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Our crazy state may be vivid red on the Covid map, but I want to assure you that you can visit the Palladium for a live show in comfort and safety. For this summer all our shows are happening in the 830-seat Hough Hall and we’ve limited our ticket sales,[…]

The great Duke Ellington has a special place in the musical lore of St. Petersburg. Not only did he play the Manhattan Casino back in the day, two of his alums settled here and became mainstays of the local jazz scene. Buster Cooper, the trombonist, left us a few years[…]

Summer continues to heat up at the Palladium. If I had to pick one “don’t miss” show from or summer lineup I’d probably pick this Friday’s tribute to Nina Simone, led by Sarasota singer Synia Carroll along with an all-star band. Synia and her pianist for the show, John O’Leary,[…]

Over the course of his decades-long career Carlos Santana sold a lot of records and built a huge fan base, and along the way, he influenced generations of musicians. A number of them are from the Tampa Bay area, like drummer David Nunez, keyboardist Brad Trumbull and guitarist Mark Barrios.[…]

Dancer, choreographer, teacher, and fan-favorite Helen French, part of the Palladium’s Creative Class of 2021, has been named Artist Laureate by Creative Pinellas. Veteran arts writer Kurt Loft just penned a feature article about Helen’s work and artistic vision, which you can read below or on the Creative Pinellas website[…]

I almost hate to post this glowing review of St. Petersburg Opera’s Pagliacci by Kurt Loft since the two remaining performances are sold out. But the review is too good not to share: The company’s new production of ‘Pagliacci’ is an understated gem, a chamber opera that delivers a palpable[…]

I am thrilled that live shows are returning to the Palladium. St. Petersburg Opera’s concerts over this past weekend was the latest example. We’ve got more shows coming – including a Bob Dylan 80th Birthday Bash (May 21) and an SPO production of Pagliacci (multiple dates in June). A summer[…]

Our latest BEACON dance project, streams this Friday, April 16. St. Pete Catalyst previewed the show with a video interview and a story about our co-producers, Helen Hansen French and Lauren Sloane. BEACON is the Palladium’s critically acclaimed platform for contemporary dance and multidisciplinary collaborations among artists working locally and[…]

Bill DeYoung at St. Pete Catalyst talked with sax star Jeremy Carter about his Palladium Live streaming show that debuts tonight and runs through Sunday. They also talked about Jeremy’s musical relationship with the Palladium, where he is a regular bandleader and a member of the inaugural Creative Class of[…]

Veteran music journalist Eric Snider has written a great story about the Palladium’s newest initiative, The Palladium Creative Class of 2021. Though this program, the Palladium is commissioning some of Tampa Bay’s top performers to create shows for the theater. Many of these performers are also part of our current[…]

The on-line arts magazine, Arts Coast Journal, got classical music writer Kurt Loft to preview the Palladium’s first streaming chamber music concert. The concert by the Mile End Trio, part of the Palladium Chamber Players, streams Friday, March 5. Here’s is Kurt’s story. To see the full story and visit[…]

While our live shows remain on hold for a while, we’ve put together a slate of your favorite Palladium artists and performers doing concerts you can enjoy in your home. We’re calling the series Palladium Live! And we are shooting these concerts with four, state-of-the-art cameras, adding professional sound and[…]

While the Side Door is temporarily dark, you can still hear some great concerts that were recorded live in the Palladium’s intimate nightclub. WUSF-All Night Jazz presents an hour of Side Door Jazz on the first Friday of the month. This week’s concert is from our John Lamb Birthday Party,[…]

This week the St. Pete Catalyst talked to Palladium Paul about the pandemic, the Palladium and the local performing arts scene. The story is by Bill DeYoung, a veteran arts and music writer. a long excerpt from the story appears below, or you read the full article on the Catalyst[…]

While we’re living through a spike in Covid cases locally and nationally and the Palladium remains closed to live performances, there is some hope on the horizon. Dr. Anthony Fauci predicts that performing arts venues could return to full activity with no restrictions as early as Fall of 2021. If[…]

While our live shows remain on hold for a while, we’ve put together a slate of your favorite Palladium artists and performers doing concerts you can enjoy in your home. We’re calling the series Palladium Live! And we are shooting these concerts with four, state-of-the-art cameras, adding professional sound and[…]

