Front Street Troubadours

San Diego, CA

Free for non-profits / $100 and up for others

Travels up to 120 miles

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Goin' Up the Country / Knockin' On Heaven's Door (2024)

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Front Street Troubadours Album, 10 songs (2022)

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At Little Italy Mercato

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Summer Arts Festival, First UU San Diego (2024)

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On Prado, August 16, 2024

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On O'Brien Stage at Del Mar Fair

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The Front Street Troubadours performing on El Prado in Balboa Park

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On the O'Brien Stage, San Diego County Fair, June 13, 2019.

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Lost Troubadour - On the Prado in Balboa Park

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Cisco on the harmonica, SD County Fair, 2024

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Performing at Hootenanny on Church Patio for audience of 180 on July 30, 2022

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Program from the Hootenanny, July 30, 2022

Overview

The Front Street Troubadours are a folk music group in San Diego. Our group is currently a quartet with two guitars, one harmonica, and a washtub bass. We all sing. We play a mix of classic folk, blues, country, and original songs. Some of the artists we cover: Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and Gordon Lightfoot.

We often perform at County Fairs, Farmers Markets, Festivals, Retirement Centers, and non-profit Community Events. Recent performances include the San Diego County Fair, the Orange County Fair, and the Summer Music Festival at First UU Church. We perform on the Prado in Balboa Park most Fridays from 1:00 to 3:00 pm, and at other events year round.


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Ron E.

July 4, 2017

We play folk, acoustic rock, country, bluegrass . . .

We play most Friday afternoons on the Prado in Balboa Park. We welcome audience participation. Please join us !

Hired as: Acoustic Band

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Booking information

Price range: Free for non-profits / $100 and up for others

About

We can provide a group, The Front Street Troubadours, or a solo performer, The Lost Troubadour. We have been performing on the Prado in Balboa Park most Fridays since January, 2017. We have performed as a group and solo at Men's Renewal Weekends and other community and church sponsored events for many years. Our individual musical backgrounds are diverse. We welcome invitations to perform (group or solo) at private or community events, and will often perform for free, depending on the venue. For a solo performer contact The Lost Troubadour [also on Gig Salad]. For free bookings at community events see our "Front Street Troubadours" Facebook page or message us through Gig Salad.

For an insider perspective and a chronicle of our busking experiences on the Prado in Balboa Park - from the delightful to the mundane - see the blog titled "Front Street Troubadours" [search our name on Wordpress]. The most interesting part of busking for us is interacting with our "fans," the passersby who stop, talk, listen, sing along, and give us tips - and getting to know the other buskers.

