Welcome to the Montgomery Area Musicians Association!
“Montgomery Area Musicians Association (MAMA) is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization that celebrates the area’s rich musical heritage, operates with charitable and educational purposes and promotes the interests of musicians through networking, partnerships, and musical performances and collaborations that will elevate their craft.
Music Lovers of the River Region,
Our River Region has produced a multitude of world class musicians in a variety of musical genres including jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, country, rock, folk and others. MAMA works to continue this tradition. By supporting the talented musicians based in the Montgomery area (50-mile radius), we ARE carrying on the tradition. We would love for you to join us!
MAMA is an all-volunteer 501c3 non-profit organization established in 2013 to promote local musicians and be a positive force in our local community through the universal language of music.
Our main objective is to serve, develop and promote area musicians and the venues that support them. Another important objective we have is to provide free music education workshops to underprivileged children in the River Region, as well as to adults, and to encourage/support/promote budding musicians. In addition, MAMA supports other local non-profits and helps promote fund raisers for our musician members and/or their families in time of need.
If you join us, you can feel great about your decision. MAMA is an all-volunteer non-profit organization so 100% of membership fees, and any donations, go directly back into our music community and are tax-deductible.
Our local musicians and the supporting businesses deserve community support, and we want to grow that support. Our philosophy has always been that “a rising tide raises all ships”. We encourage all musicians and music lovers to support one another and we hope you will join us in this endeavor!
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions, would like to donate, or if you would like to volunteer!
Alesia Gilliland, M.A., President
Montgomery Area Musicians Association
A Big Thanks to our Business Members
Area Entertainment Venue Map
Looking for a restaurant, bar or other venue with live music? Our Montgomery, Prattville, Wetumpka and Millbrook area map covers the region’s offerings, letting you view and search for and link to all the live music venues with these features by location and distance:
- Full Bands
- Solo and Small Acts
- Open Jams
- Stage Available
- Concert Venue
- Dancing
- Bar
- Restaurant
- Restaurants Nearby
- MAMA Member
MAMA News
MAMA Presents It’s 2021 VIP Award to The Junkyard’s Joe Smith
MAMA President Alesia Gilliland presents the 2021 MAMA VIP award to The Junkyard's Joe Smith at the Junkyard Awards 2021
Lisa Busler Receives Wheel Chair From MAMA
MAMA donated a wheel chair to local musician Lisa Busler on the 24th of June during the monthly Fam Jam at the Commerce Beer Works. [...]
Upcoming Events
We're geared up for another exciting year as we prepare for these upcoming events: Fall Songwriter's Workshop Continuing our free photoshoots for musicians Monthly Fourth Thursday Fam Jams downtown Montgomery
Membership Benefits!
While we persevere in our support for all local musicians, membership now includes several benefits, in addition to the positive feelings received from supporting the activities of this organization in our community. Musicians encouraging and learning from other musicians, showing support for the local businesses, helping stimulate the River Region economy, providing assistance to musicians in time of need, offering music education workshops to work with and inspire our children and young adults, and donating to other local non-profits such as The Boys and Girls Club, disabled vets, HUGS (Homeless United Group Services) and the Montgomery Area Food Bank are what we are all about. When you support the Montgomery Area Musicians Association, you support US as a community.
Members will receive the following:
- Priority recommendations when MAMA is contacted for bookings
- The ability to promote and post gigs, videos, and links to our MAMA Musicians & Supporters Group page, with 1.6K members, on our public Facebook page, with 3.8K followers, as well as on our website montgomerymusicians.org
- Free promotion on the MAMA page, in the group, in the WHAM group and on various other local music/entertainment related groups
- An article(s) in the Go Play! Section of the Montgomery Advertiser
- The opportunity to sell their merch at any MAMA event
- Multiple networking opportunities
- Inclusion on the MAMA email list and early notifications of events
- Access to MAMA events at a discounted rate
- The opportunity to support music education for the children in our River Region community
We hope you will join us, or renew your membership, as we continue to work together for the betterment of our local music scene and our community through music! Everyone is also encouraged to like our Facebook page to keep up with area and MAMA events. Please invite friends to like it too! If there are questions or suggestions about MAMA, please feel free to call 590-5987.
You can become a member online or via mail using the Join Us section, or contact any officer. Memberships are on a yearly basis, with our membership drive in February. We look forward to all of the exciting things ahead and hope you join us!
We have an organization here in the River Region that stands behind local artists and venues and ensures that the youth of today are tomorrow’s artists. Thank you for investing in today’s talent so we can build a better tomorrow!
MAMA supports music education in the community!
MAMA Presents It’s 2021 VIP Award to The Junkyard’s Joe Smith
MAMA President Alesia Gilliland presents the 2021 MAMA VIP award to The Junkyard's Joe Smith at the Junkyard Awards 2021
Lisa Busler Receives Wheel Chair From MAMA
MAMA donated a wheel chair to local musician Lisa Busler on the 24th of June during the monthly Fam Jam at the Commerce Beer Works. [...]
MAMA’s First Songwriters’ Seminar with Billy McDowell Great Success!
We held our first Songwriters' Seminar Sunday, September 27th, at the Prattville Cultural Arts Building.
Big thanks to our business members!
We would like to thank our great business members. In addition to supporting us through their membership, they support Montgomery and local musicians through their venues, community support and services. Alabama Animal Alliance Spay/Neuter Clinic [...]