TCMF News
Austin – The Ninth Annual Texas Community Music Festivsl headed into its final weekend Friday at Central Market with an evening of blues, funk and sweet soul music. A packed house brought the love for TCMF “co-pilot” Kathleen Brotherton, who starred in the first two sets of the night; first as lead singer and guitar for blues band Them Blue Skies, and then as guitar and flautist for Get It Good, a new jazz-funk project…
Read MoreAustin — The Texas Community Music Festival drew perhaps its biggest weeknight crowd of the two-week festival Thursday night, as two newcomers and a longtime TCMF act took the stage at Central Market North. The show began with the Dixieland Accidentals, a group which counted TCMF as one of its very first performances back in 2007. In just a few short years, this band, composed primarily of Austin Symphonic Band members, has grown into a…
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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.