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!
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But nothing beats being in the room with the music & the musicians!
Coming up this 4th of July weekend
July 3rd to 6th
Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal + open
Dred Scott/Tom Beckham Duo
Duncan James Trio
TBD Jazz Quintet
Yoav Konig Sextet+Jam Session
On the 3rd, our 1st-Thursdays poetry session kicks off the 4th of July weekend on a packed schedule that’s 2nd to none, with 5 shows in 4 days! That’s an All-American Independence Day holiday run for ya! Fuck Trump and come out to Glen Park for a minute along the way in celebration of diverse,…
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…
Water under the bridge…
The posts that follow show you what’s come and gone. Search the videos on our youtube channel or facebook page to find evidence of what you remember, or what you missed! Then, make sure you catch the next thing that catches your fancy. The live streams are great, but live music in a room with…
Thursday to Sunday, June 26-29
The Gus Hurteau Trio
The Tony Johnson Quartet
Wendy DeWitt, the Queen of Boogie Woogie
Jazz Jam Session
and the Kahil El’Zabar / David Murray Duo
Thursday at 7:30, vibraphonist Gus Hurteau returns with Hannah Mayer on piano and Giulio Xavier Cetto on bass. Gus is just returning to town from dates with Gene Perla’s Tiger Quartet at Blues Alley in Washington, DC and An Die Musik in Baltimore! Friday at 6pm, drummer Tony Johnson brings in his quartet with Smith…
Thursday, June 26th – 7:30pm
Gus Hurteau Trio
Vibraphonist Gus Hurteau returns with Hannah Mayer on piano and Giulio Xavier Cetto on bass for two sets of originals and jazz standards.
Wednesday, June 25th – 7pm
Fundraiser for a family in Gaza
Mutual Aid Literary Reading In Solidarity with a Palestinian Family in Gaza featuring writing by Munira El Najar and Dr. Hassan Al Qatrawy. Bay Area writers and educators will read works that have been shared with us by Munira El Najar, one of Palestine’s most highly acclaimed teachers, and Dr. Hassan Al Qatrawy, celebrated author and…
Tuesday, June 24th – 7:30pm
Italian vocalist Chiara Izzi, from NYC
Chiara Izzi, vocals. Michael Potter, piano. Alan Jones, bass. $20 cover charge; byob. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Chiara Izzi arrived in New York City from Italy in 2014, three years after Quincy Jones awarded her first prize in the 2011 Montreux Jazz Festival Vocal Competition. Chiara has said of Quincy Jones, “Having him as…
Sunday, June 22nd – 7pm
Caroline Julia Cabading
& the Autonomous Region
kulintang inflected jazz
Caroline Julia Cabading, vocals. Raymond Bambao, bass. Harold Ohashi, drums. Chris Planas, guitar. Roy Brown, piano. $25 cover charge, cash or venmo / byob. Students and teens $10. Kids free. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. The Autonomous Region was founded in the spring of 2015 as the house band for the International…
Saturday, June 21st – 7:30-9:30pm
The Jinx Jones Trio
Music is a universal language, and guitarist Jinx Jones is one of its great polyglots. His rockabilly guitar genius is widely acclaimed and well-ingrained in the West Coast & North Beach San Francisco consciousness, but it’s his abiding affection for jazz that we at Bird & Beckett love most. Audiences far and wide can now…
Saturday, June 21st – 5pm
Poet Art Goodtimes celebrates his 80th year!
Art Goodtimes, American poet, farmer and Colorado politician, celebrates his 80th birthday with a reading. No charge; just good will and high spirits.