Do you wanna build an international multi-million dollar popstar?
Halloween night brought quite the surprise for the 57,000 attendees at Raymond James Stadium who decided to shake, shake it off with trick-or-treating and wild costume parties to attend Taylor Swift’s concert. The reigning queen of pop (at least, rumor has it, until the end of the month, when Adele sends T Swift chasing pavements) had no bad blood for her fans as she performed her love story on the hot autumn night. In fact, it was so hot Swift decided to bring a bit of frozen style to the stage. Swift, who is no stranger to dressing up and bringing an array of celebrities on stage with her, came out on stage dressed as sexy Olaf from Frozen followed by Elsa herself Idina Menzel, and the two of them belted out “Let It Go.” The duo brought to life some of Swift fans’ wildest dreams, but this was a one-time merger, and these two are never ever getting back together. Oh, but we wish you would.
There’s a light over at the Palladium place
St. Petersburg’s own Helen Hansen French and Lauren Ree Slone are bringing a night of dance to the Palladium. This ain’t no Dance, Dance Revolution, but rather an evening of contemporary performance work that explores ideas of place and connectivity. Now we have no idea what that means, but that’s all the more reason to free up the evening of Nov. 14 and experience a grown-up performance. The show is called “Beacon” and will be an evening of dance, visual, literary and sound artists presenting original works made especially for the community. French is a St. Pete choreographer and Slone a local artist, and together they are producing something that they promise will cram beauty into every one of your senses. “Beacon” is expected to be an annual event, and the creators hope to expand into multiple performances throughout the year.
Lions and Tigers and Gardens, OH MY!
Busch Gardens announced a slew of events coming up in 2016, and if any of them tickle your fancy, you are going to have to pay more for them then you did in 2015. Busch Gardens along with Sea World Orlando, both owned by Sea World Entertainment Inc., will be bumping up the daily price of admission $2 to make it a total price of $99, effective immediately. This is the second price bump in less than a year. Both parks bumped prices up last May $2 as well. So what new additions will you get for your additional $4? Busch Gardens said they will be opening Cobra’s Curse, a spin coaster with a 70-foot vertical lift in 2016 along with the Food and Wine Festival, which will happen every weekend from March 5 to April 24. Busch Gardens also announced the line-up for their Real Music concert series which runs from January to early March. Along with the coasters and animals, your extra $4 will let you see the musical stylings of such classics as Herman’s Hermits, The Drifters and Chubby Checker among others on select nights.
