Moondog Cafe

Concert Café, Music Gallery & Listening Club in Wildemere Park ~ Coffee & Tea ~ Records & Tapes ~

08/23/2026

Tickets at https://linktr.ee/moondogdetroit

08/19/2026

This Sunday, we welcome a few longtime record collectors & members of the Detroit Jazzheads group to lay down some of their rarities on the Moondog decks. Join us for an afternoon listening in! Thanks to Angela, Andrew and Luis for sharing music ~~~

Ángela Colón
Andrew Rothman
Luis Torregrosa

08/17/2026

::: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 & 6 :::

Untitled Sessions is back for Year Three! We are most highly stoked to share news of our beloved Labor Day/Detroit Jazz Fest weekend afterparty & jam session!

For the past three years, we’ve partnered with D.Cipher to bring you two late night sessions featuring Detroit’s coldest instrumental improvisors locking in with an audience immersed in the sound and interplay. Each evening’s ensemble plays two sets over the course of the evening, with the second opening into a jam for musicians who’d like to sit in on the spontaneous collaboration.

This year, on Saturday, September 5, we welcome Detroit trumpet sensation Trunino Lowe and his quartet to Moondog to lead the charge. Between New York and Detroit, Lowe has been cultivating a major rise as a bandleader, composer and sideman and sharing his album debut, “The Vision” released in 2023.

He’ll be joined by Detroit’s finest with Louis Jones III and Michael Abbo in the rhythm section and Ian Fink on piano and keys.

On Sunday, September 6, pianist, composer and Freak Press founder Ian Fink brings an ensemble musical project he’s dubbed Essential Satisfaction. In addition to being a first-call pianist to Black Milk, Shigeto, Robert Hurst, The Undisputed Truth and Scott Grooves, Fink has also toured internationally with artists Kassa Overall and Tomoki Sanders over the past few years. The live and recorded musical concepts Fink presents as Freak Press demonstrate an incredible “fluency and versatility,” transcending categorization and beaming creative inspiration.

With details emerging in the coming weeks, Fink’s Essential Satisfaction is set to go off!

A limited number of Early Bird tickets are on-sale now for $20. After that, tickets will be $25 in advance and $30 at the door. A limited number of 2-night passes are also on-sale now for $40. Word to the wise!

With gratitude to our production partners at D.Cipher and to our sponsors at Casamara Club and Petal & Cork, we excitedly welcome you to vibe with us at 2026’s Untitled Sessions!

Design: Chien-An Yuan

D.Cipher
Trunino Lowe
IAN FINK
Freak Press
Casamara Club
Petal and Cork Events & Consulting
Louis Jones III

08/11/2026

::: TUESDAY, AUGUST 25 :::

The Keefe Jackson-Jakob Heinemann Quartet is a far-flung free jazz ensemble, with members residing in Chicago, Los Angeles and Oslo, Norway. Keefe Jackson (tenor sax) and Adam Shead (percussion) are active members of Chicago’s creative music community and bassist/composer Jakob Heinemann now hails from LA. They recorded an album for Chicago’s Irritable Mystic Records last summer and are joined on this tour by a special guest clarinetist from Oslo.

In support is a new trio of improvisors from Detroit and Ann Arbor. Percussionist, composer and Fire Music Mondays curator Jonathan Barahal Taylor is joined by trumpet phenom Allen Dennard and electronic artist and 1473 label head Chien An-Yuan for an evening of collaborative music-making and sound-shaping.

Advance tickets will go live today via Eventbrite for $10 and will be available at the door for $15. We look forward to another expedition into sound together!

Jakob Heinemann
Adam Shead
Jonathan Barahal Taylor
Allen Dennard
Chien-An Yuan

08/07/2026

::: SATURDAY AUGUST 22 :::

Portage Garage Sounds recording artist, bassist, producer & student of the synth, Josef Deas (Josef) pulls up at Moondog for a solo excursion into new sonic horizons.

A renowned jazz bassist, Deas was mentored early on by many of Detroit’s most decorated musical artists such as Vincent York, Marcus Belgrave, Vincent Chandler and others. His solo work via Portage Garage Sounds takes a different turn, though, revealing an interest in electronic and experimental musical structure.

He’s joined by longtime friend, experimental rapper, vocalist & writer Edward Nash (Brandon Edward Mitchell), formerly known as MC Kadence. As Kadence, Nash was a founding member of the rap collective The Abolitionists, a project DJ Charles Trees also contributed to as a young beat producer. Nash’s latest releases include collaborations from the likes of Dabrye and Georgia Anne Muldrow.

Artist and DJ Charles Trees (charles trees) threads the night together with selections before, between and after sets. Please join us for an evening of exceptional sound craft and deeply-tied friendship.

07/29/2026

The Sleeves is a new UK-based experimental guitar-and-vocal duo featuring renowned songwriter Jack Cooper (Ultimate Painting, Mazes) and guitarist/composer Tara Cunningham (Red Snapper). They made waves at Moondog in January as they toured the States with their full band project Modern Nature. We’re thrilled to welcome them back on the heels of their debut record as The Sleeves.

In support, Detroit singer-songwriter Izzy Johnson joins the bill, bringing their delicately poetic, ambient songcraft to the stage as Izzy Johnson Group.

We’re thrilled to sink into the sound of both of these ensembles, which you can check out now via Bandcamp or your preferred streaming platform.

Advance tickets are up and available now for $16 via Eventbrite (via our Linktree) and will also be available at the door for $20.

Mark your calendars for this rare evening floating in the clouds somewhere above Moondog Café.

Tara Cunningham
The Sleeves
iz johnson-coury

07/27/2026

Next Monday! Moondog presents a showcase of 3 Detroit solo artists working in a range of songwriting styles. Multi-instrumentalist Xave (zavethewave) kicks things off, followed by guitarist/trombonist Clarence Swindle (Clarence Swindle) and singer/guitarist/DJ Bonnie Hook (katlyn ₊˚ʚ ᗢ₊˚✧ ﾟ.) rocks the closing set.

Pull up and mellow out with us to some intimate music-making! Advance tix are at the link in our bio. See you here!

07/21/2026

On August 1, we welcome Chicago-based experimental electronic trio TV Pow (Tv Pow!) to the stage. Originally formed by improvisers Michael Hartman (Michael Hartman) and Brent Gutzeit in Tokyo in 1995, the duo added artist, producer and audio engineer Todd A. Carter (bel Air Sound Studio bel_Air Carter) upon returning to Chicago in 1996.

For 30+ years, the trio has engaged together with a wide variety of sonic tools including samplers, percussion, invented instruments, synthesizers, turntables, tape manipulation & computers.

We first connected with Hartman in summer 2024 on a tour with Japanese artists Toshimaru Nakamura (no-input mixing board) and Tetuzi Akiyama (electric guitar). If you were there, you remember a rare and wild night in Detroit.

Supporting the touring group is Detroit electronic artist Pablo R. Ruiz (Pablo R. Ruiz). Ruiz returns to Moondog to debut a new project and recordings under the pseudonym Nariz De Perfil. He most recently melted minds at Portage Garage Sounds’ (PGS) Low Tide party in May and we’re looking forward to hear his sound continue to evolve.

Tickets will be available at the door for $15. Please join us for another adventurous sonic exhibition!

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8045 Linwood
Detroit, MI
48206

Website

https://linktr.ee/moondogdetroit

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