Welcome to Luna Star Cafe!

Help us start off the week with our Wednesday Song Swap + Meet ‘n Greets! Join the circle with a tune, doodle, or chat with us at the bar about how your day is going! 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. Try out new material or just participate in some sing-alongs. 

Enjoy an evening of jazz with Amy Arlo and her band!

7:30pm – $10 COVER CHARGE

From Ohio to Miami! The Cincinnati Radio Band is BACK at the Luna Star Cafe on Friday March 6th for a splendid evening of music! Bring your friends and family!

The Cincinnati Radio Band is a combination of folks from Cincinnati, OH and Miami, FL playing bluegrass, old-time country, and Americana music. For a full Bio on each of the talented players, visit https://thecincinnatiradioband.com/

Help us start off the week with our Wednesday Song Swap + Meet ‘n Greets! Join the circle with a tune, doodle, or chat with us at the bar about how your day is going! 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. Try out new material or just participate in some sing-alongs. 

Let’s kick off St. Paddy’s Day week the right way! It’s time for another Celtic Thursday!

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.

7:30p – $10 COVER per person (goes entirely to band)

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

SCOTT BECKER returns to Luna Star Cafe for his Birthday Bash! Friends will be joining him on stage for a wonderful evening of original music! 8:00pm – NO COVER

“Drummer turned guitar player turned singer-songwriter. There you go, that is the path. When you listen to my music and experience my live performances you will see and feel all three phases. Lyrics are at the core of my music. Penning lyrics is a powerful flow of released emotion. As a songwriter I have learned from Marty Wilsson-Piper, Steve Kilbey, Peter Koppes, Kurt Cobain, Roger Waters, Amy Mann & Bruce Springsteen; All poets. Bands who have inspired me musically: The Church, Better Than Ezra, Tesla, Pink Floyd, Alter Bridge, Local H, Foo Fighters, Bruce Springsteen & East Street Band, Nirvana, Buffalo Tom, Steel Pulse, Unwritten Law, Peter Tosh. The late 2008 release of Geronimo marked my first full length record featuring all original material.” – Scott

Help us start off the week with our Wednesday Song Swap + Meet ‘n Greets! Join the circle with a tune, doodle, or chat with us at the bar about how your day is going! 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. Try out new material or just participate in some sing-alongs. 

7:30pm – Cover Charge $10 per person

Jazz is an art form that embraces a wide variety of musical styles performed on a wide variety of musical instruments that are less common in other genres. There have been a number of great jazz violinists, but there haven’t been too many jazz viola players, especially ones like DEBBIE SPRING who plays a five string viola. Spring’s playing is heartfelt and technically flawless, and her songs are inflected with Latin, Brazilian, straight ahead jazz, pop, and classical music, reflecting the cultural diversity of South Florida where she lives. She released her second album, TOCAMOS, in 2023 to rave reviews. Music Man blog said, “Technically flawless… her songs are very lyrical and accessible to the listener. Her tones on the viola produce a beautiful, warm and mellow sound.” When Spring was just five years old, her mother saw how much she loved music and began her on piano lessons. Although she was in her junior high school orchestra, she had become disaffected with the piano and started trying out other instruments. She immediately fell in love with the viola and had the opportunity to study with several renowned viola teachers. Although she pursued her musical education at the University of Miami, studying classical music, she had discovered jazz and fell in love with Jean Luc Ponty’s playing when she heard his early, acoustic jazz violin albums. The University of Miami has a world class jazz department, and her department head allowed her to take a jazz improvisation class in her senior year. After graduating, she set out on a career playing jazz with different groups in the South Florida region. She performed with the group Ira Sullivan Strings Attached for 10 years. They recorded an eponymous album in 1983, garnering Spring positive reviews. Spring went back to the University for a master’s degree and began writing music. She performed with her own group for a while and produced a Latin jazz fusion album, “Ocean Drive,” in 1990. Adept at numerous styles, she became one of the busiest viola players in the country. She played pop music, toured with a popular country group called The Mavericks, performed classical concerts with The Florida Grand Opera and the Santa Fe Opera, among others, and backed the famous Miami Sound Machine with Gloria Estafan. One of her favorite gigs was touring with Shakira, dubbed the Queen of Latin Music. Spring relates, “I loved playing with Shakira. Although I’ve played in all these styles, I found the formats very restricting. I’m a jazz musician at heart, and Shakira didn’t lay down what I was supposed to play. She let me improvise, and I had some of the most fun trading riffs with Shakira on stage.”

8:00pm – $10 COVER CHARGE PER PERSON 

Matthew Sabatella and the Rambling String Band present…

250 Years of American History in Song

With vocals, guitar, fiddle, mandolin, bass fiddle, and a wealth of historic American songs, Matthew Sabatella and the Rambling String Band tell the story of the United States. This special multimedia show includes music and images from Colonial America, the Revolution, Westward Expansion, the Abolitionist Movement, the Civil War, the Industrial Revolution, the Women’s Rights Movement, the World Wars, the Great Depression, the Civil Rights Movement, and more.

Matthew Sabatella and the Rambling String Band connect people with music that is woven into the fabric of the United States. Carrying on the tradition of old-time, pre-bluegrass string bands and songsters, they raise the roof with traditional folk songs, fiddle tunes, old-time country, bluegrass, Appalachian music, ragtime, blues, spirituals, railroad and cowboy songs, work songs, sea shanties, reels, breakdowns, ballads, and more.

