# Small Music Venues in Berkeley, CA

As of November 2026, No Stairs Please tracks 19 open small music venues and clubs under 500 capacity in Berkeley, California. These local stages include 13 rooms with known capacity under 500, 12 venues with verified talent-booking contacts, and 16 rooms with active 90-day show schedules out of 30 total venues in town.

## Directory coverage

- Canonical URL: https://nostairsplease.com/venues/ca/berkeley/small-music-venues
- Open venues matching this hub: 19
- Rooms up to 500 capacity: 13
- Bars and breweries with live music: 4
- Venues with researched talent booking contacts: 12
- Venues with dated shows in the 90-day window: 16

## Featured venues

| Venue | City | Category | Capacity | 90-day show days |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/freight-salvage-coffeehouse-berkeley-ca) | Berkeley, CA | Music venue | 490 | 58 |
| [Cornerstone Craft Beer & Live Music](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/cornerstone-craft-beer-live-music-berkeley-ca) | Berkeley, CA | Music venue | n/a | 46 |
| [The UC Theatre Taube Family Music Hall](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/the-uc-theatre-taube-family-music-hall-berkeley-ca) | Berkeley, CA | Music venue | 1,400 | 27 |
| [The Back Room](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/the-back-room-berkeley-ca) | Berkeley, CA | Music venue | 100 | 21 |
| [Hardymon Hall @ The Jazzschool](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/hardymon-hall-the-jazzschool-berkeley-ca) | Berkeley, CA | Music venue | n/a | 17 |
| [Hillside Club](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/hillside-club-berkeley-ca) | Berkeley, CA | Music venue | 100 | 16 |
| [The Starry Plough Pub](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/the-starry-plough-pub-berkeley-ca) | Berkeley, CA | Bar & pub | 250 | 13 |
| [California Jazz Conservatory](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/california-jazz-conservatory-berkeley-ca) | Berkeley, CA | Music venue | n/a | 7 |
| [Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/ashkenaz-music-dance-community-center-berkeley-ca) | Berkeley, CA | Hall & arts center | 150 | 5 |
| [La Peña Cultural Center](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/la-pe-a-cultural-center-berkeley-ca) | Berkeley, CA | Hall & arts center | 200 | 5 |
| [Tupper and Reed](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/tupper-and-reed-berkeley-ca) | Berkeley, CA | Bar & pub | 185 | 3 |
| [UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/uc-botanical-garden-at-berkeley-berkeley-ca) | Berkeley, CA | Outdoor stage | 200 | 3 |
| [Amoeba Music](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/amoeba-music-berkeley-ca) | Berkeley, CA | Music venue | n/a | 1 |
| [Cellarmaker Brewing Co.](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/cellarmaker-brewing-co-berkeley-ca) | Berkeley, CA | Brewery & taproom | 250 | 1 |
| [Fifth Street Farms](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/fifth-street-farms-berkeley-ca) | Berkeley, CA | Listening room | n/a | 1 |
| [Jupiter](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/jupiter-berkeley-ca) | Berkeley, CA | Brewery & taproom | 75 | 1 |
| [Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/berkeley-fellowship-of-unitarian-universalists-berkeley-ca) | Berkeley, CA | Church | 175 | 0 |
| [Brooklyn Sound Lab](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/brooklyn-sound-lab-berkeley-ca) | Berkeley, CA | Music venue | 30 | 0 |
| [The Monkey House](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/the-monkey-house-berkeley-ca) | Berkeley, CA | Hall & arts center | 55 | 0 |

## Category views

- [Small music venues](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/ca/berkeley/small-music-venues) with 19 venues
- [Bars with live music](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/ca/berkeley/bars-with-live-music) with 6 venues
- [Open mics](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/ca/berkeley/open-mics) with 8 venues

## Related locations

- [Albany](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/ca/albany) with 6 venues
- [Emeryville](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/ca/emeryville) with 5 venues
- [Oakland](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/ca/oakland) with 45 venues
- [Orinda](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/ca/orinda) with 4 venues
- [Alameda](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/ca/alameda) with 14 venues
- [Tiburon](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/ca/tiburon) with 3 venues
- [San Francisco](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/ca/san-francisco) with 134 venues
- [Sausalito](https://nostairsplease.com/venues/ca/sausalito) with 7 venues