Serving the San Francisco Bay Area New Music Community

                 
Bird & Beckett Books and Records
653 Chenery St.
San Francisco CA 94131  
(415) 586-3733
birdbeckett@yahoo.com

A bookshop/performance venue in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood.

Besides operating as a new/used generalist's bookshop with a small but sweet selection of vintage jazz vinyl and recent cds by local artists, the shop's allied Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project (BBCLP) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization charged with the mission to present, document and archive the creative work of significant living writers and musicians in the San Francisco Bay Area, for a neighborhood audience and future generations. Established in 2007 to take over responsibility for an ever expanding slate of cultural programming at the bookshop (est. 1999), the BBCLP presents four live concert series each week (Fridays through Sundays), a twice monthly poetry series on Mondays, and many other cultural programs. The BBCLP also publishes AMERARCANA, an annual literary review, now in its fifth issue.

Bird & Beckett Books & Records is located at 653 Chenery Street between Diamond and Castro in San Francisco’s Glen Park neighborhood at the southern foot of Twin Peaks. 1-1/2 blocks from the Glen Park BART station (one stop past the 24th/Mission station) and is served by MUNI lines 23, 36, 44, 52 & J-Church.

By car, take the Monterey exit off I-280 South, or the Bosworth exit off I-280 North.
http://www.birdbeckett.com/

Upcoming Events:
Friday, May 29 2026 7:30 PM
DAVE PARKER SEPTET H. Hung, trmpt; C. Ham
ilton, trmbn; H. Richards, b. clarinet/tenor; Aaron Bennett,
baritone; Karl Evangelista, g.; D. Parker, b.; V. Peeps, d.
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Saturday, May 30 2026 7:30 PM
The Klaxon Mutant Jazz All-Stars CD Release Party!!!

The music of the Klaxon Mutant Allstars represents a new generation of eclectic-minded jazz musicians living in the technology-obsessed, genre-twisting, multicultural mix that is the San Francisco Bay Area. ​Our music is jazz-ish.

Henry Hung, trumpet; Kasey Knudsen, saxophone; Colin Hogan, keyboards; Jonathan Herrera, bass; Eric Garland, drums
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Saturday, June 13 2026 7:30 PM
Rova Saxophone Quartet: New Works

In our first concert in nearly two years the quartet will present two sets of new and recent works.
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Sunday, June 14 2026 7:30 PM
Beth Custer / Will Bernard / Ken Emerson
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Sunday, June 28 2026 7:30 PM
Kasey Knudsen, saxophone; Mat Muntz, bass; Scott Amendola, drums
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Sunday, July 5 2026 7:30 PM
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After the End of the World Coretet
reunion

Jon Birdsong - brass
Annelise Zamula - reeds
Bill Noertker - strings
Dave Mihaly - percussions
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