Residencies at the Half Moon have included Elvis Costello (who would play a couple of times a month in the mid-1970s for 50 pence and a plate of sandwiches)[2] and Steve Marriott of Small Faces fame.

John Martyn returned decades after his first Half Moon gigs to a week-long residency, and both Tim Rose and Roy Harper did the same.

On 24 July 2007, Welsh-language folk guitarist Meic Stevens performed his first London gig in over 30 years at the Half Moon.

In January 2010, the Half Moon almost closed due to failing sales, rising rates and the recession, but they received hundreds of signatures and a Facebook campaign of 6,500 people.

[1] In 2012, the Half Moon was bought by Geronimo Inns, whose parent company is Young & Co.[3] Artists who have performed or recorded at the venue since the mid-1960s include the Rolling Stones, The Who, The Small Faces, Kasabian, Sisteray,[4] Chris Bell, Ralph McTell, Cliff Aungier GoodLuck,[5] John Martyn, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Alexis Korner, The Yardbirds, Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band, Morrissey–Mullen – who had a residency there of several years' standing, Rocket 88, Fairport Convention, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Roy Harper, Van Morrison, Man, Danny Thompson,[6] Dr. Feelgood, Elvis Costello, The Boys From County Hell, Meic Stevens, Finley Quaye, I Am Kloot, Starlite Campbell Band, Beverley Craven, Bo Diddley, John Otway, Tim Rose,[7] Amy McDonald, Catfish Keith, The MonaLisa Twins, as well as k.d.

[8] It has also hosted comedy, including Billy Connolly, Andy Parsons, Harry Hill, Rufus Hound, Shappi Khorsandi, Norman Lovett, Bob Mills, Milton Jones, Al Murray, Stewart Lee, Richard Herring, Jack Whitehall, Alistair McGowan, Katherine Ryan, Cardinal Burns, Reginald D. Hunter, Stewart Francis, Bridget Christie, Josh Widdicombe, Sara Pascoe, Rob Beckett, Sean Hughes, Kevin Eldon, Henning Wehn, Hal Cruttenden, Holly Walsh, Danny Bhoy, Aisling Bea and James Acaster.