For the fourth year, the Freight & Salvage celebrates incredible talent with the Berkeley Bluegrass Festival, May 16-19, 2019. Programmed by Grammy-award winner Laurie Lewis and The Freight’s program director Peter Williams, Berkeley Bluegrass Festival brings together leaders of the genre, up-and-coming artists, and music fans for three days of concerts, jams, free workshops, and good old-fashioned merriment to kick off the summer music festival season.
Free workshops, jams and other activities (including a youth jam, sing-along, and family squaredance) will be offered throughout the weekend.
SHOWS
All shows take place at Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison St in the Littlefield Room, our state of the art listening room, except for Gallery Stage performances which take place in the Freight & Salvage lobby before show time. Three Day Passes available (advance purchase only).
THURSDAY, MAY 16TH
5:30 – 6:30 PM
FREE Square Dance with Evie Ladin
at Downtown Berkeley BART Plaza with a beer garden!
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Lobby Party
Grab your instruments, grab your friends, and come on down for a pre-show party in the lobby! With tabling from camps and bluegrass organizations, pizza and drink specials, and jams! (Instrument check available)
8:00 PM
North Country Blue
High Water Line
Lela and Rainy Miatke
DOORS: 6:00 PM / SHOW: 8:00 PM
Festival Kickoff Party
FRIDAY, MAY 17TH • DOORS: 7:00 PM / SHOW: 8:00 PM
Hot Buttered Rum
Front Country
Blue Summit
High Water Line (on the Gallery Stage)
SATURDAY, MAY 18TH • DOORS: 7:00 PM / SHOW: 8:00 PM
The Earls of Leicester
The Kathy Kallick Band
Fog Holler
Lela and Rainy Miatke (on the Gallery Stage)
SUNDAY, MAY 19TH • DOORS: 6:00 PM / SHOW: 7:00 PM
Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands
Jerry Douglas
Amy Scher & Hailey Pexton
North Country Blue (on the Gallery Stage)
FREE WORKSHOPS, JAMS & ACTIVITIES
Thursday May 16
5:30 – 6:30 PM: Free Square Dance with Evie Ladin & Friends at Downtown Berkeley BART Plaza
6:00 – 8:00 PM: Lobby Party – Grab your instruments, grab your friends, and come on down for a pre-show party in the lobby! With tabling from camps and bluegrass organizations, pizza and drink specials, and jams! (Instrument check available)
Saturday May 18th
12 – 1 PM: Youth Jam in Lobby (sponsored by the California Bluegrass Association)
1 – 2 PM: The Kathy Kallick Band: Music for Kids and Families
in the Littlefield Listening Room
3:30 – 4:45 PM: Bass w/ Cary Black in Room 208
Dobro w/ Greg Booth in Room 210
Mandolin w/ Tom Bekeny in Room 206
5:00 – 6:15 PM: Singing w/ Tom Rozum in Room 210
Sunday May 19th
1 – 2 PM: Bluegrass Classics Sing-Along with High Country in the Littlefield Listening Room
Bluegrass & Country Slow Jam w/ Richard Brandenberg in Room 210
2:15 – 3:30 PM: Jerry Douglas – “Behind The Bar” in the Littlefield Listening Room
“Jerry Douglas will share some of his Dobro techniques
for practicing, playing, and composing.
He will take you behind the bar!”
3:30 – 4:45 PM: Banjo w/ Larry Cohea in Room 210
Mandolin w/ Butch Waller in Room 206
Singing w/ Amy Scher and Hailey Pexton in Room 208
4:55 – 6:10 PM: Bass w/ Hasee Ciaccio in Room 206
Fiddle w/ Brandon Godman in Room 210
Guitar w/ Sullivan Tuttle in Room 208