Mustard Service, which plays Orpheum in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 9, 2025. Credit: Press Handout

Miami is all up in the Bay area’s culo this weekend. The city has long been a melting pot of culture, and nowhere is that more evident than in the sounds that come out of the local scene.

Two bands bring us a taste of that with a few shows this weekend.

Cumbia fusionist Sonora Tukukuy plays two shows on both sides of the Howard Franklin, and Mustard Service is back to make a rare appearance in Tampa.

Sonora Tukukuy is one of the finest purveyors of genre-melding music. The collective uses cumbia as the foundation for dance-floor-ready funk that isn’t afraid to get weird either (how many bands use a theremin anymore?).

It plays a no-cover show at The Bends on Thursday, opened by Palmetto’s shreddy garage-rockers Domino Pink. Sonora Tukukuy then heads to Tampa Friday for a show at New World Brewery’s music hall.

Mustard Service, a self-proclaimed “zest-pop” outfit, is touring behind Vice City Magic, released last month. From the Spanish-language opener (“2 AM”) to breezy final track (“There You Go Again”), Mustard Service spends the record’s 32 minutes enhancing the seductive indie-rock from a 2017 debut, to great effect.

Equally effervescent Houston band Strawberry Milk Cult opens Mustard Service’s Orpheum show happening Saturday, Aug. 9.

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This article appears in Jul 31 – Aug 6, 2025.