653 Chenery Street
in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
1-415-586-3733
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Tuesday to Sunday
noon to six
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Sunday, September 10th – 7:30-9:30 pm
Grant Levin with bassist Charles Thomas
$10 cover charge
Pianist Grant Levin leads duo, trio and quartet dates on the 2nd, 3rd & 4th Sundays of each month, respectively. This sequence will go down in the annals of San Francisco jazz history. Tonight, a duo! Bassist Charles Thomas is Grant’s duo partner this evening.
Sunday, September 10th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Thundering Heard bluegrass
which way west? Sunday concert series
Featuring some of the San Francisco region’s finest veteran bluegrass musicians, the Thundering Heard performs traditional bluegrass music, exceptionally well. Multi-instrumentalist and singer Victor Skidanenko, hailing from San Jose, is known as one of the finest banjo players on the West Coast and gives a deep traditional dimension to the band. Singing heartfelt leads and…
Sunday, September 10th – 2-4 pm
Jeff DeMark + Susan Dambroff & Chris Kammler
A bare-bones theatrical afternoon at Bird & Beckett! Jeff DeMark headlines the program with his trademark mojo bunkum trance dance of mystery and poetic balderdash. Jeff has written and widely performed five theatrical monologues, two of which are available on DVD. He has performed his work at Bird and Beckett three times over the years….
Saturday, September 9th – 7:30-10:00 pm
Harvey Wainapel Trio
jazz club! when lights are low…
$15 cover charge
The Jazz Philanthropists Union presents… Harvey Wainapel, reeds John Wiitala, bass Bryan Bowman, drums
Friday, September 8th – 9-11 pm
Art Lande and Friends – $20 cover charge
Art Lande, piano; Paul McCandless, saxophone; Erik Jekabson, trumpet; Peter Barshay, bass; Alan Hall, drums We thank Erik Jekabson for bringing Art Lande and Paul McCandless to Bird & Beckett in the company of Peter Barshay and Alan Hall. We’re honored, pleased and excited. About advance reservations/tickets: Because the store is small, it’s not…
Friday, September 8th – 5:30-8 pm
Mark Levine Trio
jazz in the bookshop
SF’s longest running neighborhood jazz party
Mark Levine, piano Robb Fisher, bass Ron Marabuto, drums Robb Fisher joined Cal Tjader’s group in 1976, playing alongside percussionist Poncho Sanchez. It was an association that lasted over six years and a key highlight in Robb’s career. “Cal was a mentor to all his sidemen,†say Robb, “and his lyrical ballads and love of Afro…
Thursday, September 7th – 7:30-9:30 pm
Randy Lee Odell presents…
Paul Griffiths & the Scofflaws + Meredith Edgar
Paul Griffiths is a singer/songwriter known and widely admired for such timeless classics as “Headless Body in a Topless Bar.” Tonight, his Scofflaws include Charlie Hancock, Sean Silverman and Randy Lee Odell. Meredith Edgar plies the same trade, writing and performing her songs about bittersweet love, drowning, mistakes, the ocean, and the dark underbelly of…
Sunday, September 3rd – 7:30-10:00 pm
Mitch Polzak & The Royal Deuces
Bring $10 for the band and $10 for hurricane relief – through the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund established by Houston mayor Sylvester Turner and administered by the Greater Houston Community Foundation. Mitch Polzak is one swingin’ cat! Wait ’til you hear him smoke that pig with lightning speed. His trio is the toast of rockabilly festivals, county…
Sunday, September 3rd – 4:30-6:30 pm
wordwind chorus
which way west? Sunday concert seriesÂ
Bring $10 for the band and $10 for hurricane relief – through the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund established by Houston mayor Sylvester Turner and administered by the Greater Houston Community Foundation. wordwind chorus comprises the poets q.r. hand, brian auerbach and lewis jordan, and, safe in heaven dead (to quote Jack Kerouac), the late great reginald lockett….
Saturday, September 2nd – 7:30-10:00 pm
Tom Lander Quintet
jazz club! when lights are low…
$15 cover charge Â
Bring $15 for the band and $15 for hurricane relief – through the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund established by Houston mayor Sylvester Turner and administered by the Greater Houston Community Foundation. Guitarist Tom Lander is joined by Charlie McCarthy on sax, Grant Levin on piano, Chuck Bennett on bass and Mark Lee on drums. Seasoned musicians among…