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!
Wednesday, September 21 – 7pm
Gregory Corso’s
The Golden Dot: Last Poems, 1997-2000
Poets converge at Bird & Beckett tonight, 9/21, to honor Gregory Corso, reading from The Golden Dot: Last Poems, 1997-2000, edited by Raymond Foye and George Scrivani, is newly published by Lithic Press. Co-editor Scrivani will join Scott Bird, Neeli Cherkovski, Agneta Falk, Sarah Menefee and Tate Swindell to read from the book, and to…
Sunday, September 18 – 7:30pm
Masaru Koga Quartet
intimate conversations in jazz Mas Koga, saxophones & flutes Frank Martin, piano Peter Barshay, bass Bryan Bowman, drums $20 cover charge (cash at the door, please) Doors open at 7:20pm for the 7:30pm show BYOB reservations, call 415-586-3733 Tonight’s show can also be found on our Facebook page and YouTube channel. If you like what…
Sunday, October 2nd – 5-8pm
Tomorrow’s Jazz Now!
Young Players Test the Traditions
no cover charge; donations appreciated
No charge. Donations appreciated! Live in the shop! The live stream can be found on our Facebook page or YouTube channel The Oaktown Jazz Workshops at Jack London Square have been cultivating and training young talent for three decades now. Recent alumni of the program come to Bird & Beckett on Sunday, October 2nd at…
Saturday, September 17 – 7:30pm
Levitator – Shokrai/Johnston/Nordeson
LEVITATOR textured & ferocious music Safa Shokrai, bass Kjell Nordeson, drums Darren Johnston, trumpet $20 cover charge (cash at the door, please) Doors open at 7:20pm for the 7:30pm show BYOB reservations, call 415-586-3733 Tonight’s show can also be found on our Facebook page and YouTube channel. If you like what you hear in the…
Friday, September 16 – 7:30pm
Scott Foster Combo
featuring Sam Reider
on accordion
After Thursday evening’s blowout, we sweep up, and it’s back to jazz as usual! jazz in the bookshop every Friday since 2002, twenty years and counting… Scott’s been holding on the gig ever since we started. THE SCOTT FOSTER TRIO a cool vibe Scott Foster, guitar Sam Reider, accordion Daniel Fabricant, bass Scott has been…
Thursday, September 15 – 7:00-9:30pm
FREE BEER!
A toast to Marian Dalere
with live music by
The Autonomous Region
No cover charge
Celebrate Glen Park! Bird & Beckett throws a free party for the neighborhood on the Third Thursday of Every Third Month, and we always celebrate a local star who helps make Glen Park the charmed place that it is! This time out, the spotlight is on Marian Dalere. Marian’s mom, Glory, founded the oldest business…
Postponed: Author Alex Harvey presents
“Song Noir: Tom Waits & the Spirit of Los Angeles”
Previously scheduled for Tuesday, September 6th, this author event has been postponed: a rescheduled date will be announced once set. The book is at the store. Come take a look! Writer Alex Harvey has written a gritty, smoke-filled and boozy account of musician Tom Waits’s formative decade in Los Angeles. He’ll present the book at…
Monday, September 12 – 7pm
VirtualPoets! Kim Shuck & Molly Fisk featured, with an open mic following
Fisk is luminous and loud, lucid and soft, driven and wandering. Shuck takes no prisoners, but isn’t looking to take any anyway. That’s the way it is in poetlandia… Do zoom by. Kim hosts a zoom reading on Bird & Beckett’s behalf twice a month, 2nd and 4th Thursdays. The 2nd Thursday features two poets,…
Sunday, September 11 – 5pm
The Seducers! Second Sundays Sin & Celebration
America’s favorite honky tonk band in your neighborhood bookshop, Second Sundays every other month. September, for instance… Bring a twenty for the band and something to sip… Can’t make it to the shop? Catch it on our Facebook page and YouTube channel. If you like what you hear in the stream and want to stick…
Saturday, September 10 – 7:30pm
Akiko Pavolka Quartet
Passing through from NYC, the unique vocalist/composter Akiko Pavolka brings a quartet to Bird & Beckett featuring multi-reed player Matt Renzi (who has one foot in San Francisco, another in NYC and a third in Rome). Bassist Matt Pavolka travels with Akiko for the date; drummer Mark Ferber was born in the Bay Area, but…