TALLAHASSEE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

DBA

THE MOON

The Moon is Tallahassee’s premier variety showcase for entertainment and community
events. It was designed for event diversity and flexibility and is truly Tallahassee’s
Community Arts Center.
In 1984, having a venue switch genres within the same week was unheard of, much less
on the same night. The Moon has produced various back-to-back events, quickly
moving from a private event or banquet to a country, hip-hop, jazz, or rock concert. The
Moon opened with a pop-rock group, The Producers, and within three weeks hosted Top
40 Dance Nights, a classical performance by Leonidas Lipovetsky, jazz with Spyro Gyra,
country with John Anderson, R&B with The Manhattans, and Big Band by Guy
Lombardo.  

The Moon continues to present all genres of entertainment and community benefits.

The Moon has been home to some of Tallahassee’s favorite local talents, including Tom
and the Cats, The Brothers Vanlandingham, Tallahassee Nights Live, Combat Night,
the Tallahassee Symphony, the Southern Shakespeare Company, and many more.
The Moon has produced many national acts and headliners such as George Clinton,
Willie Nelson, Jimmy Buffet, BB King, T-Pain, Tab Benoit, Derek Trucks with Susan
Tedeschi (first show together April 2, 2000), Dionne Warwick, Hall & Oats, The
Temptations, Bonnie Raitt, John Prine, Joe Cocker, George Strait, Kenny Chesney, The
Judds, Billy Dean,  Skrillex, Gregg Allman, Jeezy, Kendrick Lamar, Future, Widespread
Panic, Red Hot Chili Peppers, KC and the Sunshine Band, Melissa Etheridge, JJ Grey
and Mofro, The Ramones, and hundreds more.  
Florida State University Student Campus Entertainment, now Union Productions,
Opening Nights, and FSU and FAMU Fraternity and Sororities have presented over 500
concerts and events at The Moon over the past 40 years.

In addition to our diverse programming of events, hundreds of benefits have been
hosted at The Moon, including fundraisers, galas, and events for worthy causes
throughout our region. Some of the long-running charitable organizations that hosted
their benefit events at The Moon include Springtime Tallahassee, The Governor’s
Inaugural Ball, The Black Expo, The Tallahassee Ballet, Demp Week, The Best of
Tallahassee, The Pyramid Players, Big Bend Cares, Big Bend Hospice, Boys Town,
Boys and Girls Club, K-9 for Warriors, Alzheimer’s Benefit, City Church, Muscular
Dystrophy Association, Tallahassee Memorial Cards for a Cure, Word of South

Festival, Village Square, The Urban League Gala, Capital City Press Skits, The Rotary
Clubs Daddy Daughter Dance and the Mother Son Dance, Legislative Black Caucus,
Habitat for Humanity, Fraternal Order of Police, FAMU Annual Homecoming Alumni
Galas,  and many more.