Upcoming Events

Wednesday, April 19th at 7:30pm, tune in to our live stream to catch Walker Brents III’s monthy talk., this time out on the American Magus Otherwise Known As Harry Smith. The historian of unspeakableness. The cartographer of the ungraspable. The anthologist of the collection of songs that inspired the 20th century left wing poetic archetype.…

Remembering Marty Williams, and exploring the future. With Ruth Davies on bass and Jack Dorsey on drums, and the great Kristen Strom playing saxophones, guitarist Eric Swinderman leads a brilliant quartet through two sets of originals and standards. byob and a twenty to help us pay the quartet! These musicians appear regularly in the Friday…

Come out for the late set at Bird & Beckett, Fridays from 9-10:30pm! Bassist Dewayne Oakley and guitarist Ralph Nelson return for a gorgeous romp through their rich repertoire of blues, soul, calypso and jazz. BYOB and a twenty for the band! Reservations, call 415-586-3733 The blues speak to all of us, and we’ll let…

This evening, saxophonist Sebastian Pinillos brings The Odiaga Project, a quartet performing Afro-Peruvian folk music arranged in a jazz setting, incorporating native Peruvian instruments. Sebastian Pinillos – Saxophone, composer Junhong Jung – Guitar Pedro Rosales – Cajón Kevin Silveida – Bass Born in Lima, Peru but raised in the northern city of Trujillo, Sebastian Pinillos…

Bill Ortiz, trumpet & flugelhorn Howard Wiley, saxes Matt Clark, piano Marcus Shelby, bass Sylvia Cuenca, drums Major league trumpet player Bill Ortiz brings an all-star quintet to Bird & Beckett tonight! A San Francisco native, Bill took up the trumpet at age 10. Before long, he held the first trumpet chair in the San…

Been dwelling on North Beach and all it means to San Francisco culcha? Been thinking Phyllis Diller & Lenny Bruce, the Purple Onion, the Hungry i, Mort Sahl, the Jazz Workshop, Enrico Balducci, the Cellar & the Co-Existence Bagel Shop, Mabuhay Gardens, Dirk Dirksen, dozens of punk bands you never heard of? Phyllis Diller? Lenny…