Carin León, who plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on April 10, 2024. Credit: Photo by Jesús Fernando Espinoza
Tampa Bay’s live music calendar is finally looking more like it did pre-hurricanes, and even the canceled shows are coming back, including one from Carin León who was supposed to play Tampa last weekend. Instead the 35-year-old, Selena-lovin’ Grupo Arranke alum, will play our neck of the woods next spring.

The “Boca Chueca” tour visits arenas across the U.S. and even includes two nights in Chicago and dates overseas. In case you’ve been sleeping under your red hat, the música Mexicana made by León and others like Peso Pluma and Christian Nodal has moved beyond its niche status to become a bonafide global sensation that was the fastest growing genre on streaming in the first half of this year.

León—whose band includes trumpets, tubas and guitars across the stage—makes music rooted in his North Mexico hometown of Hermosillo and delivers it in high-energy shows that hop between the staple sounds of rock, banda and tejano complete with covers of not just Selena, but also Chalino Sanchez, Bobby Pulido, Joan Sebastian and others.

Tickets to see Carin León play Amalie Arena in Tampa on Thursday, April 10 are still available and start at $45.75.

All tickets will be honored at the new date, according to a press release from the venue.

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This article appears in Oct 17-23, 2024.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...