IMPORTANT UPDATE: Due to the potential for inclement weather, Samara Joy’s performance on Sunday, February 15 will now be taking place at
1050 A1A N, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082
Doors: 6 PM
Show: 8 PM
All tickets previously purchased for the performance at Fort Mose Historic State Park will be honored. Digital tickets will be automatically updated with new seat assignments that most closely align with the original purchase location.
Onsite parking is available free of charge on a first-come, first-served basis.
For those unable to attend due to the venue change, refunds will be available by emailing or by calling AXS at 1-888-929-7849.
We appreciate your understanding and look forward to welcoming you to Ponte Vedra Concert Hall on Sunday evening.
A native of the Bronx, Samara Joy became entranced by classic R&B as a child and cut her teeth as a singer in her church’s gospel choir. And while her family history is deeply musical—her grandparents helmed the Philadelphia gospel group the Savettes, and her father, the musician and songwriter Antonio McLendon, has produced, composed and arranged his own astounding original work—she didn’t delve into the jazz tradition until college at SUNY Purchase. During her studies there she won the 2019 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, which introduced her to the larger jazz scene as a rising star to watch. She was heard, by audiences and critics alike, as a masterful interpreter of jazz standards and a rightful heiress of the sound, technique and charisma that defned her jazz heroines—including Vaughan, Betty Carter, Abbey Lincoln and Carmen McRae.
