The Go-Go Museum & Caf￩ Hall of Fame Induction: Oct. 28

Welcome back into Good Day, D.C. Beloved Go-Go stars get their flowers later this month, and you are invited. D.C.'s Go-Go Museum and Cafe will hold a Hall of Fame induction celebration October 28th. Founder and CEO Ronald Moulton is here now with all the details. Ronald, always good to see you. It's good to see you, too. Okay, so big things are happening this month, and a lot of recognition, well-deserved recognition, is coming. Tell us about the Go-Go Hall of Fame induction. Yes. So since 2008, when I picked up the Go-Go Awards from Kathy Hughes with a former partner of mine in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2019, 2026, we inducted all these people in the Go-Go Hall of Fame, but had no way to put them. But now, since the mayor, the council and all of our donors have supported the Go-Go Museum, especially our patrons, we have a home, as you know, since last year, 2025. and we're going to induct all these people and reveal it on the 28th for the big press conference and then that evening with a celebration at our annual fundraiser. That's amazing. And I think it also just speaks to how important Go-Go is to D.C., also becoming the official music of D.C. about six years ago. How did you all manage to sustain it for over 10 years online? Well, you know that it's important to honor your history and your past or it disappears. and there's so many people that came before us whose shoulders we stand on and we cannot let that go without making sure when we're gone that the generations to come know their history and their culture so it's very important absolutely now along with the induction there's a special installation yes uh tell me about that what that's going to look like and and what you all certainly hope to leave when it comes to legacy yeah so the uh installation is made of these uh brass drum cymbals that will go on the wall and then we will reveal it of course and it has the names of all these great people who have been inducted over years and i think it's very important to acknowledge them because it's not just the people on the front line uh you have people like daryl brooks you have uh women like carol kirkendall you have our mayor uh council member White Mcduffie who did policy uh to get the buildings to to do the things to not just support the museum but the artists and the culture uh the commission of arts and humanities all these great people help make this happen especially our patrons and we have to acknowledge this right and tell our story and we can't wait to do this it's a long time coming long time coming and what i'm hearing here is it certainly it takes a village to make all of this happen you mentioned some of the instrumental people behind the scenes and on the scenes yes talk about for the love of Go Go fundraising campaign. That's also a really big initiative. Yeah, so this shirt that I'm giving you right here is the fundraising t-shirt. Nice. And I love a little bling too, Ron. Yes, a little bling. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So we chose this color because it looks like money, right? Yeah, thank you. We want to sell 2,500 of these shirts. You can go on our website and get them. But we also have a big fundraiser that evening to honor all of the people who are being inducted. And our goal is to raise $250,000 before the year in to help with our operations at the museum uh we've been doing well uh but we can do much better uh with your help and i just thank everybody for supporting us because this is so important as a lot of culture has been erased because museums don't have the funding like they used to have and we're operating we're a people's museum built from the ground up and we're in historic Anacostia so this museum means more than just a place to come to the museum we are building and an institution that helps the whole corridor in a historic district that we're going to make a big tourism spot in Washington, D.C. That is, Ron, that's amazing. All the work that you're doing to help raise some of that money, where can people go? Oh, yeah, www.thegogomuseumcafe.com, and everything's on our website. And once again, we appreciate everybody who supports not just us, but the music and culture of Go-Go. Absolutely, and all that you've done, too, as a co-founder of the Don't Mute D.C. movement as well. Before we go, you're a fifth-generation Washingtonian. Washingtonian generation and a big part of this movement just what does it mean to you in 2026 to see how far go-go has come for the culture in DC I would say this God is good yeah and God's timing things happen and now is our time to show the world so many great things about how you saw sexy lady was just sampled you saw Boosie just come here say he wants to do go-go yeah so Snoop Dogg just did go-go right and when you come to the museum we have exhibits showing that go-go has been sampled thousands and thousands of times by hip-hop and other genres of music right we have something great here we're one of the only cities that have their own music yeah and we're going to protect it we're going to grow it and we're going to showcase it to the world and we with people like you and Fox Five we can't go wrong thank you so much we're happy to support make sure you get out and support them as well ron thank you so much for your time thank you thank you so much all right julie ladies over to you all