A folk duo that plays with all the love in the heart, and all the plain ol’ joy and mischieviousness that the genre allows! Bird & Beckett presents this date in the fond memory of Marlene Aron!

Just a few years ago, Stephany Wilkes walked away from tech into the legs of critters like this, shears in hand! She had wondered just why she couldn’t buy locally sourced wool yarn to knit with, and next thing she knew she was diving deep into all things sheep. Shearing was (to her) just the…

The Jazz Philanthropists Union presents… at Bird & Beckett’s Saturday night jazz club! when lights are low… November 17, 2018 – 7:30-10pm Three young cats and a grizzled jazz veteran: The Kai Lyons Quartet Kai Lyons, guitar Parker Grant, piano Robb Fisher, bass Brandon Etzler, drums This quartet has been working together weekly for the…

Ambient music while you browse the books… in the weekly series featuring and curated by Andre Custodio. The Audible Method series concludes today with solo sets and a collaboration by LX Rudis and Andre.   LX Rudis solo set and collaboration with series curator Andre Custodio on 11/17. More info and a sound clip here:…

A very special show tonight, as John Calloway — jazz flautist and composer, latin jazz specialist, former SF Arts Commissioner and a deeply respected educator — will front an ensemble featuring several former members of the Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble of San Francisco (LJYE) who are now playing professionally in the Bay Area. Formed in 2001 by Arturo…

Saxophonist David Boyce and guitarist Scott Foster have developed a knack for fantastic musical interaction when it’s just the two of them on the bandstand. Tonight, they’ll carry their dialog further and deeper. $10-15 suggested donation. $5-10 for students / musicians / low income.

2nd year! The new kids in town meet the founding crew! Students in the SF Conservatory of Music’s “Roots, Jazz & American Music” BMUS degree program host their peers from Bay Area colleges and high schools. The program was founded just last year, and the first crop of brilliant musicians, who arrived on the scene…

Joe Goldmark, pedal steel guitar Mitch Polzak, lead guitar and vocals Hank Maninger, bass guitar and vocals Kenny Owen, drums

Michael Zisman, mandolin; Jason Vanderford and Scott Foster, guitars;Joe Kyle, Jr., bass. Certainly the darlings of all San Franciscans who’ve ever witnessed their family ruckus at the Deluxe, the Americano Social Club is led by Michael Zisman on mandolin and features guitarists Jason Vanderford and Scott Foster and bassist Joe Kyle, Jr.   They play music for…

$25 cover charge. $10 for students, musicians, low income. Jeff Sanford leads a madcap batch of nine fine musicians through the music of Raymond Scott, John Kirby and other geniuses of mid-20th century classical cartoon compositions — with some works that spring from more modern-day classics as well! Presented by the Jazz Philanthropists Union and the Bird…