{"id":21023,"date":"2018-06-28T10:16:14","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T14:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=21023"},"modified":"2018-06-28T10:16:14","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T14:16:14","slug":"countdown-is-on-for-concerts-in-the-parks-2018-summer-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/countdown-is-on-for-concerts-in-the-parks-2018-summer-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Countdown is on for Concerts in the Park\u2019s 2018 summer season"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Aurora\u2019s 2018 Concerts in the Park season is less than a week away and organizers are promising a new twist on the popular summer series.
\nOnce again sponsored by TD Canada Trust, the 2018 Concerts in the Park Series kicks off next Wednesday, July 4, at 7 p.m., with popular children\u2019s performers Team T&J, offering an interactive music and entertainment program with a high-energy and uplifting message.
\nThe fun continues for adults \u2013 and people of all ages \u2013 the following Wednesday, July 11, with the Country Legends Tribute Tour, featuring the music of Keith Urban and Garth Brooks.
\nWhile these and all subsequent concerts begin at 7 p.m. at the Town Park Band Shell, arrive early because, for the first time this year, running from 5 \u2013 9 p.m., the Aurora Farmers\u2019 Market will he holding \u201csample markets\u201d in conjunction with the concerts.
\n\u201cWe are hoping people come early and experience the sample Farmers\u2019 Market,\u201d says Shelley Ware, Special Events Coordinator for the Town of Aurora. \u201cThey are going to strive to have seven to 10 vendors out each week, with two or three of them having food of substance like Gabriel\u2019s Caf\u00e9 or Katarina\u2019s Kitchen. Then, they will also have some of the farmers out and some of the artisan vendors, and the nice thing about this is there is going to be variety and a new experience each Wednesday.\u201d
\nFollowing the Country Legends concert, the series continues on
\nJuly 18 with returning favourite Desire \u2013 A Tribute to U2, on July 25 with A Touch of Class Steel Drums, on August 1 with country star Marshall Dane, the homegrown Borealis Big Band on August 8, maritime performer Jared Lutes on August 15, the Fleetwood Mac and Tom Petty Tribute \u201cFleetwood Nicks and Practically Petty\u201d on August 22, before concluding with popular Just Heart: A Tribute to Heart on August 29.
\n\u201cOnce again, we\u2019re always excited with our lineup,\u201d says Ms. Ware. \u201cWe have some new discoveries and some former favourites that will be premiering. One of the concerts that might have the least familiarity, but I am really hopeful for the crowd\u2019s response to is the Jared Lutes concert. He is an Acadian musician who also dabbles in folk and indie. He has a whole slew of awards as a single solo artist. The music soundtrack for the TV series Reign is his work. Imagine a Wednesday night at Concerts in the Park and then hearing that type of Acadian music. I think it will be a really good evening.\u201d
\nOver the years, Ms. Ware says she has seen the traditional kick-off featuring a kid-friendly concert only grow in popularity and expects this year to be no exception.
\nShe also says she\u2019s particularly looking forward to seeing local talent on stage in the form of the Borealis Big Band, led by Gord Shephard.
\n\u201cWith that being local, it takes a lot of work to get bands ready to go, and with Gord Shepard\u2019s leadership, I am really excited to see their performance,\u201d says Ms. Ware. \u201cHe is very in tune with reading an audience, knowing what they want to hear and being able to lead his band to follow.
\n\u201cGiven that we go from country to Acadian music [with Lutes], to youth and children\u2019s entertainers to big band music and steel drums, I think there is a diverse lineup in terms of variety of genres for people to experience, and I highly encourage people, whether that is the kind of music they are really into or not, to come out to experience it because there are always new experiences when you\u2019re trying something new or revisiting a genre you\u2019re not as familiar with.\u201d
\nWhether you\u2019re coming out to hear some of your favourites, or to indeed try something new, concert-goers are encouraged to bring a food donation to the Aurora Food Pantry before the concert starts.
\nEach reveller who does so is entered for a chance to win upgraded TD preferred seating at the front of the concert \u2013 in comfy green Muskoka chairs, no less \u2013 and two prize packs.
\n\u201cTD\u2019s partnership has been such a blessing for this concert series and we are very grateful for their continued support,\u201d says Ms. Ware. \u201cI know that TD gets flooded with requests from various similar events, so obviously we\u2019re elated they have chosen to partner with us again. I am hoping it is the diverse lineup and the way we have approached the program, which is something that has always piqued their interest. When speaking with the executives, a lot of them do personally attend the concerts and prior to this partnership they hadn\u2019t experienced it \u2013 now it is the Wednesday tradition they are looking forward to.
\n\u201cThe series has a lot of moving parts, but each part and each decision made has been focused on the overall experience of the attendees. We want to be the destination where you don\u2019t want to miss our series.\u201d
\nFor more on the 2018 Concerts in the Park series, visit aurora.ca\/summerconcerts.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aurora\u2019s 2018 Concerts in the Park season is less than a week away and organizers are promising a new twist on the popular summer series.
\nOnce again sponsored by TD Canada Trust, the 2018 Concerts in the Park Series kicks off next Wednesday, July 4, at 7 p.m., with popular children\u2019s performers Team T&J, offering an interactive music and entertainment program with a high-energy and uplifting message.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20995,"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":[27,4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-and-culture","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2018-06-28-03.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-5t5","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-05 21:24:03","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\/21023","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=21023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}