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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, January 16th – 6pm
Scott Foster’s Masters Series
featuring saxophonist
Charlie McCarthy
with guitarist Luke Schwartz
Charlie McCarthy, saxophone. Scott Foster, guitar. Luke Schwartz, guitar. $20 suggested cover charge; byob. Students, $5; kids free. For a reservation, call the bookshop at 415-586-3733. Arrive 15 minutes before showtime to claim your seat. Charlie McCarthy has been an acknowledged master of the reeds and flute for decades. His tone is impeccable, his sense…
Monday, January 12th – 7pm
VirtualPoets! – a bi-monthly reading on Zoom
Kim Shuck,San Francisco Poet Laureate Emirta, hosts poetry readings on Zoom twice a month. The second Monday of each month, there are featured readers followed by an open mic. The fourth Sunday of each month, it’s all open mic. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84350265713?pwd=eE84V3BYdWxiSFBHNHhmdUt1WTUzdz09 Meeting ID: 843 5026 5713 Passcode: 244211 Tonight’s featured readers are Kimi…
Sunday, January 11th – 5-7pm
Nashville Honeymoon
Country classics and honky tonk tunes
Mainstays of the Bay Area Americana scene for nearly a decade, Nashville Honeymoon has traversed country, rockabilly, bluegrass, and pop across four albums, writing songs that uplift the tangled mess of day-to-day life and investigate universal themes of love and loss – often at the same time. Their latest album, Sidewinder, is true to its…
5 live events January 8-11!
Saturday, 7:30pm – Triology, a jazz trio
Poetry – Jazz – Jazz – Jazz – Country _____ Thursday, January 8, 7:00 – 8:30pm: Sixteen Rivers Press poetry reading {free} _____ Friday, January 9, 6:00 – 8:00pm: Eric & the In Crowd [Songs that start with “C”] {$20} _____ Friday, January 9, 8:30 – 10:00pm: Chris Aschman & Skyy Daddy {$20} _____ Saturday,…
New Year, New Music:
3 Concerts to kick off 2026
Jazz – Jazz – Jazz y más! _____ Friday, January 2, 7:30pm: Andrew Higgins Trio {$20} _____ Saturday, January 3, 7:30pm: Noel Jewkes Quintet {$25} _____ Sunday, January 4, 5pm: Avotcja & Modúpue {$25-$40 sliding scale} _____ Reserve a seat by calling the bookshop at (415) 586-3733. We’ll hold your reservation until the music starts….
Tonight! Thursday, January 8th – 7pm
Sixteen Rivers Press Poetry Reading
Sixteen Rivers Press is a shared-work, nonprofit poetry collective dedicated to providing an alternative publishing avenue for Northern California poets. Founded in 1999 by seven writers, including Terry Ehret, one of the poets presenting tonight, the press is named for the sixteen rivers that flow into San Francisco Bay. Learn more about the collective here….
Jazz tonight at Bird & Beckett!
Tuesday, December 30th – 7:30pm
The Levit/Behrman Collective, a quintet
Tuesday, December 30, 7:30pm {$25} Levit/Behrman Collective Joel Behrman, trumpet; Jesse Levit, saxophone; Matt Clark, piano; Joshua Thurston-Milgrom, bass; Jeff Marrs, drums. Hard bop and contemporary sounds; originals and jazz classics. Nothing beats a trumpet/saxophone front line with a solid rhythm section, and these players are among the very best of the local scene….
Jazz at 5pm and 7:30pm today,
Sunday 12/21, at Bird & Beckett
Live music every weekend,
Friday to Sunday!
Friday 12/19, 6-8pm: Scott Foster / David Boyce Duo {$20}…Friday 12/19, 8:30-10pm: Tommy Noble Trio {$20}…Saturday, 12/20, 7:30-9:30pm: Steve Carter Quartet {$25}. Sunday, 12/21, 5-7pm: Vince Lateano Trio with guest Erik Jekabson on trumpet {$20}. Sunday, 12/21, 7:30-9:30pm: Tim Lin Quartet “Heartfelt” Album release concert, with Charles Chen, piano; Nick Panoutsos,…
Five events Thursday to Sunday,
December 11th to 14th
Novelist Bart Schneider with poet Genine Lentine Thursday at 7pm Eric & the In Crowd Friday at 6pm $20 Russian Telegraph, a sextet, Friday at 8:30pm $30 The Michael Mitchell Quartet Saturday at 7:30pm $20 Deep Thicket Dwellers live album…
Saturday, December 13th – 7:30-9:30pm
The Michael Mitchell Quartet
Michael Mitchell is a fabulous drummer who came to the Bay Area from NYC several years ago, to our great good fortune. The quartet comprises Raffi Garabedian, sax; Michael Potter, piano; Nico Martinez, bass; and Mike on drums. $20 cover charge (cash at the door, please); byob. students, $10. For a reservation, as true for…