TCMF News
Austin — This year’s festival will move a week earlier, to the weekend of April 21-22 and 28-29 at Central Market North. These dates are TENTATIVE, and as you know, we’ll be adding weeknights and possibly other venues as we get closer to the event. So you have NO excuse for being shut out in 2012. Also, with this much advanced lead time, we ask that all musical organizations consider helping us produce, promote and…
Read MoreAUSTIN — In Sunday night’s closing set, Maestro Robert Laguna of the Austin Civic Wind Ensemble reminded the crowd that a concert band that didn’t play a march, didn’t love their mothers. Sunday, ACWE kicked off with a Sousa march to honor all the Mothers, and capped off a great Mother’s Day of music at Central Market. The program opened with the Lone Star Swing Syndicate playing, what else, but swing music. Next was an…
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TCMF 18
April 4-13, 2025
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.

Celebrating 50 Years of ACWE
TCMF was created by and is presented by the Austin Civic Wind Ensemble.
This year, the Texas Community Music Festival honors our founding organization, ACWE, who is celebrating its 50th year in 2025, and continues to make our festival possible.