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!
Saturday, March 9th – 7:30-9:30pm
The Ray Skjelbred Trio
Ray Skjelbred is in town for a string of dates on the Peninsula and in San Francisco before heading back up to Seattle, which he calls home these days. Ray is a unique pianist with a great feel for the piano masters of Chicago, the town where he was born and raised before moving with…
Friday, March 8th – 8:30-10pm
The Luke Schwartz Quartet
Tony Peebles – sax Luke Schwartz – guitar Andrew Higgins – bass Evan Williams – drums $20 / byob Influenced by contemporary and old-school players such as Jim Hall, Joe Pass, Jesse Van Ruller & Peter Bernstein, Luke Schwartz’s compositional style is inspired by that of post-bop icon Steve Swallow. Luke returned to the Bay…
Friday, March 8th – 6-8pm
Eric & the In Crowd
play tunes from the pens of
Mal Waldron & Jimmy Van Heusen
Join us at our weekly Friday evening Jazz Happy Hour, 6-8pm! BYOB and a twenty for the trio. Kids are free. Students & teens, how about $10? The second Friday of each month in 2024, you’ll be regaled by Eric & the In Crowd, celebrating the tunesmiths who wrote the standards that jazz musicians…
POETS! read in the shop on the
first Thursday of each month.
March 7th, 7-9pm
Poets Judith Ayn Bernhard & Byron Spooner
open mic follows
Two veterans of the San Francisco poetry scene open the reading, and an open mic closes it out. Come to Bird & Beckett on the first Thursday of each month to take it in and lend your voice. Judith Ayn Bernhard is a founding member and past chair of Marin Poetry Center. She is the…
Wednesday, March 6th – 7pm
Feminism and Storytelling in the 21st Century
Writers converge to honor
International Women’s Day
An event organized by writer Joan Gelfand. International Women’s Day is celebrated every March 8th around the globe, though its profile in the United States has generally been pretty low through the decades — we’d guess partly because of the patriarchy and partly because of the taint associated with that damned socialist impulse behind its…
Sunday, March 3rd – 5-8:30pm
Two CMC Student Jazz Combos
followed by an open mic
hosted by the Akira Tana Trio
Two jazz combos from the Community Music Center — one coached by Scott Foster and one coached by Charlie Gurke — will perform short sets starting at 5pm, with a 2-hour jam session open to all student jazz musicians following at 6:30pm. Celebrate CMC and celebrate jazz and the talented youth drawn to it! Come…
Sunday, March 3rd – 2pm
Betty Wong’s CMC Year of the Dragon Concert
Each year, Betty Wong calls in the talents from San Francisco’s Community Music Center to celebrate the breadth of music that catches her ear and keeps her creative juices flowing. Marking the Year of the Dragon, she’ll bring a cavalcade of musicians – students, faculty and friends — to play music from a variety of…
Saturday, March 2nd – 7:30-9:30pm
Mo’Fone
new album! “3 Skidoo”
Larry De La Cruz, alto saxophone Jim Peterson, baritone saxophone Jeremy Steinkoler, drums $20 cover charge; byob Students 25 and under $10 Kids 12 and under free With its surprising and highly combustible line-up of two saxmen and one drummer, Mo’Fone has thrilled audiences with some of the funkiest jazz—-and jazziest funk-—being played today….
Friday, March 1st – 8:30-10pm
Rob Woodcock Quintet
new album! “GoGo7”
Henry Hung – trumpet Charlie Gurke – bari sax Dave Gibbons – piano Rob Woodcock – bass Evan Williams – drums $20-30 sliding scale cover charge. Help us pay a fair guaranteed wage to these musicians! Students 22 and under, $10 Watching in the live stream? Donate! Come out to the intimate concert space that…
Friday, March 1st – 6-8pm
Klobas/Kesecker Ensemble
new album! “Blues Elixer”
Pat Klobas, bass; Tommy Kesecker, vibes; Terrence Brewer, guitar; David Rokeach, drums. $20 suggested per adult; byob. $10 teens and music students. Kids free. Reservations, call 415-586-3733. The Klobas/Kesecker Ensemble has an exquisite chemistry that makes for a special concert experience, and they arrive at Bird & Beckett with a new cd on the verge…