Carrollwood Cultural Center

Adoration of the Magi: A Madrigal Dinner
2023-12-02 20:00 - 22:00, 2023-12-03 14:00 - 16:00, 2023-12-08 20:00 - 22:00, 2023-12-09 20:00 - 22:00, 2023-12-10 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Main Theatre, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa FL 33618, FL
Adoration of the Magi: A Madrigal Dinner welcomes the holiday season with festive music, mugs of wassail, and a merry celebration of yore. Join the Carrollwood Cultural Center and the Carrollwood Community Chorus for an evening of music, dance, and theatrics as we celebrate the season together.
Directed by Chris Holcom
Music Direction by Mary Jo Hahn
The Madrigal Dinner Menu
Roasted Chicken with White Wine, Garlic Butter & Fresh Herb Sauce
Baked Sweet Potato & Candied Ginger Butter Basmati Rice
Seasonal Fresh Vegetables
Bread Pudding (GF dessert option available)
Meal sponsored by The Empress Tea Room.

Part of the 2023-24 Theatrical Season, An Artist’s Playground.

Tickets for Adoration of the Magi: A Madrigal Dinner

Season Package
Each package includes one ticket for Adoration of the Magi: A Madrigal Dinner, Sunday in the Park with George, The SpongeBob Musical, and Deathtrap.

Admission: $42 member / $48 general admission
Group Rate (10+ people): $43 per ticket

Admission: $110 member / $131 general admission

(This event has reserved seating.)

Remember to “Round It Up” and donate to the Center’s Operating Fund. Consider donating when registering for classes or purchasing tickets. Your donation can be as simple as rounding your total to the nearest five or ten dollars — or whatever amount you wish to give. Thank you for your contribution!

Rehearsal: Carrollwood Community Chorus
2023-12-04 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-12-11 19:00 - 21:00 | FL
The Carrollwood Cultural Center’s Community Chorus is open to anyone, regardless of experience, as long as you have a song in your heart. From the camp fire to the Red Carpet, members from all walks of life come together to share their gift and love of song. The chorus performs regularly at the Center, local events and has even been known to “pop up” in crowds around the holidays. The group meets weekly to rehearse; however, this group of friendly folk are known to keep in touch outside of rehearsals, too! Now that’s something to sing about!
For more information, please contact Mary Jo Hahn at maryjo@carrollwoodcenter.org.

Recycled Art & Design
2023-12-07 11:15 - 12:45, 2023-12-14 11:15 - 12:45 | Art Room II, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa, FL, 33618, United States
Students will creatively design and construct art pieces and sculptures from recycled items.
Click here to view class details and registration information.

Carrollwood Market
2023-12-09 10:00 - 14:00, 2024-01-13 10:00 - 14:00, 2024-02-10 10:00 - 14:00 | Park at Carrollwood Cultural Center, 4537 Lowell Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA, Tampa, Florida, 33618, United States
The Carrollwood Market supports local vendors selling what’s made in Tampa Bay!
Find a variety of fresh produce, plants, farmed eggs, meats, baked goods, artisan products, lunch bites, local art, handcrafts, and more. Enjoy live music under the trees during this dog-friendly event is fun for all ages.
The Carrollwood Market is held the second Saturday of every month from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
For more information, visit www.tampabaymarkets.com.

Jazz with Jim presents Jazzin' the Season
2023-12-15 19:30 | Main Theatre, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa FL 33618, FL
It’s more than a jazz concert. It’s time with friends.
Jazz with Jim is a monthly concert hosted by Jim Burge (saxophone/flute), Ron Delp (keyboard), Jeff Henson (drums), and John Tschirhart (bass) — together, they are The Jazz Directions.
This month, The Jazz Directions celebrate the holidays with Jazzin’ the Season.

Reserved VIP Seating: $15 member / $20 general admission
General Seating: $13 member / $18 general admission

This event has reserved seating.
Remember to “Round It Up.” Please consider donating when registering for classes or purchasing tickets. Your donation can be as simple as rounding your total to the nearest five or ten dollars — or whatever amount you wish to give. Thank you for your contribution!

Jazz with Jim presents Brazil: Sambas & Bossa Novas
2024-01-05 19:30 - 21:00 | Main Theatre, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa FL 33618, FL
It’s more than a jazz concert. It’s time with friends.
Jazz with Jim is an ongoing concert series at the Center hosted by Jim Burge (saxophone/flute/clarinet), Ron Delp (keyboard), Jeff Henson (drums), and Todd Jeferies (bass) — together, they are The Jazz Directions. Each concert is unique as The Jazz Directions share stories and some of their favorite musical selections apropos for the evening’s theme.
So, please sit back with a nice cup of coffee or soda while nibbling on some tasty treats and enjoy an evening with The Jass Directions as they present a setlist of Sambas and Bossa Novas.

