# Poetry events in Berkeley, Today and Upcoming Poetry events in Berkeley

- **Subtitle**: All Poetry events in Berkeley, California. Here you can find more information about Upcoming events in Berkeley like parties, concerts, meets,shows, sports, club, reunion, Performance
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All Poetry events in Berkeley, California. Here you can find more information about Upcoming events in Berkeley like parties, concerts, meets,shows, sports, club, reunion, Performance

## Events in Berkeley

- **Event Name**: Berkeley Slam FINAL STAGE
  - **Description**: THE LONGEST RUNNING POETRY SLAM ON THE WEST COAST!About this EventThe LONGEST RUNNING POETRY SLAM ON THE WEST COAST!Bringing you some of the best poetry from across the world every week since 1999, and third in the
  - **Date**: Wed Apr 29 2026 at 08:00 pm – Wed Apr 29 2026 at 11:00 pm (-07:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/berkeley/berkeley-slam-final-stage/100001985884954357
  - **Venue**: The Starry Plough Pub
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  - **Price**: USD 18
  - **Categories**: Art, literary-art, Workshops, health-wellness, Entertainment, Festivals, Music
- **Event Name**: Eleni Sikelianos' MEMORY REHEARSAL In-Store Event And Book Signing
  - **Description**: Celebrated American poet Eleni Sikelianos  shares the moving family memoir of her pioneering ancestor trying to make a place for herselfAbout this EventJoin us at Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore on Friday, May 1
  - **Date**: Fri May 15 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri May 15 2026 at 08:30 pm (-07:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/berkeley/eleni-sikelianos-memory-rehearsal-in-store-event-and-book-signing/100001986778122848
  - **Venue**: Mrs Dalloway's
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  - **Price**: Free
  - **Categories**: Art, literary-art, Festivals, Theatre, Workshops, trips-adventures
- **Event Name**: Poetry Month Open Mic with featured reader Dena Rod
  - **Description**: Come read your work!!!!   Lyrics & Dirges is hosting an open mic to celebrate Poetry Month. Sign ups start at 6:40pm. 

And we'll have an amazing poet and essayist feature: Dena Rod!!!!

