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phone: 1-415-586-3733 email: [email protected]
Saturday, November 1st – 7:30-9:30pm
Martin Luther & Friends
Martin Luther, vocals Wilton Rabb, guitar Dave Council, keyboards & guitar $20 cover charge; byob. students $10. reservations, call the shop at 415-586-3733 A gifted vocalist and singer songwriter, Luther is preparing to release his fifth studio LP, “Welcome Back Love.” Two original members of Graham Central Station are on board for the show —…
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for the Devil in You
Spend your spooky Halloween at Bird & Beckett! $20 cover charge per show / byob Eric & the In Crowd get Creepy at 6pm. Eric Shifrin, piano Paul Mehling, guitar Jim Kerwin, bass Winston Tong with Dreambounders (LX Rudis & Andre Custodio) plus M 5tevens at 8:30pm.
Del Seymour with Alison Owings Thursday
On Halloween: Easifingers Shifrin plays blues for dracula at 6pm; Winston Tong with Dreambounders + M 5tevens at 8:30pm
Saturday, 7:30: Martin Luther McCoy!
10/30, 7:30pm – Del Seymour in conversation with Alison Owings, author of Mayor of the Tenderloin: Del Seymour’s Journey from Living on the Streets to Fighting Homelessness in San Francisco. _____ And on Halloween: Blues for Dracula! Eric & the In Crowd Get Creepy – 6-8pm Winston Tong with…
Thursday, October 30th – 7:30pm
Alison Owings reads from
Mayor of the Tenderloin
in conversation with Del Seymour
In Mayor of the Tenderloin: Del Seymour’s journey from living in the streets to fighting homelessness in San Francisco, journalist Alison Owings slips behind the cold statistics and sensationalism surrounding San Francisco’s Tenderloin to reveal a harrowing and life-affirming account of Del Seymour–whose addiction led him into eighteen years of homelessness, pimping and drug dealing. Once…
Wednesday, October 29th – 7:30pm
Anne Whiteside
reads from
The Moon in Splinters
Anne Whiteside’s The Moon in Splinters: Searching for Maurice Pertschuk, British Secret Agent in the French Resistance, is a moving and meticulously researched account that brings to light the extraordinary life and tragic death of British Special Operations Executive (SOE) Lieutenant Maurice Pertschuk. On a moonless night in 1942, Pertschuk, a handsome and brilliant 20-year-old…
Tuesday, October 28th – 7pm
Poet Alison Luterman – Hard Listening – with Leslie Absher
Alison Luterman reads from her new volume of poetry, Hard Listening (Wildhouse Publishing, 2025), and is joined in conversation about her work by Leslie Absher. Hard Listening focuses on women’s voices raised up in song, poetry, and activism. Spiritual teacher and writer Mirabai Starr has said, “Alison Luterman is one of my favorite poetic voices….
Saturday, October 25th – 7:30pm
Grupo Falso Baiano
Brazilian choro music from San Francisco. $20/byob. Students $10. Grupo Falso Baiano. Catia Machado, vocals. Zack Pitt-Smith, reeds and cavaquinho. Brian Moran, guitar. Ami Molinelli. percussion. with special guest Kerry Politzer, piano. .
Friday, October 24th – 8:30pm
LOBE: was that on purpose?
release party & concert
for their debut album
LOBE, a sextet with Stanford roots, now in the diaspora, come together and come to Bird & Beckett to kick off their 10-day, 5-stop California tour in support of their debut album “was that on purpose?” — release date October 21, 2025. Daiki Nakajima, flute/bass. Ethan Buck, alto sax/bass. Sam Silverstein, violin. Nolan Miranda,…
Thursday, October 23rd – 7:30pm
Poets John Curl and Alice Rogoff
Two writers long committed to the struggle and to poetry roll out new work for you.
Wednesday, October 22nd – 7:30pm
Walker Talks!
Walker Brents III on the poet Gary Snyder
A live stream found on the Bird & Beckett YouTube channel and Facebook page. Donations appreciated. Walker Brents III has been giving a monthly talk at Bird & Beckett on a diversity of topics in poetry, philosophy and culture since 1999. This month, Walker considers the poet Gary Snyder, and gives us this to ponder:…