TCMF News
Honestly, we’ve been postponing, cancelling, fretting, grumbling and waiting for so long, we’ve forgotten what version we’re on! Actually, this is our THIRD attempt at TCMF 15, but that does no justice to the misery our whole community has suffered at the hand of the COVID-19 Pandemic. But we’re set for April 22-May 1, 2022 at Central Market. We’re now accepting applications for a more streamlined schedule. Our festival will wrap earlier each night, so…
Read MoreAustin — The FIFTEENTH annual Texas Community Music Festival was scheduled to kick off tonight and run through May 3. Thanks to COVID-19, that was not possible. And thankfully, we were able to reschedule TCMF for August 21-30. BUT… if we were making music today, we’d get to hear three great bands, the Ephemerals, Bubba Coletrane and the Train Wrecks and Rhythm Congress. In 2019, Rhythm Congress had a special guest performer, our own Ms.…
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TCMF 18
April 4-13, 2025
Central Market North
Austin, Texas
The Texas Community Music Festival kicked off in Austin April 29, 2006, at Central Market North, and drew approximately 10,000 over the four days to the central Austin location, far exceeding expectations, and setting the stage for what has now become a Central Texas tradition.

Celebrating 50 Years of ACWE
TCMF was created by and is presented by the Austin Civic Wind Ensemble.
This year, the Texas Community Music Festival honors our founding organization, ACWE, who is celebrating its 50th year in 2025, and continues to make our festival possible.