Reserved VIP Seating: $15 member / $20 general admission
General Seating: $13 member / $18 general admission

This event has reserved seating. Online processing fees apply.
Remember to “Round It Up.” Please consider donating when registering for classes or purchasing tickets. Your donation can be as simple as rounding your total to the nearest five or ten dollars — or whatever amount you wish to give. Thank you for your contribution!

James & Jimmy: Fire & Rain & Margaritas (Sold Out)
2024-01-06 20:00 - 22:00 | Main Theatre, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa FL 33618, FL
A concert tribute to James Taylor & Jimmy Buffett.
For more than 15 years, The James Taylor Experience(JTE) tribute show has been recreating the look, feel, and sound of a James Taylor concert for Taylor fans around the world – a world that was saddened by the recent loss of Jimmy Buffett.
Buffett and Taylor were good friends who performed together often over the years and sang each other’s songs in various recordings. They are two of the most beloved and prolific singer-songwriters the world has ever produced. Fire & Rain, You’ve Got a Friend, and Carolina in My Mind are just a few of Taylor’s many hits. Buffett’s Margaritaville and Son of a Son of a Sailor are just two examples of timeless tunes that tell a story straight from Buffett’s adventurous life.
Taylor paid tribute to Buffett in several of his shows after his passing, and we feel the same desire to celebrate this extraordinary artist in our show, bringing the James Taylor Experience together with Parrot Party in a special tribute to the life and music of Jimmy Buffett in this two-act concert performance.

This event is sold out.

♦ This event will have a cash bar.

Remember to “Round It Up.” Please consider donating when registering for classes or purchasing tickets. Your donation can be as simple as rounding your total to the nearest five or ten dollars — or whatever amount you wish to give. Thank you for your contribution!

Rehearsal: Carrollwood Community Chorus
2024-01-08 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-01-22 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-01-29 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-02-05 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-02-12 19:00 - 21:00 | The Studio, 13345 Casey Road, Tampa, FL, 33618, United States
The Carrollwood Community Chorus is open to anyone, regardless of experience, as long as you have a song in your heart. From the campfire to the Red Carpet, members from all walks of life come together to share their gift and love of song. The chorus performs regularly at the Center, local events and has even been known to “pop up” in crowds around the holidays. The group meets weekly to rehearse; however, this group of friendly folks are known to keep in touch outside of rehearsals, too! Now that’s something to sing about!
Community Chorus

Exploring Art Through Pokemon
2024-01-09 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-01-16 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-01-23 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-01-30 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-02-06 17:30 - 18:30, 2024-02-13 17:30 - 18:30 | Art Room I, 4537 Lowell Road, FL
Each week, students will explore a different art style and medium through drawing, painting, and creating Pokemon.
Click here to view class details and registration information.

