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
Austin — The Texas Community Music Festival regrets to announce that the May 2nd performance of The Wurst Band, the traditional closing act of the TCMF, has been cancelled by Scholz Garten management, due to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control It is our sincere hope that TCMF and the Wurst Band will return to Scholz’ for the 2014 Texas Community Music Festival. We apologize for any inconvenience this might have caused.
Austin — The Eighth Annual Texas Community Music Festival entered its second swinging week Saturday at Central Market North with performances by some old friends — packing the Cafe patio with dancers — and ended with a Brazilian style Carnaval — which got EVERYBODY in the house dancing! The day began with a return engagement by the NUMBERS, a Dixieland band composed of math professors from ACC, and then went to the EIGHTH straight appearance…
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