TCMF News
Austin — The Ninth Annual Texas Community Music Festival presented yet another diverse, mind-boggling combination of musical performances Wednesday night, featuring the Pecan Street Brass, Inside Out Steel Band and the Austin Mandolin Choir. Read Ms. Kat’s report on Wednesday’s show! (This is a great blog folks, by our own Kathleen Brotherton!) Check out some of the video from these wonderful performances! Pecan Street Brass Inside Out Steel Band Austin Mandolin Orchestra TCMF kicks off…
Austin — The ninth annual Texas Community Music Festival returned to Central Market Tuesday night with some memorable performances by newcomers and TCMF veterans alike. The program was kicked off by TCMF rookies, Waking Fable, an Austin-based quartet who performed a primarily original program, mixed in with a couple of creative and exciting twists on some old favorites. It may have been one of the more inspiring sets of the festival to date! They were…
Austin – The Ninth Annual Texas Community Music Festival returns from a short Easter hiatus for a non-stop, six day run beginning Tuesday, April 22, at Central Market North, 4001 North Lamar in Austin. Tonight’s program includes: 5:30 – 6:30pm – Waking Fable 6:45 – 7:45pm –Austin Banjo Club 8:00 – 9:00pm — About7 Waking Fable, TCMF newcomers, describes themselves as ” a versatile mix of smooth funk-folk-soul, with a light touch of rock.” Austin Banjo Club has participated…
Austin — The Texas Community Music Festival completed its first week of performances on Wednesday night, with yet another mind-blowingly diverse program of music from three vastly different bands. TCMF newcomers, Classics N Jazz Brass Quintet opened the show with a program that ranged from classical selections to movie themes to pop classics, like “Here, There and Everywhere” by the Beatles (that’s probably now considered classical music, right?) Following Classics N Jazz were one of the few…
TWO DECADES OF TCMF!
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TCMF TWENTY
April 2-11, 2027
Central Market North
Austin, Texas
Join us for the 21st 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.
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