Great Lakes Acoustic Music Association
Dedicated to promoting, performing and preserving acoustic music.
Come join GLAMA and our good friends at the K’zoo Folklife Organization as we host a day of music, art, food, workshops, and fun at Allegan High School on March 28th, 10am-8pm. GLAMA will be hosting a jam session and instrument petting zoo for all those who would like to grab an instrument and join in the fun! Interested in helping out at the jam session, petting zoo, or setup the night before? Email us at board@greatlakesacoustic.org and we’ll loop you in on the details!
Come join your GLAMA Family at the upcoming Kalamazoo Fretboard Festival on March 20-21, 2026 at the Kalamazoo Valley Museum and the KVCC’s downtown Anna Whitten Hall. This great festival is full of concerts, workshops, and luthiers sharing their work with our amazing musical community.
GLAMA will be hosting a Jam session starting at 10am Saturday and running through the afternoon. Stop by and jam with us or swing through and experience the petting zoo for folks completely new to playing instruments.
Already a GLAMA member and would like to help? You can reach out to the board at board@greatlakesacoustic.org to commit time at the jam session to help keep the songs going or to sit in and take a turn at the petting zoo.
GLAMA is proud to announce an amazing concert with Scottish Singer Iona Fyfe!
Come hear her live!
Aberdeenshire folksinger, Iona Fyfe, has become one of Scotland’s finest singers, rooted deeply in the singing traditions of the North East of Scotland. In 2021, she became the first singer to win the coveted title of Musician of the Year at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards. Iona is a fierce advocate for the official recognition of the Scots Language, leading a successful campaign to pressure Spotify into recognizing Scots and adding it to its list of languages. Honored at the Scots Language Awards with the title of Speaker of the Year in 2021, Iona performs both folk and pop songs in the Scots language, remaining true to her roots in tradition. Iona has been featured in several publications including The Sunday Post, The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Times. She won the title of Scots Singer of the Year at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards in 2018 and was described as “one of the best Scotland has to offer.” (Global-Music.de)
