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TCMF News
Austin — Texams Community Music Festival 8.1, our first ever Fall Showcase, kicks off TONIGHT AT 5:30pm, rain or shine! Them Blue Skies, who include festival coordinators Kathleen Brotherton and Herb Holland, will be first up, followed by the Jazz and Blues stylings of Candace Bellamy at 6:45 and finally culminating with the exciting Vintage 15, one of the most dynamic big bands in Central Texas. The weather forecast for tonight calls for a 30%…
Austin — The Texas Community Music Festival’s 2013 Fall Showcase — TCMF 8.1 — kicks off Friday, October 18, when Them Blue Skies takes the stage at Central Market North, at 5:30 pm for a little drive time blues. This is the first fall showcase of Texas Community musical ensembles and promises to be an excellent five day event. The festival continues through the weekend with performances beginning at 10am Saturday and Sunday and shows…
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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.