Games in Berkeley for free
34 upcoming events
Get games in Berkeley for free in your weekly roundup.
Oazis lists 34 games events in Berkeley for free, pulled from ticket sites and venue calendars, then sorted by hand.
Right now, most of the action is around Albany Library, El Cerrito Library and Baba's House.
Events — games in Berkeley for free
Tue28
Today
1 event
Wed29
Tomorrow
5 events
At 3:45 PMFree🇬🇧
🎯Board games
D&D and Beyond: Tabletop Roleplaying at Albany Library
Albany Library
At 4 PMFree🇬🇧
🎯Board games
TEENS & TWEENS! Pokemon: Trading Card Game Club
César E. Chávez Branch Library
At 4:30 PMFree🇬🇧
🎯Board games
Game Time!
San Lorenzo Library
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At 5:30 PMFree🇬🇧
🐉Tabletop RPG🎯Board games
Beyond D&D: roleplaying game night
Main Library
Tomorrow · 2 PMFree🇬🇧
👾Video games🏆Tournament
Teens: Super Smash Bros FINAL Tournament at Melrose
Melrose Branch Library
Thu30
Thursday 30 July
2 events
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Fri31
Friday 31 July
1 event
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Sat1
Saturday 1 August
2 events
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Mon3
Monday 3 August
1 event
Later
22 events
Mon 3 · 5:30 PMFree🇬🇧
🎤Blind test🎯Board games
Musical Bingo: Vinyl Classics
San Lorenzo Library
Mon 3 · 5:30 PMFree🇬🇧
🎯Board games♙Chess
Crockett Library Game Night
Crockett Library
Wed 5 · 3 PMFree🇬🇧
👾Video games
Teen Gaming @ Golden Gate
Golden Gate Branch Library
Wed 5 · 3:30 PMFree🇬🇧
♙Chess🎯Board games
Chess Club
Hercules Library
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Sat 8 · 1 PMFree🇬🇧
🎯Board games
Mah Jongg Guided Play
Martinez Library
Sat 8 · 1 PMFree🇬🇧
🎯Board games
Family Game Day
El Sobrante Library
Sun 9 · 1:30 PMFree🇪🇸
🎯Board games
Juegos de Mesa para Familia | Family Board Game Day
César E. Chávez Branch Library
Wed 12 · 2 PMFree🇬🇧
🎯Board games👾Video games
T(w)een Game Night
Ygnacio Valley Library
Fri 14 · 4 PMFree🇬🇧
🎯Board games
Teen Tabletop Gaming at Dimond
Dimond Branch Library
Sat 15 · 11:30 AMFree🇬🇧
🏆Tournament🎯Board games
BDG August RTT
Black Diamond Games
Sat 15 · 1 PMFree🇬🇧
🎯Board games
Teen Magic: the Gathering™ Play Group
El Cerrito Library
Mon 17 · 1 PMFree🇬🇧
🎨Creative workshop👾Video games6–18 yrs
Maker Monday: Gamer Monday
Brisbane Library
Tue 18 · 6 PMFree🇬🇧
🎉Club❓Quiz
Low-Key Data Happy Hour - San Francisco
Hawthorn SF Nightclub and Lounge
Wed 19 · 3 PMFree🇬🇧
👾Video games🎒Students
Teen Gaming at Dimond
Dimond Branch Library
Wed 19 · 4 PMFree🇬🇧
🎨Creative workshop🎯Board games
Games Galore
Walnut Creek Library
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Thu 20 · 3:30 PMFree🇬🇧
♙Chess🎒Students
Eastmont Chess Club
Eastmont Branch Library
Sat 22 · 1 PMFree🇬🇧
🐉Tabletop RPG🎯Board games
Teen Dungeons & Dragons Club
El Cerrito Library
Wed 2 Sep · 2 PMFree🇬🇧
🎯Board games
T(w)een Game Night
Ygnacio Valley Library
Sat 19 Sep · 1 PMFree🇬🇧
🎯Board games
Teen Magic: the Gathering™ Play Group
