About this Event
A. Spencer Barefield: Original Music for Solo Guitar
Where: MoonDog Cafe, 8045 Linwood St. Detroit, MI 48206-2328
When: Sunday, December 28, 2025. Doors open at 6. Concert at 7 pm. Celebrate between the holidays and just prior to New Years Eve with us!
What: Fabulous music from a legendary composer/guitarist with options for food and beverages.
Tickets: MoonDog is an intimate space with limited seating. Reservations are recommended. Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-spencer-barefield-original-music-for-solo-guitar-tickets-1977580448356?aff=oddtdtcreator
Do you miss Palmer Woods Music in Homes as we do? Join us to hear some extraordinary music as you did at our past concerts in Palmer Woods, the Detroit Institute of Arts and elsewhere. Hear some of Spencer's music here:
Spencer has been ill for the past two years but he is back in the saddle again. Please join us for some of his best guitar work at this very cool intimate venue. Seating is limited so please make reservations and get tickets in advance. Spencer is looking forward to seeing and playing for everyone after a rough couple of years.
It’s a distinct honor to welcome Detroit native guitarist, composer and bandleader A. Spencer Barefield to Moondog Café. As a Kresge fellow, founder and director of the Creative Arts Collective and collaborator with jazz legends like Roscoe Mitchell, Lester Bowie, Oliver Lake, Richard Davis, Andrew Cyrille, James Carter and Jon Batiste, to name just a few, Barefield is a celebrated fixture and preeminent musical artist in the Detroit avant-garde.
On this occasion, Barefield will perform two solo sets interpolating the music of Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus and John Coltrane with music of his own mind. We’re thrilled to hear his guitar envelope the space.
Please join us for this highly rare and intimate evening with A. Spencer Barefield! Advance tickets are $20 or $30, including beverage and hors d’oeuvres from Moondog Café!
MoonDog Cafe •. SpencerBarefield.com
UPCOMING:
Creative Arts Collective at 46: An anniversary celebration with PUBLIQuartet, A. Spencer Barefield and George Lewis at the Detroit Institute of Arts
Friday, January 23, 2026 • 7- 8:30 PM
PUBLIQuartet celebrates the legacy of Detroit’s own Creative Arts Collective with a program inspired by the world renowned artists CAC has brought to Detroit over the past 5 decades. Featuring the world-premiere of George Lewis’s latest String Quartet 3.5 “Great Migrations” commissioned by the Koussevitzky Foundation; as well as works by Vijay Iyer, Henry Threadgill and CAC founding member and Director A. Spencer Barefield who will join on guitar. This is the final performance in a series of concerts and commissions celebrating CAC, presented with support from The Knight Foundation, New Music USA, The Sphinx Foundation, The Kresge Foundation and Koussevitzky Foundation.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Moondog Café, 8045 Linwood Street, Detroit, United States
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