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Austin — Texas Community Music Festival 8.1, our first Fall Showcase rolls into Day 3 today with a lively program of diverse music, including something for everybody… From bluegrass to jazz, to World Music to traditional Oktoberfest blasmusik. And it all culminates tonight at 8 with a special dance hosted by R&B classics, Rhythm Congress. The festival kicked off Friday with inspired sets by Them Blue Skies, Candace Bellamy and the Vintage 15. Saturday brought…
Austin — Texams Community Music Festival 8.1, our first ever Fall Showcase, kicks off TONIGHT AT 5:30pm, rain or shine! Them Blue Skies, who include festival coordinators Kathleen Brotherton and Herb Holland, will be first up, followed by the Jazz and Blues stylings of Candace Bellamy at 6:45 and finally culminating with the exciting Vintage 15, one of the most dynamic big bands in Central Texas. The weather forecast for tonight calls for a 30%…
Austin — The Texas Community Music Festival’s 2013 Fall Showcase — TCMF 8.1 — kicks off Friday, October 18, when Them Blue Skies takes the stage at Central Market North, at 5:30 pm for a little drive time blues. This is the first fall showcase of Texas Community musical ensembles and promises to be an excellent five day event. The festival continues through the weekend with performances beginning at 10am Saturday and Sunday and shows…
Austin — The Texas Community Music Festival’s first ever fall showcase, aka TCMF 8.1, has been booked and will kick off for five straight days and evenings of community music October 18-22, 2013. All performances will be at Central Market North. The program features a great many Texas Community Music Festival veterans, including the host band, the Austin Civic Wind Ensemble, as well as a number of newcomers, including the Brushy Creek Brass Band and…
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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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