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 Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm, and more!
View them on our Facebook page or YouTube channel

Friday, October 9 – 7:30pm
John Calloway Quartet
live streamed jazz from the bookshop
Transition Party!
Originally scheduled last May as a farewell concert after 35 years in the San Francisco Unified School District, this live stream performance will be a celebration-transition concert as John Calloway continues his work as an artist/musician as well as a 20 years-plus faculty member at the School of Music and College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University.
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Take in the show on
YouTube or Facebook
Suggested cover charge — $20
Please donate only what you can
$2 to $200 sliding scale available!
Pay your cover charge / make your donation
Bird & Beckett pays a guaranteed “fair wage”
for this weekend’s shows
of $150 per musician.
This is made possible by
your donations earmarked for these shows!
We have neither grants nor deep pockets for these artist fees.
Just you, the community that’s here for the show!
We do enjoy substantial support for operating expenses
from San Francisco’s Grants for the Arts
and from many, many individual donors
whose contributions range widely in amount.
Thanks to each and every one of you!
Donations to our 501(c)3
— the Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project —
are tax deductible.
But the paydays for the artists performing in these live streams
–though guaranteed by us and paid when necessary from our general fund–
need to be supported by the individuals who enjoy and benefit from the music.
It’s good for the arts ecosystem when audiences
abandon the expectation that art and music should be free
or that someone else should pay
for the experience of hearing these musicians!
Thank you for stepping up.
It’s also necessary that those who can, cover those who can’t!
These are trying times for many,
nearly impossible times for many, many more.
To those of you who are struggling, please attend on our dime.
You need the music and we need you.
Thanks for being here!
Our events are put on under the umbrella of the nonprofit Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project (the "BBCLP"). That's how we fund our ambitious schedule of 300 or so concerts and literary events every year.
The BBCLP is a 501(c)(3) non-profit...
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The Independent Musicians Alliance
Gigging musicians! You have nothing to lose but your lack of a collective voice to achieve fair wages for your work!
The IMA can be a conduit for you, if you join in to make it work.
https://www.independentmusiciansalliance.org/
Read more here - Andy Gilbert's Feb 25 article about the IMA from KQED's site