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, October 3 2025 6:00 PM
Harold Carr with Bruce Ackley, Andrew Voigt, Flavia Cervino-Wood and Derek Coombs
Friday, October 3·6:00 – 8:00pm

Bassist Harold Carr has primarily been known as a sideperson (e.g., Lightnin' Hopkins, Bobby McFerrin, John McCuen, Crystal Gayle, Steve Lacy). He is excited to share his compositions in this album release concert featuring long time friends Andrew Voigt (sax & flute), Bruce Ackley (clarinet), Flavia Cervino-Wood (violin) and Derek Coombs (piano).

Harold has been musician/poet-in-residence at the Banff Centre in Canada, guest soloist at the Frutillar Music Festival in Chile, composer/soloist with the Guangdong Modern Dance Company in Guang Zhou, China, invited poet for the Utah State Governor at the Governor's Mansion, commissioned composer/performer at New Music America and artist-in-residence at Zion Canyon Mesa in Utah.
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Friday, October 17 2025 8:30 PM
Will Bernard / Beth Custer Duo
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Friday, October 31 2025 8:30 PM
Winston Tong + Dreambounders (Andre Custodio + Lx Rudis)

Friday, October 31·8:30 – 10:30pm
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André Custodio is an experimental percussionist and electronic sound artist, known for immersive ambient-noise environments and collaborations with Thomas Dimuzio, Rent Romus, Eddie Gale, and other vanguard figures in West Coast sonic experimentation.

Lx Rudis, former member of SF synthpunk pioneers The Units, is a veteran video game developer (Atari Lynx, Jaguar, Leapster) with 40+ credits, and an active experimental musician known for collaborations with Winston Tong and other boundary-pushing artists.
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