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, August 1st – 8:30-10pm
The Steve Carter Trio
featuring Marquinho Brasil
Steve Carter, piano. Dennis Smith, bass. Billy Johnson, drums. with guest percussionist Marquinho Brasil. $20 cover charge; cash please. byob. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. In the early 80s, Steve Carter became a first call piano player in the thriving Bay Area Funky-Latin-Jazz scene. He was Pete Escovedo’s piano player for several…
Friday, August 1st – 6pm
Noah Schencker Trio
Ben Stolorow, piano. Noah Schenker, bass. Bryan Bowman, drums. featuring vocalist Kati Schenker. $20 adults, $10 students kids free The Noah Schenker Trio, with guest vocalist Kati Pienimäki Schenker, perform standards, pop, and some Finnish tangos.
Thursday, July 31st – 7:30pm
Silver Lining Serenaders
Based in New Orleans, Louisiana, The Silver Lining Serenaders specialize in dance music of the 1920’s, 30’s and 40’s. Their extensive catalog features songs in the styles of swing, Western swing, early jazz and a little bit of classic country thrown in for good measure. In addition to songs in English and instrumentals, the band…
Thursday, July 31st – 5pm
Writer Jim O’Brien discusses
Road Maps for the Soul:
An American Journey with Bob Dylan
This book is part-travelogue, part-memoir, and part academic study, which starts in Hibbing, close to the Canadian border and finishes in New Orleans, in the Deep South. The central theme of the book is to compare the life and work of Bob Dylan with that of William Shakespeare. This gives the volume its striking originality….
Sunday, July 27th – 7:30pm
The Portrait Gallery of Neeli Cherkovski:
A reading by his friends and fellow writers
from The Portrait Gallery Called Existence
(City Lights Publishing, 2025)
At last! Neeli gets a book from City Lights, posthumously published on July 1, 2025, the 80th anniversary of Neeli’s birth! Neeli Cherkovski, born Neeli Cherry in San Bernardino California on July 1, 1945, passed away in San Francisco on March 19, 2024 at the age of 78, and is sorely missed. But reading from…
Sunday, July 27th – 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Jam Session with the Vince Lateano Trio
The friendliest session in town! No charge to play, but audiences! bring a twenty to help pay the trio, and whatever you want to sip. Always familiar faces and surprises in store for you at Bird & Beckett.
Saturday, July 26th – 7:30-9:30pm
Bing Nathan & Kit Robberson present
The Nick Otis Orchestra
A Tribute to Johnny Otis
Check out Willie & the Hand Jive and a whole lot more at about the 21:30 mark in the video above… and don’t miss trumpeter Clora Bryant at 14:20!!! Li’l Bit (Gail Muldrow), guitar & vocals. Jason Thraites, guitar & banjo. Paul Lamb, bass. Nick Otis, drums. $20 cover, byob. Reservations, call 415-586-3733. Join bassist…
Friday, July 25th — two shows
The 230 Jones Street Band at 6pm
+ The Left Coast Project at 8:30pm
The 230 Jones Street Band–a quartet with Charlie McCarthy, sax; Sam Cady, piano; Chuck Bennett, bass and Tony Johnson, drums–plays jazz from swing to bop from 6pm to 8pm on Friday the 25th, and the fourth Friday of every month. __________ The Left Coast Project–Eric Scheide, saxophone; Tom Disher, piano; Tom Donald, bass; Ramiro Cairo,…
Thursday, July 24th – 7:30pm
Rogers/Harwood/Guerin/Simas
Jazz Collective
George Rogers – saxophone. Isaiah Harwood – piano. Graeham Guerin – upright bass. Max Simas – drums & cymbals. $20 cover charge, byob. Students, $10. For a reservation, call the bookshop at 415-586-3733. Rogers/Harwood/Guerin/Simas is a collective of contemporary jazz composers and instrumentalists with roots in both the Bay Area and Northeast Ohio. They debuted…
July 16th-20th: Eight Events in Five Days
7/16: Laborfest Writers Group
7/17: Mitch Polzak & the Royal Deuces
7/18: Scott Foster Duo + Lisa Mezzacappa 5(ish)
7/19: Night Market + Charles Thomas Trio
7/20: The Evangenitals + Vince Lateano Trio
“What the hell kind of church service is this?” — STEVE KOTLER, LA WEEKLY At the ungodly hour of 11 a.m. on July 20th, The Evangenitals return to Bird & Beckett with a reprise of their Moby Dick album and much, much more. Bird & Beckett’s favorite band delivers the sacrament at a National Caviar…