attend our award-winning

Life-Saving Events

We host several events each year that bring the community together to celebrate our love of animals! And get them adopted!

drink beer. save animals.

Saturday, June 7, 2025

The award-winning Pints for Paws® returns for the 11th year on Saturday June 7, 2025! Join our animal-loving community to celebrate saving the lives of shelter animals.

Bark (& Meow) Around the Block

Saturday, August 23, 2025

Berkeley Humane’s annual adopt-a-thon and family-friendly street fair will feature countless dogs and cats available for adoption from all over the Bay Area! Join us for live music, food bites, a beer garden, and good times with our vibrant, animal-loving community.

apawcalypse

Saturday, October 26, 2024

Adoption Fees “ghosted” (a.k.a. 100% waived) at this Halloween adoption event! Wicked cute shelter animals will be in costumes. Don’t miss this perfect chance to add an MVP to your aPAWcalypse survival team!

make a dog's day

Sunday, October 22, 2023

Join Berkeley Humane and Subaru on Sunday October 22nd for a whole day of webinars that will Make Your Dog’s Day! All webinars are free but registration is required. We can’t imagine a better way to celebrate your BFF (best furry friend)!

doggy pride parade

sunday, june 30, 2024

Join us on Sunday, June 30th for a fun Pride Parade in West Berkeley! Dogs and their families will walk, wiggle, dance, and sashay around the block to celebrate love!

stories from beyond the shelter

Friday, October 15, 2021 | 6–7PM

Best in Show — Stories from Beyond the Shelter is a storytelling event that celebrates the rescue pets who fill our lives with love. Each year, three storytelling finalists read their stories at this heartwarming event, with the winner crowned “Best in Show”.

Best in Show 2021 will be joined by Pulitzer Prize winning author Jennifer Egan, author and radio host of KQED’s Forum, Dr. Michael Krasny, and Diane Dwyer, TV personality and two-time Emmy® award winner for journalism.

walk your dog.

earn $10,000 to save shelter animals!

Just walk with your pup (or particularly courageous cat) between 3/15–5/31 and you can help Berkeley Humane earn $10,000 in donations!

Questions? Visit our FAQs page.

Upcoming events

*Event dates and details subject to change.

Every Saturday — Mobile walk-In adoptions at our Solano Thrift Shop!
First Sunday each month — Free Pet Food Pantry!
Saturday, March 29, 2025 — Our Spay the Bay low-cost vaccine clinic returns!
Saturday, June 7, 2025 — Join us for Pints For Paws®, voted the best fundraising event in the East Bay!
Saturday, August 23, 2025 — Adopt your new best friend at our annual adopt-a-thon Bark (& Meow) Around the Block!

partner with us

Berkeley Humane is proud to partner with our animal-loving community! Opportunities include event sponsorships, raffle donations, and more.

Resource Center

Berkeley Humane’s free and low-cost programs provide food, shelter, and medical-related support to vulnerable pets and pet guardians in our community in order to keep pets and families together.