Saturday, September 6th – 7:30-9:30pm
“Bukas”
Karl Evangelista’s Apura
album release concert
Filipino-American guitarist Karl Evangelista debuts the new album “Bukas” from his group Apura, featuring saxophonists Lewis Jordan on alto and Francis Wong on tenor, Rei Scampavia on keys and electronics,…
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Sunday Come to Meetin’!
July 20, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Evangenitals’ Traveling
Freak Folk Revival Review
Hot off their appearance at a National Caviar Day event last night south of the slot at St. Joseph’s Hall of Hedonism, the Juli Crockett’s Evangenitals roll into Bird &…
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Saturday, July 19th – 7:30-9:30pm
The Charles Thomas Quartet
Ben Ball, saxophone. Greg Jacobs, piano. Charles Thomas, bass. Michael Spencer, drums. $20 cover charge, byob. Students $10; kids free. Charles Thomas became a fixture at Bird & Beckett fifteen…
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Saturday, July 19th – 4-8:30pm
Glen Park Night Market
on Kern Street
Come to our table at the Night Market on Kern Alley, just steps away from the Glen Park BART station, and buy a totebag or a t-shirt while supplies last!…
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Friday, July 18th – 8:30-10pm
Lisa Mezzacappa 5(ish), a Sextet
Cosmicomics Revisited
Aaron Bennett, tenor sax. Mark Clifford, vibraphone. Kyle Bruckmann, modular synth. Brett Carson, keyboard. Jordan Glenn, drums. Lisa Mezzacappa, bass. $20-$40 sliding scale; byob. $10 for students; kids free. For…
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Friday, July 18th – 6pm
Scott Foster / Ollie Dudek Duo
Scott Foster, guitar. Ollie Dudek, bass. $15/adults; $5/students; kids/free. Bird & Beckett’s favorite jazz guitarist brings in a fresh aggregation of local jazz greats on the third Friday of every…
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Wednesday, July 16th – 7:30pm
Laborfest Writers Group
Poetry, memoir, fiction and nonfiction by rabble-rousers, activists, leftist radicals, union members, immigrants, native-born and plain old trouble-makers. The group, formed in 2005, includes Alice Elizabeth Rogoff, Barbara Saunders, Jerry…
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Sunday, July 13th – 7:30pm
S.E. Willis & the Willing
blues, boogie, zydeco & country
S.E. Willis & the Willing. $20/adults; $10/students; kids/free. S.E. Willis, piano, accordion, harmonica & vocals. additional personnel to be recruited from the available willing, including the Excelsior’s own guitar wizard…
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Sunday, July 13th – Livestream at 10a.m.
Journalist Denise Sullivan
in conversation with Ingrid Valdez
on grief, loss, suicide prevention
and emotional support
SF Lives/Live Talk
SF Lives/Live Talks on the second Sunday of each month via our livestream. Find it on Bird & Beckett’s YouTube channel or Facebook page. Independent reporter Denise Sullivan brings…
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Saturday, July 12th – 7:30pm
The Ron Marabuto Quartet
Ron Marabuto Quartet. $20/adults; $10/students; kids/free. Bob Kenmotsu, tenor sax. Ben Stolorow, piano. Ravi Abcarian, bass. Ron Marabuto, drums. Ron Marabuto, the son of John Marabuto, a key Bay Area…
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