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Berkeley OLD-TIME MUSIC CONVENTION SEPTEMBER 16-20, 2026 (Alice Gerrard)

September 19

Custom Made Woman
A Life in Traditional Music
by Alice Gerrard
184 pp., 102 halftones
ISBN 978-1-4696-9036-0 $30.00 cloth
Publication date: December 2, 2025
For more information: https://www.uncpress.org/book/9781469690360/custom-made-woman/

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The Berkeley Old Time Music Convention is a five day music festival featuring performances by local and national acts, a rollicking square dance, open cabaret, and the illustrious stringband contest in venues throughout Berkeley.

​The first stringband contest was held in Provo Park in 1968. It was called the 35th Annual. The following year the 17th Annual was held and 22nd Annual the year after that. These contests were put on by a loose-knit group of volunteers, musicians organizing a good time for themselves, other musicians and the public.

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Venue

  • Berkley Central Library
  • 2090 Kittredge St
    Berkeley, CA 94704 United States
  • Phone 510-981-6100
  • View Venue Website

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