Freight & Salvage Information and Event Guide

"The Freight & Salvage Coffee House is an all-ages, non-smoking, alcohol-free performance venue located in Berkeley, California. Coffee, teas, sodas, desserts, and light snacks are available at the Freight food counter. Children under 12 years of age are admitted at half-price. Senior discount is $1.00.The Freight & Salvage Coffee House (Berkeley Society for the Preservation of Traditional Music) is a nonprofit arts organization dedicated to promoting public awareness and understanding of traditional music. We are supported by your continuing attendance, grants (California Arts Council, Berkeley Civic Arts Program, Zellerbach Family Fund, W. A. Gerbode Foundation, Gerhard Family Foundation, William & Flora Hewlett Foundation), musicians' benefit performances, volunteer efforts, and tax-deductible gifts. Join with us to assure the Freight's future, and the future of the music we love."

1111 Addison Street Berkeley, California CA

Events:

Ellis Paul

Category: Music, 20:00:00, 2007-05-17 20:00:00

In the Steel of the Night...(a pedal steel guitar extravagan...
...with The Saddle Cats featuring Bobby Black, Big Lou's Polka Casserole featuring David Phillips, and Joe Goldmark and the Seducers A steel guitar extravaganza like no other in recent Freigh...
Category: Music, 20:00:00, 2007-05-31 20:00:00

Berkeley International Food Festival: TRAVEL THE WORLD WITHO...
The second annual Berkeley International Food Festival showcases West Berkeley’s International Market District restaurants, specialty markets and unique shops, and will feature related cultural acti...
Category: , 12:00:00, 2007-06-24 12:00:00

Berkeley International Folk Festival
Nerissa & Katryna Nields, the Aux Cajunals, Marc Silber, Fugitive Folk Jamboree, Austin Willacy, Cascada de Flores, Vision Walker & Osti Mon, Hali Hammer 1:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M. | no ad...
Category: Music, 13:00:00, 2007-06-24 13:00:00

Fugitive Folk Jamboree w/The Jonah Kit, JJ Schultz, and Chr...
Berkeley International Folk Festival: This amazing festival also features the Fugitive Folk Jamboree, a song swap curated by Jonah Watchman to showcase the prodigious talents of three unique performer...
Category: Music, 17:00:00, 2007-06-24 17:00:00

The Ditty Bops
The Ditty Bops are Amanda Barrett and Abby Dewald, a pair of California artists who have bewitched LA's musical pleasure-seeking crowd with their pure-voiced harmonies, magnetic personalities,...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-08-03 20:00:00

Shana Morrison
As the talented daughter of superstar Van Morrison, Shana has much to draw from her deep background of early childhood music.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-08-04 20:00:00

Mojacar Flamenco Jazz
Mojacar Flamenco is a dynamic group of flamenco artists led by guitarist Stephen Dick and dancer Katerina Tomas.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-08-05 20:00:00

Rod MacDonald
One of singer Rod MacDonald's biggest strengths comes from his concise verbal pictures. Like John Lennon and Ray Davies, he has the ability to allow the listener to fill in the blanks when app...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-08-08 20:00:00

The John Jorgenson Quintet
This quintet features guitarist John Jorgenson, a founding member of the Desert Rose Band, the Hellecasters and six-year member of Elton John's band. Artists ranging from Barbra Streisand to B...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-08-09 20:00:00

The Mighty Crows
The Mighty Crows is a Bay Area bluegrass band with a style and repertoire that borrows heavily from traditional sounds and features Mark Wardenburg, Alex Mayers, Ken Torke, Chris Smith and Jeff Zieba....
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-08-10 20:00:00

Gearoid O'Hallmhurain
Gearoid is an All-Ireland Champion on both concertina and uilleann pipes. Originally from County Clare, he is widely acknowledged as the finest concertina player resident in America, in addition to be...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-08-11 20:00:00

The Websters
The wondrous Webster sisters, Chris and Cassie (lead singer with Mumbo Gumbo and classically trained vocalist, respectively) reinvent traditional songs from the Appalachian mountains and gems from the...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-08-12 20:00:00

