Patty Kenoly, who plays Pink Piano in Lakeland on July 20, 2024. Credit: Photo by Ysanne Taylor c/o Gasparilla Music Festival

Last Tuesday in downtown Tampa, Patty Kenoly channeled the spirit of Billie Holiday in a rousing performance as part of the final Central Ave. Live of the summer.

The songwriter, aka Noan Partly, was surrounded by by an all-star band and also a troupe of kids from East Tampa’s Jackson Heights neighborhood. The youngsters were pupils of Kenoly, who works with Instruments 4 Life as an educator.

After almost a decade in town, Kenoly’s time in the Tampa Bay area will come to an end as she continues her own studies in music therapy in North Carolina. But not before a farewell show.

“I’ll miss it a lot. This is the first place I ever started playing music, so it really feels like all my roots as a professional musician began here,” Kenoly told the Lakeland Ledger. “It’s my ‘music home,’ all always think of (Lakeland) that way.”

Tickets to see Patty Kenoly and the Noan Partly Quartet play Pink Piano in Lakeland on Saturday, July 20 are $8 at the door. Readers are invited to submit their own events to Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s things to do calendar.

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This article appears in Jul 11-17, 2024.