Tampa Bay Times writer Steve Persall interviewed Kris Kristofferson about his upcoming show at the Palladium. To read the full story follow this link or enjoy the excerpt below:   http://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do/movies/poet-picker-kris-kristofferson-performs-wednesday-in-st-petersburg/2147204   Ask Kris Kristofferson how he’s feeling and the raspy voice of the first New Nashville simply says: “Old.”[…]

If you don’t know the name David Amram, it may be because this master musician and composer is simply too talented. In a career that spans the 1950s to the present day Amram has been a musical chameleon, moving easily through jazz, classical, film scores, bluegrass, folk, world music and[…]

Tuesday night is your last chance to see the critically acclaimed St. Petersburg Opera production of Romeo and Juliet at the Palladium. I’ll be there Tuesday and word from friends and colleagues who saw the show this past weekend were all raves.   Another rave came from the Tampa Bay[…]

We’re bringing back the Statesmen of Jazz, an ever-changing lineup of great jazz talents, produced by Arbors Records. This time the show features Palladium favorites Nicki Parrott on vocals and bass, Chuck Redd, vibes and drums, plus Adrian Cunningham on reed instruments, and an amazing young pianist named Ehud Asherie.[…]

NASHVILLE – Where we live the highways are lined with billboards for stern-faced auto accident attorneys. Probably we should nickname the Tampa Bay area – “Accident City.”   In Nashville, they go by “Music City” and even their highway ads back it up. Nashville’s got billboards for Toby Keith’s new[…]

Billy Cobham has been in the top rank of jazz drummers – in fact all drummers – since his breakthrough in the early 1970s as a founding member of the Mahavishnu Orchestra. As a drummer/leader on recordings like Spectrum, his powerful, complex style of play exerted a strong influence on[…]

We had a lovely night of music Sunday – with Nashville Troubadour Jeff Black and Tampa Bay’s best songstress, Rebekah Pulley – in the Side Door.   The show was one of the first in what we hope will be a series of great singer/songwriter nights in our intimate club.[…]

We are so proud to welcome Jeff Black to the Side Door this Sunday. The Nashville-based singer-songwriter is excited about returning to the ‘burg, where he made a lot of friends at shows at the Hideaway Café and the Studio at 620.   “It seems like I’m traveling regularly to[…]

In case you missed it here’s a great review of last weekend’s Adam Ant show – which drew a big, enthusiastic crowd to our intimate theater. The costumed rocker – who emerged in the 80s – performed songs from his new album, his hits, along with some fun surprises including[…]

Politics was the topic, but the Palladium was the star of Tuesday night’s mayoral debate, which was televised live on Bay News 9.   Other stations had reporters stationed across the street with their cameras aimed at our beautiful building. So the Palladium was also a hit at 6 and[…]

Where did the four years go? It doesn’t seem that long ago the Palladium was the site of the last St. Petersburg mayoral debates – and now they are back. Mayor Bill Foster and challengers Rick Kriseman and Kathleen Ford will be on-stage Aug. 6 at 7 p.m. for A[…]

Our good friend, Sarah Hogan, has died and everyone in the Palladium family is feeling the loss. Sarah was a Palladium regular  – and a real fan of the jazz shows our Side Door Cabaret. She was normally sitting at a high top table in back with her pal, Winnie[…]

I became a Kevin Smith fan early on after seeing his hilarious slacker comedy Clerks and then he cemented our relationship with Dogma, which remains my favorite Smith film.   I lived in Los Angeles for a few years and was on the set of Jay and Silent Bob Strike[…]

 To get you ready for Kurt Elling’s appearance at the Palladium this Friday, I wanted to share excerpts from a story about Elling in today’s Tampa Bay Times, by one of my favorite jazz writers – Philip Booth. Philip talked to Elling, who was perfroming in Europe last week, about[…]

Tampa Bay Times Fine Arts Writer John Fleming wrote a glowing review of Ariadne auf Naxos, the St. Petersburg Opera production that closes tonight at the Palladium. Here’s a selection from the review or for more, here’s a link to the entire article: http://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do/stage/ariadne-auf-naxos-review-with-ridiculous-glory-st-petersburg-opera-hits/2124328 By John Fleming/Tampa Bay Times ST.[…]

 With our 2012-13 season winding down and a summer of great main-stage concerts and Side Door Cabaret shows coming up, we’ve got a special membership offer that no music lover can refuse.     If you join the Palladium’s Friends with Benefits Membership Program before June 30th, we will send[…]

