Credit: Photo via Facebook/HectorAcostaOFICIAL

Credit: Photo via Facebook/HectorAcostaOFICIAL

El Torito Hector Acosta’s last Bay area appearance found “The Little Bull” warming up the Tampa Bay Salsa & Bachata Festival ahead of a headlining performance from El Gran Combo. On Friday he takes center stage at a Carrollwood nightclub that’ll transform into a bachata and merengue hotspot for the night.

Hector Acosta. Fri., June 7, 9 p.m.. $35-$60. Whiskey North, Tampa. tickeri.com.

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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...