FRIDAY APRIL 12th — 7:00pm Rhythm Congress was born in a warehouse on South Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas. It features a lively rhythm section and large congress of horns playing horn-based rock, blues, and classic rhythm and blues. Their website includes a bio of each member. NOTE: Their lineup includes TCMF’s own “Unsung Hero of the Austin Music Industry” Herb Holland!!! Their website also includes their potential setlist. ONE HUNDRED and FIFTY-THREE songs, of…

FRIDAY APRIL 12th — 5:45pm The very first band on stage for TCMF 2024 is Woot Talley! Woot started playing at TCMF in 2013 and he has been a part of it every year, minus the COVID years. One year’s set was cancelled because of a crazy rainstorm. The water was pouring sideways into the corner of our stage area amid all the electrical cords and equipment… crazy times indeed. Fortunately, both band and gear…

Volunteer for TCMF 17 and be part of this venerable event! It’s easy work, and greatly appreciated. (And FUN!)

This year we’ve listed the performers scheduled during each volunteer time slot on the volunteer sign-up page. So, if there’s a band, or a specific genre of music you’d like to see, you can choose your times based on those as well.

Austin – The 2023 Texas Community Music Festival closed Sunday with a traditional performance by the Dead Music Capital Band. It marked the end of another wonderful 10 days of music, as we once again celebrated the community of Texas musicians. Thanks to all of our outstanding volunteers, who make our festival run.  And the hundreds of musicians who fill the Central Market air every year. The Texas Community Music Festival is presented by the…