Poetryx2 + Jazzx5 = 4/2-4/5

January 11, 2026

Poetryx2 + Jazzx5 = 4/2-4/5 _____ Thursday, April 2, 7:00pm David Holper + Kimi Sugioka + open mic {Free} _____ Friday, April 3, 6:00pm  Hipsteria {$20} _____ Friday, April 3,…

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Sunday, March 29th – 5pm
Jam Session!

January 6, 2026

JAM session, last Sunday of every month!

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Saturday, March 28th – 7:30pm
The Benny Amón Trio

January 6, 2026

Charles Chen, piano Mikiya Matsuda, bass Benny Amón, drums $20 cover charge, cash at the door / byob. Students $10; kids free. For a reservation, call the bookshop at 415-586-3733…

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March 23rd to March 29th
Two Monday events
+ four shows Thursday to Sunday

January 4, 2026

Although the bookshop is typically closed on Mondays, we’ll be open Monday, March 23rd for two events that hold great meaning for us. Dan Richman — a poet and musician,…

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Friday, March 27th – 6pm
The Tony Johnson Quartet

January 4, 2026

Drummer Tony Johnson’s residency at Bird & Beckett continues, this month with his quartet featuring Bob Kenmotsu on tenor saxophone, Keith Saunders on piano and Eric Markowitz on bass. Tony…

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Thursday, March 26th – 7:30pm
WORDPlay: An Arts for More benefit
for Options Recovery Systems

An Evening with Poet Kim Addonizio
with Danny Caron, guitar
& Peter Barshay, bass

January 4, 2026

Arts for More and Bird & Beckett present an intimate evening of poetry and music with acclaimed writer Kim Addonizio, joined by accomplished jazz and blues guitarist Danny Caron and…

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Monday, March 23rd – 5pm
Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here
Forgive but Never Forget

January 4, 2026

  On March 5th, 2007, a car bomb destroyed blocks of a street in Baghdad with a history dating back to the 8th century as a site where booksellers displayed…

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Sunday, March 22nd – 7:30pm
Ralph Alessi Quartet

January 4, 2026

Ralph Alessi, trumpet. Adam Benjamin, piano. Richard Giddens, bass. Mark Ferber, drums. $20 cover charge (cash at the door, please). BYOB. Students, $10. Trumpeter Ralph Alessi–ECM recording artist and acclaimed…

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Sunday, March 22nd – 5pm
Matthew Perifano: Shakespeare Dharma
a monologue with music

January 4, 2026

Shakespeare Dharma recounts Matthew Perifano’s rich and strange journey with Shakespeare that began with a reading group that approached Shakespeare as mind/body practice rather than as theater. Eventually, this reading…

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Saturday, March 21st – 7:30pm
Vernaculars pay tribute to
guitarist Sonny Sharrock

January 4, 2026

Encore: Vernaculars Plays Sonny Sharrock’s Ask the Ages Karl Evangelista, guitar David James, guitar Francis Wong, sax Chris Trinidad, bass Jimmy Biala, drums $25 cover charge (cash at the door…

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