Live Music in Downtown Berkeley

Cornerstone

📍 2367 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704

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• Invalid DateLa Luz
• Invalid DateSuga Free
• Invalid DateBerkeley High School Class of 1981 Reunion
• Invalid DateTab Benoit: Soul of the Swamp Tour
• Invalid DateFunkyFrogBait Presents: Internet Kid (The Comedy Tour)
• Invalid DateGOLDEN: A K-Pop Kids Party!
• Invalid DateMatt Braunger
• Invalid DateVieux Farka Touré
• Invalid DateLaundry Day
• Invalid DateCardinals
• Invalid DateJesse Barrera & Albert Posis
• Invalid DateIn Her Own Words x Every Avenue
• Invalid DateEvening Elephants
• Invalid DateMichigander
• Invalid DateBumpin Uglies - Orange Crush Tour
• Invalid DateCheekface w/ special guest Bodega
• Invalid DateBear Ghost
• Invalid DateBlack Flag
• Invalid DateRoger Clyne & PH Naffah

California Jazz Conservatory

📍 2087 Addison St, Berkeley, CA 94704

• Invalid DateJazz Jams at Jupiter
• Invalid DateFREE! Brown Bag Jazz Hangs @ The Freight: Sameer Gupta — on Jazz & Raga

Jupiter

📍 2181 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704

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• Invalid DateDJ B WILEY
• Invalid DateThe Jump Off w/ DJ ATTICA BLACK
• Invalid DateKAZEMDE GEORGE
• Invalid DateGEORGE GRYDKOVETS TRIO
• Invalid DateJAZZSCHOOL JAM WEDNESDAYS
• Invalid DateDJ TRUE JUSTICE
• Invalid DateThe Jump Off w/ DJ JAZZY FAUSTO
• Invalid DateCODY ANDERSON TRIO
• Invalid DateROB HART TRIO
• Invalid DateJAZZSCHOOL JAM WEDNESDAYS
• Invalid DateDJ DELON 33 1/3 ANNIVERSARY
• Invalid DateThe Jump Off w/ UC BUU
• Invalid DateEARTHSTAR ORGAN TRIO
• Invalid DateTHE BLANK TAPES
• Invalid DateJAZZSCHOOL JAM WEDNESDAYS
• Invalid DateDJ TOM THUMP
• Invalid DateThe Jump Off w/ DJ RENOIR
• Invalid DateTHE HOGAN BROTHERS
• Invalid DateMOJO CIRCUS

The Backroom

📍 1984 Bonita Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704

• Invalid DateGeorge Grydkovets with Lorin Benedict
• Invalid DateMiss Maybell & Her Ragtime Romeos
• Invalid DateJazzschool Advanced High School Jazz Intensive Final Concert
• Invalid DateINCENDIO
• Invalid DateBlues & Jazz Singers Jam Session with Sam Rudin & Pamela Rose
• Invalid DateHarrell Young Rell Davenport
• Invalid DateTom McDermott: Music from New Orleans
• Invalid DateRhonda Sauce: New Songs, New Stories, New Sounds
• Invalid DateThe SBGs featuring John Blues Boyd
• Invalid DateHowellDevine
• Invalid DateElizabeth and the Catapult with special guest Jon Titterington
• Invalid DateArden Alexa with support from Adam Alviso

Spats

📍 1974 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704

• Thu, Aug 6VELVET PAUSE / LIV J / THE SOAPBOX SALUTE · $12
• Fri, Aug 7PENNIES FOR PLUTO / ATOM SWAN / ELECTRIC EX · $10
• Sat, Aug 8PLEASE, PLEASE / OURFATHERS / ARANA · $12
• Thu, Aug 13DJ FRANKIE K · NO COVER
• Fri, Aug 14DJ SECRET SOURCE · NO COVER
• Sat, Aug 15BARGAIN ROCK PRESENTS: PHANTOM SURFERS / CONTROL FREAKS / NOT YETIS / LATEENOS / ROCK'N'ROLL ADVENTURE KIDS / HOT LAUNDRY / DUKES OF HAMBURG / NAUSEATERS / HIGHMARTS / LOSINSTREAKS / PERSEPHONE / WHATEVERGLADES / HAARDVARK / GUMTREE GIRLS / DJ DADDY-O-NOV · $20
• Sun, Aug 16BARGAIN ROCK PRESENTS: THE OGRES / CLEAN GIRL & THE DIRTY DISHES / SWISS FAMILY SKIERS / ELECTRO LUCKS / SALTED / STOMPIN RIFFRAFFS / THE VAXXINES / HOUNDSMEN / CAPE FURY / THE IFICS / DJ DADDY-O-NOV · $20
• Thu, Aug 20VIK WHISTLE / PAT HULL / I/O / 0ZOL / TREBSQUIRE · $15
• Fri, Aug 21PANEL / THE SHEPPARDS / MIRICLE MILE · $15
• Sat, Aug 22CUT RATE DRUGGIST / THE FREAK ACCIDENT / THE CREEPY CRAWLIES · $15
• Sun, Aug 23EEE VEE EEE / SF REJECTS / AGONY AUNTS · $12
• Fri, Aug 28LAZER BEAM / DARK SATELLITE / KIT MAJOR / THE STRANGE ONES · $10
• Sat, Aug 29HUNTING LIONS / GARRAS SUCIAS / THE RINDS / LAST THREAD / THE BIG FORGIVE · $15
• Sun, Aug 30SYNCOPATE SUNDAYS W/ DJ KRAKINOV · DONATIONS WELCOME

