Nate Najar, who plays Hough Hall inside Palladium Theatre in St. Petersburg, Florida on Dec. 7, 2023. Credit: Photo by Marlo Miller

For a decade-and-a-half, Nate Najar’s December concert has married the worlds of swinging jazz and everyone’s favorite winter holiday.

The Bay area guitarist does it again this weekend alongside a large band that features bassist Joe Porter, Patrick Bettison on keys, drummer Jean Bolduc, plus Bruce Harris on trumpet and Adrian Cunningham on sax and flute. Brazilian songwriter and singer Daniela Soledade will handle vocals for both the St. Pete show and a Friday gig in Sarasota.

Tickets to see Nate Najar play Hough Hall inside St. Pete’s Palladium Theater on Thursday, Dec. 7 are still available and start at $25.

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This article appears in Nov 30 – Dec 6, 2023.

Josh Bradley is Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's calendar editor. He started as a freelance music writer in 2020 at the age of 18, and after spending years covering, announcing, and previewing concerts in...