Raised on a variety of rock and pop music forms from the second half of the twentieth century, the band members followed the influences of their musical heroes back in time to unearth a treasure trove of American roots music. They perform and record these songs with respect for their essence and place in history while imbuing them with a vitality and intensity that betrays their rock and roll upbringing.

Matthew Sabatella and the Rambling String Band features Matthew on vocals, guitar, banjo, and mountain dulcimer; Jack Stamates on fiddle; Chris DeAngelis on bass fiddle and vocals; and Sean Edelson on mandolin, guitar, and vocals.

Matthew Sabatella and the Rambling String Band

SUNDOWN SOUND – 7:30PM – $10 COVER CHARGE

Sundown Sound creates eclectic, heartfelt music channeling diverse influences of acoustic rock, jazz, blues, Americana, and progressive alternative music.  Thought-provoking, socially-conscious lyrics explore themes of spirituality, love, and beauty.  Sundown Sound at root is a feeling, one that creates a bond with their audience.   Hailing from South Florida, the band is comprised of songwriters Mike Matthews and Daniel Wolpin on vocals and guitar, Colin Fequa on bass, and Manuel Pila on percussion. Sundown Sound is on a mission to prove that homemade music is still viable and vital.

Hard-core lovers of music from every decade, Honey Horizon features Lana Yvonne Pearson on lead vocals, & Kevin Christopher Reid on guitar. The duo performs a mix of covers and original songs in genres ranging from classic rock to pop and beyond. Hailing from South Florida, their music project formed unofficially when they met in 2014, and they’ve been jamming together ever since. Lana & Kevin are excited to bring their collaboration straight to you from their living room and onto the Luna Star stage in what will be their debut performance.

Help us start off the week with our Wednesday Song Swap + Meet ‘n Greets! Join the circle with a tune, doodle, or chat with us at the bar about how your day is going! 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. Try out new material or just participate in some sing-alongs. 

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 see Almost Blue with us!

8:00pm – NO COVER, DONATIONS ENCOURAGED

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

Jim Wurster & Black Janet return to the Luna Star Cafe for a special Sunday show!

Help us start off the week with our Wednesday Song Swap + Meet ‘n Greets! Join the circle with a tune, doodle, or chat with us at the bar about how your day is going! 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. Try out new material or just participate in some sing-alongs. 

Enjoy an evening of jazz with Amy Arlo and her band!

8:00pm – $10 COVER CHARGE | $8 FOR FOLK CLUB MEMBERS | Click here to Join the Folk Club!

A spectacle to truly behold, Bruno Esposito, known to the nocturnal bar dwellers simply as “Lonewolf”delivers on his name and then some. A one man force armed with a drum on each foot, a harmonica framed to his face, and a multitude of instruments taking turns upon his hands, he channels the souls of all the buried blues ghosts, making them jump up out of their graves and dance upon their bones. His guttural croons tell tales of a time he’s never seen, but ring loud and familiar, as if he’s been there before. Unexpected, Swamp-bred and completely unfiltered Americana. ~Ricardo Guerre

Help us start off the week with our Wednesday Song Swap + Meet ‘n Greets! Join the circle with a tune, doodle, or chat with us at the bar about how your day is going! 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. Try out new material or just participate in some sing-alongs. 

Help us start off the week with our Wednesday Song Swap + Meet ‘n Greets! Join the circle with a tune, doodle, or chat with us at the bar about how your day is going! 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. Try out new material or just participate in some sing-alongs. 

Izzy Izquierdo is a young jazz singer born and raised in Miami, Florida. She’s been singing for as long as she can remember and is now studying at the Florida International University School of Music. Izzy brings a fresh energy to her performances while keeping that warm, classic jazz sound alive. Whether she’s singing with a big band or in a small, cozy setting, her love for the music always shines through. We are so excited to welcome her back to the Luna Star Cafe stage!

JOHN CAMACHO

JOHN IS RETURNING TO THE LUNA STAR STAGE FOR A SPECIAL NIGHT WITH FRIENDS!
A fixture on the South Florida music and poetry scene for years, John Camacho brings his friends together 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. Don’t miss this very special night!

Help us start off the week with our Wednesday Song Swap + Meet ‘n Greets! Join the circle with a tune, doodle, or chat with us at the bar about how your day is going! 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. Try out new material or just participate in some sing-alongs. 

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 see Almost Blue with us!

8:00pm – NO COVER, DONATIONS ENCOURAGED

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

Help us start off the week with our Wednesday Song Swap + Meet ‘n Greets! Join the circle with a tune, doodle, or chat with us at the bar about how your day is going! 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. Try out new material or just participate in some sing-alongs. 

Alejandro Meola is an independent Argentinean-American singer, songwriter and guitarist based in the NYC area since 2013. With a style rooted in Rock, Blues, Folk he was included on NPR’s World Cafe Best New Latinx playlist and has performed across the US, Europe and Latin America in cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Paris, Barcelona, Mexico and Buenos Aires. We are excited to welcome him to the Luna Star Cafe for his first performance with us!

8:00 PM | $10 COVER