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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

“With its intimations of primal sacred cries, HowellDevine embodies elemental blues and boogie like juke joint prophets. Featuring Eli’s Mile High Club-honed Joshua Howell on slide guitars, harmonica, and vocals, percussion expert Roll ’Em Pete Devine on drums and washboard, and the relentlessly propulsive Joe Kyle Jr. on bass, the combo taps into red clay…

Marco Diaz – trumpet Charlie Gurke – saxes Julio Perez – percussion Saúl Sierra – bass. $20 cash cover charge; BYOB; proof of vaccination & masks, please. 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…

Come along on a journey to the center of the jazz, a deep dive into the dark caves of improvised music in search of the music’s inner light. The expedition has been conceived and rehearsed and is ready to descend. Come cheer them on as they don the requisite gear and visit a mysterious interior…

Publisher and researcher Tate Swindell hosts author Thomas Antonic, offering a presentation, with audio & visuals, from his book Amongst Nazis: William S. Burroughs in Vienna 1936/37. An onstage Q & A between Antonic and Swindell with audience participation will follow.  A live stream of this event can be found on the Bird & Beckett…