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!

Thursday, February 27th – 7:30pm
The Good War,  Great Sounds!
a benefit for Outsound New Music Summit
with Elizabeth Costello,
Rent Romus & Suki O’Kane

The Good War is just out, and writer Elizabeth Costello has invited Rent Romus and Suki O’Kane to share the stage to raise funds for Romus’s most excellent Outsound New Music Summit and to celebrate Elizabeth’s debut as a novelist. Suggested donation for the event, $20 cash/venmo. BYOB. Bring your checkbook or the digital equivalent…

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Sunday, February 23rd – 8-10pm
Hail the Conquering Hero
Keyboardist David K. Mathews Quartet

David K. Mathews, piano Wayne de Silva, tenor saxophone John Wiitala, bass Akira Tana, drums $20 cover charge; byob. Reservations, call 415-586-3733 20 years with Santana after 15 years with Etta James, Dave Mathews first made his mark with three years in Tower of Power. Once he left Tower Of Power he worked on that playing…

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Sunday, February 23rd – 5-7pm
Jam Session!
hosted by the Vince Lateano Trio

You never know who might drop in. Maybe you! The Vince Lateano Trio will make you feel right at home! BYOB and a twenty for the trio.

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Saturday, February 22nd – 7:30pm
The Jinx Jones Jazz Trio

Luxurious guitar and exotica. Cool swing and soul with a hot trio. That’s Jinx’s jazz bag! Welcome a true apostle of the many towering gods of the jazz guitar traditions, from Freddie Green to Charlie Christian to Tal Farlow to Wes Montgomery to Barney Kessel to Joe Pass to Kenny Burrell to Grant Green to…

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Thursday, March 6th – 7pm
Poet Beau Beausoleil reads from War News II
open mic follows

  Beau Beausoleil is a poet and activist (Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here) based in San Francisco. He is the author of 15 chapbooks of poetry. His most recent titles are the Killing of George Floyd, Poems for Ukraine, and War News I. Michael Koch hosts. An open mic will follow, conducted by Jerry Ferraz.

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Friday, February 21st – 8:30-10pm
Swerve Control

Swerve Control is a ferociously adventurous new band featuring and co-led by Darren Johnston on trumpet, Kai Lyons on guitar,  Rob Ewing on bass and Dillon Vado on drums. This band is known for playing expansive and strikingly original music; their improvisational approach is inspired by the late 60’s Miles Davis groups, informed by individual…

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Wednesday, March 5th – 7pm
City Bird
Patrick Dunagan reads the title poem
from his City Lights volume of the same name

Patrick James Dunagan commences at 7pm to read aloud from “City Bird”—the long title poem from his new book from City Lights—and doesn’t quit till the whole thing’s been aired. Bring a pigfoot and a bottle of beer, a box of wine, or whatever keeps your gears turning, and head on out to Bird &…

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Friday, February 21st – 6-8pm
Scott Foster & Luke Schwartz
two jazz guitars in dialogue

Scott Foster, guitar. Luke Schwartz, guitar. $15 suggested donation, byob. teens and students, $5. kids free. Two generations, once teacher and student, now colleagues in the San Francisco jazz galaxy. Scott and Luke have developed their own unique style of duo guitar performance over several years of performing together, with an emphasis on counterpoint, conversation…

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Thursday, February 20th – 7:30pm
Walker Brents III on Thich Nhat Hanh

This month, Walker considers Thich Nhat Hanh: The timeless simplicity of his teaching defies our surfaces even as it nourishes our depths. A skillful conveyer of the great lucidities: poetry, art, parable, history, myth; he was also a disciplined expositor of ancient meditative techniques. A stranger in a strange land, a voice for the voiceless,…

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Monday, February 17th – 7:30pm
Kahil El’Zabar’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
On tour for Black History Month!

Sir Kahil El’Zabar, voice, trapset, cajon, kalimba. Corey Wilkes, trumpet. Kevin Nabors, tenor saxophone. $35 at the door, cash or venmo please! Teens and students $15; kids free byob. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Sir Kahil El’Zabar’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble is touring the United States and Canada this February on its 2025…

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