Tony Saunders’ smooth contemporary jazz and R&B are infused with soul… doors open at 7:20pm reservations, call 415-586-3733 $20 cash cover charge byob Nothing beats live jazz in the shop, but if you can’t make it… Find the live stream on our Facebook page or YouTube channel Two-time Emmy Award winning bassist, composer, producer, a…

Most Glen Park denizens know Joseph Tingin from the hardware store at the corner. But a few of you have heard him here at Bird & Beckett and elsewhere as a sweet, soulful and charming singer-songwriter. Drop in and say hi to him on the job, and buy a new pipe wrench or something! While…

Live streamed on Facebook and Youtube. Neeli Cherkovski sits comfortably among San Francisco poetry royalty’s best kept secrets — a secret if only because few pay sufficient attention to the riches we have here. He’s hiding in the bright daylight of Bernal, easy to find, easy to love. Migrating from San Bernardino to Los Angeles…

School’s out for summer! Stanford Jazz Workshop faculty hightail it up the highway to San Francisco to Bird & Beckett for a blow out double header tonight! Quartets at 6:30 and 8:30. Come for the early show and stay for the late show at half price ($20 cover charge for each / $30 for the…

  Jazz! Two sets Bring a twenty for the band & byob Also viewable on our Facebook page and YouTube channel. Donations appreciated per the information on the screen!   Kai Lyons, guitar Jaimeo Brown, drums Hans Glawischnig, bass   If you don’t know who Kai Lyons is or what a terrific jazz guitarist he…

Soul singer extraordinaire Derek Evans and guitar master Todd Swenson make This Side Up a band whose contents will not settle upon shipment. Come & get stirred up, little darlin’s! You’ve got a deluxe experience in store… $20 cash cover, and an extra fiver if you’ve got it. Five great musicians making you feel like…

Citta di Vitti Phillip Greenlief, saxophone Lisa Mezzacappa, bass Jason Levis, drums $20 cash cover charge at the door Reservations, call 415-586-3733 byob and a mask Citta di Vitti, 15 years from its inception, revisits the music inspired by the films of Michelangelo Antonioni composed by Phillip Greenlief, and performed by Greenlief, Lisa Mezzacappa and…

Sony Holland and her guitarist/husband, Jerry, spent a good part of the pandemic lockdown focusing on a tribute to one of the greatest female rock stars in the music industry, Linda Ronstadt, whose iconic recordings and memorable concert performances include mega-hits like “When Will I Be Loved,” “Poor Poor Pitiful Me,”  “Desperado,” “Blue Bayou” and…

Attend in person, or catch the live stream on our YouTube channel and Facebook page. Doors open at 6:30pm. No charge. Books available for purchase. Keith Hatschek’s new book, The Real Ambassadors: Dave and Iola Brubeck and Louis Armstrong Challenge Segregation (University Press of Mississippi, 2022) delves into the largely untold story of Dave and…

Live music occupied by indigenous culture! Dysfunktional is a new funk/jazz/pop quintet serving up improvised music from classic standards to funky fan favorites. Their repertoire includes personal takes on Stevie Wonder,  Bill Withers, Vulfpeck, Lawrence, D’Angelo (the band’s favorite), and much, much more. Consisting of San Francisco’s most beloved tech workers and two jaded graduate…