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 lineup for the 2012 Texas Community Music Festival already features a big number of new faces, new sounds and new musical styles. As of this posting, only 10 weekend sets remain open. Saturday, April 21, is fully booked already. If you’re interested in participating in this year’s Seventh Annual festival, please contact us immediately to schedule your band or ensemble. We have only limited performance opportunities and we would hate for anybody,…
Austin — The Texas Community Music Festival is proud to announce that four weeknight shows have been added to the 2012 festival schedule. The Seventh Annual TCMF will now include Monday and Tuesday, April 23-24, and Monday and Tuesday, April 30-May 1. All performances will be held at Central Market North. Last year’s weeknights at Central Market were very well attended and featured some fabulous performances. This year we expect even greater things. So if…

