{"id":45080,"date":"2025-11-13T12:39:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T12:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/45080\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T12:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T12:39:11","slug":"weekend-spotlight-music-and-more-on-bay-area-stages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/45080\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend spotlight: Music and more on bay area stages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spontaneity is the key to the performances of The Fractal, not quite a jazz band and every bit something else altogether, first assembled in 2023 and onstage Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the ArtsXchange outdoor stage, 515 22nd Street S. (on the Warehouse Arts District Association campus).<\/p>\n<p>Woodwinds player David Pate, bassist Robert Strickland and drummer\/percussionist Jim Stewart are skilled improvisational musicians, and the fourth Fractal member is dancer Helen French, who brings quite another artistic discipline into the mix.<\/p>\n<p>French, the executive director of the St. Petersburg Arts Alliance, happens to be a Juilliard-trained dancer with many years\u2019 professional experience.<\/p>\n<p>Joining the Fractal for this completely improvised, \u201cin the moment\u201d performance will be Ohio guitarist Rex Sheppard. Eric Mullins opens.<\/p>\n<p>Find tickets <a href=\"https:\/\/wadastpete.org\/events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, and again Friday, at Benchmark Arena: Hot-as-a-pistol standup comedian Nate Bargatze. Tickets for both shows are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/nate-bargatze-big-dumb-eyes-world-tampa-florida-11-13-2025\/event\/0D006175B7322177?refArtist=K8vZ917GlEf&amp;f_simplified_filter=true&amp;f_enable_merch_slot=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a> (floor seats for both shows are sold out).<\/p>\n<p>New Orleans\u2019 legendary Dirty Dozen Brass Band will be onstage tonight at 8 at Skipper\u2019s Smokehouse. Find tickets <a href=\"https:\/\/skipperssmokehouse.com\/event\/the-dirty-dozen-brass-band-8pm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Greensky Bluegrass, which blends string band versatility with rock \u2018n\u2019 roll energy (and jam band light shows), appears tonight (7 p.m.) at the BayCare Sound amphitheater. Tickets are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rutheckerdhall.com\/events\/detail\/greensky-bluegrass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If your like your holiday music loud and synthesized, and your lights and effects bright, the annual Mannheim Steamroller bay area concert is your ticket. The show\u2019s at Ruth Eckerd Hall tonight at 7, and tickets are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rutheckerdhall.com\/events\/detail\/mannheim-steamroller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight at 7:30, at the Palladium Theater Side Door Cabaret: The Tampa R&amp;B band Sugar and Spice Revue, with sisters Myra \u201cSugar\u201d Glover and Velma \u201cSpice\u201d Glover. Tickets for the show are <a href=\"https:\/\/mypalladium.org\/events\/sugar-and-spice-revue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bay area jazz trumpeter James Suggs and band play the Side Door Friday, with an all-Miles Davis program. The show is sold out.<\/p>\n<p>The horror classic Evil Dead is screened Friday at the Capitol Theatre, with a live ensemble performing composer Joe LoDuca\u2019s entire revamped original musical score. Tickets are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rutheckerdhall.com\/events\/detail\/evil-dead-in-concert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Rosenthal, whose comic travel documentary series Somebody Feed Phil is in its fifth season on Netflix, is onstage at the Mahaffey Theater Friday. The Emmy-winning creator of the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond will tell stories and take audience questions.<\/p>\n<p>Rosenthal will be on TV Nov. 24 for the Everybody Loves Raymond cast reunion on CBS. Without, of course, Doris Roberts and\u00a0Peter Boyle, who memorably played Raymond\u2019s parents, because they\u2019re both dead.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for Rosenthal\u2019s Mahaffey appearance are <a href=\"https:\/\/themahaffey.com\/show\/phil-rosenthal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Standup comic and podcaster George Janko is at the Tampa Theatre Friday. Find tickets <a href=\"https:\/\/tampatheatre.org\/live\/george-janko-man-on-water-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bluegrass icons the Del McCoury Band have a Saturday show at the Capitol Theatre. Tickets are <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.rutheckerdhall.com\/31998\/31999?_gl=1*130sfu4*_gcl_au*MTI1MDQ2MTg0MC4xNzU4NDk0NzEx*_ga*MTM0NjY4NTYxMS4xNzI3MTE5OTE4*_ga_YGMBTHEY0R*czE3NjI5Nzc3MzgkbzM0MCRnMSR0MTc2Mjk3OTg4NiRqMzckbDAkaDA.&amp;_ga=2.76317013.1346510896.1762977738-1346685611.1727119918&amp;queueittoken=e_saftynetqueue2021v3~ts_1762980071~ce_true~rt_safetynet~h_1ec9788199eb4b99a1653f91227f0d21cdc6e93bdb2071dfd3a5c49b79c21659\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday at the Palladium Side Door is Tampa blues guitarist Damon Fowler, a frequent (and most welcome) performer on that stage, with his band. Fowler\u2019s new album is called Barnyard Smile. Find tickets <a href=\"https:\/\/palatspc.na.ticketsearch.com\/sales\/salesevent\/19279\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Friday at the BayCare Sound: Tennessee country music singer Russell Dickerson (\u201cHappy to Me,\u201d \u201cYours\u201d). Tickets are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rutheckerdhall.com\/events\/detail\/russell-dickerson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109081\" class=\"wp-image-109081\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/All-Time-Low-1-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"415\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-109081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All Time Low (\u201cDirty Work,\u201d \u201cFuture Hearts\u201d) headlines Saturday at the BayCare Sound. Publicity photo.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday at the BayCare Sound: Punky popsters All Time Low, with Mayday Parade, The Paradox and Four Year Strong. Tickets for the 6:30 p.m. concert are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rutheckerdhall.com\/events\/detail\/all-time-low\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday in the Morsani Theatre, Straz Center for the Performing Arts: Comedian Ali Siddiq. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strazcenter.org\/events\/2526-season\/comedy\/ali-siddiq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday in the Jaeb Theatre, Straz Center for the Performing Arts: Comedian Shayne Smith. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strazcenter.org\/events\/2526-season\/comedy\/shayne-smith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>America (consisting of original member Dewey Bunnell and some other guys) is back in the bay area Saturday, for its annual concert appearance. The show, at Ruth Eckerd Hall, is sold out.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday delivers A Magical Cirque Christmas to Ruth Eckerd Hall. Yes, it\u2019s a holiday-season family show, with acrobats, contortionists and aerialists doing their stuff as the carols play. Tickets are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rutheckerdhall.com\/events\/detail\/magical-cirque-christmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Singer\/songwriter Fran Snyder, the founder of Listening Room Concerts, has an acoustic event Sunday (starting at 3 p.m.) at the Palladium Theater Side Door Cabaret. Performing alongside Snyder for Song Connections are troubadours Madelaine, Michelle Ingrham and Dean Johanesen. Tickets are <a href=\"https:\/\/palatspc.na.ticketsearch.com\/sales\/salesevent\/19285\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The classics<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea Gallo conducts Disco Inferno: A \u201870s Celebration, Saturday\u2019s contribution from The Florida Orchestra, at 2 and 8 p.m. at the Mahaffey Theater. It consists, as the title implies, of music by the Bee Gees, Donna Summer, Abba etcetera, with four guest vocalists. Find tickets <a href=\"https:\/\/floridaorchestra.org\/event\/2526-pops3-disco-inferno\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The annual St. Petersburg Opera Company production of the children\u2019s opera Pinocchio opens Saturday at Opera Central, the company\u2019s headquarters on 1st Avenue S. The hour-long production combines the classic story with opera-singing characters (the lyrics follow the plot, with music by Mozart, Donizetti, Offenbach and Verdi) and a small orchestra. Performances will continue through Nov. 23; visit <a href=\"https:\/\/stpeteopera.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the SPO website<\/a> for all showtimes and to purchase tickets.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109082\" class=\"wp-image-109082\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ART-Off-Central-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"411\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-109082\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vera Samuels, left, Debbie Yones and Ami Salee appear in Yasmina Reza\u2019s \u201cArt,\u201d opening tonight at the Off-Central. Photo provided.<\/p>\n<p>On theater stages<\/p>\n<p>In St. Pete, It\u2019s the final weekend for the Civil Rights drama <a href=\"https:\/\/thestudioat620.org\/events\/cadillac-crew\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Cadillac Crew <\/a>at The Studio@620, and for American Stage\u2019s folk\/rock musical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanstage.org\/shows\/hundred-days\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hundred Days<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa shows ending with this weekend\u2019s performances are Stageworks Theatre\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/stageworkstheatre.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Evil Dead The Musical<\/a>, and ThinkTank Theatre\u2019s modernized for young audiences take on Shakespeare\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/thinktanktya.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Check the links for showtimes and tickets.<\/p>\n<p>Opening tonight at the Off-Central in St. Pete is Yasmina Reza\u2019s dark comedy Art, running through Nov. 23 (showtimes and tickets <a href=\"https:\/\/theoffcentral.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>). The cast will guest on Friday\u2019s edition of our Arts Alive! podcast.<\/p>\n<p>The classic thriller Deathtrap, meanwhile, continues at freeFall Theatre. Showtimes and tickets can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/ci.ovationtix.com\/34941\/production\/1244285\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Visual arts<\/p>\n<p>St. Petersburg\u2019s 11th annual SHINE Mural Festival continues through Sunday. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fo\/nl8fo19yc4410odr599vb\/AAnCsu18POIySh7qWI7IDp4\/SHINE%20ORIGINS%20DIGITAL%20GUIDE%206x9.pdf?rlkey=mni65avyipbpg23j90g0x85rs&amp;e=1&amp;dl=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">on this link<\/a> to see where you can go to watch artists painting, en plein air, each and every day.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a party \u2013 the SHINE Origins Finale Celebration \u2013 Saturday at FloridaRAMA, from 7 to 10 p.m. Details and tickets are available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shineonmurals.com\/event-details\/floridarama-x-shine-origins-mural-festival-finale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Alberto Giacometti &amp; Salvador Dal\u00ed: Through &amp; Beyond Surrealism\u00a0opens Saturday at the Dali Museum. It includes paintings, sculptures and archival materials (on loan from Paris) from Giocometti (1901-1966), the Swiss artist whose works were heavily influenced by Surrealism. They\u2019re displayed alongside Dali\u2019s own works from the permanent collection, illuminating the similarities in the artists\u2019 visions, despite their distinct stylistic approaches. Find out more <a href=\"https:\/\/thedali.org\/exhibit\/alberto-giacometti-and-salvador-dali\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stpetecatalyst.com\/category\/create\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Your Weekend Spotlight<\/a>\u00a0appears every Thursday in the\u00a0Catalyst\u2019s CREATE section.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Please add us to your mailing list \u2013 send all press releases and event info to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stpetecatalyst.com\/weekend-spotlight-music-and-more-on-bay-area-stages\/mailto:bill@stpetecatalyst.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">bill@stpetecatalyst.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can also submit your events to the\u00a0Catalyst\u00a0calendar, by clicking\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stpetecatalyst.com\/contribute\/event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spontaneity is the key to the performances of The Fractal, not quite a jazz band and every bit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-45080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}