Luna's Providence

Welcome to Luna’s events page!

- Luna’s events have a $6 cover and are 21+ unless noted.
- Doors open a half hour before show time.  Bar & DJ til 1am.
- All are welcome!

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Fri. June 22, 2013
9pm: The Candace Brooks Band

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Sat. June 15, 2013
Luna’s block party in celebration of RI PRIDEFEST!! 

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Fri. June 14, 2013
8pm: RI Pride VIP Party!  Pride volunteers & sponsors get free admission to the Pride eve party.
Sign-up to volunteer for PrideFest (6/15) at www.prideri.com.

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Fri. June 7, 2013
9pm: Marlie Wanseth returns to to RI with her new duo, BRADFORD & SLIM, bringing the best of delta, hillcountry, and Chicago blues with a contagious passion and energy.

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Fri. May 31, 2013
9pm: Kayla “Kiki” Mulhall opens the show on ukulele. 
10pm: OAK HILL - A full band bringing you sexy, bluesy, local rock. 

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Fri. May 24, 2013
9pm: Local rock troubadour BECKY CHACE has been named best female vocalist by Providence Phoenix readers 5 times.  She returns to Luna’s with her full band. www.beckychace.com
11pm: DJ Reza Wreckage

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Fri. May 10, 2013 - $6
9pm: SARAH RICH & THE INVINCIBLE WE will be dishing out some rockin’ covers and some great originals at Luna’s this week!
11pm: Luna’s welcomes DJ La Rochelle spinning eclectic house.  Check her out here: https://www.facebook.com/LaRochelleDj

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Fri. May 3, 2013
9:30pm: SHANNON COREY with JARED SALVATORE
Boston-based piano player/singer-songwriter SHANNON COREY has been heard on MTV’s The Real World, toured all over, and has opened for Lady Gaga.  She returns home to RI for this special show. www.shannoncorey.com
(Please note the later start time to accommodate an early event.)
11pm: DJ Girl Lightning spins indie dance & funk. 

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Fri. April 26, 2013 - $6
9pm: HEATHER ROSE IN CLOVER Their unique interpretation of rock will make you think, feel, and move! www.heatherroseinclover.com
11pm: DJ DK spins funk and top 40 dance.

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Fri. April 19, 2013 - The Vagina Monologues 7:30pm
to Benefit Sojourner House. $10 students/$20 general.
10pm: DJ Girl Lightning spins indie dance & funk. 

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Fri. April 12th, 2013 - LUNA’s is OFF one week only.  Roots has “Waking Persephone.”  www.rootsprovidence.com 

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Fri. April 5, 2013 - Special Event $10
9pm: SISTER FUNK. High powered, all female, hot original music delivered with power, energy and sass.  www.sisterfunk.com
11pm: DJ Girl Lightning spins indie dance & funk

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Fri. March 29, 2013 - $10
9pm: POPPY CHAMPLIN is one of the quickest witted comedians working today. She has a wild and roaming spontaneity making each show one of a kind while delivering punchline after side-splitting punchline. 8pm doors.
10:30pm: Girl Lightning spins indie dance & funk.
$10 show & dj. ($6 after 11pm) 18+

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Fri. March 22, 2013 - $6
9pm: SUSAN SOUZA, a naturally expressive and award-winning folk-rock artist “will make you feel despite yourself.”
10pm: JENN KITTEN brings her acoustic-punk-folk style to this premier performance on the Luna’s stage.
We’ll also feature Burlesque with CORINNE SOUTHERN!
11pm: DJ Girl Lightning spins indie dance & funk. 

