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Austin — The 8th (and a half) annual Texas Community Music Festival started off with a little bit of “Old Timey” music and finished with a floor ablur with swinging dancers, as we’ve all come to expect from Texas’ most diverse and eclectic music festival! Special guests from Houston, the Traveling Murphys, led off the show with a bluegrass version of the classic Rock tune “Wipe Out,” which set the stage for the wide variety…
Austin — Texas Community Music Festival 8.1, our first Fall Showcase rolls into Day 3 today with a lively program of diverse music, including something for everybody… From bluegrass to jazz, to World Music to traditional Oktoberfest blasmusik. And it all culminates tonight at 8 with a special dance hosted by R&B classics, Rhythm Congress. The festival kicked off Friday with inspired sets by Them Blue Skies, Candace Bellamy and the Vintage 15. Saturday brought…
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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.