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!
Refresh your browser to catch a show in progress!
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But nothing beats being in the room with the music & the musicians!
Friday, October 18th – 6-8pm
The Scott Foster Quartet
Downtown Danny Brown, saxophone Scott Foster, guitar Curtis Aikens, bass Brian Fishler, drums $20 cover charge; byob Reservations, call 415-586-3733 Scott’s third Fridays residency rolls on with this terrific quartet. Your donations help us pay a fair guaranteed wage. Being amongst people for music and small talk is the best inoculation against loneliness and viruses….
Monday, October 14th – noon to 8pm
A benefit reading
for the children of Palestine
You are invited to read a poem at Poets For Palestine, a poetry reading marathon that raises funds for the children of Palestine. October 14 (Indigenous Peoples Day) 12 noon to 8 pm at Bird & Beckett Books 653 Chenery St, San Francisco, CA 94131 * Pick one poem (3 minutes max) * Make an…
Monday, October 14th – 7-9pm
Online (Zoom) poetry series
featured poets S.A. Griffin & Linda Ravenswood
open mic follows
open mic follows
Kim Shuck, former San Francisco Poet Laureate, hosts S.A. Griffin and Linda Ravenswood in her ongoing, twice monthly online poetry reading series. The first session of each month, on the 2nd Mondays, leads off with two featured readers and concludes with an open mic. The second session, on the 4th Mondays is all open mic….
Sunday, October 13th – 5-7pm
Kincheloe Beynon MacPherson Carroll
Bay Area singer/songwriters George Kincheloe, Scott Beynon, Glenn MacPherson and vocalist Nancy Carroll combine their unique talents and instrumental artistry in this popular, harmony-rich band whose music leans toward Americana/acoustic with lots of original material by three accomplished songwriters. $20 cover charge (cash or venmo, please); byob.
Saturday, October 12th – 7:30-9:30pm
Krishna Parthasarathy, Evening Ragas
Krishna Parthasarathy, vocal & violin Ben Kunin, sarod Akshay Naresh, bansuri Ferhan Qureshi, tabla $20 cover charge (cash or venmo at the door, please); byob. Reservations can be made by calling the shop at 415-586-3733 during regular business hours, noon to six pm, Tuesday to Sunday. Doors open for the show 15 minutes before the…
Friday, October 11th – 8:30-10pm
Richard Howell, Kash Killion, Ian Dogole
Empyrea
Empyrea travels the spaceways with thrilling improvisational forays that venture into uncharted sonic terrain. Listeners will experience instrumental combinations rarely heard on this planet. Empyrea is Ian Dogole – doumbek, African talking drum, udu, kalimba, maracas llaneras Richard Howell – saxophones, misc. aerophones & vocals Kash Killion – cello, double bass, sarangi, bolon, masenqo
Friday, October 11th – 6-8pm
Eric & the In Crowd salute the
Composers Behind the Jazz Standards
Every second Friday of the month, Eric Shifrin brings in a trio to have a little fun with tunes written by some of the master composers of popular music that have become standards played in piano bars, restaurants, clubs and concert halls through the decades throughout the land. This month, he’ll present tunes by the…
You don’t need a passport this weekend to get to Glen Park for jazz, Hindustani & Carnatic music, and Americana!
Apply for your jazz passport this month on a visit to any one of four great San Francisco jazz clubs — Keys, Tipples, Black Cat or Dawn Club and patronize those wonderful joints! We wish them all great success, and we want their help keeping San Francisco jazzy and literary! You won’t need a passport…
The Booksellers Ball
Friday Oct. 10th at the Club Fugazi!
Celebrate Litquake’s 25th Anniversary!
Litquake turns 25! Litquake’s 2024 festival kicked off with the Booksellers Ball on Thursday the 10th, an opening night bash at Club Fugazi in North Beach when the Litquake community came together to fête San Francisco’s independent bookstores. It was a catered event with abundant libations and a sizzling lineup of literature-themed drag performances hosted…
Tuesday, October 8th – 7:30-9pm
Ava Koohbor, electronics
plus the Evidence Trio
Ava Koohbor is a poet, visual and sound artist. Through sound, words, and objects she seeks to find balance in everyday’s chaos. Her latest works have been exhibited and performed at Audium, APICC Festival 2023: Reimagine Horizons, and as a part of group exhibition at RootDivision: ME in a(ME)rica. Her latest publication, a…