Towering figures for decades on the San Francisco jazz scene, the members of this quintet swing & bop with complete authority. A stroll in the park at Bird & Beckett tonight! Andrew Speight, alto sax Charlie McCarthy, tenor sax Greg Jacobs, piano Ari Munkres, bass Akira Tana, drums $25 cash cover charge; proof of vax,…

One of the tightest jazz combos in San Francisco, ca 2022. Years of collaborative experience in the alleys, the parks, the clubs; dozens of blazing original compositions from the pen of trumpeter/leader Noah Frank; choice classics freshly interpreted. Back on the Bird & Beckett stage. Catch their last B&B outing here. Noah Frank, trumpet Greg…

Bohemian North Beach meets Bohemian Mission District Poets Jessica Loos and Marina Lazzara, key figures in overlapping poetry communities, read their work. An open mic follows. Jerry Ferraz and Michael Koch co-host Bird & Beckett’s monthly first-Thursday poetry readings. Jessica Loos is a poet and performer who lives in San Francisco. She organizes the poetry…

Sunday 1/30 Live + Live Stream, 5:00pm $25 cash cover charge ($10-25 sliding scale) Ahkeel Mestayer Latin Jazz/AfroCuban Quintet Ahkeel Mestayer, percussion Emilio Davilos, percussion Eric Peralta, piano Julio de la Cruz, bass Thomas Pridgen, drumset Catch our live streams on Bird & Beckett’s YouTube channel or Facebook page. Donate per the information on the screen if…

Ahkeel Mestayer, percussion Emilio Davilos, percussion Eric Peralta, piano Julio de la Cruz, bass Thomas Pridgen, drumset Call for reservations (415) 586-3733. Audience capacity – 20. $25 cash cover charge (sliding scale, pay what you can). proof of vaccination and masks, please BYOB live streamed on Facebook and YouTube Doors open at 4:45pm for the…

listen up! this is not your everyday jazz! Doors open at  7:20 for the 7:30 show. Audience capacity – 20. Call for reservations (415) 586-3733. Also viewable live streamed on the Bird & Beckett Facebook page or YouTube channel. Your donations are appreciated to help us meet the band’s guarantee. They must eat and pay San Francisco…

Spend an hour at Bird & Beckett this Thursday evening with Byron Spooner as he reads excerpts from his new book of stories, Rounding Up a Bison, and engages in idle banter & litjabber with interlocutor and long-time friend Robert Mailer Anderson. BYOB. No charge, though you might want to buy Byron’s book once you’ve…

Jinx, a virtuoso of rockabilly, surf and jazz guitar, returns to Bird & Beckett with a trio for an evening of jazz and instrumental exotica, as heard on his cd, “Jinx Jones Trio Live,” recorded where? Recorded here, at Bird & Beckett some years ago. Jinx’s jazz ages well with time. Come share the room…

Drummer Tony Johnson leads a quartet on the 4th Friday of each month Tonight: Bob Kenmotsu, tenor sax Keith Saunders, piano Eric Markowitz, bass Tony Johnson, drums Doors open at  7:20 for the 7:30 show. Audience capacity – 20. Call for reservations (415) 586-3733. Also viewable live streamed on the Bird & Beckett Facebook page or YouTube…

Thursday, January 27 7:30pm Live streamed only Catch the live stream on Bird & Beckett’s YouTube channel or Facebook page. Walker Brents III on the Many Masks of William Everson, a.k.a. Brother Antoninus. A plowman, a rake, a conscientious objector, a printing press craftsman, a mad mystic monk, a Dionysian beat poet, a saintly teacher of creative…