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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]

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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Thursday, December 4th – 7pm
Featured poets
Jeffrey Zable and Ken Weichel
open mic follows

Reading from his new collection, When I’m Dead and Feeling Blue, poet Jeffrey A. Z. Zable is joined by Androgyne Press publisher Ken Weichel. An open mic follows.

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The Late Show!
Friday, October 10th – 8:30-10pm
Four Fabulous Females
play the blues and the funk

Four Fabulous Females play the blues & the funk for the swabbies and waves! Pat Wilder, guitar and vocals. Jennifer Jolly, piano. Ruth Davies, bass. Daria Johnson, drums. $20 cover charge / students $10 / kids & sailors free!* All ages. Wheelchair accessible. Reservations 415-586-3733. Deets on the crew and their captain… Ruth Davies has played…

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Saturday, October 4th – 7:30pm to 9:30pm
jazz ain’t nothin’ without the blues
Vocalist Rhonda Benin & Her Trio

Rhonda Benin, vocals. John R. Burr, piano. Ron Belcher, bass. Mark Lee, drums. $20 cover charge (cash at the door, please); byob. Students $10. Just catching a tune while waiting for dinner? Drop $5 in the bucket by the register for the musicians! All ages, wheelchair accessible. BLUES is jazz’s greatest influence. From the time…

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Fundraising for the future of
Bird & Beckett in Glen Park!

Here at Bird & Beckett Books, we’ve always relied on the kindness of neighbors and strangers to make it all work; and we’ve always found that strangers don’t stay strangers long! Your tax-deductible donations to our 501(c)3 nonprofit, the Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project, FEIN 261906810, are the secret sauce. Book sales and cover…

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Friday, October 3rd – 8:30pm to 10pm
The Chris Planas Trio

Chris Planas, guitar, Ben Luis, bass. Matt Willlis, drums. $20 cover charge; byob. Students, $10. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Just catching a tune while waiting for dinner? Drop $5 in the bucket for the musicians! Guitarist and leader Chris Planas was a founding member of Hawaii’s world beat favorites Pagan Babies,…

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Friday, October 3rd – 6pm to 8pm
The Harold Carr Ensemble

Bring $25 cash for the band. Also something to sip, if you wish. Until 5pm, you can call for a reservation — 415-586-3733. Seating starts at 6:45pm. Be prepared to huddle in the front of the store and browse the new releases until then! Waiting for your place at the counter at Le Cygale? Fine…

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Thursday, October 2nd – 7pm
Featured poets plus an open mic
on the first Thursday of each month
Tonight: Clive Matson
& Karen Pierce Gonzalez

Clive Matson’s roots in the beat generation go back to NYC in the early 1960s, and he’s been an important writing guru in the Bay Area for decades. We’re pleased to welcome him back to the shop with his recent collection, Hello Paradise, Paradise Goodbye. He’s a reliable link to the consciousness that bloomed from…

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Sunday, September 28th — 7:30-10pm
come for the jam,
stick around for the party!

Ryan Ancheta is one of our favorite young jazz musicians. He made a good impression on veteran drummer Vince Lateano and his trio partners Peter Barshay and Ben Stolorow at the jam session about three years ago while still a student at RASOTA, and he’s come back on stage here many times since, epitomizing the…

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