El Cerrito Library
Sat 26 Sep · 1 PMFree🇬🇧
🐉Tabletop RPG🎯Board games
Teen Dungeons & Dragons Club
El Cerrito Library
Mon 28 Sep · 2:45 PMFree🇬🇧
🎨Creative workshop🎯Board games
Teen Drop-In
Pleasant Hill Library
Thu 1 Oct · 3:45 PMFree🇬🇧
👾Video games
Game On
Albany Library
See also in Berkeley for free
At 7 PM
🤘Metal🎸Rock
Six Feet Under @ Cornerstone
Cornerstone
Tomorrow · 8 PM
🎷Jazz🎫Concert
Moonchild @ UC Theatre
UC Theatre
Fri 31 · 5 PM
🎸Rock🎸Jam / Open mic
Melvin Seals & JGB with Dark Star Orchestra 2026 @ Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley
Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley
Thu 30 · 1 PMFree
🎸Jam / Open mic
Beginner Guitar Meet-up
Albany Library
Sun 16 · 3 PMFree
🎷Jazz🌐World
Jazz on Sunday in the Park
Doyle Hollis Park
Sun 2 · 2:30 PMFree
🎷Jazz🪕Folk / Acoustic
Jazz on Sunday
Golden Gate Branch Library
Tomorrow · 6 PMFree
💜Soul / Funk🎫Concert
Soul 4Kidz
Piedmont Avenue Branch Library
Wed 5 · 8 PM
🎸Rock🎉Club
False Figure @ Thee Stork Club
Thee Stork Club
Wed 5 · 7 PM
🎸Rock🤘Metal
Poppy @ Fox Theater
Fox Theater
Thu 6 · 7:30 PM
💜Soul / Funk🎤R&B
Jill Scott @ Paramount Theatre
Paramount Theatre
Fri 14 · 9 PM$11,50
🔊Techno🏠House
2dhalia, Jcore, Jmo Corleone, Pulse Finder, Soulox, Soeneido
Tamarack
Fri 31 · 5 AM
🌀Ecstatic dance
Breathe, Move, Play: Love Yourself and Be Resilient
Sweat Your Prayers with Qibei — Berkeley
Fri 31 · 10 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
Han: Fusion Fridays
Han
Wed 19 · 10 PM$17–30
🎉Club💿DJ set
Berkeley Welcome Week Rave
Club Cali
At 10 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
Taco Tuesday Party
Kip's
Tomorrow · 7:30 PM
🪗Folk ball🌳Outdoors
Berkeley Contra or English Dance
Christ Church Berkeley
Fri 31 · 7:30 PM$20
🌀Ecstatic dance☀️Open air
Freestyle Fridays / Berkeley Ecstatic Dance
Freestyle Fridays / Berkeley Ecstatic Dance
Fri 21 · 8 PM
🎊Village dance🪕Folk / Acoustic
East Bay Square Dance (SF Bay Area)
Hillside Club
Sat 8 · 9 PM$10–22
🎉Club🕺Disco
Five Finger Disco: The Making of Diva - 3 Year Anniversary w/ Charles Hawthorne & Detour Productions
White Horse Inn
Sat 1 · 8 PM$15
🎤Hip-Hop🔬Experimental
f.Mph + Pateka + Dibiase
Ivy Room
Tomorrow$25
🌀Ecstatic dance🧘Wellness
Ecstatic Dance Oakland ~ Wednesdays
Ecstatic Dance Oakland ~ Wednesdays
Thu 30 · 5 AM
🌀Ecstatic dance
InterPlay For Men (drop-in)
Second Saturday Leader Showcase — Oakland
Fri 31 · 5:30 PMFree
🎫Concert
Days Like This
Lake Merritt Pergola
Fri 31 · 9 PM
🎉Club🔊Techno
X-Rave: Michael Leathers, Puppy Chow, Damented, Viciios, Starfvcd, RCO
Continental Club
Sat 1 · 10 PM
🔊Techno💿DJ set
PSFYTECH IMMERSION
Continental Club
Sat 8 · 9 PM$22,99
🎉Club🔊Techno
Intensity IV: Here To Stay w/ 3bveritas, Gizmo, hope, Cannibal Tex, Eviemoon, Rio Sky
9lives
Sat 22 · 2 PM
🎉Club🎒Students
Oakland School for the Arts’ C/O 2016 Reunion
Oakland School for the Arts
Thu 30 · 5:30 PMFree
💿DJ set
Music & Mocktails with KALW 91.7 FM DJ Maria Yates
Main Library
Fri 7 · 10 PM
🏠House💿DJ set
