Performing Arts

Berkeley Public Library presents In the Stax, a music series featuring singer Marisha Ashanti accompanied by pianist Lamar Green. 

In the Stax is a live music series where artists perform in the library and create intimate community experiences. 

This series features singer and song writer Marisha Ashanti, a Bay Area artist who makes soulful and melodic music. Culturally rich and artfually layed, Marisha's voice is like honey on sound waves with R&B and Hip Hop influences. 

Berkeley Public Library presents In The Stax: A Music Series with Dan Badgley

Join us for a live music concert featuring guitarist/singer Dan Badgley.

West Branch and North Branch of Berkeley Public Library Present

A very special Stay & Play bilingual concert with the fabulous Aguacate Music Kids!

Join us at George Florence Park on the afternoon of April 25!

¡Venga al Parque George Florence y disfrute de nuestro concierto musical infantil!

WHEN / CUANDO

Thursday, April 25 @ 4:00 PM
Jueves 25 de abril a las 4:00 PM
 

WHERE / DONDE

The Benvenue Beats Mini Music Festival is back! Come celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with music and community. We'll be closing down the street for this open-air event featuring some of the Bay Area's finest performers including Jiten Daiko, Leung's White Crane Lion Dance, and the Manilatown Ancestral Ensemble. All ages are welcome. See you there!

EVENT SCHEDULE:

2:00 - Jiten Daiko

"Meet the Brass"

Instruments are really just tubes, sticks, blocks and strings….and it’s all vibration. The SFCO All-Star Brass Quintet makes lots of funny sounds and then shows how we turn it into music!

Very First Concerts, a classical series designed with the youngest listeners in mind. Each interactive, 20 minute concert features a central theme, short selections, and hands-on musical activities geared toward families with young children.

Berkeley Public Library presents In the Stax: A Music Series with Wasska Project

Join us for a live music concert featuring guitarist Javier Trujillo and percussionist Mariela Herrera of Wasska Project. 

Based in the Bay Area, Wasska Project is a colloquial musical idea that fuses Latin-American traditional harmonies with classical guitar resources.The colors of the cajon, donkey jaw, cajita, spoons, and Afro Peruvian tap dancing are exposed to the dynamics of the guitar, bringing a rich conversation between oral tradition and a colorful cadence in the strings.

Please join us at the Frances Albrier Community Center located at 2800 Park St. in Berkeley for a musical story time series with the Berkeley Public Library's Story Time Band. These events will take place on Thursdays 3/28, 4/18, and 5/16 at 10:30 a.m. Each session will feature live music, movement activities, and read-aloud stories for children ages 2-7. See you there!

Band Bio

Celebrate Berkeley's poetic legacy and present with Berkeley’s Poets Laureate!

Join us for a poetry reading and conversation with Aya de León (Berkeley Poet Laureate), Julia Segre (Berkeley Youth Poet Laureate), and Serena Griffin (Berkeley Vice Youth Poet Laureate). 

This reading will take place at the Central Branch (5th Floor) on Monday, May 13th at 6pm. (It was rescheduled from April 22nd.)

ABOUT THE POETS

Ballet and Books is back!

Ballet & Books is a non-profit organization of UC Berkeley students who mentor children ages 6-9 in literacy and dance, working to close the literacy gap and connect with the community.

March 2nd, Ballet and Books will take place on the 4th floor in the Story Room! 

Email berkeley@balletandbooks.org for more information on registration!

Berkeley Public Library presents In the Stax a Music Series featuring the songs and sounds of musician, Nyree. 

Nyree, aka, Ngiare has participated in various musical collaborations for the past 10 years. Having grown up in Florida, Nyree has found a home in the Bay Area as a CIIS Certified Therapeutic Sound Practitioner. She is a singer-songwriter on a path creating space for all of us to connect back to ourselves, nature and each other. She uses her voice, sound and vibration in hopes of changing the world.