Bird & Beckett started in business in May of 1999… and in October of 2002, 13+ years ago, we started presenting live jazz every single Friday evening after work. We’re still doing it, and more… but every so often the necktie gets a little tight — you all know how it is… So, on Friday,…

Please attend an informational meeting at Bird & Beckett with Amy Farah Weiss of the Saint Francis Homelessness Challenge She will address: •  what can be done to achieve secure sleep, hygienic toileting and services for San Francisco’s unhoused neighbors •  the innovations already being put into play •  the public policies that can make a difference. 7,000 people live on…

Gerard Sarnat reads from Melting the Ice King, his fourth collection of poems; over 75 of these poems have been published in various magazines. His first was Homeless Chronicles: From Abraham to Burning Man (2010). He has been a professor at Stanford Medical School and has built and staffed clinics for the marginalized and homeless….

  The GG Amos Band with Greg Sankovich on keyboards and Randy Odell on drums takes the stage this Sunday in our Canyon Moonlight series… Guitarist / Vocalist GG Amos is an artist in the West Coast Blues tradition, raised in Sacramento and now based in San Francisco. She’s honed her craft as a songwriter…

Smith Dobson breaks out the vibes for tonight’s date with Jack Tone Riordan on guitar, Miles Wick on bass and Evan Hughes on drums. Originals and Milt Jackson/Modern Jazz Quartet material will carry the day! Always a good band with Smith at the helm!  

Reed player Jerry Logas, guitarist Tom Lander and drummer Vinnie Rodriguez join bassist Don Prell for two sets of bebop-drenched music. Prell’s career in jazz began in Los Angeles in the 1950s. He subbed for Oscar Pettiford, took girlfriends away from Woody Herman, recorded and performed for several years in a quartet with Bud Shank,…

        This Sunday, Misisipi Mike Wolf & Friends perform his 2009 debut album live, for you.   Mike says, “The Cold Hard Facts of Mike” was my redemption song, and it came about very unexpectedly. After a couple of very dark years of personal turmoil I had found myself suddenly with a clear head…

Every Saturday night, Bird & Beckett undergoes the full transformation from bookshop to jazz boîte… that’s French to you… a jazz club like no other in the City that still knows how. If you haven’t been, you may scoff– but once you’ve experienced live jazz at Bird & Beckett, you’ll know it’s true. An exquisite…