“What the hell kind of church service is this?”

— STEVE KOTLER, LA WEEKLY

At the ungodly hour of 11 a.m. on July 20th, The Evangenitals return to Bird & Beckett with a reprise of their Moby Dick album and much, much more. Bird & Beckett’s favorite band delivers the sacrament at a National Caviar Day booking south of the slot on Saturday, and preaches to the choir at Bird & Beckett Sunday morning before loading the van to return to the Southland and their workaday world of wonder.

But first… 

Wednesday 7/16 – 7:30-9pm.
Laborfest Writers Group.
no charge, but donations can’t hurt,
so honor labor,
and bring some cash
for the writers to share!
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 Path, Keith David Cooley, Margaret Cooley, Nellie Wong, Robert Eugenio Rubino and Susan Ford.

Thursday 7/17 – 7:30-9:30pm.
They’re a honky tonk band, and they don’t want to stop!
they’re…
Mitch Polzak
& the Royal Deuces.
$20/adults; $10/students; kids/free.
Guitar rave-ups, outlaw country and trucking songs, Mitch originals, classics from Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard and Red Simpson and more.
Joe Goldmark on pedal steel guitar, Tim Wagar on bass & Paul Revelli on drums

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Friday 7/18 – 6-8pm.
The Scott Foster / Ollie Dudek Duo.
$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 month.

Scott has been the cornerstone of the Bird & Beckett jazz scene for nearly a quarter century, ever since the Friday happy hour show was inaugurated in 2002!

Friday 7/18 – 8:30-10pm.
Lisa Mezzacappa: Cosmicomics Revisited.
$20/adults; $10/students; kids/free.
$30-$40 requested from those who recognize the value of a sextet!
We at Bird & Beckett are proud of our consistent effort through the years
to pay a guaranteed fair wage to the Bay Area’s professional jazz musicians,
and pleased with the support we receive from our patrons in that quest.
Dreamy, playful, and richly layered music inspired by
Italo Calvino’s Cosmicomics stories.
Read more here!
Aaron Bennett, tenor sax; Mark Clifford, vibraphone
Kyle Bruckmann, modular synth; Brett Carson, keyboard
Jordan Glenn, drums; Lisa Mezzacappa, bass

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Saturday 7/19 – 4:00-8:30pm
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! Or a vintage poster from one of our thousands of shows in the years gone by… and talk to some of our neighbors who have volunteered to be on hand to tell folks what Bird & Beckett is all about and to press a schedule on you… Share your own stories of Bird & Beckett with them and jot down a testimonial we can quote in the fundraising drive we’re about to launch! Even if you want to hang at the Night Market ’til the lights go out, you’ll still have time to scoot over to the store to catch the second set of our Saturday night jazz concert!

Saturday 7/19 – 7:30-9:30pm
The Charles Thomas Trio
$20/adults; $10/students; kids/free
pure jazz with soul, & a li’l r&b
Ben Ball, saxophone
Greg Jacobs, piano
Charles Thomas, bass & vocals
Michael Spencer, drums

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