History Events in Berkeley

Check out happening history events all around Berkeley, CA

39th Annual Berkeley Juneteenth Festival

Sun, 21 Jun at 11:00 am ALCATRAZ @ ADELINE St, Berkeley, CA

Hope is a Time Traveler: Globalist Pasts & Potentials

Sat, 30 May at 07:30 pm The Freight USD 22 to 127

QT+ Gala 2026

Sat, 11 Apr at 04:00 pm Pauley Ballroom Free

2026 Wildavsky Lecture: Jens Ludwig

Fri, 10 Apr at 04:00 pm Banatao Auditorium Free

The Explorers Club presents A talk with Dr. Lee Berger

Mon, 08 Jun at 07:00 pm The Hillside Club USD 29 to 34

Sanctuary and Surviving Eras of Racial Terror

Fri, 17 Apr at 08:00 am UC Berkeley School of Law Free

Anti-Asian Racism, Labor, and Capital

Fri, 24 Apr at 12:00 pm Center for Labor Research and Education (Labor Center) Free

Lights, Camera, Action: Old Hollywood

Sun, 19 Apr at 06:30 pm Alumni House - UC Berkeley Campus Free

When We Win: Reclaiming Indigenous Language and Land

Tue, 21 Apr at 07:30 pm La Peña Cultural Center USD 5 to 28

UC Berkeley Hitchcock Lecture with Jules Gill-Peterson

Thu, 30 Apr at 05:30 pm Eugene Jarvis Auditorium, Grimes Engineering Center — UC Berkeley Campus Free

UC Berkeley Tanner Lecture: Christopher Clark on The Moment of Decision

Mon, 04 May at 04:10 pm Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall - UC Berkeley Campus Free

City of Berkeley 23rd Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Program

Sun, 12 Apr at 11:00 am Downtown Berkeley Free

“Nut Hill” and the Aftermath of the 1923 Berkeley Fire

Sat, 18 Apr at 10:00 am Hillside Club USD 55

Berkeley, Protest and the Sixties Walking Tour

Sat, 30 May at 10:00 am Mario Savio Steps Free

Preserving Ancestral Knowledge as BIPOC Writers

Sat, 30 May at 01:30 pm The Brower Center, Tamalpais Room USD 0 to 27

Berkeley High School Class of 1981 Reunion

Fri, 21 Aug at 04:00 pm Cornerstone - CA

Story Quilts: Inspired by Faith Ringgold and the Quilters of Gee’s Bend

Mon, 13 Apr at 04:30 pm West Berkeley Family Wellness Center, Sixth Street, Berkeley, CA, USA Free

Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford with Editor Peter Y. Sussman

Wed, 06 May at 07:00 pm Berkeley City Club USD 5 to 10

Annapurna: A Generational Legacy

Wed, 22 Apr at 09:00 am Berkeley USD 30 to 60

N.T. McQueen's NEVER HIDE FROM THE DEVIL In-Store Event For Teens

Fri, 29 May at 06:30 pm Mrs Dalloway's Free

Yom HaShoah: Tales from a Survivor's Descendant

Tue, 14 Apr at 06:30 pm JCC East Bay Free

North Berkeley Different

Thu, 11 Jun at 10:00 am Berkeley Public Library - North Branch Free

SIGCIS 2026: Known Error

Wed, 17 Jun at 12:30 pm School of Information, Berkeley, CA USD 0 to 200

Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour

Sat, 31 Jan at 10:00 am Downtown Berkeley, California (just a block away from BART) USD 13 to 25