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Austin — The Texas Community Music Festival completed its first week of performances on Wednesday night, with yet another mind-blowingly diverse program of music from three vastly different bands. TCMF newcomers, Classics N Jazz Brass Quintet opened the show with a program that ranged from classical selections to movie themes to pop classics, like “Here, There and Everywhere” by the Beatles (that’s probably now considered classical music, right?) Following Classics N Jazz were one of the few…
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!
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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.