Musician Dale Pututi in a high-fashion portrait; the person wears a brown leather jacket adorned with pearls, a patterned trapper hat, and large dark sunglasses. A blue paisley bandana with pearl accents is tied around a tan boot held near the shoulder.
Dale Pututi Credit: Shazam

If Donald Trump has his way, Cuba could be a very different country before the year is over.

Ahead of an April set by one of the country’s finest exports (Cimafunk, who was added to the Gasparilla Music Festival lineup this week), stars of the Cubatón genre—including Latin Grammy-nominated Gente de Zona and Becky G collaborator Dale Pututi—come to Tampa for a super concert of sorts. 

Tickets for Cubatonazo Tampa at the Yuengling Center in Tampa on Saturday, March 14 are still available for $58.05 and up.

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This article appears in Mar. 12 – 18, 2026.

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...