J. Trafford & Candrika Rice posing with rainbow Loud & Proud Music Festival flag
The third annual Loud & Proud Music Festival is a grassroots event that will take place Sat, June 6 at Allegheny City Brewing in Pittsburgh! All proceeds from Loud & Proud benefit Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation!
Please share this info with your LGBTQ+ friends! 🖤
#Pittsburgh #LGBT #Nonbinary #queet
Applications close TONIGHT for this year's LOUD & PROUD MUSIC FESTIVAL! 🌈
Live music artists, drag performers, craft vendors, and volunteers - please get your applications in before 11:59pm!
Application links ➡️ trafford.estate/links
#Pittsburgh #Pride #LGBTQ #QueerArt #QueerMusic #Drag #DragQueen
Influencers are rapidly on their way to becoming the most hated group in America.
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He doesn't seem to be interested. He's sitting out Dave Formula and Noko doing a string of Magazine dates this year. More power to all of them, honestly - Howard included.
We'll be at Millvale Music Festival on Sat, May 16 at 6:20pm, getting into the weeds with some fascinating friends at Double L Bar. Swallowed in the shadows that glow.
🎥 by Sara.
#Pittsburgh #Glam #alt #MusicPhotography
Cloying, clawing robot. We’ll be at Roboto on Tues, Apr 28 supporting @jokersrepublic.bsky.social alongside The Doomstompers & The Book Club. A night of ska and empathy. A Good Vibe Booking shindig.
#Pittsburgh #ChamberPop #punk #postpunk
Links for Loud & Proud Festival PERFORMER (music/drag) and VENDOR/STAFF applications ➡️ trafford.estate/links
#Pittsburgh #craft #vendor #photographer #QueerMusic #nonbinaryartist #festival #QueerMusician #QueerArtist #LGBT
Band performing onstage while audience dances in chorus line
Person painting on canvas
Group of people seated
DJ next to table with equipment on it
Reminder that applications for Loud & Proud 2026 performers (music & drag), vendors, and staff MUST be in by the end of the day Tues, Apr 21! We especially could use as many volunteer staff folks as possible - doors, security, photo, etc - so get those applications in!
#Pittsburgh #QueerArt #punk
Crowd dancing outside at Loud & Proud Music Festival 2024
Person smiling seated on table with table cover reading PUP444
Person singing onstage next to person playing acoustic guitar.
Person smiling with hands clasped near table, while another person with guitar looks on
Blast from the past - the first Loud & Proud Music Festival in 2024! 🌈 This was the first time The Rose Bowl & Trafford Estate teamed up for an event, and with the help of everybody involved we raised $1650 for Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation!
📸 Emmy Susani/JFS Imagery.
#Pittsburgh #Pride #LGBTQ
This week! We return to Arsenal Lanes in Lawrenceville 💥🎳 Come rock n' bowl with us! Wednesday - all you can bowl from 9pm! Details ➡️ trafford.estate/news/nowhere...
#Pittsburgh #bowling #Punk #violin
New J. interview in advance of his discussion tour stop in Baltimore this Friday! 🧡
baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/song...
#Baltimore #poetry #writing #singing
Nowhere Wolves Live at Arsenal Bowl Wed, Apr 15 9pm Trafford Estate
Details ➡️ facebook.com/events/s/now...
#Pittsburgh #bowl #community #Rock
Nowhere Wolves performing: Candrika Rice playing electric bass
Nowhere Wolves performing: Wes Alden playing electric violin
Nowhere Wolves performing: Paul Bradley playing drums
Nowhere Wolves performing: J. Trafford playing 12-string electric guitar and singing
Our Arsenal Lanes gig gives us a great opportunity to ready some new material for you. Come bowl with us next Wed in Lawrenceville! 🎳🐺
Photos by Omgimlils.
#Pittsburgh #Musicsky #MusicPhotography #postpunk
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The expanded paperback edition of Why is My Heart in My Throat?: Selected Lyrics of J. Trafford is available now!
trafford.estate/news/expande...
#Pittsburgh #Booksky #Artsky #DIYmusic
Why is My Heart in My Throat Selected lyrics of J. Trafford Paperback Edition VIVA Books Songwriters Roundtable Discussion featuring Matt Pless & The Lady Grace Fri, April 10 • Viva Books • 7pm 326 N Charles St - Baltimore, MD • Details at www.trafford.estate
J. will be joined by Matt Pless and @queendirt.bsky.social for a Songwriters Roundtable Discussion at Viva Books, followed by an intimate performance at nearby Stem & Vine!
RSVP ➡️ www.facebook.com/events/88875...
#Baltimore #wine #plants #SingerSongwriter
J. Trafford playing electric guitar and singing
J.'s tour for Why is My Heart in My Throat?: Selected Lyrics of J. Trafford concludes this Fri with a stop in Baltimore.
Details ➡️ trafford.estate/news/expande...
Photo by Trevor Murray.
