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653 Chenery Street in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood

Open to walk-in trade and browsing Tuesday to Sunday noon to six

phone: 1-415-586-3733     email: [email protected]

Tuesday, October 21st – 7pm
Novelist Diane Frank
+ Poet Janet Popesco Archibald

Diane Frank reads from her new novel, Mermaids and Musicians, wherein a virtuoso violinist falls madly in love with a mermaid, but can he deal with loving a woman who isn’t completely human? And can their love travel through time? The novel begins on Signal Mountain in Tennessee and migrates to the coast of Northern…

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Sunday, October 19th – 5pm
The Vince Lateano Trio
with guest Erich Ippen, guitar & vocals

Ben Stolorow, piano. Peter Barshay, bass. Vince Lateano, drums. with guest Erich Ippen, guitar & vocals. $20 cover charge; byob. Students, $10.    Kids free. The trio returns for their ongoing 3rd Sundays residency at Bird & Beckett. Leader Vince Lateano has been a cornerstone of the San Francisco jazz scene since he arrived in…

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Saturday, October 18th – 7:30-9:30pm
The Jinx Jones Jazz Trio

Jinx Jones, guitar. Kenan O’Brien, bass. Ken Owen, guitar. cover charge $20; byob. students $10. reservations, call 415-586-3733. 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…

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No Kings Day: Saturday, October 18th
We’ll be out putting it to the man until 3pm
(closed up tight in Glen Park),
but then…

After 3pm drop in to buy a book or just to commiserate over the failure of our democracy. At 5pm: a reading from Colossus:Current – The Ways and Workings of Water. At 7:30pm: The Jinx Jones Trio plays jazz. ________ At 5pm today, join Sara Biel, Elisa Salasin and Kim Shuck co-editors of Colussus:Current The…

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Friday, October 17th – 8:30-10pm
Beth Custer + Will Bernard + Jess Ivry

Nothing like it this side of Bernal! Or any other side, really. BYOB and a twenty for the trio!

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Friday, October 17th – 6pm to 8pm
The Scott Foster Quintet
plays the jazz of South Africa

The Scott Foster Quintet dives into the South African jazz repertoire, playing the music of Allen Kwela, Dudu Pukwana, Johnny Dyani, Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand), Hugh Masekela and their countrymen. $25 cover charge requested, students $10.  

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Thursday, October 16th – 7:30-9:30pm
The Gus Hurteau Trio

Gus Hurteau, vibraphone. Alan Jones, bass. Miles Turk, drums. $20 cover charge, byob. Students $10. For reservations, call 415-586-3733. Young players on the rise! Catch them while they’re making their mark on the way to vibrant careers in jazz. Here’s video of Gus’s last trio date at Bird & Beckett, in June of this year,…

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Tuesday, October 14th – 7:30pm
Converging from NYC, Chicago & Milwaukee:
Love Call, a trio

Max Bessesen, saxophone. Ethan Philion, bass. Devin Drobka, drums. $20 cover charge; byob. Students, $10. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Love Call has been together since the lock down, when bassist Philion and saxophonist Bessesen coped with their lack of performance opportunities by exploring adventurous new repertoire and free improvisation together. When…

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Sunday, October 12th – 5pm to 7pm
Trouble Town bluegrass trio
Americana Music at Bird & Beckett
on the Second Sunday of Each Month

Pam Brandon, bass and vocals. Forrest Allen, fiddle, mandolin and vocals. Iggy, guitar and vocals. $20 cover charge / $10 for students / kids, native peoples & navy sailors of all nations free during the Indigenous Peoples Day weekend.* For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. All ages. Wheelchair accessible. San Francisco pickers, Trouble…

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Saturday, October 11th – 7:30-9:30pm
The Ben Slater Trio

Ben Slater, saxophone. Luke Schwartz, guitar. Sam Heminger, bass. $20 cover charge (cash at the door, please), byob. Students, $10; kids and mariners, free.* All ages. Wheelchair accessible. For reservations, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Tonight, the Ben Slater Trio plays a summer’s worth of Ben’s new compositions and arrangements. Born and raised in San…

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