Luna Star Events

Enjoy a casual evening at the Luna Star Cafe with our very own KWR (KEITH) spinning a selection of classics on the turntable! Try a new beer!

Blues night with Amy and her talented band!

JAMIE GRANGER 

Jamie Granger is a singer-songwriter from South Florida. He was raised on the island of Montserrat and worked for a time on a cattle ranch in Montana. His debut album – recorded and produced in Nashville, TN, by Jack Shawde and Diane Ward – is a lyrical journey through museums, roadside motels, and the dreams of lost cowboys.

Come on out for the CD release party featuring Jack Shawde, Diane Ward, Darrell Arnold + more friends!

TUESDAY NIGHT!

ATTN: OPEN JAMS WILL MOVE TO WEDNESDAYS, EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 2025! 7:00pm. CAFE WILL BE CLOSED SUNDAY-TUESDAY.

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.

MO MORGEN

Mo Morgen’s MoJazz Serendipity Trio

Saxophonist/Vocalist/Keyboardist/presenter Mo Morgen brings his MoJazz Serendipity Trio back to the Luna Star Cafe!

Mo started the Jazzmania Society Loft in Manhattan,
then he came here in 1993 and started the MoJazz Cafe,
the music program at Cafe Del Mar, Jazz at Miami Shores Country Club Bar, the music programs
at Claire’s Farmers Markets, the music program at Veni Vidi Vici,
and most recently the MoJazz BackRoom at now-closed Panarea

His theme song is “This Could Be the Start of Something Big”
so come on out and help it kickstart !

Singer-Songwriter Grant Livingston has been a Florida favorite since the mid-eighties. In his songs you may meet armadillos, pythons and barnacles, pioneers and invasive plants, or get a sailing lesson in three easy verses! As a guitarist he employs a mix of ragtime, country blues, and early swing. A cross between Jimmy Buffett and Sesame Street, Grant was recently named one of the “Ten Greatest South Florida Folksingers of All Time.” Grant has taught songwriting at Miami-Dade College and, along with fellow songwriter Janet Goodman, coordinates the Nashville Songwriters’ Association’s South Florida chapter. Grant was Artist-in-Residence in Everglades National Park in October 2019. Join us for a wonderful evening as we welcome back one of our local favorites!

TUESDAY NIGHT!

ATTN: OPEN JAMS WILL MOVE TO WEDNESDAYS, EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 2025! 7:00pm. CAFE WILL BE CLOSED SUNDAY-TUESDAY.

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.

Come and celebrate Halloween at the Luna Star Cafe! We’ll have a costume contest, drink specials and looney times! Keith (KWR) will be spinning some spooky records for all of us to enjoy!

JOIN US FOR ANOTHER WONDERFUL MONTHLY SONG SERIES BY THE SOUTH FLORIDA FOLK AND ACOUSTIC CLUB!

8:00PM | $8 COVER FOR MEMBERS | $10 NON-MEMBERS

For November, we welcome back LEE HUNTER AND JOEY KERR.

Lee Hunter is a singer, songwriter, rhythm guitarist, percussionist and pianist with a passion for folklore. From 1992-2014, she worked with guitarist Arvid Smith in the critically acclaimed duo, Tammerlin. Together they placed their own stamp on folk/roots music. What you heard was exceptional guitar work accompanying clever original songs and traditional tunes pulled from the roots of American music.

Since 2015, Lee has been working with outstanding guitarist and award-winning songwriter, Joey Kerr. Joey brings impressive musicianship and an extensive knowledge of American music to the duo’s sound. In addition, Lee and Joey offer an educational program for students of all ages and two special concerts of music and spoken word- a holiday program,“Wintersong- A Celebration of the Winter Season” and “Civil War & Seafaring Songs”. Lee & Joey are joined from time to time by keyboardist, Walter Mingledorff as Lee Hunter & The Gatherers Trio.

Lee’s focus remains on performing and writing songs. Together with Walter Parks, longtime guitarist for Richie Havens and a fine songwriter and solo performer, were asked to open to open a series of shows for Emmylou Harris in 2015. They have since performed at several music festivals and plan to continue to collaborate from time to time. Walter Parks has also played at the cafe before and returns on a yearly basis.

Join us for another spectacular evening of music!

OPEN JAMS ARE MOVING TO WEDNESDAYS EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 2025! 7:00pm

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. 

