How Berkeley Can You Be?! Parade & Festival

Sun, Sep 25
11:00am-5:00pm
FREE

Come and help Berkeley celebrate itself in one of the most colorful, =

irreverent, free, and fun events on the west coast. The Tenth Annual =

"How Berkeley Can You Be?" Parade starts at the corner of California =

and University Avenue and proceeds up University Avenue to Shattuck, =

turns right on Shattuck to Center Street and then goes down Center =

Street two blocks, where it ends in Civic Center Park. Anywhere along =

that route is a fine place to watch the parade. Floats, bands, art =

cars, dancers, marching bands, art bikes, wacky rides, civic =

organizations, protesters (and protesters protesting them), animals, =

aliens, and who knows what???

Traffic on University Avenue is restricted so please take public =

transportation. The downtown Berkeley Bart station is on the parade =

route on Shattuck Avenue.

The Festival is the termination point for the Grand Parade at Civic =

Center Park, (Martin Luther King Park). Included in the Festival is =

an outdoor stage with wonderful live music and dance, a beer garden, =

food and drink booths, crafts, non-profits, and children's =

activities. This year's stage features an amazing lineup including:

ALBINO! (heavy heavy afrobeat) www.albinoband.com
Gun and Doll Show (Cirque du Chevrolet) www.gunanddollshow.com
=A1Lo Cura! (reggalicious flamenkito) locuramusic.us
Inspector Double Negative & The Equal Positives (Modern Hop Indigi- =

Noise) www.koolkyle.com

Join the fun - be as Berkeley as you can be! And yes, it is *very* =

Berkeley to say you're totally not Berkeley!

Venue:

Downtown Berkeley
Parade: University & California, Festival: Civic Center Park
Berkeley
510-644-2204
http://howberkeleycanyoube.com

The Parade kicks off at the intersection of California and University =

Avenue, Berkeley. The Festival is the termination point for the =

Grand Parade Civic Center Park, (Martin Luther King Park), in between =

Martin Luther King Way and Milvia, Center and Allston Way, in the =

heart of downtown Berkeley.

Additional Info:

510-644-2204
http://howberkeleycanyoube.com