The Texas Community Music Festival is off and running this evening at Central Market North.   The Cafe patio quickly filled as listeners enjoyed beautiful weather and the TCMF’s opening lineup presented and sponsored by the Austin Traditional Jazz Society. More to come.   Stay with us throughout the Fifth Annual TCMF right here, on Twitter at @TCMFestival or on Facebook.

AUSTIN — The FIFTH Annual Texas Community Music Festival opens at 5:30pm today at Central Market North, with an evening of Traditional Jazz, sponsored by the Austin Traditional Jazz Society.  Aunt Ruby’s Sweet Jazz Babies take the stage at 5:30, followed at 7:25 by Dave Stoddard and the Silver Creek Jazz Band. SPECIAL NEWS FLASH!  The UT Longhorn Alumni Band — probably not all 3,000 members of this venerable organization — will be stampeding through…

The fifth annual Texas Community Music Festival begins next Friday, April 23, at Central Market North, with an evening of traditional jazz, presented by the Austin Traditional Jazz Society, and will continue throughout the next two weeks (check the schedule page) at Central Market and Scholz Garten, culminating Thursday May 6 with the year’s first appearance of the infamous but always fun Wurst Band. And, as always, the entire Texas Community Music Festival is FREE…

Our 2010 Schedule has now changed.  Two new slots have opened up due to unfortunate cancellations.    If you are interested in performing, please contact us at [email protected]. Two prime performance opportunities are now available Saturday, May 1 at Central Market.  Hurry!  These time slots won’t last long! You can check these availabilities on our “Schedule” page.