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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canyon moonlight music series
every Sunday night… until the Riptide returns!
This Sunday, April 3rd – 7:30-10:00 pm:
The GG Amos Band with Greg Sankovich on keyboards and Randy Odell on drums takes the stage this Sunday in our Canyon Moonlight series… Guitarist / Vocalist GG Amos is an artist in the West Coast Blues tradition, raised in Sacramento and now based in San Francisco. She’s honed her craft as a songwriter…
Saturday, April 2nd – 7:30-10:00 pm
Smith Dobson Quartet
jazz club! when lights are low… every Saturday night!
Smith Dobson breaks out the vibes for tonight’s date with Jack Tone Riordan on guitar, Miles Wick on bass and Evan Hughes on drums. Originals and Milt Jackson/Modern Jazz Quartet material will carry the day! Always a good band with Smith at the helm!
Friday, April 1st – 5:30-8:00 pm
Don Prell’s SeaBop Ensemble
jazz in the bookshop every Friday night
Reed player Jerry Logas, guitarist Tom Lander and drummer Vinnie Rodriguez join bassist Don Prell for two sets of bebop-drenched music. Prell’s career in jazz began in Los Angeles in the 1950s. He subbed for Oscar Pettiford, took girlfriends away from Woody Herman, recorded and performed for several years in a quartet with Bud Shank,…
Sunday, March 27th – 7:30-10 pm
The Cold Hard Facts of Mike
Misisipi Mike Wolf revisits his debut cd
Canyon Moonlight series… until the Riptide returns!
This Sunday, Misisipi Mike Wolf & Friends perform his 2009 debut album live, for you.  Mike says, “The Cold Hard Facts of Mike” was my redemption song, and it came about very unexpectedly. After a couple of very dark years of personal turmoil I had found myself suddenly with a clear head…
Saturday, March 26th – 7:30-10:00 pm
Vinnie Rodriguez Quartet
featuring saxophonist Tim Lin
— spotlight on Hank Mobley
jazz in the bookshop! when lights are low…
Every Saturday night, Bird & Beckett undergoes the full transformation from bookshop to jazz boîte… that’s French to you… a jazz club like no other in the City that still knows how. If you haven’t been, you may scoff– but once you’ve experienced live jazz at Bird & Beckett, you’ll know it’s true. An exquisite…
jazz in the bookshop! every Friday, 5:30-8 pm
March 25th: The Chuck Peterson Quintet w/Dorothy Lefkovits
and at the break (7 pm)— a book presentation by
Frank Hayde, author of Stan Levey: Jazz Heavyweight
Special guest tonight– Frank Hayde, author of a new biography, Stan Levey: Jazz Heavyweight, about the seminal bebop drummer, will give a short presentation at the break (about 7 pm). From 5:30 to 8:00 pm, two sets of swinging bop and straight-ahead jazz by The Chuck Peterson Quintet with vocalist Dorothy Lefkovits. San Francisco’s long-running…
Friday, March 25th – round about break time
Stan Levey: Jazz Heavyweight author Frank Hayde!
Stick around during the break between sets, when writer Frank Hayde will tell you a tale or two of seminal bebop drummer Stan Levey, a guy who was on the bandstand in 1942 with Dizzy Gillespie at the tender age of 16, with Diz & Bird, Al Haig and Curly Russell a few short years…
Monday, March 21st – 7-9 pm
Poets Steve Arntson & Deborah Fruchey
open mic follows
Jerry Ferraz hosts
Bird & Beckett showcases featured poets and follows them with an open mic every 1st and 3rd Monday, from 7 to 9 pm. Tonight, Steve Arntson & Deborah Fruchey are the featured readers. Jerry Ferraz, a long-standing fixture on the San Francisco poetry scene, has booked and hosted our twice monthly series and for well…
Rockabilly Explosion!
Jinx Jones at Bird & Beckett
Saturday, March 20th – 7:30-10 pm
You’ve heard him close out the Glen Park Festival many years running… and for a good stretch now at Bird & Beckett on the third Saturday night of each month, 7:30-10 pm. It’s like a party in your living room! Jinx is a legendary guitarist, and most definitely the king of rockabilly in these parts, whether in the…