Washington, DC

Green Island Cafe / Moonlight

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Green Island Cafe / Moonlight is a live-music venue in Washington, District of Columbia. Intimate Adams Morgan jazz club/bar, now also known as Moonlight, with frequent live jazz and recurring jam sessions. The venue supports live-band performance, giving working groups a clear basis for evaluating the room. Programming includes Jazz, jam sessions, instrumental, vocal. Age access is 21+. The venue is located at 2327 18th St NW, Washington, DC 20009. For musicians evaluating a date, the established programming is the clearest guide to whether a set, instrumentation, and audience profile will fit the room. Artists can compare their sound and show scale with the venue’s existing live-music format before pursuing a date. Bands and solo performers can use the genre mix, audience setting, and performance style as practical signals when building a routing plan. For working musicians, that established performance pattern also provides useful context for deciding how much production, stage footprint, and preparation a show may require. The venue’s live-use pattern makes it a practical lead for suitable performers.

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21+
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Instrumental, Jazz
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2327 18th St NW, Washington, DC 20009, United States
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202-492-4888
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