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!
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But nothing beats being in the room with the music & the musicians!
Friday, May 24th – 6-8pm
Tony Johnson Quartet
Bob Kenmotsu, tenor sax; Ben Stolorow, piano; Eric Markowitz, bass; Tony Johnson, drums. $20 suggested donation; kids free; students $10. Tony Johnson has a monthly fourth Fridays residency at Bird & Beckett, leading his quartet in the odd numbered months and the 230 Jones Street band in the even numbered months. The players are all…
Thursday, May 23rd – 8-10pm
Adam Gay Quartet
Bassist Adam Gay has been a key player at Bird & Beckett for decades, though he moved to Brooklyn in 2019. In New York, he’s been playing with friends such as pianists Jinjoo Yoo and James Austin, guitarist Ki Hong Jang, Saxophonist Chris Byars, and drummer Keith Balla amongst others. Adam travels to San Francisco…
Wednesday, May 22nd – 7pm
Author event with William Gee Wong
journalist and memoirist
Sons of Chinatown
Author William Gee Wong reads from and discusses his book, Sons of Chinatown: A memoir rooted in China and America, a dual memoir of his and his father’s parallel experiences in America. The author’s father entered the U.S. legally as the “son of a native,” despite having partially false papers, and he himself was born…
Events Wednesday 5/15 to Sunday 5/19
Wed: Jonathan Richman & David Alvarez
present a night of Spanish poetry
Thursday: Walker Brents III on Edgar Allan Poe
The Friday Happy Hour: The Scott Foster Combo
The Friday Late Show: The Ryan Ancheta Quartet
Saturday Night: Vocalist Tiffany Austin & Her Trio
Sunday at 5: The Vince Lateano Trio
with John Calloway
A very big week wraps up Sunday 5/19/24 at Bird & Beckett with the monthly, third-Sundays 5-7pm residency of the Vince Lateano Trio (Ben Stolorow, piano; Peter Barshay, bass; Vince Lateano, drums) — with special guest John Calloway on flute and small percussion. Adults $20 cover; music students and teens, $10 cover. Help us pay…
Saturday, May 18th – 7:30-9:30pm
Vocalist Tiffany Austin & Her Trio
Tiffany Austin, vocals; Adam Shulman, piano; Kevin Goldberg, bass; Mark Lee, drums. $20 cover charge; byob. Born and raised in South Los Angeles, Austin grew up in a house filled with music. Her parents listened to soul and pop masters like Donny Hathaway and Stevie Wonder, while her Louisiana Creole grandmother introduced her to jazz….
Events Friday 5/10 to Sunday 5/12
Eric & the In Crowd play Richard Rodgers
Sebastian Pinillos plays Afro-Peruvian Jazz
Marina Crouse sings boleros & jazz
The Seducers play honky tonk country
Jan Jakut plays solo guitar
Sunday 5/12, 5-7pm: The Seducers! Joe Goldmark, pedal steel guitar; Mitch Polzac, lead guitar and vocals; Hank Maninger, bass guitar and vocals; Kenny Owen, drums. BYOB and a twenty for the band. Kids free. On the second Sunday of each month, you’ll hear Americana music at Bird & Beckett, and in the odd numbered months,…
Sunday, May 5th – 5-8pm
Two jazz combos from
Ruth Asawa School of the Arts
jam session with the Akira Tana Trio follows
Bird & Beckett makes way for the next generation on the first Sunday of each month! On the first Sunday of each month, you’ll hear what youth well schooled in jazz can do. The musicianship on display is always amazing, delightful and fills us with confidence in the future of the culture. This time out,…
Friday, March 31st – 5:30-8pm
Jinx Jones Trio
Luxurious guitar and exotica. Cool swing and soul with a hot trio. That’s Jinx’s jazz bag! Long-time Bird & Beckett fans know that bag well, though most beyond our cozy niche know him only for his rockabilly twang and train songs, whether wafting out the swinging doors of the Saloon across from Caffe Trieste or…
Friday, May 3rd – 8:30-10pm
Macy Blackman’s Mighty Fine Trio
Macy Blackman, piano and vocals; Bing Nathan, bass; Jon Otis, drums. The late show! $20 cover charge cash or venmo at the door for a reservation, call 415-586-3733 Macy Blackman has been steeped in rhythm & blues since he was a youngster in Delaware. Born in 1948, by his high school years he…
Thursday 5/2 to Sunday 5/5
Poetry & jazz kicking off
Bird & Beckett’s 25th Anniversary Month!
founded May 1999!
Thursday 5/2 at 7pm: Poets James Cagney and Thomas Dunn, followed by an open mic hosted by Jerry Ferraz and Michael Koch. Featured poets and an open mic presented monthly since 1999. Free to all, though donations are always appreciated. James Cagney is the author of Black Steel Magnolias In The Hour Of Chaos Theory,…