Rock in Berkeley on a budget
24 upcoming events
Get rock in Berkeley on a budget in your weekly roundup.
Oazis lists 24 rock events in Berkeley on a budget, pulled from ticket sites and venue calendars, then sorted by hand.
Right now, most of the action is around Cornerstone, Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley and Fox Theater.
Events — rock in Berkeley on a budget
Wed22
Tomorrow
1 event
Fri24
Friday 24 July
1 event
Sat25
Saturday 25 July
1 event
Later
21 events
Wed 29 · 7 PM13.6 €🇬🇧
🎸Rock🌙Indie
FIRST NAME BASIS + NO PICTURE + 100% JENNIFER
The Knockout
Fri 31 · 9 PM11.33 €🇬🇧
⚡Punk🎸Rock
THE INK BATS (OAKLAND) + EASTERN VAMP + CULT STRANGE + DARK SPARKLE
The Knockout
Sat 1 · 5 PM11.33 €🇬🇧
🌙Indie🎸Rock
Matinee Show : The Framers (Santa Barbara) + Lizzie Waters + Max Davis
The Knockout
Sun 2 · 5 PM11.33 €🇬🇧
🎸Rock🪕Folk / Acoustic
Matinée Show : The Lolly Bombs featuring Michael Ivins from The Flaming Lips + Otioxi + The Husbands
The Knockout
Fri 7 · 8 PM11.33 €🇬🇧
🌙Indie⚡Punk
FIGURE EIGHT (OAKLAND) + MOP + STARBELLIED BUG + DJ LETHARGY + DJ MOTH
The Knockout
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Fri 7 · 9 PM11.33 €🇬🇧
🎉Club💿DJ set
Music for the Masses [Dark 80s New Wave Nite] S.F
Cat Club
Sun 9 · 5 PM11.33 €🇬🇧
🌙Indie🎸Rock
MATINEE SHOW : BONITA FISHWIFE ‘THE ALBUM RELEASE TOUR’ + SWEET MARILYN + UFO BABY + SUPERCOZE
The Knockout
Wed 12 · 7 PM11.33 €🇬🇧
🎸Rock🎉Club
STONEDOG (ALAMEDA) + LUCKY BUSTERS + VINCENT GARGIULO
The Knockout
Fri 14 · 5 PM13.6 €🇬🇧
🌙Indie🎸Rock
MATINEE SHOW : ANALOG DREAM + BAYSTAR + CEDAR PARK
The Knockout
Sat 15 · 4 PM11.33 €🇬🇧
🌙Indie🎸Rock
MATINEE SHOW : MAGGIE GENTLY + EGGCORN + TWIN BLOOM + GREY CAUSEWAY
The Knockout
Sun 16 · 5 PM11.33 €🇬🇧
🌙Indie🎸Rock
MATINEE SHOW : MITCH ROCKET + MEDITATIVE SUN + SPENCER NOBLE + CALICO MOON
The Knockout
Wed 19 Aug · 7 PM13.39 €🇬🇧
🌙Indie🎸Rock
Flagman, The Great Other and Seawater
Kilowatt
Wed 19 Aug · 8 PM17 €🇬🇧
🌙Indie🎸Rock
MICK TROUBLE (NYC) + LE PAIN (LOS ANGELES) + CHILD STAR
The Knockout
Sun 23 Aug · 7 PM13.39 €🇬🇧
🌙Indie🎸Rock
Cilantro (Album Release) — starbelliedbug & Freight Train Lady
Kilowatt
Tue 25 Aug · 7 PM12–15 €🇬🇧
🌙Indie🎸Rock
Kublaii live at The Knockout with special guests The Soapbox Salute & The Revelator
The Knockout
Wed 26 Aug · 8 PM17 €🇬🇧
🌙Indie🎸Rock
Nox Novacula, The Discussion and Sympathy Flowers
Kilowatt
Fri 28 Aug · 7 PM19.06 €🇬🇧
🎸Rock🔬Experimental
Kid Congo Powers & Naim Amor
Kilowatt
Fri 28 Aug · 8 PM11.33–15 €🇬🇧
🎸Rock⚡Punk
COLONEL MACABRE + HERR GOD (PDX) + GAWSHOCK + SLOOME (MODESTO, CALIF)
The Knockout
Sat 29 Aug · 8 PM11.33 €🇬🇧
🎸Rock⚡Punk
STEPMOTHER (AUSTRALIA) + GLOWING BRAIN (OAKLAND) + HAARDVARK
The Knockout
Sun 30 Aug · 5 PM11.33 €🇬🇧
🎸Rock🎹Blues
MATINEE SHOW : THE REAL UNCLE FUNKY + WONDERLAND REJECTS + PHANTOMS FOREVER
The Knockout
Thu 17 Sep · 7 PM13.39 €🇬🇧
🌙Indie🎸Rock
LOON, Chris King & The Gutterballs and Silver Swoon
Kilowatt
See also in Berkeley on a budget
Tomorrow · 11 AM
🪗Folk ball🌳Outdoors
Berkeley Contra or English Dance
Christ Church Berkeley
Thu 23 · 9 PM
💿DJ set🏠House
J Boogie at Moonglow
Moonglow Oakland
Fri 24 · 8 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
JOTERÍA
There/There bar
Sun 26 · 10 AM$25
🌀Ecstatic dance🧘Wellness
Ecstatic Dance Oakland ~ Sundays
Ecstatic Dance Oakland ~ Wednesdays
Sat 1 · 10 PM
🔊Techno💿DJ set
PSFYTECH IMMERSION
Continental Club
Fri 24 · 11 AM
🎉Club💿DJ set
Those Who Know
Tamarack
Fri 24 · 10 PM
🎉Club🏠House
Jus Dance
Cardiff Lounge
Sun 26 · 4 AM
☀️Open air🔊Techno
Until We Meet Again l 969 Techno (Open Air)
TBA - San Francisco
Thu 30 · 5:30 PMFree
💿DJ set
Music & Mocktails with KALW 91.7 FM DJ Maria Yates
