History of the WMA

In August 1988, a group of western music performers and fans met in Las Vegas, Nevada to organize an association and present a festival. They incorporated the Western Music Association as an Arizona non-profit corporation in 1989 and the organization has presented the International Western Music Festival every November since then. Since its inception, the WMA has expanded to include several state and regional chapters, and it’s been among the forces that are responsible for the current popularity of western music around the world.