"Mean Mary" Mary James first gained recognition as a child prodigy performing on the streets of Nashville and has grown into a widely viewed artist, with more than 38 million views of her YouTube videos. An award-winning musician and songwriter, her sound blends blues, folk, and country, with touches of bluegrass and Celtic influence. Her rendition of the folk classic Wayfaring Stranger is featured in the 2026 motion picture Hellfire, starring Stephen Lang, Scottie Thompson, and Harvey Keitel.
On stage, Mary keeps audiences engaged with a performance that moves seamlessly between banjo, fiddle, and guitar. She appears with a trio that includes her brother, Frank James, a respected guitarist, delivering a program shaped by rhythm, storytelling, and musical range. Described as a “startling talent” by The Tennessean, Mary has performed as a headliner at more than 4,000 festivals and concerts.
Table seating is $35, and theater seating on the risers is $30.
Live music presentations at ACA are an artistic partnership between Atlantic Center for the Arts and Positively Florida, both 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations dedicated to supporting a wide range of artistic expression.
“A Time and Place to Relax, Listen, and Let Life be Sweet!”
Inspired by jazz clubs in Chicago and Florida, New Spirit Café was designed as a “listening house,” where the focus remains on the music. The series presents a range of professional musicians in an intimate setting. Seating at small tables creates a relaxed, club-style atmosphere. While not a restaurant, the venue offers a beverage bar with light snacks.
Saxophonist Jeff Rupert leads this classic jazz quartet with piano, drums, and upright acoustic bass. Rupert is Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Central Florida and is also active as a producer, recording artist, and freelance tenor saxophonist.
He has performed with notable jazz artists and ensembles and has toured with prominent jazz vocalists. His recordings as a bandleader have charted on JazzWeek.
The Kelly/Scott Jazztet returns from popular demand with vocalist Lisa Kelly and trumpeter J.B. Scott co-fronting their regarded group. Their repertoire includes freshly creative original arrangements of Great American Songbook standards to contemporarily classic tunes in interpretive jazz styles of swing, modern, intimate ballad, Bossa Nova, light funk, waltz, to New Orleans-influenced grooves, with seasonal material sometimes worked in for late-year dates from their latest CD.
Lisa Kelly, highly recognized for her vocals and arrangements, including multiple awards from DownBeat Magazine, teaches jazz voice at UNF. JB Scott, a former leader of the famous Dukes of Dixieland in New Orleans, and trumpeter under legendary Arturo Sandoval, directs UNF JE 1 and is the Coordinator of Jazz Studies. Performing throughout the U.S. and internationally, Lisa and JB present an entertaining show of engaging, heartwarming jazz with their top-shelf rhythm section!
Mission: To inspire and nurture creativity through interdisciplinary artist residencies, dynamic artist collaborations, and community engagement.
Vision: ACA enriches lives through the arts.
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