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, May 15th – 7:30-10 pm
Jinx Jones All Star Jazz-A-Billy Trio
canyon moonlight series… Sunday nights at Bird & Beckett
until the Riptide returns!
Wait!! Is Bird & Beckett a jazz venue? a rock-a-billy venue? Is it too early in the month for a jazz-a-billy date? Just what is jazz-a-billy anyway? Exploring that last timeless question, you may want to check out the article linked here and then consider this statement attributed to Jinx from a great San Jose Mercury article that…
Sunday, May 15th – 2-4 pm
Three on a Match: Poets Paul Fericano, Ellaraine Lockie and Art Beck
Paul Fericano founded the Stoogist movement and, besides being a terrific satirical poet, is the mind behind Yossarian Universal News Service (YU) (why not?). Ellaraine Lockie’s poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize eleven times. Art Beck’s Luxorius Opera Omnia, a Duet for Sitar and Trombone (Otis College, Seismicity Editions) was awarded the 2013…
Saturday, May 14th – 7:30-10:00 pm
jazz club! when lights are low… every Saturday night
Sylvia Cuenca-Paul Bollenback-Wil Blades Organ Trio
Catch Sylvia Cuenca leading a fabulous trio with Wil Blades on organ and Paul Bollenback on guitar, mid-way through a four date Bay Area run– Cafe Stritch in San Jose on Thursday and Friday, Bird & Beckett Saturday night, and Chez Hanny Sunday afternoon. Read E. “Doc” Smith’s BeyondChron article on the date here! …
Saturday, May 14th – 2 pm – Reading!
Cross Strokes: Poetry Between L.A. and San Francisco
Join us for the San Francisco Launch Party for the anthology Cross Strokes, Poetry between Los Angeles and San Francisco on Saturday, May 14th from 2 to 4 pm. Readings by: Neeli Cherkovski Tim Donnelly Sharon Doubiago Patrick James Dunagan Bill Mohr Paul Vangelisti Maw Shein Win Plus readings of work by Francisco X. Alarcon,…
Friday, May 13th – 5:30-8:00
Aaron Cohn-Luke Westbrook-Gaea Schell Trio
play jazz in the bookshop
San Francisco’s longest running weekly jazz party!
and you’re invited…
      Aaron Cohn, bass      Gaea Schell, piano        Luke Westbrook, guitar jazz in the bookshop, every Friday night $10 per adult if you can…
Thursday, May 12th – 7-9 pm
Bird & Beckett Book Club
Every second Thursday, gather with a bookish batch of your neighbors to yak up the books… this month, it’s Barbara Kingsolver’s Flight Behavior… next month, God’s Hotel by Victoria Sweet… July, Some Luck by Jane Smiley. The folks love to see new faces, and to solicit their input on future books to read. So don’t…
Sunday, May 8th – 4:30-6:30 pm – Happy Mothers Day!
Gail Dobson Band
a jazz matriarch and her progeny!
Gail Dobson has been a jazz singer for decades, inspiring and inspired by a family of musicians, immediate and extended — Mas Koga, shakuhachi, flute and saxophone and Smith Dobson V, vibes and sax… Alan Hall, drums… Luke Westbook, guitar… Sam Bevan, bass have been the core of her band for a good long…
Saturday, May 14th – 4-6 pm
Grant Levin / Danny Brown Duo
Two supremely talented young players go toe to toe for two sets of live duo jazz. Â What a way to spend a little time on a San Francisco Saturday afternoon. Besides being an accomplished leader, Grant Levin is in high demand as a sideman for live and recorded gigs around the region. Likewise, Danny Brown…
Sunday, May 15th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Sheldon Brown/Ben Goldberg Quartet
which way west? Sunday concert series
every Sunday afternoon, since 2008
 Live jazz lives in San Francisco! Sheldon Brown – Alto Saxophone Ben Goldberg – Clarinet John Shifflett – Bass Jason Lewis – Drums Thelonious Monk + Herbie Nichols + Originals! Sheldon writes: Ben and I have been making music together in a variety of groups for almost 25 years, as members of Clarinet Thing (led…
Saturday, May 7th – 7:30-10pm
The Smith Dobson Quartet
Expect a generous portion of Lester  Young-inspired tenor sax playing from one of the very best sax players in the Bay Area, when Smith Dobson V is joined by drummer Tony Johnson, bassist Miles Wick & pianist Adam Shulman!