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
In the weeks leading up to the Eighth Annual Texas Community Music Festival, we will be spotlighting some of the ensembles that will be participating in this year’s program. Kunitan will be performing Sunday, April 21 at 2:45pm, at Central Market North. (Not 4pm as originally posted) Kunitan is a South American music community ensemble. In Bolivian Quechua, our name means “in the moment,” which we feel captures the spirit of our group in terms…
In the weeks leading up to the Eighth Annual Texas Community Music Festival, we will be spotlighting some of the ensembles that will be participating in this year’s program. The Austin Jazz Workshop will be performing on the opening day of the festival, Saturday, April 20 at 1:30pm, at Central Market North. The Austin Jazz Workshop features some of Austin’s finest professional jazz artists and is making it’s seventh TCMF appearance. This year, they’ll be…
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