Sunday, December 8th – 4:30-6:30 pm
The Crooked Jades

November 11, 2013

With this special show the Crooked Jades will be gearing up to celebrate their 20th anniversary in 2014!! The Jades state that “Bird & Beckett has always been a great intimate venue to try new material, but in this case the core trio will be fearlessly attempting a 20-year retrospective, unearthing the Crooked Jades back catalogue from their proto-grass beginnings……

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upcoming events

February 1, 2012

Coming up now at Bird & Beckett!  Jazz in the bookshop on Friday… and every Friday always 5:30 to 8:00 pm never a cover charge, but we always implore you to contribute what you can to help us pay the musicians, who deserve far more than they ever receive.  They give us so much; this…

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Black Crown String Band

October 4, 2011

which way west? Sunday concert series Sunday, October 9th, 4:30 & 5:30 pm (two sets) $10 suggested donation per adult – kids welcome & free! The Black Crown Stringband Didn’t get enough bluegrass and old-time music last weekend at HSBG?  True to its name, the festival ranges far afield from that lively and mournful music…

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52nd Street to the Chisholm Trail

April 7, 2011

From 52nd Street to the Chisholm Trail FRIDAY (4/8) – 5:30 to 8:00 pm jazz in the bookshop – a neighborhood party every week! This week: The Jimmy Ryan Quartet with Ian Carey (tpt), Scott Foster (gtr), Bishu Chatterjee (bs), Jimmy Ryan (dms) Jimmy’s been swinging at the skins since 2002 at Bird & Beckett……

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www? Caton/Winne – SF Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival

February 16, 2011

Don’t let the old-time pass you by! Alex Caton & Pete Winne fly in from Virginia to play Bird & Beckett Sunday, Feb. 20, at 4:30 pm on the final day of this year’s Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival. Fiddle, banjo, guitar & sublime Appalachian vocal harmonies bring old-time and sacred tunes to life. From Bird…

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