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

Joel Zoss has enjoyed a worldwide reputation as a songwriter and guitarist since Bonnie Raitt recorded his “Too Long at the Fair” and “I Gave My Love a Candle.” Featuring his own million-selling compositions and folk and blues classics by American masters such as Elizabeth Cotten, Lead Belly, and Big Bill Broonzy, Zoss’s unique fingerpicking style and moving vocals have entertained audiences from blues clubs and concert halls to the Philadelphia Folk Festival. From 2007-2009 he opened shows for B.B. King and Etta James in theaters across the country. He has performed and recorded with many highly regarded artists including  David Bromberg, Taj Mahal, James Taylor, Paul Butterfield, and Howlin’ Wolf. 

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OPEN JAMS ARE MOVING TO WEDNESDAYS EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 2025! 7:00pm

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. 

Event to be announced! For booking inquiries, contact Brie at 305-528-2840. Follow up with a text if we miss your call!

DOUG SPEARS

With sand in his boots and orange blossom honey in his throat Doug Spears’ fourth generation native Florida roots flow through his music revealing the history, values and perspectives that define him. The finest blend of storyteller and musician, Doug’s songs reach out like long-forgotten picture postcards discovered on a rainy afternoon, subtly and artfully telling universal stories of complex characters in often difficult circumstances that go straight to the heart of audiences of all ages and don’t let up, from start to finish. A seasoned performer and touring troubadour, Spears has invested more than 30 years developing his distinctive craft and with each song bite, the rich flavors penetrate the listening palate. Often drawing comparisons to some of the best known and well established artists of the genre Doug has carved a special niche for himself in folk and Americana music.

Doug was born in Leesburg, Florida and his best childhood memories tie back to the farm house his grandfather built in Lake County in the 1920’s. He took up the guitar at age 12, learning on an old Gibson J-45 loaned to him by a family friend, and soon began writing his own songs heavily influenced by the wealth of songwriter poets of the time. Doug’s song craft matured into a skillful weaving of lyric portraits capturing the essence of the often joyous though sometimes difficult aspects of our lives. Of his Florida homeland, he sings of the unsung and often undiscovered heart of Florida, before Disney World and Margaritaville, a simpler place covered by thousands of acres of palmetto scrub, citrus groves, family farms and cattle range. The Florida that so few know and appreciate.

In 2005 Spears released his debut CD, Truths & Lies, widely praised for its song craft and musicianship. In 2007 he followed with Break Some Stones, a “live in the studio” solo recording. Chosen by Florida Times Union columnist Ron Johnson as his 2007 CD Release of the Year, Break Some Stones showcases Doug just as you’d hear him at a live show. Released internationally in January 2010 to folk, acoustic and Americana radio, Doug’s latest recording, Welcome Home, showcases the very best of Doug’s regional Florida material produced for a national audience. Produced by long time friend Jason Thomas and promoted to folk, acoustic and Americana radio by Kari Estrin Management & Consulting in Nashville, Welcome Home, features a stellar, internationally known cast of supporting musicians including Claire Lynch, Missy Raines, Rob Ickes, Jim Hurst, Mark Schatz, Kenny Malone and Jason Thomas, as well as some of the very best of Florida’s wealth of musical talent.

Welcome Home has brought Doug a lot of attention in 2010. The album immediately broke to the top of the International Folk DJ Radio Charts at #3 in January and is maintaining position to finish in the top 100 albums of the year. It was also included on the Preliminary Grammy Ballot in three categories after passing through the committee’s submission review process. The opening track of the album, “Yellow Butter Moon,” was named runner-up in 2010 as the best new country / bluegrass song by the Interantional Acoustic Music Awards and “A Mother’s Tears” was included in a select sampler produced by Poetman Records for distribution worldwide to Americana Radio.

 SUNDOWN SOUND

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.  In these days of computer-generated musicmaking, Sundown Sound is on a mission to prove that homemade music is still viable and vital.

OPEN JAMS ARE MOVING TO WEDNESDAYS EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 2025! 7:00pm

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. 

THE BROTHERS KING

The Brothers King was born out of years of Eric & Scott (coincidentally brothers with the last name King) navigating through countless musical projects. Out of the spirit of humor and the influence of groups like They Might Be Giants and Flight of the Conchords, they set out to write silly songs that were relevant, witty, and campy. However, many of these tunes went from being initially funny and light-hearted to rather touching, dark, and even frightening at times. With nothing more than some acoustic guitars, voices, a penny whistle, and occasional percussion, they lay it out down like nobody’s business. That is, unless your business also requires you to lay it down.