Duck's Breath Mystery Theater
Newsweekcalls Duck's Breath "The American Monthy Python." All five original ducks perform old and new material. Don't miss this unique event!
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-08-13 20:00:00

The Biscuit Burners
The Biscuit Burners are an eclectic quartet blending traditional songwriting steeped in Appalachian roots with deft musicianship and harmonies. Members of the band have shared the stage with Vassar Cl...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-08-16 20:00:00

Lost Coast
Hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area, Lost Coast is a youthful, yet remarkable band that is electrifying California bluegrass and beyond. The band combines precise, dynamic arrangements of fierce b...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-08-17 20:00:00

Phil Marsh
Phil Marsh is traditional and original folk performer.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-08-18 20:00:00

Ancient Future Guitar and Sitar Jugalbandi
East meets West with seamless fire and grace as famed guitarist Matthew Montfort and sitar master Pandit Habib Khan join forces for an evening of unique jugalbandi.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-08-19 20:00:00

Erika Luckett
Born in Mexico, raised in Brazil and Venezuela, Erika began her career as a teenager playing guitar and singing in the subways of Paris. In the early 1990s, she settled in the Bay Area where she found...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-08-22 20:00:00

Alasdair Fraser
Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser draws deep from the wells of tradition and his own technical prowess. He ranks among the finest interpreters of Scotland's music.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-08-23 20:00:00

The Waybacks
The Waybacks' brand of "acoustic mayhem," mixing bluegrass, bebop, hot-club jazz, Celtic, country and western, has helped launch the group into the national spotlight.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-08-24 20:00:00

West Coast Songwriters Open Mic Finals

Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-08-25 20:00:00

Rick Di Dia
Rick Di Dia plays in various tunings and has developed his own method of lap-style magic. Poaching from the blues, jazz, folk ballads, stomps, bluegrass and hollars, he picks, strums and slides his ow...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-08-29 20:00:00

Dry Branch Fire Squad
The Dry Branch Fire Squad delivers old-time bluegrass peppered with hillbilly humor.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-08-30 20:00:00

Jamie Laval
Esteemed for his intensely passionate performances, Jamie Laval consistently delights a wide spectrum of audiences with his unmistakably personal expression of traditional Celtic music.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-09-06 20:00:00

Bethany & Rufus
Bethany & Rufus is an incredible cello and vocal duo that slides elegantly between groove, jazz and psychedelic folk.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-09-11 20:00:00

Michael Manring
Hailed by many as the world's leading solo bassist, Michael has been pushing back the boundaries of what's possible with just a bass guitar for two decades, winning thousands of fans a...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-09-12 20:00:00

Jack Williams
South Carolinian Jack Williams, guitarist /singer /songwriter/storyteller, is outstanding among a handful of artists who -- in skill, depth and integrity -- stand head and shoulders above the many per...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-09-15 20:00:00

Vasen
The Swedish word Vasen has three meanings -- essence, spirit, and hullabaloo -- making it the perfect name for a band that is part Nordic tradition and part whirling dervish. Rooted in the musical tra...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-09-16 20:00:00

Le Vent Du Nord
Le Vent du Nord is a quartet featuring Nicolas Boulerice, Olivier Demers, Simon Beaudry and Rejean Brunet. The group's first album 'Maudite moisson!' was awarded the Juno for t...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-09-19 20:00:00

Old Blind Dogs
The Aberdeen-based band, which toured Europe and North America extensively throughout the '90s before dissolving in 1998, is touring once again.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-09-20 20:00:00

Bill Kirchen
Bill Kirchen celebrates an American musical tradition where country music draws upon its origins in blues and bluegrass and in the Western swing of Texas and California honky tonks.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-09-21 20:00:00

Christine Kane
Christine Kane is a singer-songwriter and a powerful performer whose voice is earthy and elegant, whose words are vulnerable and true and whose music is raw, rhythmic and real.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-09-22 20:00:00

Cascada De Flores
Cascada de Flores, a folkloric quartet, is dedicated to the exploration, preservation and dissemination of Mexican and Cuban regional music and dance.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-09-23 20:00:00

