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
The Austin Polka Band closes the Eighth Annual Texas Community Music Festival at the Flying Saucer pub in Austin. STAY TUNED! New info to come very soon!Austin — Thanks to our hosts, our sponsors, our selfless volunteers, the hundreds of musicians and THOUSANDS of music lovers who made the Eighth Annual Texas Community Music Festival the best one yet. If you’re a supporter of community music, you probably saw some ensembles you’d never seen before. If…
Austin — The Texas Community Music Festival roared into the home stretch with stellar performances both Monday and Tuesday nights, before record TCMF crowds! Monday’s show featured a soulful performance by Candace Bellamy and her R&B ensemble on the patio. The seventeen piece Austin Mandolin Orchestra plucked and strummed their way through a wonderfully diverse setlist and then the packed Cafe audience was completely blown away by an innovative and beautiful performance by the young,…
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