Too Many Zooz Are Back in Budapest — and It’s Going to Be Loud
They started in the New York subway. They ended up on stage with Beyoncé. And on July 2, 2026, Too Many Zooz are returning to Budapest’s A38 Ship — and if last year’s sold-out show is anything to go by, you don’t want to sleep on this one.
The self-described “Brass House” trio have built one of the most devoted live followings in the world, not through radio play or playlist algorithms, but through sheer, unfiltered performance energy. Baritone saxophonist Leo “Leo P” Pellegrino, trumpeter Matt “Doe” Muirhead, and drummer David “King of Sludge” Parks have been turning venues upside down since they first started busking underground in New York City back in 2013. A viral video the following year catapulted them from the subway platform to stages worldwide — and they haven’t slowed down since.
What makes Too Many Zooz genuinely different from almost any other live act is the sheer physical experience of their music. This is instrumental music that hits you in the chest. Leo P doesn’t just play the baritone sax — he dances with it, hyping the crowd like a DJ while laying down lines that would challenge most trained musicians standing still. The rhythm section drives everything forward with a relentless, almost percussive intensity, and the trumpet cuts through the room like a siren. It’s jazz, it’s EDM, it’s punk, it’s street — and somehow, it all makes perfect sense.
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Their rise has been anything but ordinary. In 2016, they appeared on Beyoncé’s Lemonade album and shared a stage with her and The Dixie Chicks at the CMA Awards — a moment that stopped a lot of people in their tracks and introduced the trio to an audience of millions. They’ve since collaborated with Lucky Chops, Moon Hooch, Beats Antique, and Thumpasaurus, and their 2024 album Retail Therapy — described as “auditory subway cinema” — shows a band that keeps pushing its own sound forward without losing an ounce of that raw street energy.
Budapest audiences already know what this band is capable of. Last year’s show at the A38 was a full house, and the word of mouth since has been nothing short of electric. The A38 Ship itself is the perfect setting — an intimate, atmospheric venue right on the Danube that has a habit of turning good concerts into unforgettable ones.
Doors open at 19:00, the show kicks off at 20:00, and tickets are available at a38.hu. Book early — this will sell out.
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