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653 Chenery Street in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
Open to walk-in trade and browsing Tuesday to Sunday noon to six
phone: 1-415-586-3733 email: [email protected]
Friday May 22nd through mid-June
readings, poetry, music
Coming up… Friday, May 22nd through the end of the month, eight events — The 230 Jones Street Band to Rojai in the Pocket… And then, June 1 through June 14, ten more events — from a “Flip the Vote” organizing gathering on the 3rd, to a show with Beth Custer & Will Bernard joined…
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…
Thursday, May 21st – 7:30 a.m. – a livestream
Walker Brents III on Bob Dylan
Walker Talks: On Bob Dylan. (Free, but your donations help us pay Walker for his work). Says Walker, “Bob Dylan, our beneficial preceptor, beckoning to us through the smoke and mirrors of his fame, kindly teaching us by his living example, of what our common language can do, woven deftly into song, performance, stagecraft, literature, philosophy and,…
Sunday 5pm Happy Hour Every Week!
The Vince Lateano Trio plays Bird & Beckett
on the 3rd Sunday of every other month
May 17th, vocalist Ernest East
is the trio’s special guest
5/17/26, Sunday, 5pm: The Vince Lateano Trio with guest vocalist Ernest East. ($20 suggested donation, students $10 suggested; pay what you can). Singer Ernest East has been on the scene off and on for five decades and never fails to charm; we’re always glad to invite him back. Come discover a hidden treasure! As for…
The Scott Foster Quartet
Friday, May 15th – 7:30pm
Jim Peterson, saxophones Scott Foster, guitar Dan Seamans, bass Tom Hassett, drums What began several years ago, in 2022, as the “Tom Hassett Experiment” has become a solid quartet with a repertoire and approach of its own. Guitarist Scott Foster helms the group, bringing a career’s worth of immersion in jazz beyond the genres. Drummer…
Novelist K.S. Haddock
Imagine My Surprise!
Keith Haddock & friends present his new novel. A drug kingpin is murdered by his henchmen. Imagine his surprise when he is reincarnated, fully-conscious, into a newborn boy. Revenge has to wait while he’s raised by two hapless millennials in the suburbs. A black comedy-meets-crime story wrapped in sardonic magical realism. Have fun! “Sharp, witty…
Tuesday, May 13th – 7:30pm
Ray Skjelbred and the Hot Corner
Ray Skjelbred, piano Andy Schumm, clarinet & tenor sax Katie Cavera, guitar Clint Baker, bass Riley Baker, drums The Hot Corner assembled in Oakland for a recording session on the 12th and made their way to Bird & Beckett on the 13th for two sets of hot Chicago style jazz, the way Ray Skjelbred has…
No Land & Oliver Ray, poetry and guitar from NY + Tucson – plus four more Naropa poets – in the centennial of Allen Ginsberg
Tuesday, May 12th
5/12/26, Tuesday, 8pm: Allen Ginsberg 100th Centennial gathering – guitarist/essayist Oliver Ray and poets No Land, Aubrey Gates King, Madeline Rose Hernandez, Nica, Swanee Astrid. ($10-$20 donation requested for the poets to share).
Sunday, May 10th – 5pm
Nashville Honeymoon
Lynne Maes, rhythm guitar & vocals. Hank Maninger, lead guitar & vocals. Tim Wagar, bass guitar. Paul Revelli drums. $20 suggested cover charge / byob. Students $10. Kids free. Reservations: call the bookshop at 415-586-3733. You’re in for two sets in honky tonk heaven. Mainstays of the Bay Area Americana scene, and the Bird &…