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Fri. March 15, 2013 - $6
9pm: SARAH RICH & THE INVINCIBLE WE CD Release Party!! Performing rockin covers and originals! (And happy birthday to drummer, Chris!)
11pm: DJ Reza Wreckage
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Fri. March 8, 2013 - $6
International Women’s Day!!
9pm: This week at Luna’s features The Hive Archive’s Performance Art Festival with video performance by Ju-Pong Lin, storytelling with Carolyn Martino, Dedication (a movement poem from the dark of winter) by Terre Unité Parker, and solo music theatre by Margarita Martinez.
10:30pm: DJ Girl Lightning spins indie dance & funk.
$6, 21+
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Fri. March 1, 2013 - $6
7pm: WHEF Bowl-a-thon kick-off! No cover 7-9pm. Free snacks. Hear about a fun way to support this amazing pro-choice organization!
9pm: ROYAL RAM has been a seed growing for over 10 years in old school friends Lisa Pellegrino and Derek LaBrie of Providence, RI. Always bringing good times, their warm sound is sure to heal a broken spirit with their brand of playful folk with a brassy hue.
10pm Drag Show with URSULA LONDONDERRY & special guests Nadia Nyce and The Glitterati. The performance will be a mix of classic Broadway tunes, pop ballads, disco and more. Don’t forget your dancin’ shoes!
11pm: DJ Girl Lightning spins indie dance & funk
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Fri. Feb 22, 2013 - If I Can’t Dance I Don’t Want to Be Part of Your Revolution Dance Party! To Benefit SOJOURNER HOUSE.  Live perfomances featuring: Kim Madden, 5th Elament, Ameena the Bellydancer, DJ Reza Wreckage, and DJ Girl Lightning spinning indie dance & funk. $10 all night.
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Fri. Feb 15, 2013 - Looking for Love? -$6
9pm: LESBIAN SPEED DATING with host Leigh Hendrix!  Show up at 8:30 for a quick registration.  Participants “date” each other for 3 minutes then secretly select “date, friendship, or no chemistry.”  Only matches are put in contact with each other.
9pm til 1am: Karaoke with DJ Jimmy!
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Fri. Feb 8, 2013- $6
9pm: HEATHER ROSE IN CLOVER Their unique interpretation of rock will make you think, feel, and move! www.heatherroseinclover.com
11pm: DJ Girl Lightning spins indie dance & funk

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Fri. Feb. 1, 2013 - To benefit Marriage Equality RI - $40
DAR WILLIAMS. With a songwriting and performing style that has been compared to Joni Mitchell and Joan Baez, Dar Williams makes her audience believe her. Her performances are described as funny, communicative, and powerful with a three-octave voice that no one who hears ever forgets. Opening Act: BECKY CHACE. Doors 8pm. All ages. For advanced tickets: www.darwilliamsmeri.eventbrite.com
11:30pm: DJ Girl Lightning spins indie dance & funk ($6, 18+)
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Fri. Jan. 25, 2013
Doors 9pm/Show 9:15pm: KRISTI MARTEL - avant soul, pop diva. www.kristimartel.com
10:45pm: Burlesque with BETTYSIOUX TAILOR
11pm: DJ Girl Lightning spins indie dance & funk
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Fri. Jan. 18, 2013 - Special Event $10
9pm: SISTER FUNK. High powered, all female, hot original music delivered with power, energy and sass.  www.sisterfunk.com
11pm: DJ Girl Lightning spins indie dance & funk
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Fri. Jan. 11, 2013
9pm: OAK HILL - sexy, bluesy, local rock band. Boston-based singer/songwriter BETHEL STEELE opens www.bethelsteele.com
11pm: DJ Girl Lightning spins indie dance & funk
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Fri. Jan. 4, 2013
9pm: SARAH RICH & the INVINCIBLE WE will be dishing out some rockin’ covers and some great originals at Luna’s this week with special guest Leanne Morgan.
11pm: DJ Girl Lightning spins indie dance & funk

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Fri. Dec. 28, 2012
9pm: PAMELA MEANS.Arguably the only Boston-based, out folkie whose punchy political songs have worn a hole in her guitar. www.pamelameans.com
10:30pm:  Burlesque
11pm: DJ DK spins funk and top 40 dance.
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Fri. Dec. 21, 2012 - Special Event $10
UBAKA HILL & The Drumsong Orchestra!  Drum in the “Dawn of a New Age” with original, energetic performer, composer, songwriter, recording artist, motivational speaker, conference weaver, teacher and facilitator of hand drumming workshops for  more than 25 years throughout the United States.  Her soul-vision and intention is to facilitate and inspire personal transformation, empowerment, healing and joy with music that moves you. www.ubakahilldrumsong.com

5:30pm: Join Ubaka’s Drumsong Orchestra and perform at Luna’s!  Registration is $25 and includes a 3-hour drumming workshop and performance with Ubaka Hill.  For more details and registration visit:
http://lunasdrumsong.eventbrite.com

