TCMF News
Austin — The Ninth Annual Texas Community Music Festival presented yet another diverse, mind-boggling combination of musical performances Wednesday night, featuring the Pecan Street Brass, Inside Out Steel Band and the Austin Mandolin Choir. Read Ms. Kat’s report on Wednesday’s show! (This is a great blog folks, by our own Kathleen Brotherton!) Check out some of the video from these wonderful performances! Pecan Street Brass Inside Out Steel Band Austin Mandolin Orchestra TCMF kicks off…
Read MoreAustin — The ninth annual Texas Community Music Festival returned to Central Market Tuesday night with some memorable performances by newcomers and TCMF veterans alike. The program was kicked off by TCMF rookies, Waking Fable, an Austin-based quartet who performed a primarily original program, mixed in with a couple of creative and exciting twists on some old favorites. It may have been one of the more inspiring sets of the festival to date! They were…
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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.