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!

Sunday, October 27th, 2:30 p.m.
Walker Talks!
on the derangement of the senses

Each month, on the last Sunday of the month, Walker Brents III discusses a topic the springs from his own imagination and curiosity… this month, his musings will revolve around “the derangement of the senses”… that inner state made naked to the outer world through abandonment of all rational caution and self-control, whether deliberately attained…

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Sunday, October 27th, 4:30 to 6:30 pm
which way west?
The Pasha Band

The Pasha Band is made up of some of the finest middle eastern musicians to be found in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Husain Resan, oud, violin and vocals; Younes Al-Maqboul, violin; and Amina Goodyear, percussion, make up the core of this group, with an additional one to two musicians to be added as the…

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Sunday, October 20th, 2 p.m.
Here Tomorrow Book Release
with author J. K. Dineen

Here Tomorrow:  Preserving Architecture, Culture, and California’s Golden Dream book release reading and celebration with writer J. K. Dineen.  J. K. Dineen writes about urban planning, architecture, and real estate for the San Francisco Business Times. His book is fresh out from Heyday Press. Old buildings in our midst call to the imagination, evoking a…

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Sunday, October 20th — 4:30-6:30 pm
The Harvey Robb Quartet

which way west? Sunday concert series. All ages welcome! No cover charge, but your generous donations make it possible for us to pay the musicians. Sunday, October 20th – 4:30-6:30 pm: Harvey Robb, sax; David Udolf, piano; Ron Belcher, bass; Danny Spencer, drums. Harvey Robb, tenor sax, has deep Detroit roots — where he grew up in the late…

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Friday, October 18th, 5:30-8:00 pm
jazz in the bookshop
The Scott Foster Ensemble

Jazz in the bookshop… every Friday without fail.  San Francisco’s longest running neighborhood jazz party! Every third Friday, guitarist Scott Foster brings in a newly constituted ensemble for the occasion. Joining guitarist Scott Foster at Bird & Beckett this Friday, October 18th, are trumpet player Dave Scott, bassist Aaron Germain and drummer Surya Prashanka.  This quartet has several…

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Thursday, October 17th, 7 p.m.
Bird & Beckett Litquake Event
at the bookshop

Cherokee Voices: Poets Kim Shuck
& Indira Allegra and Folksinger Ed Dang

Thursday, October 17th at the bookshop on Chenery Street in Glen Park, 7 pm:  Bird & Beckett in association with Litquake presents “Cherokee Voices” –  Poets Kim Shuck and Indira Allegra joined by folksinger Ed Dang for a program of poetry and music, followed by an open mic hosted by Jerry Ferraz.  Kim Shuck is a…

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Sunday, October 13th – 7 pm
Bird & Beckett Litquake Event
at the Vogue Theatre

Mohin’s Horses: South Asian
Oral Literature, Theatre,
Poetry, Music, Film

Sunday, October 13th, 7:00 pm at the Vogue Theatre 3290 Sacramento Street, at Presidio Bird & Beckett, in association with Litquake, presents: “Mohin’s Horses: South Asian Oral Literature, Poetry & Music”  We’ve put together an exciting program of poetry, theatre, music and film for the opening weekend of Litquake that will feature: — Playwright Ranjon Ghosal performing…

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Sunday, October 13th — 4:30-6:30 pm
Retro Blue
from the blues to beyond the edge…

Retro Blue is a band that fully embraces the jazz tradition:  swing, bop, blues, r&b and free style, and explores uncharted sonic areas as well… Leader Jim Ryan has been on the Bay Area music scene since the late 90’s and began his active music career in Paris, France in the early ’70s, participating in…

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Sunday, October 6th – 4:30 to 6:30 pm
Laurel Thomsen & Friends

If you’re ready to trail back to the neighborhood Sunday afternoon, Oct. 6th, by 4:30 or so — after three or four days of Golden Gate Park crowds for Hardly Strictly Bluegrass — we’ll extend the spirit of the affair here at Bird & Beckett.  Sunday, October 6th, from 4:30 to 6:30 pm, our “which way…

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Hardly Strictly + Litquake

If you’re ready to trail back to the neighborhood Sunday afternoon, Oct. 6th, by 4:30 or so — after three or four days of Golden Gate Park crowds for Hardly Strictly Bluegrass — we’ll extend the spirit of the affair here at Bird & Beckett.  And a week later, Litquake begins — and will include two…

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