#Pittsburgh #Maryland #Book
One week from today in Baltimore! 🧡
J. will be joined by Matt Pless & The Lady Grace for a Songwriters Roundtable Discussion at Viva Books! The discussion will be followed by an intimate performance at Stem & Vine.
Details ➡️ facebook.com/events/s/son...
#Maryland #acoustic #singer #writing
WATCH: J. appears in the new Shellshock Multimedia video cover of "Kiss Me" by Sixpence None the Richer.
youtu.be/bEYGw5I818Q?...
#Pittsburgh #guitar #Indie #90sKid
Why is My Heart in My Throat?: Selected lyrics of J. Trafford (paperback edition) Songwriters Roundtable Discussion featuring Madame Dolores, Swampwalk, & Riften Fri, April 3 • The Maple Leaf • 7pm 115 Sedgwick St - Pittsburgh, PA • Details at www.trafford.estate
"I first intersected with Madame Dolores upon the release of her first solo album Obliquity of the Ecliptic (2012). She had been making waves in art for lifetimes before then - the mystic, rugged "worldbeat" band Soma Mestizo she fronted drew a blueprint that few have been brave enough to follow. In fact, 20 years ago this month, Mestizo performed at an event called "Three Years Too Many: Pittsburgh Says No to War." With clarity and the moxie to "make it happen," Madame Dolores now rewards the vigilant with a Navigating Earth Manual (NAEAMA) - interdisciplinary multimedia to be experienced, by and for every means."
"Unread #161. It turns out Swampwalk put out their first album Sweatin' Out the Small Stuff the same day I put out Peerless Suavity. I first met and performed with An six months later, in April 2015. I think I even barged my way into performing "Keep Me With You" with them at that first show, purely grateful to be performing again and to have found their hope in music. An is flat-out a classic songwriter, undisputedly - you can tell, because their songs come from elsewhere. I once wrote an artist bio for Swampwalk. It included the lines: "A little sawdust from the treehouse."
"I became aware of Riften most recently, another joy from the rubicund trove of The Rose Bowl. Milliseconds into their first song I turned to Candrika saying that I needed to talk to that person about songwriting. There was a lot of emotionally charged music from the early 2000s that just narrowly missed me (I was glued to Czech Wikipedia entries of 1970s also-rans). Riften excites me because their music makes it all makes sense. Throughlines are encouraging, and it's healthy when someone else reaches out and taps your to-do list."
The spring tour continues this Fri for Why is My Heart in My Throat?: Selected Lyrics of J. Trafford. Madame Dolores, Swampwalk, and Riften will join J. for a discussion about their artistic lives and lyrical methods. FREE event starting at 7pm at The Maple Leaf. BYOB.
#Pittsburgh #writing #Booksky
J. Trafford holding signed copy of Obiryxoed Magazine.
J. features in the new issue of the fine arts magazine Obiryxoed, discussing at length the three albums he made between 2005-2008. Like this post for a chance to win a free signed copy. 🧡
#Pittsburgh #FineArt #photography #rock
Hey y'all, I paid for an events slider promotion on Mon, to begin running on Tues. The email response said events with paid promotions would be expedited, but as of writing the event still isn't even listed. I realize the calendar is probably backlogged starting back up, but can I get a refund?
Why is My Heart in My Throat?: Selected Lyrics of J. Trafford is available as a hardcover/expanded paperback. 🧡
traffordestate.bandcamp.com/merch
#Pittsburgh #writer #booksky #IndieRock
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Why is My Heart in My Throat?: Selected lyrics of J. Trafford (paperback edition) Songwriters Roundtable Discussion featuring Madame Dolores, Swampwalk, & Riften Fri, April 3 • The Maple Leaf • 7pm 115 Sedgwick St - Pittsburgh, PA • Details at www.trafford.estate
J.'s spring book tour continues with a Songwriters Roundtable Discussion THIS FRIDAY at The Maple Leaf in Pittsburgh.
Madame Dolores, Swampwalk, and Riften will be joining J. for a discussion on lyrical methods and artistic living. FREE event, details ➡️ www.facebook.com/events/77097...
#artsky
Seated in front of book case: Tony Sposetta, J. Trafford, Athena Onyx, Candrika Rice, Jane Channell.
"Now a silly one!" Seated in front of book case: Tony Sposetta, J. Trafford, Athena Onyx, Candrika Rice, Jane Channell.
J. Trafford in discussion with Tony Sposetta and members of Lylyth at Leana's Books & More. 🧡
Photos by Dommer.
#Pittsburgh #Ohio #songwriter #booksky
Carol Kaye! Even though she cursed me out on Facebook!
No really, it's sick as hell.
Watch ➡️ youtu.be/15e9MW0FTK0?...
#Pittsburgh #punk #musicsky #indie
Nowhere Wolves performing: Candrika Rice playing electric bass, J. Trafford playing 12-string electric guitar, Paul Bradley drumming, Wes Alden playing electric violin.
What it's like to see a rock show at a barbershop.
📸 Steve Groves Photo
#Pittsburgh #MusicPhotography #LiveMusic #postpunk
