sunday/10
Matisyahu free concert. Hip-hop and rock performance, with guest Nadim Azzam. Sponsored by Berkeley Hillel and Jewish Student Union. At Lower Sproul Plaza, U.C. Berkeley. 7 p.m. Free. www.berkeleyhillel.org
monday/11
“Singing and Dreaming Together.” Workshop on piyyut (Hebrew liturgical singing) with Israeli hazzan and musician Yair Harel. At Congregation Sha’ar Zahav, 290 Dolores St., S.F. 7 p.m. $10. www.tinyurl.com/singdream2016
saturday/16
Listen and learn. The prolific and political folk guitarist-songwriter Dan Bern will be performing in Berkeley with local opening act Melita and Isaac Zones. And for those who like making music as much as listening to it, Bern also will host a songwriting workshop for aspiring musicians at all levels.
7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 16 at Urban Adamah, 1050 Parker St., Berkeley. $15-$20, canned goods donations welcome. Songwriting workshop 10 a.m. Sunday, April 17. $45. www.urbanadamah.org
Spring Sing. Performance of Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino and English songs by Achi Ben Shalom and Nigunim Chorus. At JCC East Bay, 1414 Walnut St., Berkeley. 7 p.m. $10. www.jcceastbay.org