An exterior photograph of The Palladium Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida. Captured from across the street at a low angle, the historic 1925 Mediterranean and Romanesque Revival-style building features a beige brick facade, a grand grand entrance with three arched doorways set under white stone archways, and decorative wrought-iron light fixtures mounted between the arches. Above the entrance, a tiled decorative band and small arched windows accent the second story, topped by a red-barrel tile roof line. Black metal railings frame the front steps leading to the main entrance along a clean concrete sidewalk — The Palladium Theater St. Petersburg, Florida. Credit: cityofstpete / Flickr

This weekend, St. Petersburg College’s historic Palladium Theater kicks off a $13 million renovation that’ll bring new seating, sightlines, and sound to Hough Hall, while adding accessibility improvements and preserving the 100-year-old building’s architectural character (it opened as a church in 1925 and came to life as a venue in 1998).

To send the old lady off in style, Executive Director Paul Wilborn has tapped some of Palladium’s favorite sons and daughters for the send off.

Bassist John Lamb, undisputed jazz legend of St. Pete, is the special guest as Bryan J. Hughes leads his Crew ensemble through a sold-out set of jazz, pop, rock and more.

The Final Set: A Palladium Send-Off, happening Friday, July 31 in St. Petersburg, is sold-out.