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.
TCMF News
Watch video highlights of Wednesday’s performance at the Ninth Annual Texas Community Music Festival! Remember, we’ll be off for Easter Weekend, but TCMF cranks back up Tuesday April 22 and will be on every night and all weekend through April 27! For more highlights from the 2014 TCMF, click on our Video and Photo pages! Happy Easter y’all!
Austin — The Ninth Annual Texas Community Music Festival continues today at 5:30pm with Day 4 of our 2014 version of Austin’s most musically diverse gathering of community musicians ever assembled! Central Market North will be scene of tonights performance, along with all other TCMF presentations. The show kicks off at 5:30 with Classics ‘N Jazz Brass Quintet, a first-time TCMF performer. At 6:45, the Austin Polka Band takes center stage. APB is a group that played…

