Colombia\u2019s Yeison Landero & Miami\u2019s Sonora Tukukuy Prove That Cumbia Has No Borders<\/p>\n
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Sept.28, 2026 \u2014 Miami Dade College\u2019s Live Arts Miami and Miami Jazz Booking team up for a night of cumbia at the Miami Beach Botanical Garden on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 7 p.m., featuring a special performance by Colombian accordionist and cumbia master Yeison Landero, as well as Miami\u2019s own Sonora Tukukuy, with an opening vinyl DJ set by Moonbeam Mike, Tropical Tormenta System and Oro 11.<\/p>\n
At the heart of the evening is an idea Landero captures in one of his newest compositions, \u201cCumbia Sin Fronteras,\u201d a song released in 2026 that speaks to cumbia as a living tradition: rooted in Colombia, carried across generations and continually finding new audiences, communities and expressions around the world.<\/p>\n
For Landero, that history is also deeply personal. Known as \u201cEl Heredero de la Cumbia,\u201d he was born in San Jacinto, Bol\u00edvar, and is the grandson and musical heir of Andr\u00e9s Landero, the influential accordionist known throughout Latin America as the \u201cKing of Cumbia.\u201d From those roots in Colombia\u2019s Montes de Mar\u00eda, Yeison has carried cumbia sabanera to stages around the world, including the Hollywood Bowl, The Ford and the Kennedy Center. He was also an official WOMEX<\/a> selection in 2025.<\/p>\n \u201cCumbia Sin Fronteras\u201d connects that past to the present and future: the music of his grandfather traveling through a new generation, crossing geographic and cultural boundaries without losing the tradition at its core. The song was recorded alongside \u201cSanta Lucia,\u201d a composition by Andr\u00e9s Landero, pairing grandfather and grandson across the two sides of the same 2026 release.<\/p>\n The performance opens Live Arts Miami\u2019s 2026-27 season, The Art of Together, and its signature MUNDO series \u2014 both built around the idea that shared experience creates connection. Designed as a social dance event, the evening invites audiences not just to hear cumbia, but to move to it.<\/p>\n Kathryn Garcia, executive and artistic director of Live Arts Miami, said, \u201cCumbia has always been a music of connection \u2014 it\u2019s brought communities together across Latin America for generations. That\u2019s exactly the spirit of our season, The Art of Together: We can\u2019t wait to experience and dance to this rhythm that has always known how to bring people together.\u201d<\/p>\n The evening also opens a new season of Miami Jazz Booking\u2019s Jazz in the Jungle, with Miami\u2019s Sonora Tukukuy bringing a distinctly local voice to the bill. The collective behind Brave New Cumbia draws from cumbia and wider Latin American traditions through the multicultural lens of contemporary Miami.<\/p>\n Stephen Tate, founder of Miami Jazz Booking, said, \u201cYeison is carrying one of cumbia\u2019s great musical lineages forward, while Sonora Tukukuy has been doing the work here in Miami \u2014 bringing the music to new rooms, new audiences and a new generation of listeners.\u201d<\/p>\n The Miami Beach Botanical Garden provides a natural gathering place for those musical paths to meet. Amy Rosenberg, CEO of Miami Beach Botanical Garden, said, \u201cThe Garden has always been a space for discovery and connection, and we love seeing it come alive with music and community.\u201d<\/p>\n From Andr\u00e9s Landero to Yeison Landero, from San Jacinto to Miami Beach, and from traditional cumbia sabanera to a new generation of artists and listeners, the evening celebrates a musical tradition defined by deep roots and an ever-expanding reach.<\/p>\n For tickets and more information visit: https:\/\/liveartsmiami.org\/events\/yeison\/<\/a><\/p>\n