(Payment can also be made in cash at the door for both the workshop and performance.)
8:30pm Doors open.  Performance at 9:30pm.  All ages.
For advanced tickets visit: http://lunasdrumsong.eventbrite.com

11pm:  DJ Girl Lightning spins indie dance & funk til 1am.  18+
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Fri. Dec. 14, 2012
11pm-1am: NO COVER dance party with DJ Girl Lightning!  
(The Roots hosts a private holiday party earlier in the evening.)
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Fri. Dec. 7, 2012 - Special Event $10
9pm: Comedian MIMI GONZALEZ!  She’s out, proud, and hilarious!! Check her out at: www.mimigonzalez.com
11pm:  DJ Girl Lightning spins indie dance & funk til 1am.
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Fri. Nov. 30, 2012
9pm: PEOPLE I LIKE with LEIGH HENDRIX!  Experience this late-night style talk show… monologue, guests, and dj live from the Luna’s stage.
11pm: Girl Lightning spins indie dance & funk.
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Fri. Nov. 23, 2012
Luna’s is going underground for the night!  Email jlstevens3@yahoo.com for details.  The Roots hosts a CD release party.  All are welcome! 
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Fri. Nov. 16, 2012
9:15pm: BECKY CHACE BAND - Becky Chace has been named best female vocalist by Providence Phoenix readers 5 times.  She returns to Luna’s with her full band!
www.beckychace.com
11pm: Girl Lightning spins indie dance & funk.
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Fri. Nov. 9, 2012
9:15pm: DJ Jimmy hosts KARAOKE!  Bring a friend, get in half price!  (Er, that’s $3 each.)
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Fri. Nov. 2, 2012
9:15pm: LUNA’S DANCESTRAVAGANZA! Burlesque, belly dancing, boas, beauty, drag and more!  Kristen Minsky, Bettysioux Tailor, Ameena, Vic Swagger, Leigh Hendrix and your host Kitty Cat!  These local All-Stars will dazzle you!  DJ DK spins til 1. $6, 18+
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Fri. Oct. 26, 2012
9pm: HALLOWEEN COSTUME DANCE PARTY!
Prizes awarded for Best Couple, Sexiest, Best Group (4+), Best Dead, Best Celebrity Look-a-like, Best All Around
DJ Nicool spins old school, pop, and spooky stuff all night!
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Fri. Oct. 19, 2012
9:45pm: HEATHER ROSE IN CLOVER - See their premier performance at Luna’s!  www.heatherroserocks.com
9pm: JENN BOSTIC - www.jennbostic.com
11:15: Girl Lightning spins indie dance & funk.
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Fri. Oct. 12, 2012
9pm: BECKY CHACE has been named best female vocalist by Providence Phoenix readers 5 times. www.beckychace.com
11pm: Girl Lightning spins indie dance & funk.
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Fri. Oct. 5, 2012
9pm: SARAH RICH & INVINCIBLE WE
Later: A surprise so big, I have no idea what it is!
11pm: Girl Lightning spins indie dance & funk.
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Fri. Sept. 28, 2012 - LUNA’S IS OFF - Roots hosts Brass Attack
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Fri. Sept. 14, 2012 - LUNA’S IS OFF - Roots hosts Pronk Fest.  Sorry for any inconvenience!
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Fri. Sept. 7, 2012
9pm: SUZANNA CHOFFEL is equal parts beat poetry, smoky soul grooves and indie-pop eccentricity. www.suzannachoffel.com
10:30pm: Girl Lightning spins indie dance & funk.
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Fri. Aug. 31, 2012
9pm: POPPY CHAMPLIN is one of the quickest witted comedians working today. She has a wild and roaming spontaneity making each show one of a kind while delivering punchline after side-splitting punchline. 8pm doors.
10:30pm: Girl Lightning spins indie dance & funk.
$10 show & dj. ($6 after 11pm) 18+
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Fri. Aug. 24, 2012
9pm: PEARL & THE BEARD - You don’t want to miss this AMAZING touring trio! Pearl & the Beard is three voices, one cello, one guitar, one glockenspiel, one melodica, several drums, one accordion, ninety-six teeth, and one soul. www.pearlandthebeard.com.  Jose Docen opens.
11pm: DJ Magee. $10 show & dj. ($6 after 11pm). 18+
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Fri. Aug. 17 - Luna’s is off - The Roots has a special event.  Sorry for any inconvenience!
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Fri. Aug. 10, 2012
9pm: KARAOKE with DJ NICOOL
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Fri. Aug. 3, 2012
9pm: TERESA KING BAND
11pm: CORINNE SOUTHERN BURLESQUE
11:15pm: GIRL LIGHTNING indie dance party
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Fri. July 27, 2012
9pm: TRIVIA with NICOOL
10pm: SARAH RICH & INVINCIBLE WE
10:30pm:  GIRL LIGHTNING indie dance party
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Fri. July 20, 2012
9pm: ALLYSEN CALLERY & THE NIGHT KITCHEN. “Best Acoustic /Singer-Songwriter 2012” ~The Providence Phoenix Best Music Poll. www.allysencallerymusic.com
ANNA COOGAN opens. www.annacoogan.com
11pm: DJ Nicool spins old school & pop
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Fri. July 13 & Sat. July 14, 2012
Girl Lightning & DJ Magee are featured Sound Session DJs!
www.rootsprovidence.com for more info.
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Fri. July 6, 2012
9pm: BETHEL STEELE - Bethel’s songs find the intrinsic beauty in whiskey-soaked one night stands, the stories of thrill-seekers and the unrelenting passage of time. www.bethelsteele.com.
10:30pm: GIRL LIGHTNING

