Matteo Montanari and Rocco Malagoli are two passionate musicians from Italy with worldwide performing experience; seeking always to discover new musical ideas in the world and new environments to convey the inspiration classical music gives us every day. Their travels have brought them through San Francisco, occasioning this impromptu addition to the bookshop’s concert schedule. Both…

Poet David Watts reads his work. Joined by members of the “Poets on Parnassus” workshop: Jenny Qi - Bill Vlach - Sarah Paris - Laura Moore. An open mic follows. POETS! every first and third Monday night Jerry Ferraz, m.c.

Ed Ivey hit town in the punk era with the Rhythm Pigs out of Austin, Texas. Now he’s a bandleader and padrone of the North Beach scene and its satellites… as well as a booker, erstwhile club owner (50 Mason Social Club), jam session leader (Swig and the Lucky Horseshoe) and restauranteur (Soluna across from…

Dmitri Matheny, flugelhorn Matt Clark, piano Perry Thoorsell, bass Mark Lee, drums On April 15th, Dmitri Matheny concludes a five-date swing through major Bay Area venues with a performance at Bird & Beckett of material from his 2016 release JAZZ NOIR. Dmitri Matheny, born in Nashville in 1965, became proficient on trumpet during his teens…

Delta blues juggernaut! Joshua Howell, guitar, harmonica, vocals Joe Kyle, Jr., bass Pete Devine, drums  

Tenor titan Joe Cohen leads dates all over town with a revolving cast of spectacularly talented local jazz musicians — it’s The Joe Cohen Show!  At Bird & Beckett this Friday, it’ll be Jeremy Lieber on piano, Ollie Dudek on bass and Mark Lee on drums. Lucky us!

Joe Goldmark , pedal steel guitar; Mitch Polzak, lead guitar and vocals; Hank Maninger, bass guitar and vocals; Kenny Owens, drums. The Seducers play Bird & Beckett on the second Sunday of April and May, and then move to the first Sunday in June. Classic songs by the likes of Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, Hank…

Karina Denike, vocals Tom Griesser, sax Michael McIntosh, piano Ari Munkres, bass Randy Lee Odell, drums Swingin’ jazz that evokes the best of the cocktail world from the ’20s to the ’50s. This outfit held down the third Sunday slot at the Riptide bar out on Taraval until fire destroyed the place a couple of…