The latest issue of Tampa Bay Magazine gives special recognition to the Palladium at St. Petersburg College in the annual “Best of 2013” edition.   Your beautiful and historic theater was again named “Best Community Performing Arts Center.”  Here’s what the editors at Tampa Bay Magazine said:   “Now part of St. Petersburg[…]

  We’ve got some very cool shows coming up this summer – including jazz greats Kurt Elling, David Sanborn and Bob James, ’80s star Adam Ant, and the legendary bluesman, Taj Mahal. Now some of my favorite slackers are making a stop at our historic old theater. Check out this preview that[…]

I’ve got two of my favorite bay-area bands in the intimate Side Door this weekend. It’s a double-bill of ‘60s bachelor pad jazz, by Stolen Idols, and the eclectic music masters known as the Vodkanauts.   The Side Door, our nightclub, was recognized as a “Best of The Bay” music venue,[…]

We’re excited to have Jackie Bristow returning to the Side Door this Sunday. Jackie made a name for herself in New Zealand and Australia, before moving to the states to build her career as a singer-songwriter. Palladium audiences remember her from her great opening set with Tommy Emmanuel and a[…]

I’m excited about Damon Fowler’s rockin’ return to the Palladium’s Side Door Cabaret this Friday, April 26.  To get yourself  ready for the show,  check out this 2011 interview from BluesWax Magazine. Since this article appeared, Damon’s been busy recording and touring with Southern Hospitality, his new band with JP Soars[…]

Coming up this Saturday night is a unique Palladium concert. It’s an evening of classics and jazz, featuring George  Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, performed by world renowned pianist Mark Markham and the nationally recognized Tarpon Springs Leadership Conservatory for the Arts jazz and wind ensembles.    This is a benefit concert sponsored[…]

  April is blues month in the Tampa Bay area. The Tampa Bay Blues Fest, a homegrown festival that’s been a hit since 1995, returns each April. Three years ago, the Palladium joined the festival as home of the Festival After Shows.  We’re keeping the blues alive the rest of[…]

Palladium favorite Nate Najar returns to the Side Door Cabaret this Thursday night for a special evening of jazz. Instead of his regular trio, Nate appears with the incredible jazz pianist Kenny Drew Jr., and his favorite bassist, John Lamb. For this April 11 gig, Nate will set aside his[…]

Rebecca Kilgore is one of my favorite singers. She’s a great interpreter of the American Songbook and jazz standards. Along with the great sax player, Harry Allen, Rebecca has been making waves doing jazz versions of great Broadway scores.    Now, she and Harry, along with an all-star band, are[…]

  Channeling a Bombshell, One Jazzy Note at a Time By JOHN MARCHESE/New York Times AS a teenager watching old movies on television, Harry Allen heard Marilyn Monroe speak to him. “I have this thing about saxophone players,” she said in her famously girlish and breathy style. “Especially tenor sax.”[…]

Folks are still raving about the Parson’s Dance show last week. Here are some notes sent to us on Facebook: “Was it just a dream? Did I really get to meet my favorite dancer in the WHOLE WORLD? Incredible performance last night. Kudos to you my friend! You are the[…]

The Palladium’s “Best-of-the-Bay” nightclub – The Side Door – is alive and kicking this weekend with two great shows. Friday night, 3-22, marks the return of Denise Moore and her annual Songbirds – Women of Jazz show in celebration of Women’s History Month. This time Denise is singing with another[…]

Last night’s dance concert by NYC’s Parsons Dance Company was surely one of the highlights of our 2012-13 season. More than 400 dance lovers turned out on a Tuesday night and at the end of each piece, they shouted, clapped and even offered up some pleasurable moans. One of the[…]

And the hits keep coming at the Palladium. After consecutive weekends of packed houses and three, count them, three sold out shows, we’re geared up for more, starting tomorrow night with the Canadian Brass. We had the opportunity to talk with their hornist Eric Reed about the group’s performance at the[…]

Tampa Bay’s own International Blues Challenge winner Selwyn Birchwood returns home for a show in the Side Door on Saturday, March 23 at 8. Selwyn and his band won top honors in the IBC competition in early February in Memphis. Opening the show will be Bradenton favorite Steve Arvey with[…]

By Patty Ewald Tampa Bay Times CJ Harding was an 8-year-old girl when she met Elvis. It was in Savannah, Ga., in June 1956 — six months after he recorded Heartbreak Hotel and Blue Suede Shoes, six months before his first film, Love Me Tender, premiered and a mere three[…]