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!
The Late Show!
Friday, September 26th – 8:30-10pm
Othrwrldly: The Lisa Mezzacappa 5-ish
a sextet!
Aaron Bennett, saxophone. Kyle Bruckman, synthesizer. Brett Carson, piano. Mark Clifford, vibes. Lisa Mezzacappa, bass. Jordan Glenn, drums. $25-30 cover charge; byob. Students, $10. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Bassist, bandleader and composer Lisa Mezzacappa has been assiduously and playfully exploring the concept of worldbuilding in the othrwrldly cycle, a suite of…
Friday happy hour show!
September 26th, 6-8pm
The Tony Johnson Quartet
Bob Kenmotsu, tenor saxophone. Keith Saunders, piano. Tomoko Funaki, bass. Tony Johnson, drums. $20 cover charge, byob. Students $10. Kids free. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. It’s been 65 years since Aussie Tony Johnson slipped into the country via Canada and took up residency in San Francisco. Tony immediately made his mark…
Thursday, September 25th – 7pm
Radical Historian Chris Carlsson
presents the 2nd edition of
Hidden San Francisco:
A Guide to Lost Landscapes,
Unsung Heroes, and Radical Histories
Hidden San Francisco has recently been issued in a second edition, which Chris Carlsson, one of San Francisco’s preeminent radical historians, presents to a Glen Park audience at Bird & Beckett on Thursday, September 25th at 7pm. With its roots in Shaping San Francisco and FoundSF, twin projects born in the mid-1990s, the first edition…
What a week it was at Bird & Beckett!
September 15-21
three literary events, four jazz events
Friday: Scott Foster Trio w/ Noel Jewkes
+ The Behrman/Levit Quintet
Saturday: Harvey Wainapel Quartet
Sunday: Vince Lateano Trio
We’re closed Mondays, and reopen for the week Tuesday at noon, selling books & doing the usual. Noon to six, Tuesday to Sunday are the regular store hours. We’re here late several days each week, presenting events. This week, on Wednesday we begin a five-day run of literary and jazz events in the evenings —…
Sunday, September 14th – 5pm
Singer/songwriter Jim Bruno
acoustic americana music
Jim Bruno, rhythm guitar and vocals. Jim Barnes, lead guitar. Andrew Sisco, bass. $20 cover charge (cash at the door, please), byob. $10 for students, kids free. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Americana artist Jim Bruno has been called a “songwriter’s songwriter”. His songs have been recorded by numerous recording artists including…
Saturday, September 13th – 7:30-9:30
“Urban Crawl”
release show for the new album by
Steven Lugerner’s SLUGish Ensemble
Steven Lugerner, bass clarinet/baritone saxophone. Justin Rock, guitar. Ian McArdle, synthesizer. Michael Potter, piano. Alan Jones, bass. Mike Mitchell, drums. $25 cover charge; byob. Students, $10. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. With Urban Crawl — the third album from the SLUGish Ensemble — composer, reeds player and bandleader Steven Lugerner turns his…
Wednesday, September 10th – 7:30-9:30pm
The Anthony Wonsey Trio
with Billy Edwards and Minchan Kim
Anthony Wonsey, piano Billy Edwards, bass Minchan Kim, drums $20 cover charge (cash at the door, please); byob. Students, $10. Reservations, call 415-586-3733. Anthony Wonsey took his trio with bassist Billy Edwards and drummer Minchan Kim to Luanda, Angola in April to back saxophonist Steve Carrington for Unesco & ResiliArt’s International Jazz Day, 4/22/25. Now,…
Coming up at Bird & Beckett
Eric & the In Crowd Go to the Movies on Friday 9/12 at 6pm – $20 donation appreciated, students $10, kids free. byob. Eric Shifrin concocts a combo on the 2nd Friday of each month, always a good natured affair to kick off the weekend. Greg Gotelli’s San Francisco Quintet is up Friday at 8:30pm,…
Friday, September 5th – 8:30-10pm
The Actual Trio
John Schott/Dan Seamans/John Hanes
Berkeley’s veteran jazz ensemble, The Actual Trio returns to Bird & Beckett for an evening of original, spiky, whimsical, groovy and spontaneous music. Led by guitarist John Schott (T.J. Kirk, John Zorn, Steven Bernstein), the trio has just released its third CD, entitled “Spires.” Double bassist Dan Seamans (New Klezmer Trio) and drummer John Hanes…