Red Room at Cafe 939 is a state-of-the-art, all-ages, student-run music venue and coffee house. Located at 939 Boylston Street, the 200-person capacity concert venue showcases Berklee's emerging student talent, local artists, as well as national acts seeking a more intimate, personal space in which to perform and connect with their fans.
Poetry and Prose poster
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The Staged Reading Ensemble presents selections from Poetry & Prose, a new musical by composer, librettist, and Boston Conservatory faculty member Katya Stanislavskaya. Hosted by The Berklee Theater Arts Collaborative (BTAC).
Slovenian accordionist Jakob Kobal presents his senior recital. He will be performing acoustic music across classical, tango, jazz, Latin, and folk genres, along with his own arrangements and compositions.
Join the Berklee Theater Arts Collaborative for an evening of original works, directed and produced by Lydia Harrell, Michael Harris, and Rene Pfister. This special night showcases the creativity and artistry of Berklee students through brand-new performances crafted for the stage.
Sought-after collaborator and Grammy Award–winning pianist Bill Laurance has built a career blending genres of music that seem to exist at stylistic polar opposites.
Olivia Barton is a singer-songwriter from Orlando, Florida, whose indie folk rock songs recall the honesty of Phoebe Bridgers and the layered harmonies of the Staves. Special guest Grace Gardner is bringing their iconic, boundary-pushing blend of soft rock, indie, and folk.
In conjunction with the Red Room at Cafe 939, the Songwriting Department proudly presents BOOM (Berklee Original Open Mic), an open mic event for Berklee songwriters.
Pianist and composer Andrés Barrios, recently nominated for the 2025 Latin Grammy Awards, will perform alongside acclaimed flamenco dancer Nino de los Reyes in a special event that brings their artistry together on one stage. This performance blends flamenco, jazz, and contemporary music, creating a vibrant dialogue between piano and dance that showcases both tradition and innovation.
This event is presented in collaboration with Festival Paco de Lucía Mallorca, which has the institutional support of the Paco de Lucía Foundation, together with Berklee Global, and is part of the Festival Paco de Lucía Mallorca Young Talents Scholarship initiative.
Greg Freeman finds emotional catharsis and modern resonance in the eccentric ugliness of the past. His songs are rooted in a vivid sense of place, propelled by urgent delivery and evocative lyricism that mine history for tales of violence, loss, and revelation. Trio Golombkicks off the night.
Berklee in the Round takes place on the second Tuesday of each month. Inspired by the in-the-round performances at the famous Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, Tennessee, the event features up to five Berklee songwriters seated in a circle as they take turns playing songs.
