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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Kim Shuck hosts Virtual Poets!
2nd & 4th Mondays
Monday, June 10th – 7pm
A Celebration of Mary TallMountain
with featured poets Kitty Costello
and Jesse James Johnson
open mic follows
On the 2nd Monday of each month Kim Shuck, San Francisco Poet Laureate Emerita, hosts an on-line poetry reading with two featured poets and an open mic. Tonight’s reading, featuring Kitty Costello and Jesse James Johnson, is a tribute to the poet Mary TallMountain (1918-1994), whose influence on a generation was profound and resonates still….
Sunday, June 9th – 5-7pm
Trouble Town
bluegrass quartet
San Francisco pickers, Trouble Town boil a hot pot of folk, bluegrass, swing, jazz and rock into a rebel blend of music with a big acoustic sound. The band’s musical chemistry and diverse influences have allowed them to pull from a deep musical well and make it a special stew all their own. Trouble Town…
Saturday, June 8th – 7:30-9:30pm
Tony Corman’s RPM3
The RPM3 Jazz trio is devoted to personalized renditions of jazz classics, standards from the Great American Songbook, and Brazilian gems. The members are Bay Area jazz stalwarts and the band is highly swinging and guaranteed to warm you up. Tony Corman, 7-string guitar in M3 tuning. Chuck Bennett, bass. Carrie Jahde, drums. $20 cover…
Friday, June 7th – 8:30-10pm
Keith Saunders Trio
bringing back the jazz vibe
of the Club Deluxe
Keith Saunders, piano Eric Markowitz, bass Smith Dobson V, drums $20 cover charge – cash or venmo at the door byob Continuing in a Club Deluxe vein, three stalwarts of that venue’s jazz bookings converge for ninety minutes of fiery bebop, standards and jazz classics from the music’s glory years. After cutting his teeth in…
Friday, June 7th – 6-8pm
Liza Silva and Voz do Brasil
Veterans of the Bossa Nova! Until we lost the Club Deluxe during the great pandemic, Voz do Brasil was the late Sunday night house band of that legendary Haight Street nitespot and the long-time favorite of its owner, the late Jay Johnson, the Deluxe’s heart and soul. Sao Paulo-born, vocalist Liza Silva toured internationally for…
Thursday, June 6th — 7-9pm
Featured poet Kimi Sugioka
followed by an open mic
Bird & Beckett presents a featured poet plus open mic reading on the first Thursday of each month. On June 6th, at 7pm, the featured reader will be Kimi Sugioka, the Poet Laureate of Alameda, California. Kimi is a mother, educator, songwriter and poet. Her newest book is Wile & Wing on Manic D Press….
Sunday, June 2nd – 5-8pm
Tomorrow’s Jazz Today!
Urban High Bebop Combo plus Youth Jam Session
The Akira Tana Trio, with Ben Stolorow, piano and Robb Fisher, bass host a jam session for student players welcome from throughout the Bay Area. The jam is preceded by a jazz combo out of San Francisco’s Urban School. Phenomenally talented youth well schooled and ready to forge their own future of jazz!
Saturday, June 1st – 7:30-9:30pm
Spaghetti
Jim Campilongo, guitar Sam Reider, accordion & piano Giulio Xavier Cetto, bass Scott Amendola, drums $20 cover charge; byob. Spaghetti is a quartet formed by the rising star accordionist/pianist Sam Reider (a local prodigy gone global with his genre-busting, bluegrass-adjacent band, The Human Hands) and the renowned veteran guitarist Jim Campilongo (Jim Campilongo & the…
Friday, May 31st – 8:30-10pm
Red Fast Luck
David Boyce, reeds; PC Muñoz, percussion. $15 cover charge; byob. Red Fast Luck is a Bay Area-based improvising duo consisting of multi-reed sorcerer David Boyce (aka Black Edgar) and electro-acoustic percussionist PC Muñoz. Their EP, “Live in San Francisco”, is one of the featured albums on the San Francisco Public Library’s new curated streaming service,…
Friday, May 31st – 6-8pm
Super Trio – Dobson/Markowitz/Messer
Smith Dobson, drums; Eric Markowitz, bass; Graham Messer, piano. $20 suggested cover charge. $10 for students and teens. kids 12 and under free. byob. A powerhouse trio massing the energy of two bandstand veterans and a young player fast emerging as a fiery voice on piano, proving that bebop lives.