Rojai in the Pocket this Friday!
May 30th at 6pm
celebrate summer vacation!
Jairo Vargas, aka Rojai, aka Mr. Jairo, is one kool customer for sure. New album — “At Your Service” — on the way! Always a surprise in store! Skool’s out…
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Poets Sunday, June 21st at 5pm
Julie Rogers, Lisbet Bailey,
Cathleen Williams, Sarah Menefee
stay for Autonomous Region at 7pm!
Sunday at 5, catch four goils from the Northern California watershed, poets & buddies from a ways back… Lisbet Bailey, Cathleen Williams, Sarah Menefee and Julie Rogers. A quick blow…
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Thursday, March 26th – 7:30pm
An evening with poet Kim Addonizio
& guitarist Danny Caron
A WORDplay benefit for ___________________
Arts for More and Bird & Beckett collaborate with acclaimed writer Kim Addonizio and accomplished jazz/blues guitarist Danny Caron for an afternoon of poetry & music in an evening’s benefit for…
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Thursday, May 29th – 7pm
Samantha Rose
presents her memoir
Giving Up the Ghost
Have you heard the one about the ghostwriter who walks into the afterlife? Samantha Rose’s book, Giving up the Ghost: A Daughter’s Memoir (Sybelline Digital First, 2025) is the highly…
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Sunday, May 25th – 8-10pm
The Isaiah Javier Quartet
Isaiah Javier came out of Heritage High School in Brentwood, burning to play jazz at a high level–which he’s been doing handily. At 17, he spent a week at…
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Jam Session!
Last Sunday of every month at 5pm
with the Vince Lateano Trio
Jam session at Bird & Beckett Sunday, May 25th from 5-7pm. Come to play, then stick around to hear the Isaiah Javier Quartet from 8-10pm. $10 cover for students,…
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Saturday, May 24th – 7:30-9:30pm
The Rumi Abe Quartet
A fresh voice on the San Francisco jazz scene, pianist Rumi Abe arrived from Nagoya, Japan in the fall of 2024 and is already woven into the fabric of Bay…
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Friday, May 23rd – 8:30-10pm
Carnaval Descarga!
Annette A Aguilar’s
Beans on the Left + Guests
Annette A Aguilar, daughter of Nicaraguan parents, San Francisco native, La Reina de Baterista of Upper Manhattan and the Bronx with her String Beans ensemble and her Women in Latin…
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Friday, May 23rd – 6-8pm
230 Jones Street: McCarthy/Cady/Bennett/Johnson
This Friday at 6pm, drummer Tony Johnson corrals the usual suspects — Charlie McCarthy, saxophone; Sam Cady, piano; Chuck Bennett, bass — for another earth invasion by Bird & Beckett’s…
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Thursday, May 22nd – 7:30pm
Five on the Western Edge:
Poets Steve Brooks, Stephen Vincent, Beau Beausoleil, Hilton Obenzinger, Larry Felson
A reunion poetry reading for Five On the Western Edge, the Momo’s Press 1976 volume of five poets responding to radical politics, including the rise of the women’s movement challenging…
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