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parking tips

 
For all locations:  DO NOT leave anything valuable in your car!!!

For downtown venues (Freight, Civic Center Park, Berkeley Public Library):  Metered street parking until 6pm (enforced right up to 6pm).  

The Center Street garage (entrance on Addison Street) is the closest parking garage to the Freight, but other downtown garages may have cheaper rates.  Click HERE for a map of other downtown Berkeley parking lots. You can also find free on-street parking (2 hour limit Monday-Friday until 6pm) in residential areas below Martin Luther King and north of University.

For additional downtown parking and transit information, see:

https://thefreight.org/visit/

https://www.berkeleyrep.org/tickets/plan-your-visit/

https://www.downtownberkeley.com/visit/

Driving Directions and Parking Info at ashkenaz.com

 

 

lodging

 

NOTE:  This info may be outdated!  It may be cheaper to rent via VRBO or Airbnb. 

Need a place to stay?

Aiden by Best Western @ Berkeley 

1499 University Avenue, Berkeley, California 94702  (510) 898-2650

Holiday Inn Express

1175 University Ave, Berkeley, CA 94702  (510) 548-1700

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OUR FUNDERS:  We greatly appreciate the generous support of Sage Foundation, Berkeley Civic Arts Commission; Sam Britton; Alameda County Art Commission; and Bill Graham Memorial Foundation. 

Thanks also to our nonprofit sponsors:   Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center, KPFA-FM, and the California Bluegrass Association

 

Extra-special thanks to our Valiant Volunteer Coordinator, Lael Sigal, and of course to all our volunteers – they make the BOTMC possible!

 

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