TCMF News
Austin — Cool, sunny weather and hot music brought the crowds en masse to the opening show of the Ninth Annual Texas Community Music Festival Saturday. Opening act, festival host Austin Civic Wind Ensemble, set the tone with a lively preview of their upcoming Spring show, dedicated to music by French composers. Hill Country Community Band of Marble Falls, the Austin Jazz Workshop,Vagabones, Central Texas Community Trombone Choir, Hot Club Soda land Bamako Airlines rounded…
Austin — The Ninth Annual Texas Community Music Festival kicks off Saturday, April 12, at 11:00am at Central Market North, 4001 N. Lamar, in Austin. The festival will be presented from April 12 – 27, virtually every day and evening of the week. TCMF will NOT be presented on Tuesday, April 15 and Easter weekend, April 17-21. Please check our schedules for times for all performances. Because two TCMFs were presented in 2013, this is actually…
Austin — One of TCMF’s new performers for 2014, the Yes Ma’am! Brass Band, is a relatively new Austin ensemble, but quickly building a follower throughout the brass band community. The all-woman band recently appeared at the fourth annual Honk!TX Festival here in Austin, and has been invited to appear in Seattle for HonkFestWest, later this year. From the band: “YM!BB was formed in October 2012 by a group of new and experienced players who…
Austin — The Texas Community Music Festival is proud to present a special performance by Austin Lyric Opera on Sunday, April 13 at 5:00pm. The 30-minute performance is part of ALO’s innovative program, The Elixir Project. The Elixir Project is a series of free “street opera” performances throughout the city. Everyone is invited! For the second year in a row, Austin Lyric Opera and theUT-Austin Butler Opera Center are proud to collaborate on this community-wide arts event.…
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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Texas Community Music Festival was founded by ACWE, who celebrated its 50th year in 2025 and continues to make our festival possible.