Downtown Berkeley businesses are invited to participate in the 4th Annual Downtown Berkeley MusicFest. This annual event celebrates our vibrant live music scene and promotes all types of arts and culture events taking place throughout the district during the Fest dates.
Join us for a kick-off meeting on Wednesday, June 27, at noon, at the Freight at 2020 Addison Street for more details on how you can reap the promotion benefits of participating.
Business participation could include distributing postcards, displaying the poster, hosting music events, and or/ sponsoring the event to gain visibility for your business.
The Downtown Berkeley Association is the financial sponsor of this event with Deborah Badhia, Operations Director, as the contact. The Freight & Salvage Coffee House will lead the promotion efforts with Lisa Manning - Marketing Director at the helm. The festival relies on each venue to provide their own booking, which results in an extremely eclectic range of music- some ticketed, some free, some indoors, some outdoors. The promotion surrounding the festival drives people downtown, which benefits everyone, not just venues with music.
If you are planning on participating in this year's festival, below are key dates:
Festival Key Dates:
6/29- Kickoff meeting @ the Freight & Salvage at noon
6/30 (or soon aferwards) -Confirm participation as a venue. As soon as possible, send me your logo, pics of your venue & contact info for the festival so I can get them online.
7/2-Provide lineup details: Band names, dates, photos, description, links to their website. Send to lisa@freightandsalvage.org. Sooner is better!
7/10-Festival website go-live with venue information & dates
7/10-Deadline for information included in poster & bookmark (venue, band)
7/13-Festival Press Release sent out
7/15-Posters distributed
8/4-Final deadline for information posted on festival website, including photos, band names, description, times. Any information received after this date will be posted as time permits.
8/6-email press release sent out to media w/ performance details
8/20-28- Festival events provide lineup details: Band names, dates, photos, description, links to their website.
Send to lisa@freightandsalvage.org. Sooner is better!
7/10-Festival website go-live with venue information & dates
7/10-Deadline for information included in poster & bookmark (venue, band)
7/13-Festival Press Release sent out
7/15-Posters distributed
8/4-Final deadline for information posted on festival website, including photos, band names, description, times. Any information received after this date will be posted as time permits.
8/6-email press release sent out to media w/ performance details
8/20-28- Festival events
