Saturday morning I tell my wife, as horrific international disasters go, this one at least fits my personality. I’ve always wanted an excuse to stay home and putter around. To linger over the morning paper (on-line), play a few songs on the piano, whisk some leaves out of the pool, do some actual work at […]

A MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR   Like other venues around our community and around the country, the Palladium has suspended shows and events for the time being in an effort to keep our patrons and our staff safe and healthy. Some shows are canceled, others are being rescheduled for a future date.   We […]

Gotta love this story from St. Pete Catalyst by the veteran music writer Bill DeYoung. Bill previewed our two upcoming Palladium Cabaret Series shows – March 21 with Queenie and March 26 with Nellie McKay, both in the Side Door Cabaret.   Queenie, Sydney Australia’s star of cabaret and theater, is bringing her Joni Mitchel […]

Palladium audiences love their jazz and we’re delivering the goods all this month and beyond.   The Side Door and Hough Hall are the scenes of shows tonight through Sunday as the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival continues a five-show run. Tonight, it’s steel pan virtuoso Leon Foster Thomas and pianist Tal Cohen in the Side […]

Straight outta NYC, Svetlana and the Delancey Five are the hottest swing jazz ensemble in the Big Apple. And on March 7, they’ll be lighting up the Side Door, along with some of the bay area’s best lindy hoppers and swing dancers.   We’re bringing in a wooden dance floor so the Side Door will […]

The 2020 version of the Boogie Woogie Blues Piano Stomp is on stage this Saturday night and the show promises to be our biggest ever. More than 600 folks have already got their tickets to see an all-star lineup of pianists playing our two grand pianos on the Hough Hall stage. As in the past, […]

One of our favorite jazz singers, Whitney James, has been out of circulation for the past year, as she completes an advance degree in music in Texas.   But she didn’t want to miss her annual Jazz Valentine concert, so she’s hopping a plane later this week headed for the Side Door. This show always […]

Chris MacDonald’s introduction to the King of Rock and Roll, came from watching old Elvis movies on TV with his Mom, who was a fan.   “Elvis was cool in those movies – he beat up the bad guys and had cute girls in bikinis chasing him – it looked like a good gig,” says […]

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 folks – 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 […]

When I visited New York as a journalist in the ’80s and ’90s I always stayed at the historic Algonquin Hotel, home of the Algonquin Round Table. I stayed because the hotel was close to where I was working , but mainly I stayed at the Algonquin because I loved soaking up all the classic […]

We’ve got two nights of great jazz coming up this weekend in the Side Door and more on the way.   On Friday, Jeremy Carter,  everybody’s favorite sax player, is back with another jazzy tribute to great soul standards. He’s calling this one: Daydreaming: Soul Jazz with Jeremy Carter.   Jeremy and his “Rubber Band” […]

The Calidore String Quartet played some of their first concerts on the Palladium stage. That’s when they were all students at the prestigious Colburn School in Los Angeles. The concerts were a homecoming for Ryan Meehan, the violinist who grew up in St. Petersburg, where his family still lives.   But on Feb. 5 Calidore […]

The talented folks at St. Petersburg Opera are back in 2020 with a new production of Verdi’s Rigoletto and tickets are going very fast for this ever-popular work.   The show takes the stage in Hough Hall for three performances on Friday, Sunday and Tuesday, January 24, 26 and 28. For tickets and information you […]

  After wowing our audiences last spring, Svetlana and the Delancey 5  are returning on March 7 for another night of the danceable, swinging jazz.   Svetlana is a wonderful performer and character. Her new album debuted at the top of the jazz charts and is gaining traction across the music spectrum. I’m sharing a […]

We’ve had a great run of legendary music makers this season and that continues Saturday night when Randall Bramblett brings his band to the intimate Side Door Cabaret.   Bramblett is a band leader, sideman and an in-demand songwriter. Bramblett has worked with Steve Winwood, Gregg Allman, Elvin Bishop, Bonnie Raitt – the list goes […]

In case you haven’t seen the lineup for our Palladium Jazz Awards concert this Sunday at 4, I thought I’d share it with you here. You’re in for two plus hours of great music by a battalion of the best jazz artists working in our area.   That lineup includes James Suggs, on trumpet, LaRue […]

I’m very proud that the Palladium is partnering with The Chopin Project to bring an ongoing series of concerts, focused on the great repertoire for the piano.  We started with a single concert two years ago, and now we have a four-concert series.   The Chopin Project, a performance and educational effort, was founded by […]

Our Palladium Chamber Players return to Hough Hall on Wednesday, Jan. 8, this time with original members Jeewon Park and Ed Arron, appearing alongside artistic director Jeffrey Multer, in a concert featuring the works for Beethoven, Ravel and Dvorak.   For tickets and information about the 7:30 p.m. concert on Wednesday, Jan. 8, you can […]

We’re celebrating our vibrant jazz community on Sunday, Jan. 12 with our first Palladium Jazz Awards concert. In the tradition of the John Lamb Birthday Party and our Bob Seymore retirement concert, this show will feature a multitude of great players in various settings in Hough Hall, followed by a jam session in the Side […]

As a baby – okay maybe I was older than that –  I caught the Grateful Dead live at Curtis Hixon Hall in Tampa. It was a great concert but I didn’t realize the show I was seeing that December night what would become a part of Grateful Dead lore.     The show was […]

Our beloved Palladium Chamber Players are returning in 2019-20 with a five-concert series that kicks off this Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 7:30. Wednesday’s concert features Jeffrey Multer, Julian Schwartz and Marika Bournaki performing as The Mile-End Trio. The program will include Beethoven’s famous Archduke Trio as well Czech composer Bedrich Smetana’s Piano Trio in g minor. […]

Part of the fun of my job is finding talented young performers and making them part of the Palladium family. A few years ago, one of those youngsters was a guy right out of the University of Tampa named Selwyn Birchwood.   We loved him from the start – even when his first show sold […]

When I decided to launch the Palladium Cabaret Series I knew I wanted a big name to kick it off in style. In the cabaret world, it doesn’t get much bigger than Ann Hampton Callaway.   A leading champion of the great American Songbook, she’s made her mark as a singer, pianist, composer, lyricist, arranger, […]

This year’s edition of Nate Najar’s Jazz Holiday features a line-up of local and international jazz stars and promises to be one of the best shows of the year at the Palladium. The show is Thursday, Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m.   Nate starts with some of our favorite local players,  John Lamb, on bass, […]

I’m grateful to be included along with other St. Pete arts folks who shared wishes and hopes for our town in 2020 in the St. Pete Catalyst.   You can connect with Catalyst and read my article and others by following this link.   Thanks to Joe Hamilton and Bill DeYoung of St. Pete Catalyst […]