It's all free and super fun.  Bring a date! Bring friends!!  Com
  - **Interested Audience**:
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  - **Date**: Wed Apr 29 2026 at 07:00 pm (-07:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/berkeley/poetry-month-open-mic-with-featured-reader-dena-rod/200029974641747
  - **Venue**: Pegasus Books Downtown
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  - **Categories**: art, literary-art, open-mic, music, entertainment
- **Event Name**: A Thousand Mothers Collecting the Bones
  - **Description**: A Thousand Mothers Collecting the Bones: A Theater and Music Performance of Grief and PraiseAbout this EventPerformers: Monique Miyake and Phoenix SongDirector: Vicki Dello JoioThrough a performance piece fe
  - **Date**: Sat May 09 2026 at 07:30 pm – Sat May 09 2026 at 09:00 pm (-07:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/berkeley/a-thousand-mothers-collecting-the-bones/100001985959844355
  - **Venue**: La Peña Cultural Center
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  - **Price**: USD 28 to 35
  - **Categories**: Art, Entertainment, Theatre, Kids, Nonprofit, literary-art, performances
- **Event Name**: Preserving Ancestral Knowledge as BIPOC Writers
  - **Description**: This session will blend conversation and craft on how we listen to, record, and honor ancestral knowledge on the page, without flattening itAbout this EventEirinie Carson, Sabina Khan-Ibarra, Rowena Leong
  - **Date**: Sat May 30 2026 at 01:30 pm – Sat May 30 2026 at 02:30 pm (-07:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/berkeley/preserving-ancestral-knowledge-as-bipoc-writers/100001984210303431
  - **Venue**: The Brower Center, Tamalpais Room
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  - **Price**: USD 0 to 27
  - **Categories**: Art, literary-art, Workshops, Business, Music
- **Event Name**: Teen Poetry Workshop led by Youth Speaks
  - **Description**: This is the space at this year’s festival for teens looking to write and share and connect with other young poets from throughout the Bay.About this EventGabriel Cortez and Youth Speaks
  - **Date**: Sat May 30 2026 at 01:30 pm – Sat May 30 2026 at 02:30 pm (-07:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/berkeley/teen-poetry-workshop-led-by-youth-speaks/100001984210433821
  - **Venue**: Brower Center, Kinzie Room
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  - **Price**: USD 0 to 27
  - **Categories**: Art, literary-art, Workshops, Festivals
- **Event Name**: Maps for Worlds Still Becoming: Experiments in Genre, Language, and Form
  - **Description**: How do we write futures that don’t yet exist? How do we map territories we’re still dreaming and discovering?About this EventFaith Adiele, Jasmin Darznik, Zeina Hashem Beck, and Eric Olson
  - **Date**: Sat May 30 2026 at 02:45 pm – Sat May 30 2026 at 03:45 pm (-07:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/berkeley/maps-for-worlds-still-becoming-experiments-in-genre-language-and-form/100001984210262308
  - **Venue**: The Brower Center, Tamalpais Room
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  - **Price**: USD 0 to 27
  - **Categories**: Art, literary-art, Workshops, Business, fine-arts
- **Event Name**: Dance Art & Dancing Poetry Festival Oct. 3rd. 2026
  - **Description**: Join us for a fabulous all-day celebration where you can experience top notch Multicultural and Poetic dance performances that inspire and bring us together
Live performances all day
Workshops with top-notch professionals
Costume & craft vendors wit
  - **Interested Audience**:
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  - **Date**: Sat Oct 03 2026 at 12:00 pm – Sat Oct 03 2026 at 06:00 pm (-07:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/berkeley/dance-art-and-dancing-poetry-festival-oct-3rd-2026/200029983675736
  - **Venue**: UUCB - Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley
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  - **Categories**: art, literary-art, festivals, workshops, nonprofit
- **Event Name**: “Yeah I’m a Writer. Now What?”
  - **Description**: A panel discussion for emergent authors and literary program alums looking for advice on what’s next.About this EventAleah Bradshaw, Gabriel Cortez, Giovanna Lomanto, and Darius Simpson
  - **Date**: Sat May 30 2026 at 02:45 pm – Sat May 30 2026 at 03:45 pm (-07:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/berkeley/yeah-i’m-a-writer-now-what/100001984210458896
  - **Venue**: Brower Center, Kinzie Room
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  - **Price**: USD 0 to 27
  - **Categories**: art, literary-art, business, workshops, live-music
- **Event Name**: Maker, Mentor, Muse: The Spirit of the Work
  - **Description**: We offer guided writing experiments that explore how sacred traditions, rituals, and belief systems inform and inspire the writing process.About this EventMary Volmer and Maw Shein Win
  - **Date**: Sat May 30 2026 at 12:15 pm – Sat May 30 2026 at 01:15 pm (-07:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/berkeley/maker-mentor-muse-the-spirit-of-the-work/100001984210518073
  - **Venue**: Brower Center, Kinzie Room
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  - **Price**: USD 0 to 27
  - **Categories**: Art, literary-art, Workshops

## Trending Events in Berkeley

- **Event Name**: Bob Dylan at Greek Theatre - Berkeley
  - **Description**: 🌟 Be part of history at Bob Dylan at Greek Theatre - Berkeley, an extraordinary gathering that will captivate your imagination! 🏛️ The prestigious Greek Theatre - Berkeley in Berkeley, CA
  - **Venue**: Greek Theatre - Berkeley
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- **Event Name**: Lewis Capaldi at Greek Theatre - Berkeley
  - **Description**: 🎉 Prepare to be amazed at Lewis Capaldi at Greek Theatre - Berkeley, the most anticipated gathering of the season! 🌟 Set against the stunning backdrop of Greek Theatre - Berkeley in vibrant Berkeley,
  - **Venue**: Greek Theatre - Berkeley
- **Event Name**: Lewis Capaldi
  - **Description**: 🎉 Welcome to Lewis Capaldi, where dreams come alive and possibilities are endless! 🏛️ Join us at Greek Theatre - U.C. Berkeley in the heart of Berkeley, CA for an event that defies expect
  - **Venue**: Greek Theatre - U.C. Berkeley
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- **Event Name**: Bob Dylan
  - **Description**: 🎉 Prepare to be amazed at Bob Dylan, the most anticipated gathering of the season! 🌟 Set against the stunning backdrop of Greek Theatre - U.C. Berkeley in vibrant Berkeley, CA, this event
  - **Venue**: Greek Theatre - U.C. Berkeley
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- **Event Name**: Berkeley Juneteenth Festival
  - **Description**: Celebrate freedom, culture, and community at the 39th Annual Berkeley Juneteenth Festival on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 21st, 2026, from 11 AM to 7 PM in South Berkeley, steps from the Ashby BART Station.

