We’re gratefully seeking your tax-deductible donations to our
501(c)3 nonprofit, the Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project, FEIN 261906810.

You can donate through our website using PayPal. Or if  you prefer, you can drop off or mail us a check made out to the “Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project” — write “tax-deductible donation” in the memo line. Cash is fine if you prefer.

You can also donate on a recurring, monthly basis through PayPal — which is quite a wonderful way to support us.

Bright moments ahead, thanks to you!

The BBCLP makes it possible for Bird & Beckett to present live cultural events, paying a guaranteed fair wage to the musicians and at least a modest stipend to our featured poets, and also to pursue our publishing activities.

Where it stands now:

In 2024, Bird & Beckett celebrated a quarter century in business since our doors opened in 1999 on Diamond Street, as well as 22 years presenting live music in the shop since weekly jazz evenings began in 2002. In May 2025, it’ll be 26 years in business as a bookshop and 23 years presenting music!

In August 2025, we’ll celebrate 18 years of our nonprofit “Cultural Legacy Project,” created with the help of some devoted store patrons in 2008 (the year we moved into our current digs on Chenery) to underwrite our ever-expanding calendar of live music and poetry, as well as our literary journal and chapbook publishing activity.

A great many individual donors–mostly just neighborhood folks–have long favored us with annual donations ranging from $25 to the thousands of dollars. But they need your help. New donors are always needed as our ambitions and commitments continue to grow year after year. You’ll enjoy feeling that you’re part of a bigger community than you ever knew existed!

Where we’re headed:

Going into 2025, the neighborhood’s new, renewed and expanded support will ensure the longevity of a neighborhood fixture that’s become a jewel in San Francisco’s crown.

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If you have grantwriting chops or experience in planning and executing fundraising drives, send us an email and we’ll build a team to mount a successful campaign in 2025, the first year in our second quarter century serving Glen Park and San Francisco!

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Thanks for your support!
Buy a book! Come to a show!

Or buy a book for a friend or relation or mentee,
and bring an old pal or your sweetheart to the shop for a show!

We need you badly,
and as Duke always said,
We love you madly!

enjoy these two videos of a particularly wonderful pair of shows from March 2025:

And then there’s this one… the Hal Richards Quintet, from 2024. Hal returns April 26, 2025 with another great quintet date featuring Henry Hung, trumpet; Rumi Abe, piano; Ron Belcher, bass; and Akira Tana, drums. Put it on your calendar!