Please be aware that the first Sunday of the Festival, several main streets in the areas south and west of the University campus will be closed to vehicular traffic. Specifically, Shattuck Ave. from Rose to Channing, Durant Ave. from Shattuck to Bowditch, and Telegraph Ave. from Bancroft to Dwight will be closed to parking as […]
Randy Matamoros, member of the SFEMS Board of Directors and Berkeley Festival Advisory Committee, has prepared a couple of useful guides to help Festival-goers plan their experience for maximum enjoyment. The first is a downloadable planning grid, featuring the dates, times, and venues of all BFX events. The second, below, is an introductory set of […]
The Indispensable Guide to a Remarkable Week When you arrive at the Festival, one of the first things to do is pick up a copy of the 2018 BERKELEY FESTIVAL & EXHIBITION READER. This beautiful and comprehensive guidebook offers you—all in one place—everything you need to know to get maximum enjoyment from our week-long musical […]
This summer —at the 15th biennial Berkeley Festival and Exhibition— we invite you to celebrate with us as we delve into the history of our art, sampling the great wealth and power of our musical heritage. Over a period of 8 days we will present world-class performances of works from […]
The Indispensable Guide to a Remarkable Week When you arrive at the Festival, one of the first things to do is pick up a copy of the 2016 BERKELEY FESTIVAL & EXHIBITION READER. This beautiful and comprehensive guidebook offers you—all in one place—everything you need to know to get maximum enjoyment from our week-long musical […]
One of the most exciting components of every Berkeley Festival is the Fringe—that superfluity of self-produced concerts by ensembles and solo artists from near and far that spring up like wildflowers around our Main Stages every two years. The Fringe established itself at the first Festival in 1990 and never has lost its edge or […]
