Urban Music Fest (often abbreviated as "AUMF") is a two-day, national and local entertainment stage hosting, family-centric event that occurs in

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, during the Clyde Littlefield

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. The festival features stages that focus specifically on R&B,

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, and showcases local and unsigned artists. The Festival also reaches out to the youth (ages 12 - 21) in the Austin area - teaching them the music industry through a non profit organization known as SoulTree Collective. SoulTree Collective was established a year after the Festival, and its participants are trained to perform on stage at the Festival - providing quality entertainment to festival goers who in turn get to witness the newest crop of Urban Music artists each year. This festival was not held in 2020.

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{{Reflist Festivals in Austin, Texas