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The Buds Return to El Rio

Wednesday, July 29, 2026 - 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE
El Rio | 3158 Mission St., San Francisco, CA
San Francisco

Event Details

Submitted by the Event Organizer

The Buds

The Buds always bring the love to El Rio, and the feeling is fully requited. So we’re coming back to garden-rock the patio once again! Bring your friends and bring their friends and sing and dance along to our toe-tappin’ and vocal-hamonizin’ repertoire.

Enjoy classic covers and original songs with lyrics you’ll be repeating for days. Spoiler alert: there is both joy and rage in our political music. Groove to driving acoustic guitars, solid keyboard and bass, and tasty touches of harmonica and pennywhistle.

Tell the door person or bartender, “I’m here for The Buds!”

The Buds: It means everything you think, not so much the beer. 🙂

The Buds are:

Elisa M Welch: vocals, keyboard, pennywhistle

Bryan Harrison: vocals, lead guitar

James McLaren: vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica

Frank Buhrmann: vocals, bass

Web – www.thebuds.org

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.


Cost: FREE
Categories: In Person, LGBTQ+, Live Music, Outdoors, Political Activism
Venue: El Rio
Address: 3158 Mission St., San Francisco, CA

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