Main Library
Sat 8 · 9 PM$22.99
🎉Club🔊Techno
Intensity IV: Here To Stay w/ 3bveritas, Gizmo, hope, Cannibal Tex, Eviemoon, Rio Sky
9lives
Sun 9 · 2 PM$12.4–60.33
🎉Club💿DJ set
Ultradia 001: TF Marz, Swomp, Nayan, Ratchealbeats, Eklektik, Trippy Hippy
7th West
Sat 1 · 2 PM
🎪Street party
AAPI On The Bay: Islander Roots
Gold Bar Whiskey Distillery Tasting Room, Avenue of the Palms, San Francisco, CA, USA
Sat 15 · 7 PM
🎪Street party
South Seas Swing 2026
USS Hornet Museum
Sat 1
🎭Theatre
Orpheus Descending
Oakland Theater Project
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Mon 27 · 10:30 AMFree
🎎Puppetry
Ricky Roo and Friends Puppet Show
Main Children's Room Library
Sat 1 · 10 AM$25
🎤Stand-up
Comedy Oakland at Elbo Room Sat Aug 1 7pm
Elbo Room Jack London
Fri 7 · 8:30 PM$25
🎤Stand-up
Comedy Oakland at Quinn's Lighthouse Fri Aug 7 8:30pm
Quinn's Lighthouse
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
Sun 26 · 2 PMFree
🎬Cinema📽️Documentary
The Plastic Detox
Albany Library
Tomorrow · 4 PMFree
🍽️Food🗣️Talk
Decolonized Kitchen with educator Maribel Garcia
Golden Gate Branch Library
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Sat 25 · 12:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk📚Literature
California Writers Club
Rockridge Branch Library
Thu 30 · 6 PM
🗣️Talk📚Literature
How To Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear
Local Economy
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Tue 4 · 6 PMFree
📚Literature🗣️Talk
Plot Twists & Page Turners: A Piedmont Branch Book Club
Piedmont Avenue Branch Library
Thu 13 · 6 PMFree
🗣️Talk🏰Heritage
An Evening with Cafe Ohlone
El Cerrito Library
At 6 PMFree
🗣️Talk📚Literature
Black Authors Book Club
West Oakland Branch Library
At 6:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk📚Literature
Lakeview Branch Book Club
Lakeview Branch Library
Tue 4 · 6:30 PMFree
📚Literature🗣️Talk
One Village, One Book
Montclair Branch Library
At 4:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk
English Learners Conversation Group
Orinda Library
Thu 23 · 4 PMFree
🎬Cinema
Anime Club @ Asian
Asian Branch Library
Sat 25 · 12 PMFree
🎬Cinema📽️Documentary
American 250 Movie Screening
African American Museum and Library at Oakland
Wed 19 Aug · 6:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk📚Literature
Dimond Book Club
Dimond Branch Library
Sat 8 · 11 AMFree
📚Literature🗣️Talk
Club de Lectura en Español / Spanish Book Club
César E. Chávez Branch Library
Sat 15 · 1 PMFree
🎬Cinema
Family Movie Matinée
El Sobrante Library
At 11:30 AMFree
🗣️Talk
ESL for Parents (Babies OK!)
San Pablo Library
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Fri 24 · 2 PMFree
👾Video games
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Main Library TeenZone
Sat 8 · 5 PM
🏆Tournament🎯Board games
13 Orphans Summer Mahjong Tournament
Baba's House
Wed 29 · 2 PMFree
👾Video games🏆Tournament
Teens: Super Smash Bros FINAL Tournament at Melrose
Melrose Branch Library
At 3:45 PMFree
🎯Board games
D&D and Beyond: Tabletop Roleplaying at Albany Library
Albany Library
Wed 5 · 3 PMFree
👾Video games
Teen Gaming @ Golden Gate
Golden Gate Branch Library
Sat 25 · 1 PMFree
🐉Tabletop RPG🎯Board games
Teen Dungeons & Dragons® Club
El Cerrito Library
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Venues — rock in Berkeley on a budget
Frequently asked questions
How many rock events are there in Berkeley on a budget?
24 coming up on Oazis.
Where can you catch rock in Berkeley on a budget?
Notably Cornerstone, Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley and Fox Theater. See the full list of venues above.