SIDE DOOR SUMMER Held at the Palladium June 24

Beginning June 24, the Palladium is bringing a summer filled with blues, jazz and more to its intimate nightclub stage, the Side Door Cabaret.

Hot blues Acts: Sarasota Slim; St. Pete Blues Allstars, Chicago jump blues; Sandy Atkinson and the True Loves; Damon Fowler Group; Doug Deming and The Jewel Tones, 50s Chicago blues, and Sean Chambers.

Cool jazz Performances: Katt Hefner in a tribute to Nancy Wilson, Jimmy McGriff and Jimmy Smith; acclaimed jazz drummer Ronnie Burrage and his band,and Brazilian boss nova and samba with O Som Do.

Adding Spice to the Summer Brew: the St. Petersburg Opera presents Madama Butterfly; Heartbeat - Where The Great Mystery Begins, A Journey of Music and Dance, presented by Moxy WomenTM; Jim "Kimo" West, Hawaiian slack key guitarist; Coo Coo Ca Choo, classic 60s rock; Grant Peeples, southern singer-songwriter; the St. Pete Body Building Show, and two theatre productions [title of show], an Obie Award-winning Broadway musical, and Lourdes of the Flies, A Savage New Comedy by Bill Leavengood, the writer-director of Webb's City - The Musical!.

Side Door Summer at the Palladium - Schedule
Every Weekend -- Blues, Jazz & More at the Side Door

6/10, 12, 14
Puccini's Madama Butterfly, presented by the St. Petersburg Opera
Fri., 6/10, 7:30 p.m.
Sun., 6/12, 2:00 p.m.
Tues., 6/14, 7:30 p.m.

Sat., 6/18
Heartbeat - Where The Great Mystery Begins, A Journey of Music and Dance, presented by Moxy Women ^TM
7:30 p.m.

Fri., 6/24
Sarasota Slim: Get Up, Get Down, CD release party
8 p.m.

Sat., 6/25
Katt Hefner, jazz vocalist: Two Jims & A Nancy, a tribute to Jimmy McGriff, Jimmy Smith and Nancy Wilson
8 p.m.

Thurs., 6/30
Jim" Kimo" West, master of the Hawaiian slack key guitar
7:30 p.m.

Fri., 7/1
St. Pete Blues Allstars, Chicago jump blues
8 p.m.

Fri. ,7/8
Sandy Atkinson and the True Loves, smokin' blues
8 p.m.

Sat., 7/9
Coo Coo Ca Choo, 60s Classic Rock in 5-Part Harmony!
8 p.m.

Fri., 7/15
Acclaimed jazz drummer Ronnie Burrage's Third Kind of Blue, Augmented
8 p.m.

Sat., 7/16
Damon Fowler Group, homegrown, hi-test, house rockin' blues
8 p.m.

7/20 - 24
[title of show], an Obie Award-winning Broadway Musical, presented by Primo Academy and Nathan Daugherty; call for show times
Wed., 7/20
Thurs., 7/21
Fri., 7/22
Sat., 7/23
Sun., 7/24

Fri, 7/29
Grant Peeples and the Peeples Republik Band, southern singer-songwriter
8 p.m.

Fri., 8/5
Doug Deming & The Jewel Tones, 50s Chicago blues
8 p.m.

Sat., 8/6
O Som Do Jazz, Brazilian bossa nova and samba
8 p.m.

Fri., 8/12
Sean Chambers, blues rock guitar
8 p.m.

Sat., 8/13
Stan Hunter Quartet, Swinging Jazz
8 p.m.

8/19-21, 26, 28 & 9/2-4
Lourdes of the Flies, A Savage New Comedy, by Bill Leavengood, the writer director of Webb's City - The Musical!
Presented by The Palladium, Beth Ann Morean, and Will Knot Di Productions
Fri. & Sat. performances - 7:30 p.m. & 10 p.m.
Sun. matinees - 3 p.m.

Sat., 8/27
The St. Pete Muscle Classic, body building show
10 a.m. & 5 p.m.

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