Bud Bigallows

Low Road.

An all American Wild West/Mexican themed bar, this venue offers Dancing bar girls and an enormous rodeo bull.

Gareth   14th June 10
You have gone cheese mental mate. You'll go to hell for playing that music mind!

steve pybus   7th June 10
cheese cheese and more cheese its the cheddar cheese bar of Sunderland haha x

Hi   4th June 10
Could anyone tell me what DJs are here and what kind of music this place plays. thanks G

Lee Thompson   24th May 10
What's with the upstairs in here? looks lovely when we went in other week. Music was spot on and some tidy birds...but call it Bud Biggalows lounge or whatever and you'll never get the right crowd in each week. We would of still thought it was a lap dancing club if we had'nt went to toilets in Bud Biggalows. me and me mates walked straight past it the last few weeks. Shame, as it could be a jumpin little club venue.

Chris   23rd April 10
Oh and one more thing, I have not made any comments on this site about myself or the bar in years,I thinkk the last time was over some ginger girl but thats besides the point, I have a life and I am happy getting on with it I have no need to get into some sort of pissing contest over who is or who isnt best. I have recieved email after email from punters and people asking where I am and they all get told the same thing I dont work there anymore. Hope this clarifies the situation and I trust now you can all find something or someone more interesting to slag off. Those of you who know me know that if I have something to say I say it, I dont need to hide behind a sudenom. Lorraine, Tony, Donna and the rest of the team, I wish you very good luck buds is and can be a cracking bar stick at it you will get there with it Im sure.

Chris   23rd April 10
With reference to Gavin's comment, I used to be the DJ in buds for 5-6 years, I chose to quit buds all together and for many reasons, when it comes to party music and such like I am a very good and highly compitent DJ and have been for many years however, each to their own, if I was asked to mix, scratch or do anything other than that field would be the first to say I would fall flat on my arse. There is alot of skill in being a DJ and it does not just come down to the pressing of a button, knowing what to play and when to play it is a pretty hard thing to do if your clueless with music or how your crowd will react, there are a handful of excellent party DJ's in the northeast however as seems to be the case there are no longer many true party venues. That aside, a change is a GOOD thing every once in a while, Buds has had owner after manager after owner and the old theme which worked so well in there is dead and gone, it was time for buds to change and I wish wylam all the best in their persuit of it, Tony has the right frame of thought in that people should go in and try it, if you dont like it and a bar is rarely to everyones taste, then there are others out there but what have you got to lose by walking in and just having a look, if you have the right manager and the right staff with the right DJ you will have a right good time!

glad for change   13th April 10
wud jus like to well done to wylam leisure, this bar is slowly turning around and me and my friends will be heading back ona friday and sat nite, great new DJ, good music, pretty fit manager and barstaff, always a bonus lol, and a good company from what i can gather, nt to sure bout bud's lounge tho ??

Gareth   11th April 10
Lets just hope with Revolution and hopefully the company who own Popollos will do something good with Aspire, and turn this little edge of the town into a place to provide better quality for those who want it

JT   10th April 10
Ref the best dj in town, is this the guy that causes more arguments about music on this site wherever he works and gets sacked from everyone of them ???

Adrian (Touchsoul)   1st April 10
Have to agree with Tony. Been reading some of the comments and yeah, I do agree that there is an over abundance of cheese/commerical pubs in this town. There is'nt enough variation, unless you like rock and indie...

At least Wylam is doing something different with each venue and if there is people, like myself, who want a change from the usual drone, then check out The Bud Lounge (next door to Lambton Worm). Open Fri and Sat nights, with Touchsoul DJ's playing the best in Deep House, Disco, Soul, Funk and Boogie grooves..classic to contemporary. If you want a different dancefloor soundtrack in a smart new venue then check it out. You wont hear this stuff anywhere else in town...

TONY GRIFFITHS   30th March 10
The problem here is when you get rid of a dj (or other staff) they obviously dont like it and try anyway they can to slag the next dj (or management) off its just something you have to get used to. Im not going to get into any debates about it thats just the way it is.

Hopefully the 12 people we have lost will come back in time and realise we were right, we have ttonic which plays chart/commercial, Glassspider which is 70`s friday and fierce angel/commercial on saturdays, paddywhacks live bands, uptstairs in the bud lounge touchsole with live sax and bongos downstairs in buds cheese and more cheese,these pubs are very close to each other and we dont want people to walk out of one Wylam pub then walk into another and to mins later hear the same song again as happens with loads of pubs, because there scared to be different, we are trying to make Sunderland better here guys so support rather than negativity is the call.

DJ Pybus   25th March 10
I dont even know why this argument is happening, Im the best DJ in sunderland no contest haha.

geoff   25th March 10
i love all this mad banter about music and djs, like someone said if you dont like it then dont come in or even better dont moan about it, change happens all the time we might not like it but it does happen go with the flow i say, buds is still a good bar

Gavin   24th March 10
Above Buds?? I thought it was a strip bar. I'll have to check it out next time im in town if there's that kind of stuff being played. Although I'll be surprised (but pleased) if it is!

Graeme   24th March 10
Gavin its all about people's tastes mate if you dont like the bar anymore dont go thats exactly what we did buds has lost 12 customers because we used to go in until the change happened ill admit there isnt much skill in chart/cheese djing and it doesnt matter as if your dj has a personality and likes a laff with the customers/good deals and good music ie chart/cheese then you will have a great bar that will do well this is just sumit that wylam have to relise but let them learn the hard way :-) and gav another point your right i was just saying to a friend how newcastle is a much better night out even durham is a better night out than sunderland m8 give it a try

Gavin   24th March 10
What is there to be considerate about?? How do you know what music I like?? I was responding to someones comment below who stated that somebody was the BEST dj in Sunderland which was a very bold statement indeed... Id actually love to know who your favourites are. And if you actually know any soul funk dj's at all..If people go into a venue like this for a singalong to cheesy chart music, then realistically, they're not gonna be the type to frequent a decent bar where the dj's are playing less commercial and to a crowd with a bit more taste who know they're music. Who get sick of walking into place after place in this town and hearing Lady Ga Ga, Journey, Cheryl Cole or the theme from Dirty Dancing etc etc.. But I forgot, there is hardly any bars like that in Sunderland. And that is my point here. Of course people love these kinda places, but that is all we have to offer in this town. And we will be constantly lagging behind places close to us like Newcastle who have so much more to offer in terms of nightlife, venues, music/dj variation, drinks/service and decent clubnights... What do the majority of punters go bananas for here? .......Basshunter.

re gavin and tom   24th March 10
if your looking for music that's a lot different to what is played in most of the bars in town then check out the bud lounge (above bud's). music covers the best in deep house,soul,funk & electronic. every friday and saturday night with touchsoul dj's....