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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Jam Session!
Last Sunday of every month at 5pm
with the Vince Lateano Trio
Jam session at Bird & Beckett Sunday, May 25th from 5-7pm. Come to play, then stick around to hear the Isaiah Javier Quartet from 8-10pm. $10 cover for students, $20 for general audience. Don’t forget our First-Sundays Student-Centric Jam Sessions– On Sunday June 6th, 5-7pm, a combo from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s…
Saturday, May 24th – 7:30-9:30pm
The Rumi Abe Quartet
A fresh voice on the San Francisco jazz scene, pianist Rumi Abe arrived from Nagoya, Japan in the fall of 2024 and is already woven into the fabric of Bay Area jazz culture. Come hear her at Bird & Beckett with a few of our great friends in jazz, saxophonist Steven Lugerner, bassist Isaac Coyle…
Friday, May 23rd – 8:30-10pm
Carnaval Descarga!
Annette A Aguilar’s
Beans on the Left + Guests
Annette A Aguilar, daughter of Nicaraguan parents, San Francisco native, La Reina de Baterista of Upper Manhattan and the Bronx with her String Beans ensemble and her Women in Latin Jazz festivals, returns home for another Carnaval season. To Bird & Beckett, she’ll bring a vibrant Beans on the Left quartet–the West Coast version of…
Friday, May 23rd – 6-8pm
230 Jones Street: McCarthy/Cady/Bennett/Johnson
This Friday at 6pm, drummer Tony Johnson corrals the usual suspects — Charlie McCarthy, saxophone; Sam Cady, piano; Chuck Bennett, bass — for another earth invasion by Bird & Beckett’s legacy jazz band, with its roots in the 2002 trio that Chuck Peterson used to establish a weekly Friday happy hour jazz tradition in Glen…
Thursday, May 22nd – 7:30pm
Five on the Western Edge:
Poets Steve Brooks, Stephen Vincent, Beau Beausoleil, Hilton Obenzinger, Larry Felson
A reunion poetry reading for Five On the Western Edge, the Momo’s Press 1976 volume of five poets responding to radical politics, including the rise of the women’s movement challenging gender roles. Reading from the original book and new work. Free. Donations welcome. Byob. To reserve a seat, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Live streamed…
Tuesday, May 20th – 5pm
The Art of Remembering: Volume III
writers read their work from the
San Francisco Community Living Campaign
Writing Groups’ new anthology
Join us for a powerful evening of live readings, memory, and meaning to celebrate the launch of The Art of Remembering: Volume III, the latest edition of the literary journal produced by the Community Living Campaign Writing Groups, exploring the many ways we hold on, let go, and make sense of what’s come before. This…
Vocalist Thu Ho
A tribute to the elegant jazz singer
Helen Merrill
Saturday, May 17th – 7:30-9:30pm
Thu Ho pays tribute to the great Helen Merrill, a fabulous singer in the golden era of Jazz, who is high on the list of Thu’s greatest influences. Thu will be interpreting tunes from Helen’s greatest albums, including “Dream Of You,” “Helen Merrill,” “You’ve Got A Date With the Blues,” “The Nearness Of You,” and…
Friday, May 16th – 8:30-10pm
The Brian Andres Quartet
Tony Peebles, saxophone. Erick Peralta, piano. Aaron Germain, bass. Brian Andres, drums. with special guest vocalist, Kenya Moses. $20 cover charge (cash or venmo at the door, please). byob, and make a reservation! Call the shop at 415-586-3733. With saxophonist Tony Peebles, of the Grammy-nominated Pacific Mambo Orchestra, the young and seriously talented pianist…
Friday, May 16th – 6-8pm
Scott Foster
& the Tom Hassett Experiment
It’s been a year, and what a year it’s been! But science prevails over the darkness, and Tom Hassett never stops probing the secrets of the universe through the vibrations of his drum kit, with his lab assistants Scott Foster, Dan Seamans and Jim Peterson, wielding guitar, bass and saxophone, respectively. Bring a twenty for…
Rest in peace, Rob
We’ll always remember you. You gave us so much, just a fraction of what you gave the world. You live on.