September 3, 2014

Thursday, September 11 - Sunday, September 14
Downtown Berkeley Venues | FREE - $26

Kickoff Concert | Thursday, September 11 | 5:00 - 8:00 pm | BART Plaza | Shattuck Ave at Center St. | FREE

A cultural, political and spiritual epicenter for generations, music has always played an important role in Berkeley's identity. Jupiter and the Downtown Berkeley Association present the 7th Annual Downtown Berkeley MusicFest, celebrating the diversity of Berkeley's rich musical pedigree, with an array of musical acts that run the gamut from Latin, jazz, rock, bluegrass, folk, reggae, soul, DJs and even children's pop! Spanning four days over 10 venues, this year's MusicFest is bound to be a stone groove and will add yet another chapter to the musical and cultural history of this great town!

It all gets started with our free Festival Kickoff Party on Thursday, September 11 at the Downtown Berkeley BART Plaza from 5-8pm, where the New Orleans big band style of East Bay Brass Band and the Latin dance & funk of Alta California get the Fest off to a flying start!


For more information and lineup details please visit:

Friday, October 3 | 8:00 pm | Pee-wee's Great Adventure
Friday, October 10 | 8:00 pm | This is Spinal Tap
Crescent Lawn | Oxford St. between Center St. & Addison St.
FREE

Join us for two evenings of free films under the stars across the street from Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive's future home in Downtown Berkeley. Shorts and other surprises begin at 7:30, followed by the feature film at 8. Pee-wee's Great AdventureTim Burton's first feature film, follows the squeaky-mad Pee-wee Herman as he rides roughshod over eighties conformity in search of his stolen bike. The next week, turn it up to eleven as tightly spandexed past-it rockers Spinal Tap reunite for a doomed US tour in This is Spinal Tapone of the greatest comedies of all time. Presented by BAM/PFA and the Downtown Berkeley Association.

Sunday, October 12 | 11:00 - 5:00 pm
Shattuck Ave from Haste to Rose | FREE | RSVP

Open Streets are coming back to Berkeley this October! 
Join tens of thousands of fellow Berkeleyans as we walk, bike, skate, discover, dance, and play along a car-free Shattuck Ave. from Haste to Rose on Sunday, October 12th from 11am-5pm.

Calling all Activity Leaders: Contact us now to confirm your participation and get optimal placement & promotion! People who lead activities, performances, and bring exposure to their organizations are an essential part of this popular health and community-focused program. The sooner we have your details, the sooner we'll promote your activities. Let us know how you want to engage the public. For more information about participation see the FAQ page HERE.

We're doing lots of marketing, press, social media outreach and community outreach around this event and we would love to highlight your organization's interactive activity as a draw.

To sign up to be an Activity Leader click HERE


Saturday, October 24 - Sunday, October 25
Berkeley Repertory Theatre | 2025 Addison St.
$290 - both days | $205 - one day | Buy Tickets

Today, Berkeleyside proudly announces the initial program and speaker line-up for Uncharted: The Berkeley Festival of Ideas 2014.

 

This October 24-25, Uncharted brings you together with some of the world's great thinkers for two thrilling days of discussion, debate, and workshops designed to engage and inspire. Much more than a series of lectures, Uncharted is a festival of ideas.

 

Join in the dynamic exchange between prominent thinkers representing technology, science, culture, politics, education, food, business, the environment, and other vital areas that dominate our lives. We're planning a tremendous program, and you won't believe the speaker line-up so far -- with more to come!

 

Held in Berkeley's thriving Arts District and highlighted by a hilltop party, Uncharted promises to be even more stimulating, surprising, and fun than last year.

 

Uncharted is offered to you at a fraction of the cost of other "ideas festivals." Best of all, right now, you save $100 over 2013 prices. Who doesn't think that's a brilliant idea?

 

So don't miss out - secure your savings and reserve your space now for Uncharted 2014!

 

Founded last year as the Bay Area's first ideas festival, Uncharted is a production of Berkeleyside, Berkeley's independent news website.
 

Watch the 2013 highlights
 

Check out the 2014 program   

 

See the list of speakers
Reserve now

 


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