Welcome to Luna Star Cafe!

Wednesday Song Swap + Jam 7pm-9pm

Bring your axe, horn, drum, whatever! Very laid back – a great way to meet some of the Café’s favorite performers & regulars in a supportive and comfortable environment! Novices & pros are welcome to come on down & join the jam. Try out new material or just participate in some sing-alongs. 

8:00pm | $10 COVER – We are so thrilled to have this talented trio BACK for our Celtic Thursdays series! Join us in welcoming them back from their summer break.

Gaêlica, a three-person Celtic, folk, and world music band has a 20-year history. First formed in Venezuela, the band performs Celtic music with Venezuelan and Latin influences. (Or Latin music with Celtic and folk influences.) Now based in South Florida, Gaêlica’s members are Daniela Padrón on fiddle and vocals; Gabriel Figueira on bagpipes, woodwinds, percussion, and vocals; and Rubén Gutiérrez on guitar, percussion, and vocals. Gaêlica has released five studio albums and has been nominated for a Latin Grammy in the Best Folk Album category. The group has performed in the United States, Latin America, and Europe. They perform original music and successfully re-imagine traditional tunes to blend Celtic and Latin folk into a surprising new sound.

Watch this from start to finish! -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEpkUUs4XSE

Saturday, August 15th | 8pm | $10 Cover Charge

HARE O’ THE DAWG is BACK and we cannot wait to hear them! Join us for another incredible night of music!

Formed in 2016, Hare o’ the Dawg was spawned from a common love of improvisational string music. Drawing inspiration from old-time music such as swing, bluegrass and gypsy jazz, Hare o’ the Dawg has pleased crowds with original music as well as arrangements of tunes from the likes of Django Reinhardt, David Grisman, Jerry Garcia and anything with a bluegrass flavor. Most of the band are multi-instrumentalists, and instrument swapping is a common theme of our music.

JOHN CAMACHO
A fixture on the South Florida music and poetry scene for years, John Camacho brings his friends together for a farewell concert at one of the best venues to hear music anywhere, The Luna Star Cafe. His resume as poet and musician is considerable. Beginning with local heroes The Goods–the band he formed and co-fronted with his brother, Jim–through early 00s idiosyncratic human juke box cult faves, Mongo, to his current Christian band, Messiah Has Come, John has been writing and performing (with high-energy virtuosity), poetic and powerful pop rock songs with sometimes poignant, sometimes comical lyrics for the better part of two decades. He’s an award-winning poet whose work is published in literary magazines throughout the U.S. and Europe. A long-time paladin of our verse and music scene, John is saying goodbye to South Florida, and he’s asked some special friends to help him say sayonara in style. Don’t miss this very special night!

Wednesday Song Swap + Jam 7pm-9pm

Bring your axe, horn, drum, whatever! Very laid back – a great way to meet some of the Café’s favorite performers & regulars in a supportive and comfortable environment! Novices & pros are welcome to come on down & join the jam. Try out new material or just participate in some sing-alongs. 

Jimmy Robinson’s Luna Star Cafe Debut!

Thursday, August 20th | 8pm | $10 Cover Charge

Jimmy Robinson has been recording and touring for over 40 years. He has received critical and audience praise for his unique virtuoso approach to the guitar, and his rich compositional skill. Jimmy learned to play guitar in garage bands, later formed the fusion/prog group Woodenhead, studied classical guitar and composition at Loyola University in New Orleans and The Eastman School Of Music in New York. He combined these elements with his electric experience to forge the solo acoustic style that he now tours with. He has three solo albums to his credit, Vibrating Strings, Guitarworks and Three.

Jimmy first made a name for himself playing electric guitar and leading the psychedelic rock/blues band, Ejaculation (yes, you read correctly, it was 1968, after all…) at the Free Concert weekly series on New Orleans Riverfront.. He went on to front The Progrock band, Laugh In The Dark, in the 70’s, and in 1975 founded the celebrated instrumental rock fusion band, Woodenhead . Woodenhead performs today, and is celebrating their 50th anniversary with a special performance at  The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in May, 2026 as well as releasing a recording of new material, and a retrospective CD “Woodenhead 50th Anniversary” and a reissue of their entire, remastered catalog. He also founded the New Orleans Guitar Collective  Twangorama , with guitarists Phil deGruy and Cranston Clements, and later, The New Orleans Guitar Masters.

Jimmy has worked with a number of incredible artists including Jeff Beck, John McLaughlin and The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Chick Corea’s Elektrik Band, Bela Fleck and The Flecktones, The MC5, Tuck and Patty, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Johnny Winter, and countless others! Find out more at http://jimmyrobinsonmusic.com/page-2.html

Darrell is an Americana singer- songwriter and country blues musician. He will be joined by Sarah Jacob, Debbie Spring and Rusty Heck. More information to come!!

Wednesday Song Swap + Jam 7pm-9pm

Bring your axe, horn, drum, whatever! Very laid back – a great way to meet some of the Café’s favorite performers & regulars in a supportive and comfortable environment! Novices & pros are welcome to come on down & join the jam. Try out new material or just participate in some sing-alongs. 

More details to come…

In the meantime, dust off your pirate attire and get ready for what is sure to be a great time!

Join us for our monthly series with Amy Arlo’s Almost Blue.

Every last Friday of the month! Always a good time to be had with Amy Arlo’s Almost Blue! Come listen and maybe even dance along with us. Acoustic, Funk + Soul, all sure to sweeten your evening! Start the early evening off with a free jazz show across the street at MOCA- the Museum of Contemporary Art, then head on over to enjoy Almost Blue with us! Hands-down the best night to hang in downtown North Miami!

8:00pm – DONATIONS ALWAYS ENCOURAGED

Jazz at MOCA details here -> https://www.mocanomi.org/events

More details to come! Start practicing your favorite Paul Simon tunes! To play, contact Eric at info@lunastarcafe.com