s Handmade Vodka - Event Sponsor l FVF Law - Appreciation Awards | Maxwell Locke & Ritter - Best Band Award
Tecovas - Best Song Award | Austin Subaru - Fan Favorite Award | KBI Recycling - Event Sponsor | Schlotzsky’s - VIP Party
SPECIAL THANKS
ACL Live| ATX Event Systems| LatticeWorks
THANK YOU TO OUR IN-KIND EVENT, AUCTION & PICK-A-PICK SPONSORS:
ACL Live at the Moody Theater | Alotten | Anna Kraft Fine Art Portrait | Antone’s Nightclub | ATX Backline | ATX Event Systems | Austin FC | Austin Film Festival | Brane Audio | Big Loud Texas | Birds Barbershop | Breakaway Records | Butler Pitch & Putt l C3 Presents | Canned Beets | Carpenter Hotel l Patrick & Judy Cantilo | Central Machine Works | Circuit of The Americas | Criquet Shirts l Dulce Vida Tequila l Flat Creek Estate l Gibson Gives | Graphic Guitar Guys | Gold Rush Vinyl | Hai Hospitality | Hattie B’s Hot Chicken l The Hemby Estate | imogene + willie | KUTX | La Condesa l La Lumiere New York l Live Nation | Luck Presents | Mañana Coffee l Milam and Greene Whiskey | Misc. Rentals | Moody Center | Mythic Guitar Company | New Waterloo | Nova Hospitality | PNC Bank | Resound Presents | Room Service Vintage l Schlotzsky's | SharpeVision | Shake Shack | Snarf’s Sandwiches l Soundwaves Art Foundation | Spokesman Coffee | StarVista Live | St. Elmo Brewing | Stephen F. Austin Hotel | Strait Music | Joshua Stringer | Sway Thai l Tacodeli | Tecovas l Tejas Tonic | Texas Craft Brewers Guild l Thunderhouse Media | Troublemaker Studios | Tupelo Goods l University of Texas Press | Waterloo Audiology | Waterloo Greenway | Waterloo Ice House l YETI | Zilker Belts
THANK YOU TO OUR 2026 JUDGES & EMCEES
EMCEES: Trevor Scott (CBS Austin) l Quita Culpepper (KVUE) | Nakia (Singer/Songwriter)
JUDGES: Trennis Jones (Austin FC) l Taylor Wallace (KUTX) l Nakia (Singer/Songwriter) l Kendall Beard (Singer/Songwriter)
