Join Bobby and Bay Area’s MOTION featuring Bryan Dyer, David Worm, and Destani Wolf. They will lead Circlesongs at noon and encourage everyone to bring a spirit of adventure, curiosity, trust, and joy. Let it free your voice. Find your place in the circle.

Parking
Center Street Garage, next door to The Freight, is currently open nightly until 1am except Sunday. More details here.

Public Transit
The Freight & Salvage is BARTable! Downtown Berkeley BART station is a half a block from the Freight. Details at bart.gov. Many AC Transit bus lines stop within a few blocks of the Freight. Details at actransit.org.

Nearby Favorites Bars/Restaurants
Revival Bar + Kitchen | 2102 Shattuck Avenue, (510) 549–9950
Comal Next Door | 2024 Shattuck Ave, (510) 422-662
Gather | 2200 Oxford Street @ Allston, (510) 809-0400

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Aba Diop & The Yermande Family are on a mission to share the healing medicine of sabar drums with a global audience. At the heart of the music is the sabar, its rhythms, and a captivating live performance. Aba Diop is a master percussionist, composer, and arranger from Senegal, West Africa, descended from over a thousand years of unbroken griot lineage: the prestigious and hereditary wisdom-holders, historians, poets, and healers of their culture.

Parking
Center Street Garage, next door to The Freight, is currently open nightly until 1am except Sunday. More details here.

Public Transit
The Freight & Salvage is BARTable! Downtown Berkeley BART station is a half a block from the Freight. Details at bart.gov. Many AC Transit bus lines stop within a few blocks of the Freight. Details at actransit.org.

Nearby Favorites Bars/Restaurants
Revival Bar + Kitchen | 2102 Shattuck Avenue, (510) 549–9950
Comal Next Door | 2024 Shattuck Ave, (510) 422-662
Gather | 2200 Oxford Street @ Allston, (510) 809-0400

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Zar Electrik pays homage to tribal cultures, particularly through the incorporation of the ancient Zar ritual originating from Ethiopia and Egypt. This ritual serves as a conduit for healing, achieved through trance and connection with the spirit world. Zar Electrik transports us into its unique universe, where the reigning forces are trance and dance. Its music resonates within our beings; the electronic layers resembling mantras; and the voices akin to invocations. The overall experience mirrors a tribal rite, guiding us towards an altered state of consciousness. The music of Zar Electrik is best encountered on the dance floor, facilitating a transformative and cathartic ritual trance.

Parking
Center Street Garage, next door to The Freight, is currently open nightly until 1am except Sunday. More details here.

Public Transit
The Freight & Salvage is BARTable! Downtown Berkeley BART station is a half a block from the Freight. Details at bart.gov. Many AC Transit bus lines stop within a few blocks of the Freight. Details at actransit.org.

Nearby Favorites Bars/Restaurants
Revival Bar + Kitchen | 2102 Shattuck Avenue, (510) 549–9950
Comal Next Door | 2024 Shattuck Ave, (510) 422-662
Gather | 2200 Oxford Street @ Allston, (510) 809-0400

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Appearing on the rap scene in 1986 as Boogie Down Productions, KRS-One released his first hit single “South Bronx” with the late DJ Scott La Rock and made it clear that hip-hop was going to have to take itself a lot more seriously than simply being a music genre.

Parking
Center Street Garage, next door to The Freight, is currently open nightly until 1am except Sunday. More details here.

Public Transit
The Freight & Salvage is BARTable! Downtown Berkeley BART station is a half a block from the Freight. Details at bart.gov. Many AC Transit bus lines stop within a few blocks of the Freight. Details at actransit.org.

Nearby Favorites Bars/Restaurants
Revival Bar + Kitchen | 2102 Shattuck Avenue, (510) 549–9950
Comal Next Door | 2024 Shattuck Ave, (510) 422-662
Gather | 2200 Oxford Street @ Allston, (510) 809-0400

Info & Tickets

Join educator and musician Javier Navarrette for this special Youth + Educators workshop on Afro Caribbean Percussion featuring songs, instrument percussion, and body percussion. This workshop will explore the musical traditions from West and Central Africa and Yoruba religions, which formed the roots of American music.

Parking
Center Street Garage, next door to The Freight, is currently open nightly until 1am except Sunday. More details here.

