{"id":25315,"date":"2019-11-29T15:39:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T20:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=25315"},"modified":"2019-11-29T15:39:22","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T20:39:22","slug":"leap-into-the-devils-music-at-the-2020-aurora-winter-blues-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/leap-into-the-devils-music-at-the-2020-aurora-winter-blues-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Leap into the \u201cDevil\u2019s Music\u201d at the 2020 Aurora Winter Blues Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Music Aurora will give a warm welcome to the Leap Year\nwith some cool blues this February \u2013 kicking off more than a month of music\nprogramming leading up to the Aurora Winter Blues Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The countdown to the 2020 Aurora Winter Blues Festival\n(AWBF), which will take place March 20 and 21 at Theatre Aurora, kicked-off\nWednesday at a special event hosted by AWBF partner organization The Aurora\nPublic Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Musician Glenn Marais was on hand Wednesday to give\nFestival supporters a flavour of what\u2019s to come ahead of his performance on\nFriday, March 20 when he will take the stage with \u201cSamantha Martin & Delta\nSugar.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second night of the AWBF will feature headliners \u201cHarpdog\nBrown & The Uptown Blues Band\u201d, along with Sugar Brown and his band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But that\u2019s just the finale; the Aurora Winter Blues\nSeason will kick off Saturday, February 29 \u2013 a date that comes around just once\nevery four years \u2013 with the annual Blues Bash, benefiting Music Aurora\nprograms, with headliners The Pick Brothers Band featuring James Marrin &\nThe Midnight Riders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re a leap baby, you\u2019re in luck. If you can prove\nyou were born on February 29 and are over the age of 19, your ticket is free \u2013\notherwise, each ticket is $55, including GST.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preceding the Blues Bash will be the first of two pop-up\nconcerts at the Aurora Public Library, the first of which will take place on\nSaturday, February 22, entitled \u201cLet\u2019s Blues it Up\u201d and the second, \u201cGet Your\nMojo Going\u201d, on Saturday, March 7, with each performance set to take place in\nthe Library Living Room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Aurora Winter Blues Festival has been recognized as\none of the Top 100 festivals in Ontario and this year it is bigger and better\nthan ever,\u201d said Reccia Mandelcorn of the Aurora Public Library. In\ncollaboration with Music Aurora, the Aurora Public Library will be hosting two\nfree pop-ups in the living room. This is a wonderful opportunity for people of\nall ages to come and enjoy music. I really encourage you to bring your children\nand grandchildren because how often do you have the opportunity to hear\nwonderful musicians when you can wiggle in your chairs, walk around, read a\nbook, colour, and still be exposed to culture? I hope everyone will come out\nfor workshops and for the pop-up blues performances.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the pop-up performances, the Library will\nalso host free music workshops in conjunction with The Arts Music Store,\nincluding a beginner\u2019s workshop for guitar, offered to all ages, a brand-new\nworkshop entitled \u201cGuiding Improvisation\u201d which will explore the connection\nbetween music and emotion, and a final workshop on \u201cLive Audio Engineering\u201d\nwhich will give participants a crash course in what it is like to run a live\nmusic show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beginner Guitar and Guided Improvisation will take place\nSaturday, March 14 from 10 \u2013 11 a.m., and Live Audio Engineering will take\nplace that afternoon from 1 \u2013 3 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMusic and libraries definitely go together because they\nare both about human connection and in conjunction with the Ninth Annual Aurora\nWinter Blues Festival, Music Aurora and the Aurora Public Library are thrilled\nto announce a free mini-concert here in the living room that we\u2019re calling\nGiving Back to the Community,\u201d added Ms. Mandelcorn. \u201cIt will feature an\naward-winning Canadian music artist. I know who it is, you don\u2019t, I\u2019m not\ntelling \u2013 but it is totally worth coming on out on Saturday, March 22 from 1.30\n\u2013 3 p.m. We hope you will join us in the Living Room for music, community and\nrefreshments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seniors, note organizers, are particularly encouraged to\ncome out for this free event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before the final concert at the Library, Theatre Aurora\nwill be thumping as the AWBF\u2019s main stage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn Friday, March 20, we\u2019re back at Theatre Aurora,\u201d said\nGreg Smith, Acting President of Music Aurora, noting that Mr. Marais has a\nnumber of surprises in store for the evening, along with bringing out budding\nAurora musician Louisa Barbosa up on stage to perform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn Saturday night \u2013 and we have been looking to make\nthis happen for probably three years now \u2013 we have Harp Dog and the Uptown\nBlues Band. They are from Vancouver, so as you can imagine, it is difficult to\nbring bands from distances because of travel costs and hotel costs, but they\nreally wanted to perform and wanted to come here to this Festival because they\nhave heard so many wonderful things about it. We think it is going to be an\namazing night of entertainment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on the 2020 Aurora Winter Blues Festival, including event tickets and registration, visit www.musicaurora.ca<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir <\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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