This is a short item, since it has a very simple message:   St. Pete’s favorite trumpet player is celebrating the music of one of his idols, Miles Davis, on Thursday, Oct. 24 in the Side Door. There are less than 35 tickets remaining for that show today.   IT WILL SELL OUT!   To […]

Little Jake Mitchell is returning to the Side Door after two sold-out shows that had our audiences singing, swaying and clapping along. He’s bringing back the Soul Searchers, a big band that now includes guitar, bass, two drummers, grand piano, Hammond B3, a full horn section and some surprise guests. We’re adding a section to […]

St. Petersburg Opera, which has its performance home at the Palladium, kicks off its 2019-20 season with one of the most popular operettas in history – The Merry Widow.   Kurt Loft, the music writer who provides notes for our Palladium Chamber Series and the Florida Orchestra, has done a preview of the production for […]

To me, the best blues voice coming out of Tampa Bay belongs to Betty Fox. I’ve been a fan since I first caught a set at the Ringside Cafe maybe six or seven years ago. She’s sold-out the Side Door, she’s opened for major artists like Mavis Staples at the Mahaffey, and she continues to […]

Friday night’s tag team piano show, featuring two blues and comic heavyweights – Barry Cuda and the Right Rev. Billy C. Wirtz, promises to shake the Palladium’s Side Door to its foundations. If there was any sanctity left in this old Christian Science Church if will flee in tears at some point during Friday night’s […]

For me and a lot of my pals, the best band to come out of our area in the ‘80s was The Silver King Band. A trio of talented characters – St. Petey Twig on barrelhouse piano, Flo Mingo on washboard, and Rock Bottom on harmonica. They were an R&B show. They were a vaudeville […]

Two upcoming Palladium shows made the “Top Picks for the Weekend” list in the Tampa Bay Times Weekend section.   Crossing The Bay, the musical history of the early days of Tampa and St. Pete, from the same creative team that gave us Webb’s City: The Musical, is on our Hough Hall stage Friday through […]

Following up last year’s successful revival of Webb’s City: The Musical, we’re bringing back another historic musical by the same creative team. Crossing The Bay, with book by Bill Leavengood and music and lyrics by Lee Ahlin, will take the stage this Friday through Sunday.   Crossing The Bay is a fictionalized version of the […]

Yesterday when I warned procrastinators to hurry and get tickets for Selwyn Birchwood’s Side Door show tonight a lot of you must have listened. We had 30 tickets left for Selwyn’s show on Thursday morning. By this morning they were all gone.   If you missed this one, stay tuned. Selwyn will be back for […]

This is a note to all procrastinators out there – a group to which I belong – there are less than 30 tickets left for the Selwyn Birchwood show in the Side Door this Friday night.   Don’t wait any longer. This show WILL be sold out by the time Selwyn and the band take […]

There’s a lot of excitement around tonight’s show with Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge at the Palladium. They are fronting The Midnight Hour ensemble.   Creative Pinellas writer Eric Snider did a preview of the show for CL’s Arts Coast Journal and you can read it below or follow this link to the Creative […]

Every time I try to take a vacation, the Palladium calendar is full of exciting shows I don’t want to miss.   So please, while PalladiumPaul is away, don’t be a stranger. Check out one or more of these shows and enjoy them for me!   Friday, Aug. 30, 8 p.m. – Kick The Bucket […]

We’ve got some hip-hop giants coming to Hough Hall on September 11 at 8 p.m.   I’m a fan of the Luke Cage series – in particular the soundtrack and the live performances that mark every show – and this pair did the soundtracks for both seasons.   If you don’t know Ali Shaheed Muhammad […]

Here at the Palladium, where jazz is  part of our musical DNA, we’ve had a long and successful relationship with the Al Downing Tampa Bay Jazz Association. Sunday’s concert, featuring two of our favorite singers, Synia Carroll and Theo Valentin, is a perfect example.   Working with the Downing organization, we are able to present […]

Both Tampa Bay Times and Creative Loafing are recommending tonight’s program by Elizabeth A. Baker, Intersect, which premiers in the Side Door at 7:30.   Baker will be joined by local pianist John O’Leary, Tampa Bay native turned Oakland-based composer/improvisor Nathan Corder, Oakland-based saxophonist Tom Weeks, and Toronto-based saxophonist Robert Hess for an evening of […]

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock festival we’re bringing back a band our audience raved about last year – Peace of Woodstock.   The band recreates the feeling of being at the festival, covering some of the best performances by multiple bands. Despite some threats to do it, I can report that […]

What is iberian jazz?   Singer Ona Kirei, who is making her Palladium debut tonight, is happy to tell you. She does it beautifully on a video she’s posted to her Facebook page. I loved it. Check it out at this link or just visit Ona’s Facebook page.   Here’s what we’re saying: Vocalist Ona […]

Friday night in the Side Door one of my favorite shows is making a comeback. The great trio La Lucha returns with a night of ’80s hits revised and jazzified. Last time they did an “80s Jazz Party” singer was Whitney James. This time, they are bringing another Palladium favorite, and another vocalist from The […]

Thanks to Creative Pinellas and my former St. Pete Times colleague Eric Snider for a great profile of our Saturday night soul man – Latimore.   Latimore and his band from Chicago are the headliners of a big Soul Celebration this Saturday at the Palladium. The St. Pete Florida Blues Band opens the show with […]

We’re excited to welcome Bob Burr and Steve Marshall for a night of magic and comedy this Friday in the Side Door. The comic/magicians have told me the show will be very family friendly. If it got a rating, it would be PG.     National headlining comic Marshall and comic magician Burr will bring […]

Tickets are almost gone for Saturday night’s Bossa Nova Guitars show featuring Nate Najar and Phill Fest in the Side Door.   It’s a chance to hear two of the best acoustic guitarists in jazz on the same stage. Phill is the son of renowned Brazilian pianist Manfredo Fest.   At a previous incarnation of […]

Our pal, Jerry Notaro, posted his review of our Joni Hearts Nick show by the Florida Bjorkestra to the Joni Mitchell website – Jonimitchell.com. Jerry knows music as well as anyone in bay area, and he was impressed with the Bjorkestra’s take on both Joni and Nick.   His review is reprinted here. To read […]

One of the joys of being part of the Palladium was getting to spend lots of time with two of our founders – Bill and Hazel Hough.   I am saddened to write that Hazel has left us. I can’t believe I won’t be seeing her in her favorite seat, stage left at the top […]

Here’s another preview of Saturday’s Joni Hearts Nick (The music of Joni Mitchell and Nick Drake) show by The Florida Bjorkestra.     This one comes from the on-line magazine St. Pete Catalyst, which has become a go-to spot for local arts coverage. Tickets are going fast for this special evening in the intimate Side Door […]

Thanks to Creative Pinellas for featuring our upcoming Joni Mitchell and Nick Drake show by The Florida Bjorkestra in the current edition of its on-line magazine.   The show is Saturday night, Aug. 3, at 8 p.m. in the intimate Side Door Cabaret and features a 12-piece version of the Bjorkestra. For tickets and more […]