Beartoe plays Gasparilla Music Festival in Tampa, Florida on Mar 13, 2018. Credit: Caesar Carbajal c/o Gasparilla Music Festival

It’s been far too long since the Bay area got a proper visit from Roberto Aguilar, and this might be the first time the Indigenous songwriter’s band, Beartoe, has played what’s one of St. Petersburg’s best listening spaces—Bayboro Brewing Go..

With roots in DeLand, Aguilar & co. play rock and roll that is undeniably from Florida in the way it navigates the blues with a certain swampy swagger. But buried in the melodic brand of Americana is a whole lot of soul-searching and room for listeners to think about their own journeys (Beartoe’s bio says the band is “Always searching for duende,” a folkloric figure in Spanish and Latin folklore).

Tickets to see Beartoe play Bayboro Brewing Co. in St. Petersburg on Friday, July 26 are still available and start at $15.