Experience a powerful day of Black culture, histo
  - **Venue**: ALCATRAZ @ ADELINE St, Berkeley, CA
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- **Event Name**: 2026 Bay Area Book Festival
  - **Description**: The theme of 2026’s festival, Writing the Future, is more than a slogan. It’s a call to action—a challenge for all of us as stewards of this festival and as members of a community navigating extraordinary times. More information on the festival will be re
  - **Venue**: Downtown Berkeley
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- **Event Name**: Jack Johnson at Greek Theatre - Two Nights!
  - **Description**: Jack Johnson is bringing the SURFILMUSIC Tour 2026 to the Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley for TWO NIGHTS on September 30th & October 1st, 2026! G. Love will open the show.

Tickets are on sale now!
  - **Venue**: The William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley
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- **Event Name**: Sepultura with Exodus, Biohazard and Tribal Gaze
  - **Description**: 📍 Venue: The UC Theatre
🏠 Address: 2036 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704
🌆 City: Berkeley
📍 Location: 37.8718, -122.27🎉 Welcome to Sepultura with Exodus, Biohazard and Tribal Gaze, where dreams come alive and possibilities are endle
  - **Venue**: The UC Theatre
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- **Event Name**: Alabama Shakes with Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
  - **Description**: 📍 Venue: The Greek Theatre at U.C. Berkeley
🏠 Address: 2001 Gayley Road, Berkeley, CA 94720
🌆 City: Berkeley
📍 Location: 37.8736, -122.254✨ Experience the magic of Alabama Shakes with Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, where mome
  - **Venue**: The Greek Theatre at U.C. Berkeley
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## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top events in Berkeley?
  - **A:** Berkeley Slam FINAL STAGE (Wed Apr 29 2026 at 08:00 pm at The Starry Plough Pub), Eleni Sikelianos' MEMORY REHEARSAL In-Store Event And Book Signing (Fri May 15 2026 at 07:00 pm at Mrs Dalloway's), Poetry Month Open Mic with featured reader Dena Rod (Wed Apr 29 2026 at 07:00 pm at Pegasus Books Downtown), A Thousand Mothers Collecting the Bones (Sat May 09 2026 at 07:30 pm at La Peña Cultural Center), Preserving Ancestral Knowledge as BIPOC Writers (Sat May 30 2026 at 01:30 pm at The Brower Center, Tamalpais Room).
- **Q**: What are the top free events in Berkeley?
  - **A:** Eleni Sikelianos' MEMORY REHEARSAL In-Store Event And Book Signing (Fri May 15 2026 at 07:00 pm at Mrs Dalloway's).
- **Q**: What events are happening in Berkeley today April 29, 2026?
  - **A:** Berkeley Slam FINAL STAGE (Wed Apr 29 2026 at 08:00 pm at The Starry Plough Pub), Poetry Month Open Mic with featured reader Dena Rod (Wed Apr 29 2026 at 07:00 pm at Pegasus Books Downtown).
- **Q**: What events are happening in Berkeley in April 2026?
  - **A:** Berkeley Slam FINAL STAGE (Wed Apr 29 2026 at 08:00 pm at The Starry Plough Pub), Poetry Month Open Mic with featured reader Dena Rod (Wed Apr 29 2026 at 07:00 pm at Pegasus Books Downtown).
- **Q**: How can I find events in Berkeley?
  - **A:** You can discover upcoming events in Berkeley on AllEvents.in. Browse by date, venue, or price to find events that match your interests.
- **Q**: How do I buy tickets for events in Berkeley?
  - **A:** You can buy tickets directly through AllEvents.in. Many events offer online booking with options for free, paid, and early-bird tickets.
- **Q**: What are the popular venues for events in Berkeley?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting events in Berkeley include The Starry Plough Pub, Mrs Dalloway's, Pegasus Books Downtown.
- **Q**: What is the price range for events in Berkeley?
  - **A:** Prices for events in Berkeley range from USD 18 to USD 35. Many events also offer free entry.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for events in Berkeley?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting events in Berkeley include Rich Oak Events, Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore, Lyrics & Dirges.
- **Q**: Are there any online events available?
  - **A:** Yes, many events are available online. You can filter for virtual events on AllEvents.in to attend from anywhere.
- **Q**: How can I get notified about new events in Berkeley?
  - **A:** Follow the  category on AllEvents.in to get notified when new events are listed in Berkeley.

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