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Austin – Texas Community Festival 19 – celebrating 20 Roaring Years of Music – kicks off Friday, May 1 at Central Market North with the Yes Ma’am Brass Band and Rhythm Congress. The show will go on rain or shine, so please join us! It’s an Austin tradition! Texas Community Music Festival is presented by the Austin Civic Wind Ensemble and sponsored by Westbank String Shop and HEB, and hosted every year since 2006 by…
Austin – General Registration for the 2026 Texas Community Music Festival will open Dec. 1, 2025. The festival will be held May 1-10, 2026 at Central Market North in Austin. We hope to see you there!
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TCMF NINETEEN
May 1-10, 2026
Central Market North
Austin, Texas
Join us for the 20th YEAR of our local, free, grassroots music festival, right here in Austin, TX!
The Texas Community Music Festival kicked off in Austin on April 29, 2006 at Central Market Cafe North. The very first TCMF drew approximately 10,000 attendees over the four-day event, far exceeding expectations and setting the stage for what has now become a ten-day tradition.
TCMF - Brought to you by ACWE
TCMF was created by and is presented by the Austin Civic Wind Ensemble.
Texas Community Music Festival honors our founding organization, ACWE, who celebrated its 50th year in 2025 and continues to make our festival possible.