TCMF XIX
May 1-10, 2026
Central Market North
Austin, Texas
The Texas Community Music Festival kicked off in Austin April 29, 2006, at Central Market North, and drew approximately 10,000 over the four days to the central Austin location, far exceeding expectations, and setting the stage for what has now become a Central Texas 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 Dixieland Accidentals have appeared at TCMF since the second year of the festival. Come see them at Central Market North on Monday, April 22, at 6:45pm. Delighting Austin-area audiences since 2005, the Dixieland Accidentals represent one of the Live Music Capital’s most unusual musical resources. Taking a fresh and often novel approach to traditional jazz — be it ragtime, Dixieland, New Orleans style, Chicago Style, or classic swing — the Accidentals serve up the…
Read MoreThe Dead Music Capital Band, freshly decomposed from crowd-pleasing triumphs at Mardi Gras in New Orleans and the 2013 Honk!TX festival in Austin, will be appearing in its second Texas Community Music Festival. Come get zombified Sunday, April 21, at 7:45pm. Blowing horns and banging drums from beyond the grave, the Dead Music Capital Band made their debut October 2011 in Austin, TX as the house band for the KreweDCM Halloween Parade. Proving that the…
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