FREE Concert - September 15

The Helios Jazz Orchestra is performing its most difficult instrumental works on Tuesday, September 15 at the SPC Music Center.  The concert begins at 7:30 PM.  

The selections include arrangements and compositions by Charles Mingus, Steve Speigel, Tom Jobim and more.  The SPC Music Center is located at the corner of 5th Ave. North & 66th St. in St. Petersburg.

Concert - Sunday, August 16!

The Helios Jazz Orchestra is performing on Sunday, August 16 at 3 PM at the SPC Music Center.

Eddie Rosicky and Rita Wilson are the featured singers. Selections include “Witchcraft”, “Black Coffee”, “Agua de Beber”, “Gravy Waltz” and others.

Admission is $10 at the door. There are no advance tickets available. The Music Center at St. Petersburg College is located at 6605 Fifth Ave. North in St. Petersburg, FL 33733.

Helios at the Palladium - July 12

The Helios Jazz Orchestra, (directed by David Manson), presents an afternoon of jazz at the Palladium Theater on Sunday, July 12 at 3 PM. Rita Wilson is the featured vocalist for this concert that will include Swing, Latin and Bebop selections.

Admission is $10. The Palladium Theater is located at 253 Fifth Avenue North in St. Petersburg. The Palladium Theater Box Office is (727) 822-3590.

Kevin Mahogany & the Helios Jazz Orchestra - May 31

Kevin Mahogany, one of the premier vocalists in jazz, is the headliner for WMNF's debut Jazz Jam. He will be backed by the sixteen-piece modern big band, The Helios Jazz Orchestra. 

With eleven CD's as a leader, and quite a few as a sideman, Kevin has proved to be the quintessential jazz vocalist. Newsweek describes him as " the standout jazz vocalist of his generation." New Yorker magazine writer Whitney Balliet writes, "There is little Mahogany cannot do." Says the LA TIMES, " Mahogany is one of the first truly gifted male vocalists to emerge in years." 

The event starts at 4 PM on Sunday, May 31.  Kevin Mahogany & Helios perform at 9 PM.

Tickets are $12 advance and $15 at the venue available by:

• Phone: 813-238-8001
• online at https://www.wmnf.org/ticket_orders/new?event_id=455

910 Skipper Road

Tampa, FL 33613

Phone: (813) 971 - 0666

http://www.skipperssmokehouse.com

Directions from North - I-275 to Bearss exit, then left one block to Nebraska. Go right on Nebraska for 1/4 mile to Skipper Road. Turn left and then left into parking lot.

Directions from South or East - I-275 N to Fletcher exit, then right one block to Nebraska. Go left on Nebraska to Skipper Road. Turn right and then left into parking lot.

April 30!

On April 30, the Helios Jazz Orchestra welcomes Russia’s award-winning chamber orchestra Divertissement Ensemble with a performance. The concert will feature vocalists Rita Wilson and Michael Cerone in selections including “They Can’t Take Away From Me”, “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” and more.

The free concert is open to the public. It starts at 7:00 p.m. in the St. Petersburg College Music Center, located at 6605 5th Avenue North in St. Petersburg. For more information, please call 727-341-7984.

Jazz Appreciation Month!

In honor of Jazz Appreciation Month, come see lead trumpeter Tom Parmerter knock whole Dewey Decimal sequences off the library shelves at “Jazz in the Stacks” – Tuesday, April 21 at 7:30.

The Helios Jazz Orchestra plays a free concert at the West St. Petersburg Public Library located at the St. Petersburg College campus. Guest singers Rita Wilson and Michael Cerone join with the band. This concert is sponsored by the Friends of the Library, the EMIT series and the City of St. Petersburg.

Tuesday, April 21
7:30 PM
Free admission
West St. Petersburg Community Library - 750 66th Street North, St. Petersburg

Helios at the Hickman Theater

The Helios Jazz Orchestra performs at the Catherine Hickman Theater in Gulfport on Tuesday, April 14. The concert begins at 7:30 PM and admission is $10 at the door.