Happy Hour! Friday, April 17th – 6pm
The Scott Foster Nostalgia Combo
Henry Hung, trumpet. Scott Foster, guitar. Charles Thomas, bass. Mark Lee, drums. byob, and a twenty for the band! A note from Scott, as we approach this date — the last in his long-running 6pm Third-Fridays happy hour shows (though not the end of Scott’s Third-Fridays residency at Bird & Beckett, which will continue with…
February 12th thru 15th:
a poetry reading and four concerts
Poetry + Live Music! _____ Thursday, February 12, 7:30pm: Julien Poirier + Tongo Eisen-Martin [poets: book release] {free} _____ Friday, February 13, 6:00pm: Eric & the In Crowd [2nd Fridays residency] {$20 cash / byob; students $10; kids free} _____ Friday, February 13, 8:30pm: Kahil El’Zabar & the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble [On tour] {$35…
Six Events February 3rd thru 8th
Poetry, jazz and chamber music
Poetry twice! Jazz thrice! Chamber Music eince! _____ Tuesday, February 3, 7:00pm {free}: Kim Shuck & Friends [poetry] _____ Thursday, February 5, 7:00pm {free}: Tehmina Khan & Florencia Milito [poetry with open mic] _____ Friday, February 6, 6:00pm {$20}: Jimbo Trout & the Fishpeople [ec;ectic] _____ Friday, February 6, 8:30pm {$25}: Alon Nechushtan Quintet [jazz] _____…
Friday, February 6th – 8:30pm
Alon Nechustan Quintet
Matt Renzi, reeds Jesse Levit, saxophone & EWI Alon Nechustan, piano Sam Bevan, bass Isaac Schwartz, drums $25 cover charge; byob. Students, $10. For reservations, call 415-586-3733. Alon Nechushtan’s music has brought him to corners of the globe from the Yokohama ‘Rejoicing Sounds’ Festival in Japan with his contemporary orchestral compositions, to the Manila…
Friday, February 6th – 6pm
JimBo Trout and the Fishpeople
JimBo Trout, guitar and vocals Steve Neil, bass Ken Owen, drums $20 suggested cover; byob. Students $10; kids free. No reservations typically necessary, but feel free to call if you need more than a couple of seats – 415-586-3733, JimBo knows hundreds of tunes and his trio can handle whatever he pulls out of his…
Thursday, February 5th – 7pm
Poets Tehmina Khan & Florencia Melito
+ open mic
Bird & Beckett hosts an open mic for poets on the first Thursday of each month, with two featured poets leading off at 7pm followed by the open at 8pm. Bring three minutes worth of poetry to read, or just come to enjoy the work of the poets! BYOB. No reservations required. Michael Koch and…
Tuesday, February 3rd – 7pm
Poet Kim Shuck birthday reading!
Kim Shuck is joined by friends and fellow poets! BYOB and raise a toast to a key figure in the poetry world in the Bay Area and far beyond!
Seven Events in Six Days:
January 27th thru February 1st
Poetry – Fiction – Jazz x5 Tuesday, January 27, 7:00pm: Nellie Wong Memorial Reading [Poetry reading] {free} _____ Thursday, January 29, 5:30pm: Novelists Tara Dorabji & Betty Shamieh moderated by Sabina Khan-Ibarra [Author Event] {free} _____ Friday, January 30, 8:30pm: Vaughn Cannon Quartet {$20}. _____ Saturday, January 31, 5:30pm: Erik…
Saturday, January 24 – 7:30pm
The Kevin Gerzevitz Trio
plays the music of Herbie Nichols
Kevin Gerzevitz, piano. Ari Munkres, bass. Tim Bulkley, drums. $20 cover; byob. Students, $10. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Pianist and composer Herbie Nichols was a marvelously singular musician and wrote many beautiful and often complex tunes much admired by modern jazz musicians and aficionados, though relatively obscure to the popular jazz…