When it’s the second Sunday in an odd-numbered month, it’s time for America’s favorite Honky Tonk band, The Seducers, with Joe Goldmark, pedal steel; Mitch Polzak, lead guitar and vocals; Hank Maninger, bass guitar and vocals; and Kenny Owen, drums. Bring a twenty for the band and, if so inclined, a bottle for yourself! Not…

San Francisco journalist Denise Sullivan conducts a monthly series of conversations (the second Sunday of each month from 10-11 a.m.) with The City’s activists, educators, arts and cultural leaders and lesser-known workers, the everyday people who help make this place we call home, live streamed from Bird & Beckett Books. Jan 8 at 10 a.m.,…

John Schott, guitar Dan Seamans, bass John Hanes, drums with guest pianist Maya Kronfeld $20 cash cover charge; byob. Doors open ten minutes before the show. Reservations, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Not able to come to the shop for the show? Donate any amount that seems fair to you ($10-20 suggested), and watch it…

Tim Lin, tenor saxophone Charles Chen, piano Ken Okada, bass Ben Esposito, drums   $20 cover charge; byob Reservations: 415-586-3733 Not able to come to the shop? Donate any amount that seems fair to you, and watch it in the live stream on our YouTube channel or Facebook page. Your donations help us pay a fair…

Michael Koch and Jerry Ferraz host featured poets and an open mic on the first Thursday of each month. Tonight, Norman Zelaya and Michelle Marie Robles Wallace will read in the featured poets segment. Not able to come to the shop? Donate any amount that seems fair to you, and watch it in the live…

SOLD OUT! Doors at 7:30, sets at 8 and 9:30pm. $50 for the entire evening. Fresh from this year’s Monterey Jazz Fest, Mo’Fone is a band with a concept that’s so simple, it’s radical! Alto player Larry De La Cruz, baritone player Jim Peterson and drummer Jeremy Steinkoler “have put together a formidable and funky…

Craig Handy, tenor saxophone Joe Gilman, piano Essiet Okon Essiet, bass Sylvia Cuenca, drums Superb jazz. Classic. Plan on it. $20 cover charge. byob. reservations, call 415-586-3733 Not able to come to the shop? Donate any amount that seems fair to you, and watch it in the live stream on our YouTube channel or Facebook…

Duncan James, guitar Larry Chinn, piano Jim Kerwin, bass Bob Blankenship, drums Four long-time colleagues in jazz, swing & blues return to Bird & Beckett for the second year-end date in a row. Duncan himself has closed out the year for us in one combination or another for a half dozen years or more, and…

Not able to come to the shop? Donate any amount that seems fair to you, and watch it in the live stream on our YouTube channel or Facebook page. Your donations help us pay a fair guaranteed wage to the fine musicians and poets that cross our stage. Lucy Lang Day (Editor Scarlet Tanager Press,…

230 Jones Street Charlie McCarthy, saxophone Si Perkoff, piano Glen Deardorff, guitar Chuck Bennett, bass Tony Johnson, drums Drummer Tony Johnson brings in a quartet on the fourth Friday of each month. In odd numbered months, it’s the “Tony Johnson Quartet,” featuring top San Francisco players Bob Kenmotsu on tenor, Keith Saunders on piano and…