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!
Friday, July 15 – 7:30pm
Scott Foster Trio: The anatomy of the gig
Scott Foster, guitar Charles Thomas, bass Omar Aran, drums A look behind the curtain. reservations, 415-586-3733 byob and a mask $20 cash cover Nothing beats live jazz in the shop but if you can’t make it… Find the live stream on our Facebook page or YouTube channel
Thursday, July 14 – 7:30pm
CBop celebration concert
“Three’s a Charm” Digi-EP release!
CBop returns to Bird & Beckett to present their third EP, “Three’s A Charm” recorded at the Oakland Riviera by CarnyMusic Recording in late 2021 The EP is a nod to some of CBop’s favorite composers (Sonny Rollins and Burt Bacharach, to name two). They’ll perform two sets of music in what they say is…
Sunday, July 10th – 5pm
The Seducers!
Joe Goldmark, pedal steel guitar Mitch Polzak, lead guitar and vocals Hank Maninger, bass guitar and vocals Kenny Owen, drums The Seducers play the songs of Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings and countless other giants of classic and outlaw country music. Bring $20 for the musicians! BYOB, too! Can’t make it to the shop for…
Today in Glen Canyon Park!
Sunday, July 10th – 10:30-3:30pm
The Gum Tree Girls Festival!
Celebrating Moxie!!!
Over in the canyon, just up the street from the bookshop, the Gum Tree Girls Festival is slated for 10am to 3:30pm on Sunday the 10th, with live music, stirring oratory, informative history, food, drink, games and community camaraderie! You don’t want to miss it! With the Festival coming up in just a few days,…
Postponed to Sunday, August 14
SF Lives Live Talk:
Third Parent’s Daveea Whitmire
in conversation with journalist Denise Sullivan
San Francisco journalist Denise Sullivan conducts a monthly series of conversations (the second Sunday of each month from 10-11 a.m.) with The City’s activists, educators, arts and cultural leaders and lesser-known workers, the everyday people who help make this place we call home, live streamed from Bird & Beckett Books. August 14th, at 10 a.m.,…
Friday, July 8 – 7:30pm
Ollie Dudek
plays the compositions
of the great bass players
Bob Kenmotsu, tenor saxophone Ben Stolorow , piano Ollie Dudek, bass Vince Lateano, drums $20 cash cover charge Doors open at 7:20pm for the 7:30pm show BYOB and a mask Can’t make it to the shop? Nothing’s like the real thing live! Ollie Dudek digs deep into the book of compositions by some of the…
Thursday, July 7 – 7pm
Poets Julie Rogers & Peter Marti read their work
Jerry Ferraz and Michael Koch host featured poets plus an open mic
on the first Thursday of each month
Julie Rogers is the author of three Omerta Publications chapbooks published pre-Covid that will be released on this occasion: Trading Fours and Sharing Breath, both written with her late husband, poet David Meltzer; and her own volume, Life on Earth. Her other books include House of the Unexpected, and “Instructions for the Transitional State.â€Â Two…
Tuesday, July 5 – 7:30pm
Ray Skjelbred and his Cubs
Ray Skjelbred, piano Marc Caparone, trumpet Clint Baker, bass Jeff Hamilton, drums $20 cash cover charge at the door Doors open at 7:20pm for the 7:30pm show BYOB and a mask Can’t make it to the shop? Nothing’s like the real thing live! But if you want to catch it in the stream, look for…
Sunday, July 3 – 5pm
Tomorrow’s Jazz Now!
Young Players Test the Traditions
Charlie Gurke’s CMC Jazz Ensemble
Jam session follows hosted by
the Akira Tana Trio
Catch some jazz on the eve of the 4th! San Francisco’s august Mission District institution, the Community Music Center, is sending a group coached by reed player Charlie Gurke for a 5pm set on Sunday July 3rd, to be followed at 6pm with a jam session open to students and budding professionals led by famed…
Saturday, July 2 – 7:30pm
Richie Vitale Quartet
New York comes to Bird & Beckett tonight! Richie Vitale, trumpet star, plays with local heroes Keith Saunders, piano; Eric Markowitz, bass; and Ron Marabuto, drums. Trust Keith and Ron…you want to hear this jazzman. Doors open at 7:20 for the 7:3-9:30 show. $20 cash cover charge at the door. Call to reserve a seat…