If you’re like me, you’re tired of hearing the same holiday tunes over and over – especially since they go into heavy rotation everywhere by mid-November. The talented husband and wife team of Gloria Munoz and Mark Feinman – Mark is one-third of the jazz trio La Lucha – had[…]

LIVESTREAM LINK: $25.Tickets on sale in the new year! Sax man Jeremy Carter always finds the sweet spot between Jazz and Soul. His Soul of Jazz concerts at the Palladium have been consistent sell-outs and audience favorites. For Palladium Live Jeremy brings his newly formed Rubber Band to the gig.[…]

LIVESTREAM LINK: $25.Tickets on sale in the new year! Over years of national touring with his own band and as a member of the all-star ensemble, Southern Hospitality, Damon Fowler has built a reputation as top-tier blues guitarist and singer and an in-demand guitarists for tours by Butch Trucks and[…]

LIVESTREAM LINK: $25.Tickets on sale in the new year! The Florida based Jazz trio La Lucha performs a variety of standards, reimagined pop arrangements and original compositions. They are joined by world-renowned clarinetist/saxophonist Ken Peplowski and the exciting trumpeter James Suggs. This set finds the band showcasing their versatility by[…]

LIVESTREAM LINK: $25.Tickets on sale in the new year! Downbeat Magazine calls Brazilian vocalist Daniela Soledade, “master of classic samba and bossa nova.” Singing in both English and Portuguese, Soledade and her band share some classic samba, bossa nova, samba jazz and American standards, including tunes by Antonio Carlos Jobim[…]

LIVESTREAM LINK: $25.Tickets on sale in the new year! Palladium LIVE! and the Palladium Chamber Players present world-renowned chamber musicians, violinist Jeffrey Multer, cellist Julian Schwarz, and pianist Marika Bournaki as the Mile-End Trio. As resident artists of the Palladium Chamber Players series, the Mile-End Trio has become a favorite[…]

LIVESTREAM LINK: $25.Tickets on sale in the new year! Jazz singer Ona Kirei celebrates the music of Lennon and McCartney in this special Palladium Live concert. Born in Barcelona, Kirei is a vocalist, composer, and arranger currently living and working in the Tampa Bay Area. Kirei won the International Talavera[…]

LIVESTREAM LINK: $25.NOTE: This show is LIVESTREAM ONLY. Nate Najar’s Jazz Holiday concert, always a high point of the Palladium season, streams directly to your home this December. LIVE from Hough Hall, the concert features a swinging mix of holiday tunes performed by an all-star ensemble. The 90-minute musical event[…]

Sadly, I must report that due to the spike in coronavirus cases both locally and nationally  the Palladium has chosen to cancel all live performances for the time being. In October, when we returned to limited live performances following a complete shutdown in March, our pledge to our audiences was[…]

The three talented gentlemen who perform together as La Lucha are familiar faces at the Palladium. They do concerts of their own music, and the trio or various subsets thereof are side men on lots of Palladium gigs. So it’s only appropriate the Palladium played a big part in the[…]

I’m excited to have one of my favorite bay area bands back on our stage this Friday night. Have Gun Will Travel joins Geri X and Will Quinlan on the Hough Hall stage for a night of original music. With Have Gun you get a genre-mashup of Indie, Americana and[…]

There’s a very special guest coming to the Palladium this Sunday to perform live with our favorite local trio – La Lucha. Ken Peplowski is arguably the best jazz clarinet player on the planet. He was part of the musical team on La Lucha’s new CD – Everybody Wants to[…]

The Palladium is back both live and virtually. And the world is taking notice. Please check out this story by veteran music writer Eric Snider. He wrote it for Arts Coast Journal, an on-line magazine produced by Creative Pinellas and edited by Sheila Cowley. Thanks to them for this great[…]

Our new Palladium Live series brings your favorite Palladium artists directly to your home or anywhere you take your laptop or I-Pad. If you’re as smart as my wife, you’ll be able to mirror your computer screen on your smart TV and watch the same way you watch Netflix. Our streaming provider, Mandolin,[…]

