Countdown to Downbeat!
TCMF News
Austin — The Ninth Annual Texas Community Music Festival – arguably the best attended and performed TCMF to date – ends Sunday (today) at Central Market, 4001 North Lamar, in Austin. The program begins at 11am with a traditional Jazz Brunch with traditional (Dixieland) jazz band La Grosse Tete, and continues throughout the day with a lineup of big bands, concert bands and swing repertoire. Please check the schedule page for more information. TCMF presenter…
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…
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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.