Behind The Music Series

May 7th at 6:30pm

Amber Schmidt - Huntsville, AL

HTMA President Mike Ball is honored to host Amber Schmidt for an evening of conversation, music, and fellowship at the home of the Huntsville Traditional Music Association, located at Lowe Mill Studio 1038.

Amber is an indie-folk songwriter based in Huntsville, Alabama, known for her raw lyricism and intimate soundscapes. Her music blends delicate melodies with poetic honesty, drawing listeners into stories that are both deeply personal and universally relatable.


Enter the building through the North side of the building at Door #4 and take a right at the 2nd hallway. Read more

Coffeehouse Concert Series

April 16th at 6:30pm

Lisa Chang & Chase Perryman - HTMA

Lisa Chang & Chase Perryman will take the stage together to headline this month's Coffeehouse Concert Series.


Lisa Chang is a Huntsville-based singer/songwriter who blends the sounds of coastal Alabama and draws from Texas singer/songwriters, the blues, jazz, and rock of St. Louis, and the cosmopolitan coastal sounds of the mid-Atlantic.

Chase Perryman is a soulful singer-songwriter who writes and produces music for TV and movies. He has released 13 albums that showcase his versatile music style, including blues, blues-rock, retro soul, and whiskey country. Read more

HTMA Open Mic Night

April 24th at 6:30pm

HTMA Open Mic Night

HTMA Open Mic night at Studio 1038 at Lowe Mill is a free event, but donations to HTMA will be greatly appreciated.

Performers can be members or non-members, and all ages and skill levels are welcome.

Sign-in starts at 6:00 and performances start at 6:30. Each participant can perform up to three songs with acoustic instruments - guitar, mandolin, uke, violin, etc. Click here for additional HTMA Open Mic guidelines.

Come out to perform or to listen and support local musicians. Open mic nights are a great training ground for performers to hone their skills in front of an audience. Learn more about open mic etiquette here.

All HTMA events will now be at Lowe Mill, room 1038 on the 1st floor of the north wing. This includes the Coffeehouse Series,  all jam sessions, and a new Behind the Music Series.

Directions: Enter the parking lot by driving thru the gated entrance. Drive along the parking lot past doors 1, 2, and 3. The doors have large yellow signs with numbers on them. Park and enter door #4. Walk straight ahead about 15 yards, just past a video arcade store. Then turn right down the long narrow hallway. The studio is about halfway down the hall (room #1038).  

HTMA Weekly Jam

HTMA Weekly Jams

Every Saturday at 1pm

HTMA Membership Jam Meetings will now take place every Saturday at 1pm in the NEW HTMA Studio at Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment located on Seminole Drive.

Bring an instrument and / or your voice and play along. Many songs we play can be found in the Parking Lot Pickers Songbook by Dix Bruce. Check HTMA emails for more details.

HTMA Girl Jam

3pm to 5pm

All Female Jam! Bring a banjo, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, bass or whatever you like to play. For further information contact Connie Watkins at connieraewatkins@gmail.com. This monthly event is held in the NEW HTMA Studio at Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment located on Seminole Drive.

May 8th

June 12th

July 10th

HTMA - Girl Jam

HTMA Events

April 16th at 6:30pm

Lisa Chang & Chase Perryman- Coffeehouse Series

HTMA Studio #1038 at Lowe Mill

2211 Seminole Dr SW, Huntsville, AL

April 19th at 1:00pm

HTMA Weekly Jam (Every Saturday)

HTMA Studio #1038 at Lowe Mill

2211 Seminole Dr SW, Huntsville, AL

April 24th at 6:30pm

HTMA Open Mic Night (Monthly)

HTMA Studio #1038 at Lowe Mill

2211 Seminole Dr SW, Huntsville, AL

April 26th at 1:00pm

HTMA Weekly Jam (Every Saturday)

HTMA Studio #1038 at Lowe Mill

2211 Seminole Dr SW, Huntsville, AL

May 3rd at 1:00pm

HTMA Weekly Jam (Every Saturday)

HTMA Studio #1038 at Lowe Mill

2211 Seminole Dr SW, Huntsville, AL

May 7th at 6:30pm

Behind The Music w/ Amber Schmidt

HTMA Studio #1038 at Lowe Mill

2211 Seminole Dr SW, Huntsville, AL

May 8th at 3:00pm

Girl Jam (Monthly)

HTMA Studio #1038 at Lowe Mill

2211 Seminole Dr SW, Huntsville, AL

May 10th at 1:00pm

HTMA Weekly Jam (Every Saturday)

HTMA Studio #1038 at Lowe Mill

2211 Seminole Dr SW, Huntsville, AL

Attention HTMA Members: Want to reserve the HTMA Studio for a rehearsal, jam or event?

Contact Jim Holland at jhol111964@sprintmail.com for scheduling.

Weekly Bluegrass Jam at Straight To Ale


Where: Straight to Ale at Campus 805.

When: Sundays, 4:00pm to 8:00pm, but likely will end before 8:00pm.

Who: Anyone wanting to play or listen to bluegrass.

Come join the weekly bluegrass jam on Sundays for music and drinks! This is a weekly open bluegrass jam. All players welcome, both new and seasoned.

For Sale - The Gibson Jr. Style A-Jr with the original case. Approximate date 1919


Lynne Edmondson is selling this Gibson Jr mandolin with original case. If interested reach out to htmafolk@gmail.com

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If you'd like to submit videos to be featured on the HTMA youtube channel, please send a message to webmaster@huntsvillefolk.org

This program has been made possible by a 2025 Arts & Cultural Grant from Arts Huntsville funded by the City of Huntsville.

501C Ruling: The IRS has recognized the Huntsville Traditional Music Association as a tax exempt non-profit corporation, under section 501.c3 of Internal Revenue Code, effective August 25, 2006. Your charitable donations to help us continue our mission of maintaining a folk and traditional music presence in the Tennessee Valley are both appreciated and tax deductible.

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