Tlen-Huicani
Tlen-Huicani ("the singers"), under the direction of the great folk harpist Alberto de la Rosa, is one of Mexico's leading folkloric ensembles. The group, which has made the ...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-09-25 20:00:00

Baka Beyond
Baka Beyond are musicians from six countries in the Celtic fringes of Europe and the West coast of Africa joining together to play the most originallive world fusion sound around. The spirit of the mu...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-09-26 20:00:00

Ilgi
Ilgi's distinct Latvian verses offer linguistic rhythms and punctuation that perfectly complement the accompanying instruments, whether the traditional bagpipe or the backbeat of bass guitar a...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-09-27 20:00:00

April Verch
April Verch is a Canadian fiddler and dancer who with her band has been tearing up the festival circuit. Her new CD, 'Rounder,' is a terrific collection of traditional and original dan...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-09-28 20:00:00

Jami Sieber
Jami Sieber is an electric and acoustic cellist, vocalist and composer.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-09-29 20:00:00

Austin Lounge Lizards
The Austin Lounge Lizards combine country and bluegrass music with hilariously biting lyrics -- satirizing everything from country music cliches to Newt Gingrich and Leonard Cohen.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-09-30 20:00:00

Global Conversation
Global Conversation features two leading artists, Indian violinist Kala Ramnath and Bay Area saxophonist George Brooks. These two leading artists committed to uniting the worlds of Indian classical an...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-10-04 20:00:00

Australian Bebop Ragas
Australian Bebop Ragas is a trio featuring Stephen Kent, Teed Rockwell and Sameer Gupta.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-10-05 20:00:00

Veretski Pass Trio
Enjoy an evening of Klezmer music from Eastern Europe, played in the traditional style by internationally known musicians.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-10-06 20:00:00

Vagabond Opera
Vagabond Opera's songs are an eclectic mix of original and traditional compositions, unified by an old-world mood. Elements of Eastern European, klezmer, jazz, Arabic and tango mingle in music...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-10-09 20:00:00

The Bluehouse
Enjoy music performed by this folk rock trio from Melbourne, Australia.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-10-11 20:00:00

Moira Smiley and VOCO
With influences from Dublin to Sofia, Bjork to Bessie Smith, Bobby McFerrin to Baaba Maal, VOCO sings the amazing spectrum of the voice with unrivaled integrity and playfulness.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-11-14 20:00:00

Infamous Stringdusters
Emerging from a lively community of friends and colleagues that's taken root in Nashville, they're six musicians poised at the point where youthful energy is balanced with maturity, in...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-11-15 20:00:00

Tempest
Since forming in 1988, Tempest has delivered a globally-renowned hybrid of high-energy folk rock fusing Irish reels, Scottish ballads, Norwegian influences and other world music elements.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-11-16 20:00:00

House Jacks
New wave a cappella aces, the House Jacks are a rock band without instruments.
Category: , 17:00:00, 2007-11-17 17:00:00

House Jacks
New wave a cappella aces, the House Jacks are a rock band without instruments.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-11-17 20:00:00

Maria Muldaur
Maria Muldaur is best known for her platinum hit 'Midnight at the Oasis,' which enshrined her in the minds of baby boomers the world over.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-11-18 20:00:00

David Jacobs-Strain
David Jacobs-Strain, a roots-blues singer and guitarist, has received international critical acclaim for his ability to take the treasured classics of the blues and make them his own.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-11-23 20:00:00

Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands
Native Berkeleyite Laurie's songwriting, fiddling and crystal-clear singing have brought her national recognition, a Grammy and two International Bluegrass Music Association Awards for Female ...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-11-24 20:00:00

Leni Stern
Leni Stern is a five-time Gibson Guitar award-winner for best female jazz guitarist. She has distinquished herself on the modern scene with melodic, complex hooks and keen insights into the human cond...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-11-28 20:00:00

The Savoy Family Band
This band plays a special brand of honed-down, hard-core Cajun music featuring knock-your-socks off rhythms that are straight from the prairies of Southwestern Louisiana.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-11-29 20:00:00

