Founded in 1968 by Nancy Owens in an 87-seat former furniture store on San Pablo Avenue, the Freight and Salvage is one of America's oldest continuously operating folk music venues. The nonprofit coffeehouse moved to a 220-seat room on Addison Street in 1988 before opening its current 440-seat home in Berkeley's Downtown Arts District in 2009. Programming has expanded well beyond its bluegrass and folk roots to embrace global roots music, Americana, jazz, Celtic, and world traditions, while maintaining a strong commitment to music education and community engagement. The Freight's warm acoustics and dedicated seated-listening format have made it a rite of passage for acoustic musicians touring the West Coast.
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Upcoming Shows
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Recent Shows
Shows from the last 90 days
Mon, Jul 20
A Cappella
Bobby McFerrin and MOTION
12:00 PM
Sun, Jul 19
Latin Jazz
Omar Sosa
7:00 PM
Sat, Jul 18
Roots
Dave Alvin + Jimmie Dale Gilmore + Lenny Kaye
8:00 PM
Fri, Jul 17
Indian Jazz Fusion
George Brooks + Steve Smith + Fareed Haque + Kai Eckhardt + Selvaganesh Vinayakram
8:00 PM
Wed, Jul 15
Americana
The Steel Wheels
8:00 PM
Mon, Jul 13
A Cappella
Bobby McFerrin and MOTION
12:00 PM
Sat, Jul 11
Special Event
Freight Community Education Festival
12:00 PM
Fri, Jul 10
Country-Rock
Pure Prairie League
8:00 PM
Thu, Jul 9
Children's Music
Berkeley Public Library Story Time Band
10:30 AM
Mon, Jul 6
A Cappella
Bobby McFerrin and MOTION
12:00 PM
Thu, Jul 2
Bluegrass
The Jacob Jolliff Band
8:00 PM
Mon, Jun 29
A Cappella
Bobby McFerrin and MOTION
12:00 PM
Sun, Jun 28
Special Event
Pride at the Freight (Curated by Vicki Randle)
7:00 PM
Sat, Jun 27
Singer-Songwriter
Iris DeMent + Ana Egge
8:00 PM
Fri, Jun 26
Blues
Ruthie Foster
8:00 PM
Thu, Jun 25
Blues
Ruthie Foster
8:00 PM
Mon, Jun 22
A Cappella
Bobby McFerrin and MOTION
12:00 PM
Sun, Jun 21
Western Jarocho
Olas Perdidas
7:00 PM
Sat, Jun 20
Singer-Songwriter
Teresa Trull + Barbara Higbie
7:00 PM
Thu, Jun 18
Americana
Trillian Welch
8:00 PM
Mon, Jun 15
A Cappella
Bobby McFerrin and MOTION
12:00 PM
Sat, Jun 13
Jazz
Stella Heath
7:30 PM
Fri, Jun 12
Gospel
Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir
7:30 PM
Thu, Jun 11
Rental Event
Berkeley Public Library Story Time Band
10:30 AM
Thu, Jun 11
Reggae
Third World
8:00 PM
Tue, Jun 9
Rental Event
Whose Live Anyway?
7:30 PM
Mon, Jun 8
A Cappella
Bobby McFerrin + MOTION
12:00 PM
Sun, Jun 7
Soul
Booker T. Jones
7:00 PM
Sat, Jun 6
Soul
Booker T. Jones
8:00 PM
Fri, Jun 5
Modern Acoustic
Natalie Haas + Brittany Haas
8:00 PM