Public Transit
The Freight & Salvage is BARTable! Downtown Berkeley BART station is a half a block from the Freight. Details at bart.gov. Many AC Transit bus lines stop within a few blocks of the Freight. Details at actransit.org.

Nearby Favorites Bars/Restaurants
Revival Bar + Kitchen | 2102 Shattuck Avenue, (510) 549–9950
Comal Next Door | 2024 Shattuck Ave, (510) 422-662
Gather | 2200 Oxford Street @ Allston, (510) 809-0400

Info & Tickets

In the spirit of early days of The Freight, we’re embracing a more intimate, café-style setting– salon vibes, spontaneous connection, and up-close musical magic. All genres of music-making are welcome, and we’ll have a limited selection of instruments, mics, and amps on hand.

Parking
Center Street Garage, next door to The Freight, is currently open nightly until 1am except Sunday. More details here.

Public Transit
The Freight & Salvage is BARTable! Downtown Berkeley BART station is a half a block from the Freight. Details at bart.gov. Many AC Transit bus lines stop within a few blocks of the Freight. Details at actransit.org.

Nearby Favorites Bars/Restaurants
Revival Bar + Kitchen | 2102 Shattuck Avenue, (510) 549–9950
Comal Next Door | 2024 Shattuck Ave, (510) 422-662
Gather | 2200 Oxford Street @ Allston, (510) 809-0400

Info & Tickets

Join Bobby and Bay Area’s MOTION featuring Bryan Dyer, David Worm, and Destani Wolf. They will lead Circlesongs at noon and encourage everyone to bring a spirit of adventure, curiosity, trust, and joy. Let it free your voice. Find your place in the circle.

Parking
Center Street Garage, next door to The Freight, is currently open nightly until 1am except Sunday. More details here.

Public Transit
The Freight & Salvage is BARTable! Downtown Berkeley BART station is a half a block from the Freight. Details at bart.gov. Many AC Transit bus lines stop within a few blocks of the Freight. Details at actransit.org.

Nearby Favorites Bars/Restaurants
Revival Bar + Kitchen | 2102 Shattuck Avenue, (510) 549–9950
Comal Next Door | 2024 Shattuck Ave, (510) 422-662
Gather | 2200 Oxford Street @ Allston, (510) 809-0400

Info & Tickets

Please join us this summer at The Freight, one of Berkeley’s oldest and most beloved music venues, for a special musical story time series with the Berkeley Public Library’s Story Time Band! These FREE events will occur on second Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. beginning on Thursday, June 12. Each session will feature live music, movement activities, and read-aloud stories for children ages 2-7. See you there!

Parking
Center Street Garage, next door to The Freight, is currently open nightly until 1am except Sunday. More details here.

Public Transit
The Freight & Salvage is BARTable! Downtown Berkeley BART station is a half a block from the Freight. Details at bart.gov. Many AC Transit bus lines stop within a few blocks of the Freight. Details at actransit.org.

Nearby Favorites Bars/Restaurants
Revival Bar + Kitchen | 2102 Shattuck Avenue, (510) 549–9950
Comal Next Door | 2024 Shattuck Ave, (510) 422-662
Gather | 2200 Oxford Street @ Allston, (510) 809-0400

Info & Tickets

Join Bobby McFerrin and Bay Area’s MOTION featuring Bryan Dyer, David Worm, Destani Wolf, and Tammi Brown. They will lead Circlesongs at 12:00 PM and encourage everyone to bring a spirit of adventure, curiosity, trust, and joy. Let it free your voice.

Parking
Center Street Garage, next door to The Freight, is currently open nightly until 1am except Sunday. More details here.

Public Transit
The Freight & Salvage is BARTable! Downtown Berkeley BART station is a half a block from the Freight. Details at bart.gov. Many AC Transit bus lines stop within a few blocks of the Freight. Details at actransit.org.

Nearby Favorites Bars/Restaurants
Revival Bar + Kitchen | 2102 Shattuck Avenue, (510) 549–9950
Comal Next Door | 2024 Shattuck Ave, (510) 422-662
Gather | 2200 Oxford Street @ Allston, (510) 809-0400

Info & Tickets

Carmen Lundy is celebrating 50 years in jazz this year as a vocalist, composer, recording and touring artist. With a new album due out in 2025, Carmen Lundy’s 17th, we’re thrilled to be presented at the legendary Freight. Joining Carmen is her core stellar band comprised of Julius Rodriguez on piano, Ben Williams on bass, Terreon Gully on drums, and Andrew Renfroe on guitar.