Jus Dance
Cardiff Lounge
Sun 9 · 4 PM$12,40–60,33
🎉Club💿DJ set
Ultradia 001: TF Marz, Swomp, Nayan, Ratchealbeats, Eklektik, Trippy Hippy
7th West
Sun 9 · 4 PM
🔊Techno💿DJ set
ULTRADIA
7th West
Fri 14 · 9 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
LOTEK
Tamarack
Fri 31 · 7 PM$10–30
🌊Contemporary🎭Shows
What carries; a dance piece on collective grief
East Bay Hills
Sat 15 · 7 PM$20
🎤Stand-up
Monkey Business
Monkey House
Sat 1
🎭Theatre
Orpheus Descending
Oakland Theater Project
Sat 1 · 10 AM$25
🎤Stand-up
Comedy Oakland at Elbo Room Sat Aug 1 7pm
Elbo Room Jack London
Thu 6 · 8 PM$25
🎤Stand-up
Comedy Oakland at Elbo Room Thu Aug 6 8pm
Elbo Room Jack London
Fri 7 · 10:30 AM$25
🎤Stand-up
Comedy Oakland at Elbo Room Fri Aug 7 7:30pm
Elbo Room Jack London
Sat 1 · 9 AM
🗣️Talk
Agentic AI Summit
Berkeley
Thu 30 · 6 PM
🗣️Talk📚Literature
How To Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear
Local Economy
Tomorrow
🖼️Exhibition📸Photography
Gestural Expressions
Slate Contemporary
At 6:30 PMFree
📚Literature📖Manga & Comics
Graphic Novel Group
Rockridge Branch Library
Thu 13 · 6 PMFree
🗣️Talk🏰Heritage
An Evening with Cafe Ohlone
El Cerrito Library
Tomorrow
🖼️Exhibition📸Photography
Leyla Pekmen + Julien Laporte: In Your Own Time
Johansson Projects
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Fri 31 · 1 PMFree
🍽️Food
A Taste of West
West Oakland Branch Library
Tue 4 · 6:30 PMFree
📚Literature🗣️Talk
One Village, One Book
Montclair Branch Library
Thu 6 · 10 PMFree
🗣️Talk
Listening Session: Ryuichi Sakamoto - Beauty
Bar Shiru
Tue 18 · 6:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk📚Literature
Lakeview Branch Book Club
Lakeview Branch Library
Tomorrow · 9:30 AMFree2.1(380)
🖼️Exhibition
Dinos Alive: An Immersive Experience in Oakland
Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts
At 1 PM
🎬Cinema🗣️Talk
Orinda Theatre's Classic Movie Matinee, hosted by Film Critic, Matías Bombal (last Tuesday of each month)
Orinda Theater
At 4:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk
English Learners Conversation Group
Orinda Library
Thu 30 · 4 PMFree
🎬Cinema
Anime Club @ Asian
Asian Branch Library
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Thu 20 · 5 PMFree
🎬Cinema
Teens: Third Thursday Theater! @Main TeenZone
Main Library TeenZone
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Venues — games in Berkeley for free
Albany Library
2 events
El Cerrito Library
4 events
Baba's House
1 event
Asian Branch Library
1 event
Dimond Branch Library
2 events
César E. Chávez Branch Library
2 events
San Pablo Library
2 events
San Francisco
7 events
Walnut Creek Library
2 events
Black Diamond Games
1 event
Ygnacio Valley Library
2 events
San Lorenzo Library
2 events
Frequently asked questions
How many games events are there in Berkeley for free?
34 coming up on Oazis.
Where can you catch games in Berkeley for free?
Notably Albany Library, El Cerrito Library and Baba's House. See the full list of venues above.