653 Chenery Street
in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood

1-415-586-3733
[email protected]

Open to walk-in trade and browsing
Tuesday to Sunday
noon to six

 

Live Streams every weekend!

Refresh your browser to catch a show in progress!
Visit our Facebook page or YouTube channel!
But nothing beats being in the room with the music & the musicians!

Thursday, February 3–7pm
Poets!
Jessica Loos & Marina Lazzara
hosted by Jerry Ferraz & Michael Koch
+ open mic

Bohemian North Beach meets Bohemian Mission District Poets Jessica Loos and Marina Lazzara, key figures in overlapping poetry communities, read their work. An open mic follows. Jerry Ferraz and Michael Koch co-host Bird & Beckett’s monthly first-Thursday poetry readings. Jessica Loos is a poet and performer who lives in San Francisco. She organizes the poetry…

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So much January 2022 behind us now — check some of the videos here

Sunday 1/30 Live + Live Stream, 5:00pm $25 cash cover charge ($10-25 sliding scale) Ahkeel Mestayer Latin Jazz/AfroCuban Quintet Ahkeel Mestayer, percussion Emilio Davilos, percussion Eric Peralta, piano Julio de la Cruz, bass Thomas Pridgen, drumset Catch our live streams on Bird & Beckett’s YouTube channel or Facebook page. Donate per the information on the screen if…

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Sunday, January 30–5pm
Ahkeel Mestayer Quintet

Ahkeel Mestayer, percussion Emilio Davilos, percussion Eric Peralta, piano Julio de la Cruz, bass Thomas Pridgen, drumset Call for reservations (415) 586-3733. Audience capacity – 20. $25 cash cover charge (sliding scale, pay what you can). proof of vaccination and masks, please BYOB live streamed on Facebook and YouTube Doors open at 4:45pm for the…

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Saturday, January 29–7:30pm
Russian Telegraph – funk, soul, art song

listen up! this is not your everyday jazz! Doors open at  7:20 for the 7:30 show. Audience capacity – 20. Call for reservations (415) 586-3733. Also viewable live streamed on the Bird & Beckett Facebook page or YouTube channel. Your donations are appreciated to help us meet the band’s guarantee. They must eat and pay San Francisco…

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Thursday, February 17 – 7:30pm
Book event:
Byron Spooner – Rounding Up a Bison
with Robert Mailer Anderson

Spend an hour at Bird & Beckett this Thursday evening with Byron Spooner as he reads excerpts from his new book of stories, Rounding Up a Bison, and engages in idle banter & litjabber with interlocutor and long-time friend Robert Mailer Anderson. BYOB. No charge, though you might want to buy Byron’s book once you’ve…

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Friday, October 14th – 7:30pm
Jinx Jones Trio

Jinx, a virtuoso of rockabilly, surf and jazz guitar, returns to Bird & Beckett with a trio for an evening of jazz and instrumental exotica, as heard on his cd, “Jinx Jones Trio Live,” recorded where? Recorded here, at Bird & Beckett some years ago. Jinx’s jazz ages well with time. Come share the room…

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Friday, January 28 – 7:30pm
Tony Johnson Quartet
4th Friday Jazz!

Drummer Tony Johnson leads a quartet on the 4th Friday of each month Tonight: Bob Kenmotsu, tenor sax Keith Saunders, piano Eric Markowitz, bass Tony Johnson, drums Doors open at  7:20 for the 7:30 show. Audience capacity – 20. Call for reservations (415) 586-3733. Also viewable live streamed on the Bird & Beckett Facebook page or YouTube…

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Thursday, January 27 – 7:30pm
Walker Talks!

Thursday, January 27 7:30pm Live streamed only Catch the live stream on Bird & Beckett’s YouTube channel or Facebook page. Walker Brents III on the Many Masks of William Everson, a.k.a. Brother Antoninus. A plowman, a rake, a conscientious objector, a printing press craftsman, a mad mystic monk, a Dionysian beat poet, a saintly teacher of creative…

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Tuesday, January 25 – 7:30pm
Jeffrey Burr Organ Trio feat. Adam Shulman
with special guest, from NYC, Brian Charette

Jeffrey Burr, guitar Adam Shulman, organ Eric Garland, drums with guest organist Brian Charette $20 cash cover charge at the door. Doors open at 7:20pm for the 7:30pm show. Sorry, no reservations. First 20 people in line are admitted. Audience capacity is 20. BYOB, plus proof of vaccination and mask. Please keep your mask on…

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Tonight, Monday, January 24 – 7pm
Poets!Zoom
all open mic

Kim Shuck, poet & artist, conducts Bird & Beckett’s virtual poetry series twice a month. On the fourth Monday of the month, it’s all open mic. So polish up a gem or grab one you want to try out on other poets and Zoom in. Zoom link, click here Google Meet, click here On the…

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