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, Jun 1
A Cappella
Bobby McFerrin + MOTION
12:00 PM
Thu, May 28
Jazz
Oscar Peñas
8:00 PM
Tue, May 26
Jazz
Jazzschool Studio Band + Dave Eshelman's Jazz Garden Big Band
7:30 PM
Sun, May 24
Persian Classical
Marjan Vahdat + Sahba Motallebi
7:00 PM
Sat, May 23
Bluegrass
Tony Trischka's EarlJam + Michael Daves
8:00 PM
Fri, May 22
Folk
Ramblin' Jack Elliott + Jason Crosby + Maria Muldaur + Eric & Suzy Thompson + Mike Beck + Lowell 'Banana' Levinger + Jesse DeNatale + Kathy Kallick
8:00 PM
Mon, May 18
Vocal
Freight Singers Community Chorus + Tony Lindsay
7:30 PM
Mon, May 18
A Cappella
Bobby McFerrin and MOTION
12:00 PM
Sun, May 17
Avant-Garde
Bang on a Can All-Stars + Hank Dutt + George Brooks + Molly Holm + Joel Davel + Sameer Gupta
8:00 PM
Sat, May 16
Indian Classical
Rakesh Chaurasia + Amit Kavthekar
8:00 PM
Fri, May 15
Genre Bending
Derek Gripper + Alam Khan
8:00 PM
Mon, May 11
A Cappella
Bobby McFerrin + MOTION
12:00 PM
Mon, May 11
Community Mondays - Country Bluegrass Jam
Richard Brandenburg
7:30 PM
Sun, May 10
Country
Margaret Belton
7:00 PM
Sat, May 9
Scottish Folk
San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers
7:00 PM
Fri, May 8
Rock
Jim Messina
8:00 PM
Thu, May 7
Québécois
Le Vent du Nord + Foghorn Stringband
8:00 PM
Mon, May 4
Community Mondays
Jamey Williams
7:30 PM
Mon, May 4
A Cappella
Bobby McFerrin
12:00 PM
Sun, May 3
Bluegrass
Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves + Caleb & Reeb + Tony Furtado Trio + Bay Area Special
7:00 PM
Sat, May 2
Bluegrass
Jason Carter + Chris Jones & The Night Drivers + Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands + Critical Grass
7:00 PM
Fri, May 1
Vocal
Windborne
8:00 PM
Thu, Apr 30
Afro-Peruvian
Novalima + Yemanjo
8:00 PM
Mon, Apr 27
Community Mondays
Richard Brandenburg
7:30 PM
Mon, Apr 27
A Cappella
Bobby McFerrin + MOTION
12:00 PM
Sun, Apr 26
Jazz Fusion
Mohini Dey
7:00 PM
Sat, Apr 25
Workshop
Rohan Krishnamurthy
12:30 PM
Sat, Apr 25
Scottish Folk
Gnoss
8:00 PM
Fri, Apr 24
Indian Classical
Amjad Ali Khan + Amaan Ali Bangash + Ayaan Ali Bangash
8:00 PM
Thu, Apr 23
Jazz
Erik Jekabson String-tet + Jackie Ryan
8:00 PM