Don Soledad Group's Arte Y Pasion
2024-01-14 14:00 - 16:00 | Main Theatre, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa FL 33618, FL
Join Don Soledad and his electrifying quintet as they take you on a journey to Southern Spain.
“Arte y Pasíon” (Art and Passion) features original compositions from Soledad’s two albums, a new repertoire, and Don’s favorite compositions from Spanish flamenco guitar maestros, as well as other surprises.
Meet the Performers
Don Soledad (flamenco guitar)
Inspired by the guitar of flamenco legend Paco de Lucia, Don Soledad cultivated his sophisticated, soulful sounds in Northern California, beginning with his early guitar studies with the great Spanish flamenco maestros – Mariano de Cordoba and Agustin Rios, the nephew of legendary guitarist Diego del Gastor.
Don’s studies continued in the Southern region of Spain – Andalucia, in Jerez de la Frontera with guitarist Juan Diego Mateos and Manuel Lozano ‘El Carbonero.’ Soon after that, Don was performing shows in San Francisco and the Sonoma and Napa Valley wineries.
As a performer and recording artist, Don has worked with talents in various genres, including rock singer Eric Martin (Mr. Big), Jazz bassist Kai Eckhardt (John McLaughlin and Garage Mahal), and opening for the late jazz guitar legend Larry Coryell. As a composer, Don has recorded two original albums, “Camino de Seda” in 2006 and “Soluna” in 2013. He also recorded a solo Christmas album, “December Lullaby” in 2015.
Upon departing the West Coast, Don has been a mainstay in Florida and other US states, performing with his band “The Don Soledad Group,” who won 1st place in Orlando’s FusionFest 2020 for the “Best Musician” category.
Laura Pirela (flamenco dancer)
Venezuelan architect, dancer, and choreographer with more than 30 years of flamenco training and dance studies in Spain Academies (Amor De Dios), Jerez de la Frontera, and in Venezuela by hands of great figures such as María Magdalena, La China, Domingo Ortega, Timo Lozano, María Juncal, Miguel Cañas, Alfonso Loza, Inmaculada Ortega, María del Mar Moreno, Matilde Coral, Javier Latorre, La Truco, Carmen la Talegona, Carmen Garza, La Lupi, Pilar Ogalla and Concha Jareño, Adela Campallo, Patrícia Ibáñez and Belen Maya.
In 2016, she presented her solo proposal with the Jerez-born dancer Domingo Ortega on a tour of the most important cities in Venezuela, “No baila el cuerpo, baila el alma” (The body doesn’t dance, the soul dances) accompanied by the Spanish Antonio Españadero and singers like “el Trini de la Isla ” and Sonia Berbel. She participated as a special guest with the song vocal group in the show “Venezuela un Sueno Posible” in 2018.
Tanner Johnson (violin)
Lifelong violinist and multi-instrumentalist hailing from the Pacific Northwest. He is known for his instrumental virtuosity and dynamic performing style. With two decades of performance experience, he has performed with bands and orchestras worldwide as a soloist and a sideman. He studied at the prestigious Berklee College of Music and is currently a regular performer at Disney World. As a special events performer, he has impeccable 5-star reviews and is a delight to audiences on all occasions. Notable performers Tanner has played alongside are John Patitucci, Ivan Lins, The Receiving End of Sirens, and The Dear Hunter.
John Olearchick (piano)
Professional pianist and music educator in the Central Florida region. Since 2007, John has been exploring the world of classical, jazz, and collaborative piano and honing the craft of teaching music to all ages (4-99!) and skill levels. Throughout this journey, he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music, taught hundreds of private music lessons, lectured at the University of Pittsburgh in Greensburg, Valencia College, and the University of Central Florida, and performed countless jazz, classical, and musical theatre gigs from Orlando to Los Angeles. Notable names John shared the stage with are Harry Connick Jr and Bette Midler.
Justin Steger (percussion)
Professional percussionist since 2005. Steger is a Florida native and UCF alumnus. He is also the principal percussionist for Flamenco del Sol Orlando and has been part of many productions since 2015. He also performs on vibraphone in the Central Florida area with his Jazz trio and annually in the field of orchestral percussion with the Florida Lakes Symphony Orchestra and the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park.

Admission: $25 member / $30 general admission
Group tickets for parties of 10+ (Promo Code: Group): $26

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Remember to “Round It Up.” Please consider donating when registering for classes or purchasing tickets. Your donation can be as simple as rounding your total to the nearest five or ten dollars — or whatever amount you wish to give. Thank you for your contribution!