Tom Paxton
Tom Paxton emerged from the same 1960s folk movement that produced artists such as Joan Baez, Judy Collins and Bob Dylan. His music, written with elegant and touching simplicity, carries messages of j...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-11-30 20:00:00

Ramblin Jack Elliott
Ramblin Jack Elliott is an American folk performer. Jack Elliott's style is distinctive in its use of excellent guitar technique matched with laconic, humorous storytelling and an emotional in...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-12-01 20:00:00

Holly Near
Holly Near's career stretches back to the early '70s & is marked by her fervent backing of heartfelt causes, from her anti-Vietnam War work to her support of radical lesbian fe...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-12-02 20:00:00

Larry Gallagher

Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-12-05 20:00:00

Claire Lynch Band
Claire Lynch is a joyous musician, dynamic vocalist and creative songwriter all wrapped up into one package. She is a veteran of many years standing and is a multi-talented artist who excels at both a...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-12-06 20:00:00

Teada
Teada means strings in the Irish language and this band features strings galore. In a short time, Teada exploded onto the international touring circuit, capturing the imagination of many with a creati...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-12-07 20:00:00

Cindy Bullens
Cindy Bullens is a singer/songwriter who has penned songs for Sarah Brown the Texas Blues Diva, Irma Thomas the Soul Queen and the Dixie Chicks.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-12-10 20:00:00

Take the Stage Band Workshop Performances

Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-12-11 20:00:00

Roy Zimmerman
Roy Zimmerman is a guitarist/songwriter/satirist who founded the Southern California folk quartet the Foremen.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-12-12 20:00:00

Darol Anger
Renowned fiddler Darol Anger has been reinventing the American string ensemble for over 25 years, incorporating his explorations into American traditional, bluegrass, jazz and world musics. Mike Marsh...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-12-13 20:00:00

Al Stewart
Recognized as an inspirational performer and prodigious lyricist, Scottish folk rocker Al Stewart's roots are in the legendary folk clubs of 1960s London, where he worked with artists such as ...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-12-16 20:00:00

Christmas Jug Band
This Christmas Jug Band features "stalwart purveyors of the jugabilly mystique!" It's a tongue-in-cheek seasonal convergence of Dan Hicks, Commander Cody alumnus, and other S...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-12-18 20:00:00

A Christmas Carol
'A Christmas Carol' will be read by Martin Harris as Charles Dickens.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-12-19 20:00:00

In Harmony's Way
In Harmony's Way features Oak, Ash and Thorn, Holdstock and MacLeod and Shay Black.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-12-21 20:00:00

Freight Holiday Revue
This all-star musical line-up features Camogie, Norton Buffalo, Cascada de Flores, Caren Armstrong and hosted by Danny Carnahan.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-12-22 20:00:00

High Country
High Country has been the Bay Area's premier traditional bluegrass band for three decades, with their mixture of driving rhythm, deft picking and soulful vocals.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-12-31 20:00:00

Caren Armstrong
Caren Armstron's playing style references folk, country, blues, jazz, traditional and pop music, yet is distinctively her own.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2008-01-05 20:00:00

Adrian Legg
Adrian Legg is an innovative folk guitarist who has a reputation for being one of the funniest instrumentalists around. His deadpan humor and hilarious stories have been as much of a concert draw as h...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2008-01-06 20:00:00

Sourdough Slim
Sourdough Slim is a yodeling, singing, ukulele, guitar and accordion-playing, rope-twirling, dancing reincarnation of a 1938-type, wise-guy, country-radio performer.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2008-01-10 20:00:00

Phil Berkowitz and Louis' Blues
Bay Area blues harmonica blower and singer Berkowitz is most known for the band he launched in 1996, the High Rollers.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2008-01-18 20:00:00

Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams
Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams is a New York based band, which was founded there in 1998. The band's music is a form of folk rock and is sometimes described as "pu...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2008-01-20 20:00:00

Any Old Time String Band
Any Old Time String Band features reunion of popular old time music band.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2008-01-26 20:00:00

Jim Malcolm
Jim Malcolm is one of Scotland's finest folk singers and songwriters.
Category: , 20:00:00, 2008-01-31 20:00:00