Countdown to Downbeat!
TCMF News
Austin – The TENTH ANNUAL Texas Community Music festival is just weeks away from downbeat for what will be the best TCMF ever (we say that every year, and every year it’s TRUE). For years, the festival has been financially supported by local merchants and, of course, Central Market and the Austin Civic Wind Ensemble. Our CafePress Merchandise page has and will continue to be a cost-only site, meaning we don’t collect a dime on…
Austin — Texas Community Music Festival is pleased to open additional 15-minute showcase sets for the two weekends of the Tenth Annual TCMF, April 17-26, 2015, at Central Market North in Austin. Because of the tremendous demand for performance opportunities in this, the Tenth Annual TCMF, we will be accepting single musicians as well as groups up to “big band” size wishing to perform in 15 minute increments. In the past, these sets have…
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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.