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.
TCMF News
SUNDAY APRIL 14th — 5:45 Another TCMF debut! The Defibrillators’ band members are long-standing singers and players who all are passionate about the great music of Motown/Stax/Volt and the R&B that made the 60’s and 70’s. The band breathes new life into these great tunes and takes the excitement right out into the audience. https://www.entertainersworldwide.com/the-defibrillators-profile-171856 Droooooooooooone! SUNDAY APRIL 14th — 7:00 Silver Thistle has been participating in pipe band competitions and performing in Texas and…
SUNDAY APRIL 14th — 3:15 That’s right — you read it on our t-shirts, but the answer is here… HOW. MANY. BANJOS? The Austin Banjo Club has been playing traditional banjo music in and around Austin for more than a quarter century. Many Central Texas folks have heard them play on 6th street during Victorian Christmas, at a nursing or retirement home, at a church, at a wedding, a birthday party, at the Farmer’s Market,…
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