With a history spanning 41 years and counting, Berkeley, CA's Freight & Salvage is the longest running nonprofit venue for folk and traditional music west of the Mississippi. Last week (8/27-30), fans and artists of the genre came from all across the country to attend the grand opening of its new home.

The new Freight & Salvage building is now in a proper theater space with all the trimmings. The 18,000-square-foot "green" building features state of the art sound, sight lines and lighting, and also includes classrooms.

Headlining the festivities were such names as Ramblin' Jack Elliott [ tickets ], David Grisman Quintet [ tickets ], Laurie Lewis [ tickets ] & The Right Hands, Bluegrass Intentions [ tickets ], and Rick Di Dia & Aireene Espiritu, as well as fiddlers Liz Carroll [ tickets ], Darol Anger [ tickets ] and Alasdair Frazer with Natalie Haas [ tickets ].

This writer was on hand with cameras to catch some of the action, and here are the results.