As we reactivate the Palladium after more than six months of virus-imposed darkness, we are moving on several fronts – live shows, a streaming service and the creation of an artists’ support project we’re calling the Palladium Creative Class of 2021. That initiative puts money directly into the pockets of[…]

We’ve had two great Saturday nights at the Palladium as we continue with our very limited October reopening.   The final October show is this Saturday, Oct. 17, at 8 p.m. Perennial Palladium favorites Nate Najar and Phill Fest will trade licks on their acoustic guitars, in a show our[…]

After  six months without much entertainment news, the reopening of the Palladium is drawing some media attention.   I’m sharing links to a few really nice stories and an Zoom interview I did for the St. Pete Catalyst Sessions. If you missed any or all of these, they’ll give you[…]

The Palladium’s October reopening – three Saturdays in a row – started off with a bang last Saturday. Our new favorite blues man, Jose Ramirez, released his Here I Come CD, with a memorable show featuring his band and several special guests.   Jose brought guitar legend Anson Funderburgh and[…]

I’ve been talking with blues guitarist and singer  Jose Ramirez for more than a year about a CD release show. Now that show is happening!   After more than six months without shows, we’re reopening the Palladium with Jose’s CD Release celebration for “Here I Come”  on Saturday, Oct. 3,[…]

After a six-month hiatus due to the pandemic, I was worried whether our audiences would be ready to buy tickets again when we reopen the Palladium for live shows on the first three Saturdays in October.   I don’t have to worry about that any more.   Our three reopening[…]

As we take some small steps to our reopening on Oct. 3, we want our patrons to know we are taking their safety very seriously.  Below are specific details about the safety of our shows, what we expect from patrons and what they can expect from us. There is also[…]

If you’re like me, you’ve missed seeing and hearing all the live shows at the Palladium and other arts and entertainment venues in our creative city. But like me, I think you’ve been willing to give up the joys of live music in an effort to avoid exposure to Covid[…]

While we’ve been dark at the Palladium since March 13, we haven’t been idle. One of our quarantine projects will debut in late September, when we begin streaming live Palladium Presents shows.   We’ve added great cameras, lens, and other equipment to bring you an at-home concert experience that will[…]

  This Friday, Sept. 5, at 10 p.m. WUSF All Night Jazz and The Palladium at SPC  present the second edition of our monthly series called “Side Door at the Palladium.” This new partnership brings some of the Palladium’s best concerts – recorded in  the Side Door Cabaret before the[…]

The bad news arrives in my email cue every day. Today’s email was from Columbia Artists Management, one of the industries longest-standing agencies representing musical artists.   “It is with a heavy heart that, having endured a prolonged pandemic environment, we must announce that effective Aug. 31, 2020, Columbia Artists[…]

It’s exciting for me to see how my colleagues at other arts organizations are finding ways to move forward and continue to be relevant during this dark period for live performance.   The Palladium’s longtime partner, St. Petersburg Opera, is a shining example of how to stay on track when[…]

We are making plans to reopen the Palladium on a limited basis but we are not in a rush to set an opening date.   Our plan when we reopen is to present Side Door shows, jazz, blues and comedy, in Hough Hall. We’ll sell 150 – 175 tickets and[…]

I’m continuing our series of brief conversations with some of our favorite Palladium performers. Today I’m talking with Damon Fowler, who is without a doubt a local guy who made good.   The kid from Brandon has his own kids now and along the way he’s played and recorded with[…]

I’m continuing our series of brief conversations with some of our favorite Palladium performers. Today I’m talking with sax star Jeremy Carter.   Jeremy has been part of the Palladium family for years and his “Soul of Jazz” shows have drawn sell-out crowds. He’s also been part of the James[…]

Dr. Tonjua Williams, the president of St. Petersburg College,  has shared a letter this week about the events in Minneapolis and college’s commitment to “diversity, equity and inclusiveness” in these dark and emotional times.   Her letter was addressed to the students, faculty and staff at SPC, but I think[…]

I’m continuing our series of brief conversations with some of our favorite Palladium performers. Today I’m talking with the world-renown bluesman Selwyn Birchwood.   Selwyn emerged from the Tampa Bay and Orlando area in 2011 and has grown into a blues star, touring the world and playing major festivals. His[…]