{"id":17732,"date":"2017-07-05T16:41:49","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T20:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=17732"},"modified":"2017-07-05T16:41:49","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T20:41:49","slug":"sounds-of-summer-return-to-town-park-with-music-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/sounds-of-summer-return-to-town-park-with-music-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Sounds of summer return to Town Park with Music Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

Town Park will once again host the sounds of summer as the Aurora Music Festival takes over the band shell this August.
\nSpearheaded by Music Aurora, the August 5 music festival will be headlined by the Juno-award winning Monkey Junk.
\n\u201cWe first featured Monkey Junk seven years ago at the inaugural Aurora Winter Blues Festival,\u201d says Music Aurora President Jamie Macdonald. \u201cIt was amazing [the following] this band has.\u201d
\nMonkey Junk is a mainstay on the Canadian blues scene and in this, the Canada 150 year, they are headlining a lineup with a strictly Canadian theme, highlighting established and emerging musicians from across York Region and beyond.
\n\u201cThis goes back to the mission and mandate [of Music Aurora] which is to really highlight youth music in the community, as well as amateur musicians,\u201d says Mr. Macdonald, noting the spotlight is also falling on professionals.
\nLouisa & The Planets, and Half Birthday are among the featured youth bands and, in between acts, award-winning Aurora singer-songwriter Lauren Haze will provide the entertainment. Later on, performances will include the popular Bernadette Connors who, in recent years, has acquired a very enthusiastic local following.
\n\u201cWe then roll into the evening part of it and our opening act for the headliner is back to the local theme with the Pick Brothers,\u201d said Mr. Macdonald. \u201cThese are three brothers that grew up in Aurora. They went to Williams. They are now opening for larger international acts across Canada. That says a lot for this band. They have a great dynamic sound and a huge stage presence as well. We are thrilled and fortunate to get them.\u201d
\nWith music ringing out from 4 \u2013 10.30 p.m. on Saturday, August 5, the Aurora Music Festival will fill what Mr. Macdonald describes as a \u201cvoid\u201d in the Aurora summer calendar.
\n\u201cWe haven\u2019t had a summer music festival for six or seven years, so Music Aurora is happy to be coming back and bringing live music and a live festival to the residents and visitors of Aurora,\u201d he said. \u201cI can\u2019t say enough about the beautiful Town Park here. It is a beautiful backdrop for live music. We did a couple of events here over the years. We did the End of Summer Blues Concert in the Park years ago, the national broadcast of the Tragically Hip last year and I think we had phenomenal turnout for both of those events. There were upwards of 3,000 people at both of those events. We are just thrilled we can bring live events to the community of Aurora.\u201d
\nThis enthusiasm was shared by Councillor John Abel, who sits on Music Aurora\u2019s Board of Directors.
\nOn the day of the Festival, Councillor Abel said the park would be filled with beer and food vendors along the Mosley Street side of Town Park, along with booths from invited \u201ctown partners\u201d including the Aurora Cultural Centre and Marquee Theatrical Productions to get the word out on the programs and services they provide the community.
\n\u201cWe have also invited the Newmarket Music Festival to advertise as well to support their efforts and their festival at the end of August,\u201d said Councillor Abel. \u201cIt is all about collaborating and working together to make a great community event, unite the community for Canada\u2019s 150. It\u2019s a free event so we expect a great turnout and we\u2019re looking forward to an outstanding music lineup. We\u2019re very pleased with it. It is a little bit of a younger, hipper music lineup and we think that we\u2019re going to attract a new kind of audience here.\u201d
\nThe Aurora Music Festival is sponsored by, among others, TD Canada Trust and Geranium Homes.
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