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SPECIAL NOTE: The festival will go on RAIN OR SHINE tonight. If weather prevents us from staging on the patio, we will be performing on the Cafe deck. Austin — The Texas Community Music Festival continued delighting audiences Monday night with a trio of entertaining and musically diverse sets. Highlights included: Katie Holmes Project – A fine trio consisting of fiddle, string bass and drums. They played their own arrangements as well as a variety…
Austin — The Texas Community Music Festival completed what most would agree was the greatest weekend of community music ever presented Sunday night at Central Market, with an unusal turn of events, as an evening performance was brought to an somewhat abrupt halt when the next band on the program literally invaded the stage. (OK, maybe there was a little planning involved, but the audience was treated to a special moment!) The program featured a…
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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.