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Fri. June 29, 2012
9pm: KARAOKE with DJ NICOOL

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Fri. June 22, 2012 - Marriage Equality RI Fundraiser
(Special Event - $35, all ages)
8pm: CHERYL WHEELER - Part poet, part comic, Cheryl Wheeler has to be seen to be appreciated. Nothing you read and nothing you hear from her albums prepares you for how good a performer she is. www.cherylwheeler.com
JOSE DOCEN opens.
Tickets available at: http://cherylwheelermeri.eventbrite.com

Post-Cheryl Dance Party (11pm): DJ Nicool spins old school and pop til 1am.  $6 (free with Cheryl Wheeler ticket). 21+.
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Fri. June 15, 2012 - RI Pride Eve
(Special Event $10)
9:30pm: SISTER FUNK - All female rock band playing hot original music delivered with power, energy and sass. www.sisterfunk.com
11pm: Girl Lightning spinning indie dance and funk

Early at the Roots 6/15/12
7pm-8:30pm: Providence Improv Fest presents Steele/Quinn & !Zarzamora!  PIF has booked some female improv troops as a pre-show to Luna’s.  Tickets sold separately at:
www.providenceimprovfest.com
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Fri. June 8, 2012 - Countdown to Pride!
Proceeds benefit RI Pride. www.prideri.com
9pm: LESBIAN SPEED DATING (register at 8:30pm)
10pm: SARAH RICH & INVINCIBLE WE perform live
10:30pm: DJ Nicool spins you old school and pop
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Fri. June 1, 2012
9pm: SHANNON COREY with ERIC-JON
New York-based piano player/singer-songwriter SHANNON COREY has been heard on MTV’s The Real World, toured all over, and has opened for Lady Gaga.  She returns home to RI for this special show. www.shannoncorey.com
10:30pm: DJ Magee - top 40, hip hop, rap, fancy & dance-y!
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Fri. May 25, 2012
9pm: PAMELA MEANS - Kamikaze guitar style. Politically charged lyrics. www.pamelameans.com
10:30pm: DJ DK mixing top 40, r&b, hip hop and your requests
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Fri. May 18, 2012
9pm: LEIGH HENDRIX performs Glitter Shoes and Movie Stars.  What’s a lady lesbian to do when she finds glitter encrusted high heels on sale at Marshall’s? Leigh Hendrix will tell you all about it! www.leighhendrix.com
10pm: DJ Magee - top 40, hip hop, rap, fancy & dance-y!
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Fri. May 11, 2012
9pm: MIDNIGHT HONEY - All girl, all rock, all the time! www.facebook.com/MidnightHoney
10:30pm: Girl Lightning mixing indie dance & funk