‘Feliz Navidad’ songwriter Jose Feliciano plays Largo on Friday

How about an encore for all that Christmas music you either indulged yourself in, or tried to avoid this past year?

If that’s what you’re after, Puerto-Rican singer-songwriter Jose Feliciano, who gave us “Feliz Navidad” is making what appears to be his Tampa Bay debut this weekend in Largo when he plays Central Park Performing Arts Center on Friday, Feb. 18.

Born blind, Feliciano taught himself to play the accordion, played guitar obsessively, and sung in public while living in New York–all before the age of 10.

This article appears in Feb 10-16, 2022.