Welcome to HTMA!

As a non-profit organization, our purpose is to preserve and perpetuate the traditional music of a variety of genres, instruments, and styles. This includes what is commonly referred to as folk and old-time music, but also more contemporary music that will become the traditional music of the future. We strive to provide wholesome and informative family entertainment at every event.

Click on the Calendar and the other links above for information and to purchase tickets for events and shows!

Not getting our emails?

We send out emails several times a month, alerting you to various events and happenings, as well as our monthly Newsletter. But each time, a few emails are bounced back with "Bad Format" or "Failed Delivery." This can affect everything from the emails we send specifically, as well as site-generated emails confirming ticket purchases etc.

If you aren't receiving emails from us, and you WANT to, please go to your profile and check your email address carefully. You can easily fix it, or email us at membership@huntsvillefolk.org and we can help!

PLUS - if you have a family membership, please be sure to check if your family members' emails are listed and correct, if they want to get their own emails from us. Several of our regular "bounce-backs" are due to a family member being listed in the primary profile, but with no email noted.

Of course we have no way to reach out to you individually, if your email is not correct or listed, so we THANK YOU for taking care of this. And please let us know if we can help!

Once again, our wonderful Performance Chairperson, Jani Cross Carter, has booked an exciting set of musicians for our enjoyment!

August Coffeehouse Series - on Wednesday, August 19th, local favorites Jim Parker and Ricky Ray will provide some of the Tennessee Valley's best live music around! Jim is well known hosting his Songwriters Series, but if you've ever attended one of those shows you know that Jim himself is a very talented performer. A songwriter of note, his songs are about love, passion, and listening with one's heart.

Ricky Ray brings his outstanding slide guitar to the HTMA stage, appearing with Jim, and how lucky we are! He's been playing that slide guitar since childhood, and has worked with some of the best of the best. You will fall in love with the songs Ricky brings to our intimate listening space.

Go to the Event Calendar on this website, and there you'll find a couple of soundbites from both artists - then buy those tickets! We don't want anyone left out of this one. Doors open around 6:15, the show starts at 6:30.

Opening for Ricky and Jim will be our own HTMA President, Dan Malloy. Dan brings us some of his favorite tunes from the late 1960s and early 1970s, a time many of us remember as being filled with memorable songs. Be sure to arrive in time to hear the whole opening act!

Also in August, you can sign up for the Wernick Method "Bluegrass Jam Class," taught by our VP, Russ Holder. This class will help improve your jam skills, learning better ways to play with other people in an informal setting. Russ is a certified Wernick Method instructor with the skills and talent to help you learn. There are still a few spaces available; the class meets on two consecutive Saturdays, August 15 & 22. Check the Event Calendar for this one, too - there is a fee for this class, but HTMA members get a discount!

And last, but certainly not least, our third FREE Beginner Guitar class will be presented on August 22nd from 11:00-12:45. Ashley Loertscher will offer some very basic instruction for very beginning guitarists, including a couple of basic chords and maybe even a song or two. Wayne Eames of Harmony Sound Five Points will start the session with some guitar care tips and demonstrations. The class is FREE but registration is required; class size is limited to ten students, ages 8+. Sign up through the Event Calendar!

(photo L-R: Jim Parker, Ricky Ray)

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In case you haven't already figured this out, your Huntsville Traditional Music Association is constantly working to bring you affordable, fantastic musical shows. Some of the brightest talent in our area has been to the HTMA stage and offered up their very best efforts. You just can't get a better deal anywhere in town!

Our monthly Coffeehouse Series, with artists booked by our Performance Chair, Jani Cross Carter, is well-known through the city for bringing top-notch acoustic music to you. If you aren't taking advantage of the attractive ticket prices for these shows, you are really missing out.

You don't have to buy drinks to get in. Nobody is going to pester you to buy snacks, or hustle around hoping you'll tip them. You get to sit down among your friends, without jostling for a place where you can see the artists performing. It's all in an intimate listening space with great sound management and volunteers working non-stop to help you with anything you need. Where else are you going to get all that??

HTMA is a non-profit, supported by your membership fees, donations, and in part by the grant we received from Arts Huntsville (funded by the City of Huntsville). We are all supporting each other in our love of music.

Come to the shows, bring your friends, and encourage them to join HTMA. You'll all be supporting not only these fantastic shows, but the many other benefits we provide to the city and the area. THANK YOU!!!!

(Left: Mike Roberts and Jess Goggans - headliners at the Fourth Annual Acoustic Night of Blues in the Round. June 17th, 2026. Photo courtesy Jani Cross Carter.)

SONG CIRCLE GOES WEEKLY!

We've had such a positive response to our new Thursday evening Song Circle, that we're going Weekly!! Join us, and bring your acoustic instrument to share your favorite tunes with us, pretty much any genre.

Open at 5:00, play till 8:00 PM or so. Enter Door #4, turn right past the arcade. The Lowe Mill outside door locks at 7:00 PM, so you have to get in before that. Non-members welcome!

We're offering a community home for anyone who wants to play, whether you have an instrument or not. We do have a couple of guitars and even a fiddle for you to pull!

The latest HTMA newsletter is found through the link here ---->

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Click the link to read the latest from YOUR Association!

Click here for the August 2026 newsletter

EASY TO GET LOST?? We have help!

Recently we've had a few people confide that they have trouble finding our studio #1038 at Lowe Mill.

The best way to reach the studio is by Door #4. There are other ways, but Door #4 is the shortest walk and has an accessible entrance. Once you enter the main (north) Lowe Mill parking lot, park as close as you can to Door #4. Enter the door, then turn right at the second hallway, just past the arcade The HTMA studio is just a little way down that hallway.

Hope this helps!