Conspiracy of Beards

San Francisco's Conspiracy of Beards is a 30 member male choir that performs dynamic, original, a cappella arrangements of the poetic songs of Leonard Cohen. Join the Conspiracy of Beards for an evening of song at The Dance Palace in Point Reyes Station, California. The evening will start with a performance by the author of the recent Leonard Cohen biography, I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen by Sylvie Simmons, reading from her book and playing a couple Cohen…

San Francisco's Conspiracy of Beards is a 30 member male choir that performs dynamic, original, a cappella arrangements of the poetic songs of Leonard Cohen. We are excited and honored to join KWMR's Brian Kirven for a live studio performance to compliment his interview with the author of the recent Leonard Cohen biography, I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen by Sylvie Simmons. You can listen live here - http://kwmr.org/app/listenlive After the radio show, join us all at the…

The Beards singing in a barber shop? Yep, and one of us might even get a trim. We will be performing at Fellow Barber Shop ( F.S.C. Barber - Valencia St - San Francisco) as part of Litquake's Lit Crawl San Francisco. We plan to mix it up a bit and add splashes of Leonard Cohen's poetry in with our set. We go on at about 7pm as part of Phase Two of Lit Crawl. Lit Crawl 2013, spread over…

The Beards are proud to return to Sedge Thomson's West Coast Live radio program for a special Litquake episode highlighting some of the talented writers and musicians taking part in the 2013 Litquake Literary Festival throughout San Francisco, October 11-19. Airing on KALW 91.7FM in the Bay Area on Saturday mornings from 10am-12pm, the show will be performed live at the San Francisco Ferry Building. You are invited to attend or listen on the radio! You can find where to…

Join the Beards for our opening show of the season and Palo Alto Art Center's opening reception for their new exhibit, Bibliophilia, on Friday October 11th from 6-9pm. This is a free show and there will be a cash bar. We go on at 7:30pm. Tell your South Bay and Peninsula friends we are coming their way. Thanks for your support! You can find directions and more details here: Palo Alto Art Center

The final show of our tenth anniversary season is part of an intriguing experiment. Check out the description of the event space below. We will start the evening at 7pm with a screening of our 2011/2012 season documentary dvd, A Midnight Choir. This will be followed by performances by Sunspeak, a sweet little acoustic duo, and the unique harmonica trio, Tin Sandwich. Then the Beards will sing. We plan to add some very experimental arrangements to the set, so expect…

San Francisco's Conspiracy of Beards is a 30 member male choir that performs dynamic, original, a cappella arrangements of the poetic songs of Leonard Cohen. Transforming Cohen's simple melodies into complex 4- and 5-part harmonies, Conspiracy of Beards achieves a sound that is both robust and tender, with influences of jazz, gospel, indie rock, barbershop, classical and doo-wop through the unique arrangements choir members create. Using the genius of Cohen's words, The Beards inspire audiences to ponder romance, politics, sex,…

San Francisco's Conspiracy of Beards is a 30 member male choir that performs dynamic, original, a cappella arrangements of the poetic songs of Leonard Cohen. We are excited to share the stage with Tall Tall Trees! $5 at the door.