653 Chenery Street
in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
Now open six days a week
Tuesdays to Sundays
11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
with limited browsing
curbside pickup and delivery also available
1-415-586-3733
[email protected]
Stay tuned for the next B&B benefit party in Jerry Ferraz's backyard! Here's some video of the last one!
Bird & Beckett Archived Events
The Live Music Just Won’t Stop!
Miss your evenings in the bookshop listening to live music?
Live streaming from Bird& Beckett Thursday and Friday evenings at 7:30pm
right in your living room, but more than six feet away!
The live streams from Bird & Beckett all started in mid-March on Friday…
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Hey, it’s not June any more!!
Whither goeth jazz?! We haven’t resigned ourselves to live without live audiences We’re…
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Now open for business at the storefront six days a week!
We’re now open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday to Sunday. We can…
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coronavirus considerations – the proprietor is in and out, taking orders and making deliveries, seven days a week.
Live music on the bookshop’s stage every Friday and occasional Saturdays & Sundays, live streamed to the world, without an in-store audience
5/5 update: Slow down, people! Just kidding, but really, the onslaught of orders…
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Wednesday, July 15 – 5:30 pm
Emily L. Quint Freeman, with her memoir
Failure to Appear: Resistance, Rebellion and Identity
a live stream
The New York Times, June 6, 1970 10 Foes of Draft Guilty in…
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EXTINCT ANIMALS OF THE ICE AGE!
Sunday, May 17th at 2pm
The Tar Pits Cantos Author Greg Harmon reads for the kids & their parents
Join us online at Bird & Beckett this afternoon, Sunday, May 17 at…
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Saturday, April 4th – 7:30–10pm
Bye Bye Bartok
jazz club! when lights are low…
every Saturday night
at Bird & Beckett
$20 cover charge; sliding scale available Darren Johnston, trumpet aka (also known endearingly…
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Sunday, April 5th – 4:30-6:30pm
Clint Baker’s Hot 4
which way west?
Sunday concert series
$20 suggested donation; any amount appreciated Don Neely, clarinet & vocals Jeff Hamilton,…
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Books
"I don’t think the printed book is going to disappear any time soon. The codex (the bound book) is a wonderful container for information: simple, portable, inexpensive. Flip through the pages. No scrolling. No crashes. And the book, at its best, aspires to and attains the state of art."
-- Les Ferriss
The Independent Musicians Alliance
Gigging musicians! You have nothing to lose but your lack of a collective voice to achieve fair wages for your work!
The IMA can be a conduit for you, if you join in to make it work.
https://www.independentmusiciansalliance.org/
Read more here - Andy Gilbert's Feb 25 article about the IMA from KQED's site