Show-Only Tickets: $75 – $150 – SOLD OUT! Call the Box Office at 413-528-0100 to join the waitlist.

Gala Dinner Packages are sold-out. See wait-list information at mahaiwe.org/gala

Three-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer Samara Joy will headline the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center’s 2024 Gala on Thursday, August 1. Show-only tickets go on sale in May, with Gala Packages available now.

The 24-year-old vocalist makes her case to join the likes of Sarah, Ella, and Billie as the next mononymous jazz-singing sensation recorded by the venerable Verve Records. Her voice, rich and velvety yet precociously refined, has already earned her fans like Anita Baker and Regina King and appearances on the TODAY Show, The Tonight Show w/Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, CBS Mornings, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, and more, in addition to millions of likes on TikTok — cementing her status as perhaps the first Gen Z jazz-singing star. The New York Times praised the “silky-voiced rising star” for “helping jazz take a youthful turn” while NPR All Things Considered named her a “classic jazz singer from a new generation.” In February 2023, Samara Joy took home her first two Grammys — Best Jazz Vocal Album (Linger Awhile, 2022) and the auspicious Best New Artist award — followed by one more in February 2024 for Best Jazz Performance (“Tight”).