Franz Mantini with Special Guest Ghadeer Abaido
2024-01-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Main Theatre, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa FL 33618, FL
Two Hands & Four: A Piano Celebration of Mozart’s Birthday & More
Pianists Ghadeer Abaido and Franz Mantini present an evening of dazzling pianistic adventure featuring music by Bach, Chopin, Brahms, Rachmaninoff – and, of course, Mozart, in celebration of his birthday!
The program will feature each pianist presenting six of the twelve magnificent Chopin Opus 25 Etudes, and then joining forces on the same piano to perform a Mozart Sonata and Hungarian Dances written for four hands and transcriptions of beloved works by Bach and Rachmaninoff.
About the Performers
Ghadeer Abaido (pictured above) is a Palestinian-Jordanian pianist with extensive experience in the music world. From performing classical music as a soloist to collaborating with chamber music groups and orchestras in the Middle East, Europe and the United States. She received her Bachelors degree from the National Music Conservatory in Jordan. While living in Jordan, she performed the Tchaikovsky piano concerto under the baton of Mohammed Uthman Siddiq, and Liszt’s second piano concerto in collaboration with the conductor Jose Arean. Ghadeer was also actively involved with the humanitarian aid organization War Child, where she was dedicated to working with refugees in different parts of Jordan.
Ghadeer worked briefly in Dubai as a film-score composer; her music won two Lynx awards and was featured in the Dubai International Film Festival. She moved to the United States in 2017 and completed her master’s at the University of South Florida under the guidance of Dr. Svetozar Ivanov. While studying at USF, she won the concerto competition and went on to perform Liszt’s Totentanz with the USFSO. She was also awarded first place in the USF piano competition for her performance of the Liszt piano sonata and Beethoven’s Op. 109. Ghadeer also participated in the Osaka International Piano competition, winning first place in the U.S. regionals and going on to Japan for the finals.
Ghadeer most recently won the Iowa Performance Fellowship award from the University of Iowa, where she completed the requirements for her Doctorate in Piano Performance under the guidance of Dr. Rene Lecuona.
Ghadeer has taken part in music festivals regionally and around the world; some festivals she performed in are the Cincinnati Young Artists Chamber Music Festival, the Harvard Chamber Music Festival, the Savonlinna Chamber Music Festival in Finland, the International Brancaleoni Music Festival in Italy, and the International Prague Piano Festival. She has performed in masterclasses for and studied with world-famous pianists such as Ralf Gothoni, Valentina Lisitsa, Antonio Pompa-Baldi, and Richard Goode.
Ghadeer enjoys performing chamber music and arranging orchestral works for marimba and piano with her duo partner William Brown. The Abaido-Brown Duo first met at the University of South Florida, debuting with an electrifying performance of Danse Macabre. The two players have since developed an astounding repertoire, joining forces to bring new life to beloved classics in recording and performance.
Ghadeer currently serves as an adjunct professor at the University of South Florida, and as an instructor at the Tampa Bay Music Academy.
Franz Mantini
Franz Mantini has maintained an active schedule of solo and chamber music performances in the Tampa Bay area and beyond for nearly thirty years. Mr. Mantini studied with renowned artist Jacques Abram at the University of South Florida, where he appeared numerous times in solo recitals and as a soloist with the USF Symphony Orchestra as winner of the annual Concerto Competition.
His local credits include a combined thirty solo and chamber performances at what is now the Straz Center for the Performing Arts. He has collaborated with many current and former principal members of the Florida Orchestra as well as members of the Houston Symphony and Formosa String Quartet. He has appeared in concerts with the Lafayette String Quartet and as a concerto soloist with various community orchestras. Mr. Mantini has been a regular at the Carrollwood Cultural Center since its inception, where he created the Strings in the Spring series, which has featured both local and international artists annually for over a decade. Guests have included former and current Florida Orchestra Concertmasters Amy Schwartz Moretti and Jeffrey Multer, TFO Principal Cellist James Connors, Internationally acclaimed violist Che Yen Chen, and many more.
In addition to his musical endeavors, Mr. Mantini earned a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a master’s degree in Engineering Management from the University of South Florida and currently works as an Electronic Hardware Design Engineer at GE Aerospace. He resides in Carrollwood with his wife, Julie and is the proud father of two young men, Gabriel and Gianni.

Admission: $15 member / $20 general admission
Group tickets for parties of 10+ (Promo Code: Group): $16

Online processing fees apply.

Remember to “Round It Up.” Please consider donating when registering for classes or purchasing tickets. Your donation can be as simple as rounding your total to the nearest five or ten dollars — or whatever amount you wish to give. Thank you for your contribution!

Jazz with Jim presents Ballads
2024-02-02 19:30 - 21:00 | Main Theatre, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa FL 33618, FL
It’s more than a jazz concert. It’s time with friends.
Jazz with Jim is an ongoing concert series at the Center hosted by Jim Burge (saxophone/flute), Ron Delp (keyboard), Jeff Henson (drums), and John Tschirhart (bass) — together, they are The Jazz Directions. Each concert is unique as The Jazz Directions share stories and some of their favorite musical selections apropos for the evening’s theme.
So, please sit back with a nice cup of coffee or soda while nibbling on some tasty treats and enjoy an evening with some friends as Jazz with Jim presents jazz ballads.

Reserved VIP Seating: $15 member / $20 general admission
General Seating: $13 member / $18 general admission

This event has reserved seating. Online processing fees apply.
Remember to “Round It Up.” Please consider donating when registering for classes or purchasing tickets. Your donation can be as simple as rounding your total to the nearest five or ten dollars — or whatever amount you wish to give. Thank you for your contribution!

Carrollwood Village Community Garage Sale
2024-02-03 09:00 - 12:00 | Park at Carrollwood Cultural Center, 4537 Lowell Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA, Tampa, Florida, 33618, United States
Find a hidden treasure or two!
The Carrollwood Village Community Garage Sale is an annual public yard sale held under the trees behind the Carrollwood Cultural Center. Spend the morning with us — and more than 50 vendors — at this one-stop-shopping experience. Listen to music, browse bargain books, and spend time with your neighbors during this community-wide yard sale.

Sell Your Stuff
Registration is now closed for selling items at this year’s Carrollwood Village Community Garage Sale.
We look forward to seeing all of the shoppers at this year’s event!
Please email Facilities Director Rob Curry at vendor@carrollwoodcenter.org for more information.
