Name: Don Was & The Pan Detroit Ensemble
Start: 2026-08-26T19:30:00-04:00
Location: 342 Ludlow Ave, Cincinnati, OH, United States, Ohio 45220

Don Was has spent nearly 50 years shaping modern music as a GRAMMY, Emmy, and BAFTA-winning producer, songwriter, and former President of Blue Note Records. As the leader of Was (Not Was), he’s built a career defined by genre-fluid creativity, working across rock, pop, jazz, country, R&B, reggae, and beyond.
His production and collaborations span an extraordinary list of artists including The Rolling Stones, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt, John Mayer, Gregg Allman, and Zucchero, along with countless others—earning him a reputation for bringing out the best in iconic voices across generations.
Now, for the first time, Don Was releases music under his own name with Groove in the Face of Adversity, a deeply personal record that brings him back to his Detroit roots. Don Was comes to Ludlow Garage for a rare live performance celebrating this new chapter.