Past booked events

November 2025

14

Friday

UUMF Renewal Weekend

All-day event

October 2025

21

Tuesday

Vi at La Jolla Village

2:00pm - 3:00pm

September 2025

13

Saturday

Litlle Italy Mercato

All-day event

August 2025

03

Sunday

Arts Festival UU Church

All-day event

July 2025

23

Wednesday

Orange County Fair

All-day event

June 2025

18

Wednesday

San Diego County Fair

All-day event

May 2025

26

Monday

Grossmont Gardens Retirement Center

All-day event

April 2025

18

Friday

UU Men's Renewal Weekend

All-day event

February 2025

24

Monday

UU Men's Banquet

All-day event

January 2025

20

Monday

Covenant Living Mt. Miguel

All-day event

August 2024

17

Saturday

Summer Arts Festival

All-day event

June 2024

28

Friday

SD County Fair

2:00pm - 3:00pm

April 2024

28

Sunday

Men's Renewal Weekend

All-day event

27

Saturday

Men's Renewal Weekend

All-day event

26

Friday

Men's Renewal Weekend

All-day event

February 2024

05

Monday

Monday Night Concert

All-day event

September 2023

29

Friday

UUMF Men's Renewal

All-day event

August 2023

26

Saturday

Arts Festival UU Church

3:00pm - 5:00pm

July 2023

28

Friday

OC Fair

1:00pm - 2:00pm

June 2023

29

Thursday

SD County Fair

6:00pm - 7:00pm

April 2023

28

Friday

UUMF Renewal

All-day event

October 2022

21

Friday

Balboa Park on the Prado

1:00pm - 3:00pm

14

Friday

Balboa Park on the Prado

1:00pm - 3:00pm

07

Friday

Balboa Park on the Prado

1:00pm - 3:00pm

September 2022

30

Friday

Balboa Park on the Prado

1:00pm - 3:00pm

23

Friday

Balboa Park on the Prado

1:00pm - 3:00pm

09

Friday

Balboa Park on the Prado

1:00pm - 3:00pm

02

Friday

Balboa Park on the Prado

1:00pm - 3:00pm

August 2022

26

Friday

Balboa Park on the Prado

1:00pm - 3:00pm

19

Friday

Balboa Park on the Prado

1:00pm - 3:00pm

12

Friday

Balboa Park on the Prado

1:00pm - 3:00pm

05

Friday

Balboa Park on the Prado

1:00pm - 3:00pm

July 2022

30

Saturday

Summer Hootenanny

4:00pm - 6:00pm

29

Friday

OC Fair

6:00pm - 7:00pm

22

Friday

Balboa Park on the Prado

1:00pm - 3:00pm

15

Friday

Balboa Park on the Prado

1:00pm - 3:00pm

08

Friday

Performing on the Prado

1:00pm - 3:00pm

01

Friday

Balboa Park

1:00pm - 3:00pm

June 2022

24

Friday

Balboa Park

1:00pm - 3:00pm

17

Friday

Balboa Park

1:00pm - 3:00pm

10

Friday

Balboa Park

1:00pm - 3:00pm

03

Friday

Balboa Park

1:00pm - 3:00pm

April 2022

22

Friday

UU Men's Renewal

All-day event

June 2020

24

Wednesday

SD County Fair - O'Brien Stage

2:00pm - 3:00pm

09

Tuesday

SD County Fair - O'Brien Stage

3:30pm - 4:30pm

06

Saturday

SD County Fair - O'Brien Stage

2:30pm - 3:30pm

May 2020

14

Thursday

SD Women's Group

7:00pm - 9:00pm

April 2020

19

Sunday

UU Men's Renewal

All-day event

18

Saturday

UU Men's Renewal

All-day event

17

Friday

UU Men's Renewal

All-day event

November 2019

01

Friday

On the Prado - Balboa Park

1:00pm - 3:00pm

October 2019

04

Friday

On the Prado - Balboa Park

1:00pm - 3:00pm

September 2019

27

Friday

Men's Fall Renewal Weekend

All-day event

06

Friday

Busking in Balboa Park

1:00pm - 3:00pm

June 2019

13

Thursday

San Diego County Fair, O'Brien Stage

4:00pm - 5:00pm

06

Thursday

San Diego County Fair, Showcase Stage

3:30pm - 4:30pm

April 2019

14

Sunday

Men's Renewal Weekend

9:00am - 12:00pm

13

Saturday

Men's Renewal Weekend

9:00am - 10:00pm

12

Friday

Men's Renewal Weekend

4:00pm - 10:00pm

March 2019

01

Friday

Busking on the Prado, every Friday

12:00pm - 3:00pm

February 2019

25

Monday

UUMF Men's Fellowship Welcoming Banquet

7:00pm - 9:00pm

01

Friday

Busking on the Prado, every Friday

12:00pm - 3:00pm

January 2019

18

Friday

Fridays on El Prado - every Friday

12:45pm - 3:00pm

December 2018

07

Friday

Busking on the Prado, Every Friday

12:00pm - 3:00pm

November 2018

02

Friday

Busking on the Prado, Every Friday

12:00pm - 3:00pm

October 2018

05

Friday

Busking on the Prado, Balboa Park, every Friday

12:45pm - 3:00pm

September 2018

28

Friday

Men's Renewal Weekend - UUMF

7:00pm - 10:00pm

August 2018

31

Friday

Busking on the Prado, Balboa Park, every Friday

12:45pm - 3:00pm

13

Monday

Granite Hills Healthcare/Wellness Center

10:00am - 11:00am

September 2017

29

Friday

UUMF Fall Renewal

4:00pm - 12:00pm

08

Friday

busking in Balboa Park

1:00pm - 3:00pm

Team

Ron Evans Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
John Stende Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Robert "Rubin" Greenberg Washtub Bass, Vocals
Francisco "Cisco" Perez Harmonica, Vocals
Terry LaFoya Harmonica, Vocals

Set list

Four Strong Winds
I Ain't Got No Home
Hard Travelin'
Wagon Wheel
Goin' Up the Country
Atlantic City
Rocky Top
Blowin' In the Wind
Suicide is Painless
Walk on Boy
Silver Dagger
The Other Side to This Life
If You Could Read My Mind
One Too Many Mornings
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Early Morning Rain
High Flyin Bird
Jolene
Folsom Prison Blues
Dead Skunk
Back Door Man
Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Boy From Oklahoma
Black Peter
For Loving Me
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Percy's Song
Wade in the Water
Ripple
Tightrope
Which Side Are You On
There Is a Time
Lover of the Bayou
Love Potion No. 9
Tears In Heaven
Pastures of Plenty
Bound for Glory
Crazy
Streets of Laredo
Summertime
Rawhide
New River Train
Walkin' Shoes
Salty Dog
House of the Rising Sun
Low Down Freedom
City of New Orleans
Ain't No God in Mexico
Dooley
After the Gold Rush
Greenback Dollar
Take It Easy
Layla
Won't Back Down
Eighteen
The Dangling Conversation
Bleeker Street
Thunder Road
California Dreaming
This Land Is Your Land
Riders on the Storm
Silver Tongued Devil and I
Midnight Rider
The Gambler
Oklahoma Sunshine
Just the Other Side of Nowhere
All Along the Watchtower
George Jackson
Reno Nevada
Omaha
Tangled Up in Blue
You're Still On My Mind
Lückenbach Texas
They Call the Wind Mariah
Black Rose
Codine
Dancing in the Dark
Desperados Waiting for a Train
Red Rubber Ball
Leaving on a Jet Plane
Motherless Child
Positively 4th Street
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Johnny B. Goode
Mama Tried
You're Still On My Mind
Can't You See

Influences and inspiration

Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, Pete Seeger, The Kingston Trio, The Grateful Dead, Neil Young, Arlo Guthrie, Eric Clapton, Waylon Jennings and a long list of folk, blues, bluegrass, country, and rock music artists.

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