{"id":18491,"date":"2017-09-29T20:57:11","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T00:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=18491"},"modified":"2017-09-29T20:57:11","modified_gmt":"2017-09-30T00:57:11","slug":"blaze-your-own-trail-at-trailblazers-music-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/blaze-your-own-trail-at-trailblazers-music-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Blaze your own trail at Trailblazers music festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Have you ever just set out to go your own way? Well, in Jared Stafford\u2019s book, you\u2019re a definite trailblazer.
\nQuite simply, they\u2019re \u201cpeople who do their own thing\u201d and the rafters of the historic Aurora Armoury will be rattling with the sounds of people doing just that with the new Trailblazers Music Festival which will take place this Saturday, September 30 as part of Culture Days.
\nThe brainchild of local musician Stafford, as well as Shawna White and Michelle Johnson of the Aurora Museum and Archives, Trailblazers will be a chance for local bands to showcase their original music and for local musicians alike to approach the open mike to \u201cshow Aurora what you\u2019ve got.\u201d
\nTrailblazers has, in some form or another, been over a year in the making. The Aurora Museum & Archives reached out to Mr. Stafford for a music event for Culture Days in 2016 based on the success of his Ambedo Coffee House, a regular jam session for nearly two years held at Second Cup on Bayview Avenue.
\nUnfortunately, things didn\u2019t pan out last year but everything aligned just right this time around.
\n\u201cThe game plan was to focus heavily on original music and [highlight] people from our area who have been writing their own stuff, recording their own stuff, and giving them a spotlight to show our community what our local original talent has to offer,\u201d says Jared. \u201cIt is a unique festival in that way because it is 100 per cent original bands; not that I have anything against cover bands, but this stands out as something unique.
\n\u201cStyle-wise, I wanted it to be very diverse. We have everything from rock and roll, to acoustic, singer-songwriters, to country. I think there is something for everyone. As for talent, I had a few definite I wanted to be there and there are others who are new to me I have recently come to listen to and I am really pleased with our lineup.\u201c
\nTrailblazers gets underway at the Armoury (southwest corner of Mosley and Larmont) at 12 noon sharp with an open mike until 2 p.m.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re going to give people a chance to show us what they\u2019ve got,\u201d he says.
\nFollowing a one-hour intermission which wil
\nl afford festival-goers the chance to take in art on display and \u201cmerch tables\u201d from each of the upcoming bands, six bands will begin taking over the stage at 3 p.m. and on into the evening.
\n\u201cI have a huge passion for music and I have a huge passion for giving talent a chance to showcase,\u201d he says. \u201cThe music industry is tough to get noticed. There are so many people who just do it because they love it, regardless of whether they can make money doing it, and regardless of even if they can book a show.
\n\u201cIt is important to me to give people the chance to express that love and that passion and show people what they do. As a visual artist, you just want people to see and appreciate your work. With musicians, it is the same thing. You need that opportunity to show people and have them hear what you\u2019re doing. Bring your friends and family. It is open, it\u2019s free admission, it is part of Culture Days and we just want as many people to come and bring their family and friends and enjoy this event for what it is. It is a family friendly showcase of Aurora\u2019s brightest up and coming artists.\u201d<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you ever just set out to go your own way? Well, in Jared Stafford\u2019s book, you\u2019re a definite trailblazer.
\nQuite simply, they\u2019re \u201cpeople who do their own thing\u201d and the rafters of the historic Aurora Armoury will be rattling with the sounds of people doing just that with the new Trailblazers Music Festival which will take place this Saturday, September 30 as part of Culture Days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-4Of","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-15 07:04:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18491\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}