653 Chenery Street
in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
1-415-586-3733
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Tuesday to Sunday
noon to six
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Friday, April 26th – 8:30-10pm
The Mike Gamble Trio with Lisa Mezzacappa
It’s always a good idea to
Friday, April 26th – 6-8pm
The 230 Jones Street Band
remembers Si Perkoff (1937-2024)
With its roots in the Friday-after-work jazz party started by veteran tenor player Chuck Peterson as a trio back in 2002, the 230 Jones Street, Local 6 Literary Jazz Band is the legacy band at Bird & Beckett. It’s been led in recent years by drummer Tony Johnson, with pianist Si Perkoff joining up a…
Thursday, April 25th – 7:30pm
Sundered Sound
A Multi-Genre SFSU Creative Arts Revue
Sundered Sound is a multi-genre event showcasing SFSU students of the arts, aiming to force music and words into collision to create fresh experiences. It’s a series dedicated to the wide range of emotions that sounds can strike. The evening will include segments by writer August Edwards; a duo comprising poet Elodie Townsend and electronic…
This weekend at Bird & Beckett, April 25 to 28…
Students frame the pros this weekend, with a cavalcade of SFSU creative arts students converging for a poetry and music revue Thursday evening and a gaggle of jazz students from SFCM celebrating the impending end of the semester Sunday evening. In between, on Friday and Saturday, we present three significant jazz concerts and a book…
Sunday, April 21st – 5-7pm
Vince Lateano Trio
Ben Stolorow, piano Peter Barshay, bass Vince Lateano, drums $20 suggested; pay what you can. b.y.o.b. Bebop to bossa. A delightful trio with a long-running third-Sunday-of-the-month residency at Bird & Beckett.
Saturday, April 20th – 7:30-9:30pm
Marco Diaz Latin Quartet
Saturday’s jazz club date, 7:30-9:30 pm, features a superb quartet on the Latin side under the leadership of Marco Diaz, piano, with bassist Steve Senft-Herrera and percussionists Julio Perez and Ahkeel Mestayer. Top players doing what they do so well. Bassist Saúl Sierra was set to lead this group, but air travel delays have him…
Friday, June 14th – 8:30-10pm
The Lost Trio, a farewell date
In 1994, thirty years ago, The Lost Trio stepped into existence with a steady gig on Thursday nights at the Rose Pistola in San Francisco’s North Beach district. A four-year stint on Sundays at Cato’s Ale House in Oakland followed. The trio has a history of touring that’s focused on the west coast, where they’ve…
Sunday, April 14th at 10a.m.
Denise Sullivan’s SFLives Live Stream
A talk with David Kubrin, author of Marxism & Witchcraft: A Marxist Theory of the Apocalypse & and Ecological Critique of Marxism
Independent reporter Denise Sullivan brings the SFLives series back to Bird & Beckett for a Sunday morning livestream. You can find it in the video screen at the top of this website, or watch it later on our YouTube channel or Facebook page. In Marxism & Witchcraft (“A Marxist Theory of the Apocalypse & and…
Walker Talks on poet Jack Spicer
Foster/Johnston/Williams redux
Marco Diaz Latin Quartet
Vince Lateano Trio
all happening April 18-21!
Next weekend kicks off early, with a Thursday 4/18, 7:30pm live stream of Walker Brents III’s monthly excursion into topics in poetry, philosophy, mythology, literature and other areas of interest… this time out considering the poet Jack Spicer and “the Quest for Meaningful Speech,” a personal response to the compelling challenge of a cryptically precise…
Monday, April 8th – 7pm
Norma Smith and Ellyseo Metcalf featured readers
at Kim Shuck’s Virtual Poets 2nd Mondays Online Reading Series – open mic follows
Kim Shuck’s B&B-sponsored online poetry series has been going strong, on Zoom and Google Meet, for several years now and attracts a broad community of poets. 2nd Mondays, Kim hosts two featured readers and conducts the open mic that follows. 4th Mondays, it’s all open mic. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84350265713?pwd=eE84V3BYdWxiSFBHNHhmdUt1WTUzdz09 Meeting ID: 843 5026 5713…