Since it debuted in 2011, the Boogie Woogie Blues Piano Stomp, has been a hit show, drawing full houses and the best players from around the world. The guy who closed the show for at least 10 years was a former Detroit pianist named Bob Seeley, who had retired to[…]

Veronica Swift refuses to slide her diminutive frame into any particular musical box. She became a jazz phenom in in 2015 when she won second place in the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz International Vocals Competition. Four years later, Mack Avenue Records released her acclaimed album Confessions when she was[…]

Sometime around 2014 or 15, I was looking for a new way to present dance at the Palladium that reflected the theater’s mission to support and promote the best local talent. Fortunately, two dancer/choreographers who grew up in St. Petersburg were thinking the same thing. It only took one meeting[…]

Our annual Palladium Jazz Awards concert in Hough Hall this year will feature two touring artists who have sold out shows in the Side Door Cabaret. Both artists will be backed up by some of our favorite Tampa Bay area jazz artists. The co-headliner bill features New York Chanteuse Allyson[…]

Eighteen years ago, in the depths of an economic collapse, I was in my first year as executive director of the Palladium and I was desperately searching for ways to bring in new audiences. I inherited jazz from my predecessors, and we were already busy expanding our jazz offerings in[…]

In December we lost one of the founders of the Palladium. George K. Rahdert was part of the group of St. Petersburg visionaries who purchased the Christian Science Church building at Third Street and Fifth Avenue and converted it into a theater designed to provide an affordable professional venue for[…]

A special guest is writing today’s PalladiumPaul blog. It’s Kurt Loft, who writes our listening notes in our Palladium Chamber Series programs. Kurt is a long-time classical music writer in the Tampa Bay area and a former colleague from my newspaper days. For the Jan. 14 concert, Palladium Chamber Players[…]

I was happy to be part of Catalyze 2026, talking about what I’m looking forward to in St. Petersburg in the new year. In my conversation with writer Bill DeYoung, I talked about the emerging leaders at the major institutions in town, the Palladium’s upcoming renovation and our fund-raising efforts.[…]

It’s hard to believe that our Palladium Chamber Series is celebrating its 13th anniversary season this year. I remember when Jeffrey Multer came to my office to pitch the idea. The series became an immediate hit with audiences. It also attracted strong support from companies and private donors. The five-concert[…]

Our current class of Palladium Creative Fellows is keeping busy in the coming weeks, with several shows performed or produced by current fellows. We launched the Fellowship program in response to the pandemic shutdowns that left performers struggling to find work. Since 2020, the Palladium has offered annual stipends of[…]

By Kurt Loft Notes Editor, Palladium Chamber Series A highlight of the Palladium’s classical music season unfolds Wednesday (March 26) with the Calidore String Quartet, the New York-based ensemble that appeared in an all-Beethoven program here five years ago. The acclaimed group returns with more of the German master –[…]

Kitty Daniels lifelong gig as a pianist and singer ended on Jan. 2, when she died, with her long-time partner and drummer Majid Shabazz by her side. I had caught a few of her last shows in the bar of Donatello’s Restaurant, on Dale Mabry, even sitting in while Kitty[…]

By Kurt Loft, Program Notes Editor, Palladium Chamber Series Most of us who love classical music will admit to having a favorite child. Although we cherish symphonies, concertos, operas, and choral works, nothing quite matches the intimacy of chamber music and its vast repertoire. With just a few musicians on[…]

I don’t know about you, but I’m personally ready to forget most of this fall. It wasn’t pleasant and at the Palladium it certainly wasn’t business as usual. That’s why I’m especially excited about what’s happening in December at your favorite venue. Check out this lineup: The Nutcracker The holiday[…]

The Palladium has seen a lot of hurricanes come and go in its almost 100-year lifespan, and none have done any major damage, but Milton proved to be more than the building could handle. The Palladium had water intrusion from several places and, while the water has been cleared, the[…]

Starting in 2020 in response to the pandemic, the Palladium Fellowship program has put money into the hands of local performing artists, who are asked only to create new shows and/or write new material. You can see and hear some of the results this Friday, 10-04, when Fellow Kyle Schroeder[…]

We’re so pleased to be working with one of the best promoters in the business, Brian Edwards and his company, Rocklands Entertainment, who has not only present great shows, but set up the shows as benefits for the Palladium. Rockland’s brought us Oh What A Night, and Four by Four,[…]

Our hometown Bossa Nova star, Daniela Soledade, returns to the Palladium stage this Saturday, September 7, with a brand-new show called Brazilian Dream. Born in Rio into a family of Bossa Nova royalty, Dani has built a major following around the U.S. and Europe – she has more than 65,000[…]

What I love about the summer season at the Palladium is the chance we get to present artists for the first time. Saturday night is one of those nights. I hope you can join us as we welcome two newcomers to the Side Door – Laura Reed and Kristopher James.[…]