653 Chenery Street
in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
1-415-586-3733
[email protected]
Open to walk-in trade and browsing
Tuesday to Sunday
noon to six
Live Streams every weekend!
Refresh your browser to catch a show in progress!
Visit our Facebook page or YouTube channel!
But nothing beats being in the room with the music & the musicians!
Saturday, August 2nd – 7:30pm
Kasey Knudsen
Erik Vogler
& Loren Benedict
are The Holly Martins
Named for the Joseph Cotton character in Carol Reed’s “The Third Man,” The Holly Martins take on multiple roles simultaneously, promoting open-ended explorations of their material. Kasey Knudsen, reeds. Erik Vogler, guitar. Loren Benedict, voice. $20 cover charge; cash at the door, please. byob. For information or a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. As…
Sunday, August 3rd – 5:00-7:00pm
A Jam Session for the New Generation
Young musicians! Come out to our monthly First-Sundays Next Generation jam session! On the first Sunday of each month, from 5 to 7pm, Bird & Beckett, with the solid support of its generous donor base, presents an ensemble of young jazz musicians demonstrating the art for a short set, then opening it up for all…
Coming up: Tuesday to Sunday
August 5th to 10th
a book event, a poetry session
five concerts, from jazz to honky tonk
plus an SF Lives Livestream
Tuesday 8/5, 7pm – book event: Edward Guthmann, well known to erstwhile readers of the San Francisco Chronicle for his long tenure writing features and movie reviews in the Datebook section, has published a memoir, Don’t Cry for Me, West Covina. no charge. Thursday 8/7, 7pm – poetry session: An open mic follows featured readers…
Fundraising for the future of
Bird & Beckett in Glen Park!
Here at Bird & Beckett Books, we’ve always relied on the kindness of neighbors and strangers to make it all work; and we’ve always found that strangers don’t stay strangers long! Your tax-deductible donations to our 501(c)3 nonprofit, the Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project, FEIN 261906810, are the secret sauce. Book sales and cover…
Water under the bridge…
The posts that follow show you what’s come and gone. Search the videos on our youtube channel or facebook page to find evidence of what you remember, or what you missed! Then, make sure you catch the next thing that catches your fancy. The live streams are great, but live music in a room with…
Friday, August 1st – 8:30-10pm
The Steve Carter Trio
featuring Marquinho Brasil
Steve Carter, piano. Dennis Smith, bass. Billy Johnson, drums. with guest percussionist Marquinho Brasil. $20 cover charge; cash please. byob. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. In the early 80s, Steve Carter became a first call piano player in the thriving Bay Area Funky-Latin-Jazz scene. He was Pete Escovedo’s piano player for several…
Friday, August 1st – 6pm
Noah Schencker Trio
Ben Stolorow, piano. Noah Schenker, bass. Bryan Bowman, drums. featuring vocalist Kati Schenker. $20 adults, $10 students kids free The Noah Schenker Trio, with guest vocalist Kati Pienimäki Schenker, perform standards, pop, and some Finnish tangos.
Thursday, July 31st – 7:30pm
Silver Lining Serenaders
Based in New Orleans, Louisiana, The Silver Lining Serenaders specialize in dance music of the 1920’s, 30’s and 40’s. Their extensive catalog features songs in the styles of swing, Western swing, early jazz and a little bit of classic country thrown in for good measure. In addition to songs in English and instrumentals, the band…
Thursday, July 31st – 5pm
Writer Jim O’Brien discusses
Road Maps for the Soul:
An American Journey with Bob Dylan
This book is part-travelogue, part-memoir, and part academic study, which starts in Hibbing, close to the Canadian border and finishes in New Orleans, in the Deep South. The central theme of the book is to compare the life and work of Bob Dylan with that of William Shakespeare. This gives the volume its striking originality….
Sunday, July 27th – 7:30pm
The Portrait Gallery of Neeli Cherkovski:
A reading by his friends and fellow writers
from The Portrait Gallery Called Existence
(City Lights Publishing, 2025)
At last! Neeli gets a book from City Lights, posthumously published on July 1, 2025, the 80th anniversary of Neeli’s birth! Neeli Cherkovski, born Neeli Cherry in San Bernardino California on July 1, 1945, passed away in San Francisco on March 19, 2024 at the age of 78, and is sorely missed. But reading from…