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!
Visit our Facebook page or YouTube channel!
But nothing beats being in the room with the music & the musicians!
Sunday, November 10th – 10am
SFLives Live Stream
Namaste, Motherfucker!
Journalist Denise Sullivan
in conversation with Ben Terrall
Independent reporter Denise Sullivan brings the SFLives series to Bird & Beckett for a Sunday morning livestream, which you can find on Bird & Beckett’s YouTube channel and Facebook page. You can also tap on the shop’s window at 9:55. and we’ll usher you to a seat in the half-light of the shop. This month’s…
Friday to Sunday, November 8th to 10th
From Indiana to New Orleans
to Maharashtra to Nashville
four shows this weekend
The music kicks off this Friday at 6pm, when piano professor Eric Shifrin brings his In Crowd–Ari Munkres on bass and Mark Lee on drums–to celebrate the songs of Hoosier Hoagy Carmichael, the droll pianist, singer and tunesmith who brought us Stardust, Skylark, Georgia on My Mind and a host of other indelibly memorable…
POETS! First Thursday Every Month
Thursday, November 7th – 7pm
Featured poet Dan Richman
followed by an open mic
Dan Richman, scheduled as the featured poet tonight, cannot attend due to illness. Dan is a wry and philosophical poet, also a playwright, novelist, essayist and performer, of good humor and great insight. He read on our first bill of poets back in 1999 or so, and has continued to write all along, taking in…
Wednesday, November 6th – 7pm
Poet Nellie Wong reads
from her new collection,
Nothing Like Freedom
Chinese American revolutionary feminist poet Nellie Wong, a Glen Park resident, grew up in Oakland’s Chinatown and came of age working in her parents’ restaurant there. Tracked into a working class path and following business classes at Oakland High School, she went to work as a secretary at Bethlehem Steel. In her 30s, in the…
Sunday, November 3rd – 3-6pm
SF Conservatory Jazz Combos
Occupy Bird & Beckett
Four jazz combos from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music take the stage tonight! Four 30-45 minute sets starting at 3pm with a 15 minute break between sets. $25 cover charge, byob. No reservations required.
Saturday, November 2nd – 7:30-9:30pm
The Hal Richards Quintet
Hal Richards, saxophones, clarinets, flutes, shawm, crumhorn. Henry Hung, trumpet. Kevin Gerzevitz, piano. Ron Belcher, bass. Akira Tana, drums. $25 cover charge; byob. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Something old, something new. Something borrowed and some blues. Coming three days before the election, the quintet will perform Lenny Carlson’s piece. “The Toddler,”…
Friday, November 1st – 8:30-10pm
Neil Adler Trio
Emi’s Song
cd release celebration
Neil Adler, harmonica and piano. Jeff Buenz, six-string bass. Akira Tana, drums. $20 cover; byob. students and musicians, $10. Also streamed live on Bird & Beckett’s facebook page and youtube channel for those who can’t make it into the shop for the show. Neil Adler has cooked up a collection of uplifting, rhythmic tunes he’s…
Friday, November 1st, 6-8pm
Jim Witzel: Breaking Through Gently
album release concert
Jim Witzel, guitar. Adam Shulman, organ. Jason Lewis, drums. $20 suggested donation, byob. $10 for students and musicians, kids free. “Jim Witzel has a warmth to his style and a precise technique that brings clarity to any melody before exploding with improvisation.” — LA Jazz Scene. This evening, Jim Witzel brings a trio to explore…
Two CD Release concerts tonight!
Jim Witzel Trio at 6pm
Neil Adler Quartet at 8:30pm
Don’t just peer in from the sidewalk! Come into the comfort of Bird & Beckett and grab a seat to hear the jazz pouring forth from our little stage. If you haven’t had the pleasure in the past, you owe it to yourself tonight. From 6-8pm, guitarist Jim Witzel is joined by Adam Shulman on…
Sunday, October 27th – 7:30-9:30pm
Jayla Chee Quartet
Welcome home, Jayla! Welcome her home, people! With Emmanuel Michael on guitar and Michael Mitchell on guitar, it’ll be a fine night of jazz music! $20 cover, byob, reservations 415-586-3733.