Parking
Center Street Garage, next door to The Freight, is currently open nightly until 1am except Sunday. More details here.

Public Transit
The Freight & Salvage is BARTable! Downtown Berkeley BART station is a half a block from the Freight. Details at bart.gov. Many AC Transit bus lines stop within a few blocks of the Freight. Details at actransit.org.

Nearby Favorites Bars/Restaurants
Revival Bar + Kitchen | 2102 Shattuck Avenue, (510) 549–9950
Comal Next Door | 2024 Shattuck Ave, (510) 422-662
Gather | 2200 Oxford Street @ Allston, (510) 809-0400

Info & Tickets

Keyon Harrold first came into the International spotlight for his work as the trumpet voice behind the Grammy-winning Don Cheadle film “Miles Ahead,” and his critically acclaimed album, The Mugician, (Sony Legacy/Mass Appeal). As a bandleader, he has created a compelling new statement with a riveting mix of jazz, Afrobeat, soul, spoken word, hip-hop, blues, rock, and even American folk. As a soloist, his distinctly warm trumpet sound simmers in the middle register; creating drama without aggrandizing, and mesmerizing live audiences with an emotionally charged concert presentation. Wynton Marsalis has stated “Keyon Harrold is the future of the trumpet.”

Parking
Center Street Garage, next door to The Freight, is currently open nightly until 1am except Sunday. More details here.

Public Transit
The Freight & Salvage is BARTable! Downtown Berkeley BART station is a half a block from the Freight. Details at bart.gov. Many AC Transit bus lines stop within a few blocks of the Freight. Details at actransit.org.

Nearby Favorites Bars/Restaurants
Revival Bar + Kitchen | 2102 Shattuck Avenue, (510) 549–9950
Comal Next Door | 2024 Shattuck Ave, (510) 422-662
Gather | 2200 Oxford Street @ Allston, (510) 809-0400

Info & Tickets

Bassist Pino Palladino (D’Angelo, Nine Inch Nails, Erykah Badu, John Mayer) and guitarist and producer Blake Mills (Alabama Shakes, Bob Dylan, Fiona Apple, Perfume Genius) reunite with That Wasn’t a Dream, their second collaborative instrumental album that builds on the deep chemistry they first explored on 2021’s Notes With Attachments, expanding it into a meditative, boundary-pushing sonic world. The record blurs lines between composition and improvisation, melody and abstraction. With contrapuntal interplay by sometimes unidentifiable instruments, it’s a project defined by ambiguity, restraint, and the radical beauty of listening closely. Palladino and Mills recorded That Wasn’t a Dream over two months at Los Angeles’ Sound City Studios. The new album has contributions from drummer Chris Dave and saxophonist Sam Gendel.

Parking
Center Street Garage, next door to The Freight, is currently open nightly until 1am except Sunday. More details here.

Public Transit
The Freight & Salvage is BARTable! Downtown Berkeley BART station is a half a block from the Freight. Details at bart.gov. Many AC Transit bus lines stop within a few blocks of the Freight. Details at actransit.org.

Nearby Favorites Bars/Restaurants
Revival Bar + Kitchen | 2102 Shattuck Avenue, (510) 549–9950
Comal Next Door | 2024 Shattuck Ave, (510) 422-662
Gather | 2200 Oxford Street @ Allston, (510) 809-0400

Info & Tickets

Vocalists! Come improvise with Bryan Dyer, Freight instructor and member of Bobby McFerrin’s Motion.

During this Spontaneous Creatons session, Bryan will lead improvisation collaborations in duos and small groups, some based in pure improvisation and others by suggestion.

Parking
Center Street Garage, next door to The Freight, is currently open nightly until 1am except Sunday. More details here.

Public Transit
The Freight & Salvage is BARTable! Downtown Berkeley BART station is a half a block from the Freight. Details at bart.gov. Many AC Transit bus lines stop within a few blocks of the Freight. Details at actransit.org.

Nearby Favorites Bars/Restaurants
Revival Bar + Kitchen | 2102 Shattuck Avenue, (510) 549–9950
Comal Next Door | 2024 Shattuck Ave, (510) 422-662
Gather | 2200 Oxford Street @ Allston, (510) 809-0400

Info & Tickets