Arthur Gregory Cruz

Singer/Songwriter/Piano Man Arthur Gregory Cruz writes and performs his own original songs – melodic tunes with pensive lyrics that blend pop, rock and jazz influences from The Great International Songbook, Classic Rock and Alternative Americana.
A hopeful romantic, with a distinctive voice and style of song, Arthur sings of longing to “Be Your Valentine” believing in “Fairy Tales Of Love” and holding on to each other through the dark night of the soul when asking “Where Are You Now?”

OPEN JAMS ARE MOVING TO WEDNESDAYS EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 2025! 7:00pm

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. 

Happy Thanksgiving to all who observe! See you this weekend!

DARREN BRUCK

Darren did his fellowship in Funk during the 90’s in the bars and clubs of NYC and Atlanta, including The Wetlands, Mercury Lounge and Chameleon Club.  Inspired by Dr Funkenstein and reared in the house of  Rhythm-n-Blues, he brings a style that he refers to as Boogie Blues.”  A pinch of “boogie blues”, a cup full of the funkness that is the rhythm section and a big helping of the signature M-tone’s horns . . . that’s the recipe for the Mysterytones explosive sound. 

Michelle John

Michelle John is an eclectic performer who started off singing in her youth gospel choir to later perform on stages all across the world, including on The Voice UK, the White House, and Buckingham Palace. She has toured with names such as Eric Clapton, Annie Lennox, George Michael, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Madonna, Mary J Blige, Tom Jones, and Andrea Bocelli.

Event to be announced! For booking inquiries, contact Brie at 305-528-2840. Follow up with a text if we miss your call!

OPEN JAMS ARE MOVING TO WEDNESDAYS EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 2025! 7:00pm

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. 

Event to be announced! For booking inquiries, contact Brie at 305-528-2840. Follow up with a text if we miss your call!

Event to be announced! For booking inquiries, contact Brie at 305-528-2840. Follow up with a text if we miss your call!

ROD MacDONALD

Rod MacDonald (born August 17, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, novelist, and educator.^[1] He was a “big part of the 1980s folk revival in Greenwich Village clubs”,^[2] performing at the Speakeasy, The Bottom Line, Folk City, and the “Songwriter’s Exchange” at the Cornelia Street Cafe. He co-founded the Greenwich Village Folk Festival. He is perhaps best known for his songs “American Jerusalem“, about the “contrast between the rich and the poor in Manhattan” (Sing Out!), “A Sailor’s Prayer”, “Coming of the Snow”, “Every Living Thing”, and “My Neighbors in Delray”, a description of the September 11 hijackers’ last days in Delray Beach, Florida, where MacDonald has lived since 1995. His songs have been covered by Dave Van Ronk, Shawn Colvin, Four Bitchin’ Babes, Jonathan Edwards, Garnet Rogers, Joe Jencks, and others. His 1985 recording “White Buffalo” is dedicated to Lakota Sioux ceremonial chief and healer Frank Fools Crow, whom he visited in 1981 and 1985, and who appears with MacDonald in the cover photograph. Since 1995 MacDonald has lived in south Florida, where his cd, “Later that Night” was named “Best Local Cd of 2014” by The Palm Beach Post ^[3] and reached the top ten in national roots music charts. His first novel, The Open Mike, about a young man in the open mike scene of Greenwich Village, was published on December 5, 2014, by Archway Publishing.^[4] On May 1, 2018, MacDonald released his 13th solo recording, “Beginning Again,” on Blue Flute Music.^[5]

OPEN JAMS ARE MOVING TO WEDNESDAYS EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 2025! 7:00pm

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. 

Event to be announced! For booking inquiries, contact Brie at 305-528-2840. Follow up with a text if we miss your call!

Event to be announced! For booking inquiries, contact Brie at 305-528-2840. Follow up with a text if we miss your call!

THE CAFE WILL BE CLOSED FOR A REFRESH FROM SUNDAY DECEMBER 14TH THRU FRIDAY DECEMBER 26TH. WE WILL REOPEN ON SATURDAY, DEC 27TH FOR OUR MONTHLY OPEN MIC SERIES!

Luna Star Cafe will be closed from Sunday, Dec 14th through Friday, Dec 26th.

Join us, Saturday December 27th as we reopen for our monthly Open Mic series!

Happy holidays to all!