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FEBRUARY CALENDAR MARCH 2009 APRIL CALENDAR
March 1

Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen


traditional & original folk

$18.50 in adv/
$19.50 at door
March 2

closed




March 3

Freight Open Mic


pay your dues, play & schmooze

$4.50 in adv/
$5.50 at door
March 4

Lúnasa


innovative, exhilarating Irish quintet

$22.50 in adv/
$23.50 at door
March 5

closed




March 6

City Folk


contemporary folk trio reunited

$18.50 in adv/
$19.50 at door
March 7

Steve Meckfessel


soulful,jazz-tinged singer-songwriter’s CD release show

WE ARE SOLD OUT OF ADVANCE TICKETS FOR THIS SHOW
March 8

closed




March 9

closed




March 10

Freight Open Mic


eager performers & curious connoisseurs welcome

$4.50 in adv/
$5.50 at door
March 11

Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas


brilliant violin & cello duo brings a fresh sound to the Scottish tradition

$22.50 in adv/
$23.50 at door
March 12

Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas


brilliant violin & cello duo brings a fresh sound to the Scottish tradition

$22.50 in adv/
$23.50 at door
March 13

Geoff Muldaur


master of American home grown music

$18.50 in adv/
$19.50 at door
March 14

Susan Werner


jazz tinged originals with melodic elegance, urbane romanticism and sly, sexy wit

$22.50 in adv/
$23.50 at door
March 15

3 P.M. show
Berkeley High School Alumni Jazz All-Stars


Peter Apfelbaum, Rodney Franklin, Steven Bernstein, Jessica Jones, Kito Gamble, Dave Ellis, Hitomi Oba, Dayna Stephens, and others

honoring band director and teacher Charles Hamilton and his 27 years of service

at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School Auditorium, 1781 Rose Street

$24.50 in adv/
$25.50 at door
March 16

closed




March 17

Black Brothers


celebrate St. Patrick's day with two voices from Ireland's first family of song

WE ARE SOLD OUT OF ADVANCE TICKETS FOR THIS SHOW
March 18

Martha Scanlan


innovative haunting vocals, poetic imagery, soulful old-time roots

$18.50 in adv/
$19.50 at door
March 19

Todalo Shakers


vintage jug band blues and old time rags

$18.50 in adv/
$19.50 at door
March 20

Patrick Ball


music & story from charismatic Celtic harper

$18.50 in adv/
$19.50 at door
March 21

Melanie O'Reilly & Ashling


spellbinding, uplifting music from a true innovator enriched by the ancient spirit of Ireland

$18.50 in adv/
$19.50 at door
March 22

Mac Martin & the California Travelers


legendary bluegrass pioneer from central Appalachia

$18.50 in adv/
$19.50 at door
March 23

West Coast Songwriters Competition


professionally judged original songs contest

$5.00 in adv.
or at door
March 24

Freight Open Mic


ground zero of the hootenanny revival

$4.50 in adv/
$5.50 at door
March 25

Laura Cortese


catchy and original songs with unique rhythmic fiddle accompaniment

$18.50 in adv/
$19.50 at door
March 26

Anais Mitchell


fresh & engaging singer-songwriter

$18.50 in adv/
$19.50 at door
March 27

Claudia Schmidt


folk music's front-line ambassador of wonder

$18.50 in adv/
$19.50 at door
March 28

Take the Stage


band workshop performance

$8.50 in adv/
$9.50 at door
March 29

Jewish Music Festival Family Music Day

11-6 @ JCCEB


Duck Baker

solo jazz guitar from Jelly Roll Morton to John Coltrane

$18.50 in adv/
$19.50 at door
March 30

CLASSICAL AT THE FREIGHT Mendelssohn Octet


an informal and invigorating evening of chamber music, with Ben Simon, host

$8.50 in adv/
$9.50 at door
March 31

Freight Open Mic


the Bay Area's premier open stage event

$4.50 in adv/
$5.50 at door


Workshops & Classes


Bluegrass Slow Jam
1 pm - 4 pm
every 2nd & 4th Sundays


The Art & Craft of Songwriting w/ Jim Bruno
starting March 4


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