
Moe's Alley Presents: Dusk Dept.
Tue, 12 May, 8:00 PM PDT
Doors open
7:00 PM PDT
Moe's Alley
1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz, CA 95065
Description
Moe's Alley presents secret, funky-as-hell supergroup Dusk Dept.!
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Doors: 7pm / Show: 8pm
$20 in advance / $25 day of the show
21+
* No Refunds | All sales are final
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* Tickets requested by email will be delivered 3 days prior to the event
* Will Call tickets will be available at the door on the day of the event
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DUSK DEPT.
No names. No faces. Just sound.
Dusk Dept. is a seven-piece collective emerging from the deep corners of the modern funk underground…a shadowy convergence of musicians whose fingerprints can be found on the grooves of Ghost-Note, Dumpstaphunk, Snarky Puppy, Daryl Johns, and other heavy hitters in the lineage of rhythm.
Formed under the dim hum of late-night sessions and unmarked studio doors, Dusk Dept. keeps its members hidden beneath black hoods, trading ego for atmosphere, and identity for collective pulse. Onstage, the robes blur every boundary: between player and audience, between band and ritual, between now and the fever-dream memory of some after-hours sermon you can’t quite recall.
Their debut, a self-titled album arriving in May 2026 on Ear Up Records (founded by Jeff Coffin of the Dave Matthews Band), sounds like the meeting point of the sacred and the filthy; analog funk baptized in mystery. Seven players. Seven voices. One department in charge of the night shift.
Dusk Dept. doesn’t announce itself. It appears… a flicker of brass, a pulse of bass, a blur of motion under dim lights. Then it’s gone, leaving behind only sweat, echo, and questions.
Event Information
Age Limit
21+
eTicket Delivery
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Dusk Dept.
Dusk Dept.
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No names. No faces. Just sound.
Dusk Dept. is a seven-piece collective emerging from the deep corners of the modern funk underground…a shadowy convergence of musicians whose fingerprints can be found on the grooves of Ghost-Note, Dumpstaphunk, Snarky Puppy, Daryl Johns, and other heavy hitters in the lineage of rhythm.
Formed under the dim hum of late-night sessions and unmarked studio doors, Dusk Dept. keeps its members hidden beneath black hoods, trading ego for atmosphere, and identity for collective pulse. Onstage, the robes blur every boundary: between player and audience, between band and ritual, between now and the fever-dream memory of some after-hours sermon you can’t quite recall.
Their debut, a self-titled album arriving in May 2026 on Ear Up Records (founded by Jeff Coffin of the Dave Matthews Band), sounds like the meeting point of the sacred and the filthy; analog funk baptized in mystery. Seven players. Seven voices. One department in charge of the night shift.
Dusk Dept. doesn’t announce itself. It appears… a flicker of brass, a pulse of bass, a blur of motion under dim lights. Then it’s gone, leaving behind only sweat, echo, and questions.