Tupper & Reed

📍 2271 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704

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• Invalid DateDJ Swang
• Invalid DateJean Soma
• Invalid DateSonny Climes
• Invalid DateDJ Maitre D
• Invalid DateDJ N!CE
• Invalid DateAmar Singh Trio
• Invalid DateDJ N!CE
• Invalid DateBrandon Lucas
• Invalid DateSimon Aks
• Invalid DateBroad Strokes
• Invalid DateDJ Swang

Freight & Salvage

📍 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA 94704

• Invalid DateOrquesta Akokán
• Invalid DateMusical Story Time @The Freight
• Invalid DateZola Jesus
• Invalid DateJeff Parker ETA IVtet
• Invalid DateAnnual Freight Fiddle Summit
• Invalid DateBill Kirchen Band w/ Nina Gerber
• Invalid DateThe Moth StorySLAM - NINE TO FIVE
• Invalid DateLinda Tillery & The East Bay Allstars
• Invalid DateBettye LaVette
• Invalid DateBettye LaVette
• Invalid Date2026 Elizabeth Mitchell
• Invalid DateDebashish Bhattacharya
• Invalid Date2026 Rumbo Tumba
• Invalid DateSunny Jain's Wild Wild East
• Invalid Date2026 CM: Fall
• Invalid Date2026 Old Blind Dogs
• Invalid DateElectric Blues & Classic
• Invalid Date2026 Botmc
• Invalid DateT Sisters
• Invalid Date2026 Rumi's Caravan
• Invalid DateThe Meditations
• Invalid Date2026 Michael Cleveland
• Invalid DateBill Frisell & Harmony 5

The UC Theatre

📍 2036 University Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704

• Invalid DateBill Callahan w/ Wendy Eisenberg
• Invalid DateJazz Is Dead: Cortex w/ Adrian Younge, J Rocc
• Invalid DateSFJAZZ Presents Ravi Coltrane "Coltrane Centennial Celebration"
• Invalid DateFruit Bats w/ Matthew Logan Vasquez
• Invalid DateDeath From Above 1979 "Private Lives Tour" w/ Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol
• Invalid DateCastle Rat: Summon The Beasts Tour 2026 w/ Unto Others, Wraith Knight
• Invalid DateThe Green - TITLES Tour 2026 w/ Johnny Suite
• Invalid DatePRESIDENT: North American Campaign 2026 w/ Showing Teeth, Cenobia
• Invalid DateSon Lux w/ MMEADOWS
• Invalid DateDYING FETUS AND SANGUISUGABOGG w/ Crowbar, Left to Suffer, Deterioration
• Invalid DateGlaive – GOD SAVE THE THREE TOUR w/ Kurtains
• Invalid DateBasement w/ High Vis, Big Boy, First Day Back
• Invalid DateBasement (NIGHT 2) w/ High Vis, Big Boy, First Day Back
• Invalid DateMumiy Troll
• Invalid DateBridge City Sinners w/ Yes Ma'aM, Liam St. John
• Invalid DateRocky Horror Picture Show
• Invalid DatePigeons Playing Ping Pong w/ Dizgo
• Invalid DatePlini - An Unnameable Desire North American Tour w/ Portraits, Night Verses
• Invalid DateAterciopelados
• Invalid DateTurnover w/ Nothing, Trauma Ray
• Invalid DateGwar w/ Atomic Rule, Midnight, Mac Sabbath
• Invalid DateThe Wooten Brothers
• Invalid DateDragonForce: Inhuman Rampage 20th Anniversary w/ Ensiferum, Rhapsody of Fire
• Invalid DateTHE BOUNCING SOULS 'Born To Be Tour' with The Suicide Machines w/ The Suicide Machines, The Aggrolites, Dead Bars

Zellerbach Hall

📍 101 Zellerbach Hall #4800, Berkeley, CA 94720

• Invalid DateMichael Pollan & Christof Koch: A Journey into Consciousness
• Invalid DateJudy Collins: Sweet Judy Blue Eyes: The Farewell Tour
• Invalid DateMariachi Herencia de México; La Nueva Generación Tour: Día de los Muertos
• Invalid DateAngela Davis in conversation with Poulomi Saha: I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free: Movements for Liberation and Transfigurations of Freedom
• Invalid DateSan Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus: Holiday Spectacular 2026!
• Invalid DateMarvel Studios BLACK PANTHER in Concert
• Invalid DateJazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
• Invalid DateCheyenne Jackson: That Guy From That Thing
• Invalid DateAn Evening with Audra McDonald
• Invalid DateUkulele Orchestra of Great Britain

Hertz Hall

📍 Morrison Hall, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720

• Invalid DateIestyn Davies, countertenor; Oliver Wass, Baroque triple lever harp and modern harp
• Invalid DateEma Nikolovska, mezzo-soprano; Sean Shibe, guitar: Orlando Variations
• Invalid DateJean Rondeau, harpsichord: All-French Baroque Program
• Invalid DateLukas Sternath, piano
• Invalid DateTakács Quartet 2627
• Invalid DateAttacca Quartet with Caroline Shaw
• Invalid DateEco Ensemble 2627
• Invalid DateBlake Pouliot, violin; Henry Kramer, piano: Follow the Lieder
• Invalid DateDanish String Quartet
• Invalid DateAttacca Quartet 2627
• Invalid DateBehzod Abduraimov, piano 2627
• Invalid DateDavid Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano 2627
• Invalid DateThéotime Langlois de Swarte, Baroque violin; Thomas Dunford, lute: The Mad Lover
• Invalid DateDover Quartet 2627
• Invalid DatePaul Lewis, piano

Berkeley Community Theater

📍 1930 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704

No upcoming shows listed — check the venue website.

Study Hall Rooftop Lounge

📍 2121 Center St, Berkeley, CA 94704

No upcoming shows listed — check the venue website.