Downtown Berkeley Arts

Open Mic at the Freight and Salvage – 8/21

Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

The longest running open stage in the Bay Area now has free admission! Our Open Mic has brought in some of our brightest performers, including Shawn Colvin, Dana Carvey, Alvin Youngblood Hart, and Patrick Landeza. The audience is friendly – and people actually listen! So come on down and join the fun. All performers welcome.…

Free

The Freight and Salvage Presents: Evie Ladin Old Time Dance Party | Freight Live on the Plaza

Downtown Berkeley Plaza Berkeley, CA, United States

Freight Live on the Plaza Join us for live music on the Downtown Berkeley BART Plaza Freight Live on the Plaza is a new series of monthly, danceable FREE concerts presented by The Freight in conjunction with The Downtown Berkeley Association. Come dance, groove, and enjoy a beer in the SLIVER Pizzeria beer garden. For…

Free

BAMPFA Presents: Visual Poem Workshop

BAMPFA 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

What is poetry’s relationship with the visual world? In this workshop, we explore the intersections of language, image, and identity in creating a visual translation of a poem recited by special guest poet Donté Clark. Clark's spoken-word performance will be our framework for embarking on a visual translation of his poetry. Each participant will create…

Bobby G’s Trivia Night w/ Iron Springs (8-10pm)

Bobby G's Pizzeria 2072 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

BOBBY G’S HUMP DAY TRIVIA IS EVERY WEDNESDAY STARTING AT 8PM. WE HAVE THREE ROUNDS OF QUESTIONS, A MUSIC ROUND, AND A PICTURE ROUND. Different guest brewery every week First prize is $30 gift certificate Second a $20 certificate Third a $10 certificate and much more   For more information click here

Bobby G’s Trivia Night w/ Laughing Monk (8-10pm)

Bobby G's Pizzeria 2072 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

BOBBY G’S HUMP DAY TRIVIA IS EVERY WEDNESDAY STARTING AT 8PM. WE HAVE THREE ROUNDS OF QUESTIONS, A MUSIC ROUND, AND A PICTURE ROUND.   Different guest brewery every week First prize is $30 gift certificate Second a $20 certificate Third a $10 certificate   For more information click here  

The Freight & Salvage Presents: Films at the Freight: Woodstock

Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

Films at The Freight "With special thanks to the Friends of the Freight, come celebrate a new screen and projector while enjoying our superb sound system composed of speakers and amplifiers exclusively designed and installed by Meyer Sound Labs of Berkeley with the Films at The Freight!" "A great way to enjoy music, film and…

$7 – $9

Bobby G’s Free Live Jazz and Stand-Up Comedy (6-9pm)

Bobby G's Pizzeria 2072 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

Free live jazz show with Society Red and stand-up comedy with Los Tristes comedy group every 1st and 3rd Tuesdays.   For more information click here

Italian Summer Nights Berkeley on The Plazz

Downtown Berkeley Plaza Berkeley, CA, United States

If a Ferrari and Stevie Wonder had a lovechild, they would name it Sonamó. With a dynamic, passionate blend of Italian melodic lines shot through with hefty doses of funk and acid jazz, Sonamó makes a both danceable yet introspective, at once familiar yet exotic, intense yet energetic, romantic and yet somehow carefree. One of…

BAMPFA Presents: Black Life – Levi Maxwell

BAMPFA 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

Levi Maxwell, a Bay Area–born food justice and youth advocate, explores the impact of African material culture and agrarian knowledge on colonial economies throughout the transatlantic world, and discusses the effect of clothing from local populations along the West and Central African coast on Western cultural identity. For more information click here  

Berkeley Central Arts Passage Presents: Summer of Love

Berkeley Central Arts Passage 2055 Center Streets, Berkeley, CA, United States

New art exhibition featuring 33 local, National and International artists presented by Expressions Gallery of Berkeley   Berkeley Central Arts Passage 2055 Center Street (btwn Milvia & Shattuck) Mon- Fri: 9-6 pm, Sat:9-5pm Opening Reception: Saturday, July 27, 4-6 pm Music by Sam Feliciano, Guitar   For more information click here