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Cast of Sweeney Todd sing their Broadway faves during a cabaret night at the Side Door this Friday

We’ve got something very special this Friday in the Side Door – St. Petersbug Opera is presenting a night Broadway songs by the principal singers in their upcoming production of Sweeney Todd. Tickets are available through SPO. Here’s an excerpt from the SPO’s newsletter about the show: What’s your favorite[…]

Trombone Shorty, Dickey Betts and Jonny Lang headline Blues Fest; Palladium again the site for “after-shows”

New Orleans bandleader Trombone Shorty, former Allman Brothers Band guitarist Dickey Betts and blues whiz Jonny Lang lead the bill for the 2013 Tampa Bay Blues Festival. Tab Benoit, Curtis Salgado, Lucky Peterson, Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers and the Royal Southern Brotherhood featuring Mike Zito, Devon Allman and[…]

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Rocks the House!

This past Wednesday, the blues-infused rock of the one and only bluesmaster Kenny Wayne Shepherd and his band rocked Hough Hall, brought to our stage by good folks at The Mahaffey Foundation.By the time the band was halfway through its set, they had most of the house on their feet.[…]

Damon Fowler is back at the Side Door this weekend; Set the table with this tasty interview from BluesWax Mag

To get yourself ready for Damon Fowler’s rockin’ return to the  Palladium’s Side Door Cabaret this Friday (Aug. 24), and Saturday (Aug. 25), check out this 2011 interview from BluesWax Magazine. For tickets and more info on the Side Door shows, visit www.mypalladium.org. BluesWax Sittin’ In With Damon Fowler By[…]

Guitar legend Steve Vai will be shredding for a sold-out crowd in the intimate confines of the Palladium this week

Steve Vai, an undisputed guitar god, will play close-up and personal in the Palladium’s imtimate Hough Hall this Thursday night. There may be one or two tickets remaining, but the show is essentially sold-out. To get you prepared, check out this article from Premier Guitar magazine called “Interview: Steve Vai –[…]

Finally they are here! Tampa Bay favorites – and my personal favorite – Halcyon plays the Side Door this Friday

During the ’90s, before I left Tampa for Ann Arbor, Berlin and Los Angeles (a long story), my favorite bay area band was Halcyon. Deb Hunseder and Steph Callahan’s harmonies, their original songs and great covers, quickly built a strong local following. It didn’t hurt that they also had big personalities that[…]

Read this great update on SPC’s MIRA Program from the Creative Pinellas website

St. Petersburg College’s Music Industry and Recording Arts Program is a big part of all our shows at the Palladium. We have student interns working with our tech crews, learning the business hands-on. For a great update on this program, check out this post: http://www.articulatesuncoast.com/bloggers/dr-david-manson/26-dr-david-manson/51-program-redefines-music-education

Palladium’s landmark status makes news in the Tampa Bay Times

The Palladium, built as a church in the 1920s,  was featured in a Tampa Bay Times story today on historic preservation. The Palladium received a landmark designation from the City of St. Petersburg earlier this month. To read the entire story click on this link: – http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment/palladium-theater-is-designated-st-petersburg-historic-landmark/1234968

This just in: Pundits, politicos and state and national television shows are coming to the Palladium and SPC this summer

Two big televised political events are coming to the Palladium this summer which will bring statewide and national exposure to the theater and St. Petersburg College. * Tampa Bay Times, Bay News 9 and FPBS are partnering to produce a U.S. Senate Republican Debate for Florida voters on Thursday, July 26 –[…]

Celebrating the Music of Elton John, Billy Joel and the 70s: Jim Witter’s concert conversion made him a young Piano Man; He recreates the ’70s this Friday at the Palladium

Jim Witter was barely into his teens when his brother offered him his extra ticket to see a piano player named Billy Joel. “I went and was completely in awe at what this man did. I remember the next day asking my Mom if she could show me a few[…]

Master guitarist Michael Chapdelaine brings his award-winning classical and fingerstyle licks to the Palladium’s Side Door Cabaret

Palladium audiences know that we specialize in top tier artists – even if some of them aren’t household names. Michael Chapdelaine, who is playing the Side Door Cabaret on Thursday, April 19, fits that bill. He’s one of the best classical and fingerstyle guitarists in the world – and he[…]

Don’t miss a weekend of Biblical proportions as St. Pete Opera returns to the Palladium with Samson and Delilah

Our Side Door Cabaret has turned again into a costume shop as St. Pete Opera returns for another weekend of grand opera the Palladium. This time the show is Saint-Saens Samson and Delilah. Fittingly, the place is crawling with tunics and Roman military vests – it looks like the costume shop of a swords-and-sandals biblical epic,[…]

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