Trevor Young comes home to perform in Seaford on day held in his honor

Last year, the city of Seaford honored native son Trevor Young with a day in his honor. Young vowed he’d come back and perform in year two, and he did on Saturday, in celebration of Trevor Young Day.

“It means the world to me to be supported for what I love to do,” said Young.

Seaford mayor Matt MacCoy said that when he came up with the idea of honoring Young, he didn’t have it in mind for him to perform on his special day.

“Trevor took it on himself to give back to the community and come back and perform. I’m glad he did,” MacCoy said. “We’re talking about growing this in the future. We’re looking to make it a larger, upscale event, given Trevor’s permission.”

Young performed in Virginia Beach Friday night with his band Algorhythm and did not get to bed until 1 or 2 a.m. He got up at 7 a.m. and drove to Seaford at 7 a.m. and later performed with Algoryhthm that night in Long Neck. Local group Captain Blue’s Grass Band opened for Young in Seaford.

Trevor said he remembered going to the beach to see Love Seed Mama Jump perform when he was young. “Growing up I got to see that was possible and now I get to do it,” he told the crowd in Seaford.

Young is a member of the Grammy Award-winning band SOJA, as well as Algorhythym. He said he performs about 20 shows with each group and produces in his studio in Baton Rouge, La., while spending time with his family.

“I’m learning how to be a dad. I had a pretty good teacher,” said Young.

While Jimmy Hendrix was a big influence on his career, Young’s father is the one who brought home a guitar for him to play. “My dad was my biggest influence, not because he was good at it,” Young recalled on Father’s Day weekend. Trevor said he was motivated to practice and be better than his dad.

While Young and his group mainly perform in the United States, SOJA will be joining the group Sublime for its four-day music festival/cruise from Miami to the Bahamas in November. SOJA’s new album will be released on July 31. Algorhythm is also planning to write a record in Iceland.

The event in Seaford was sponsored by the Seaford Police Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports officers in the Seaford Police Department.

“I want to thank the police department for not taking me to jail when I was younger and letting me thrive when I’m older,” Young said during his performance. “I’ve spent my teens and 20’s trying to avoid the police. I guess you could say it’s one full circle.”

According to Seaford Police Foundation Director Tyler Justice, the foundation began in 2024 and holds small fundraisers in order to provide services for Seaford police officers. Those services include providing every officer out of the academy with a copy of the Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement book, giving officers air flow vests to keep them cool in the summer, providing officers in the police station with under-desk treadmills, purchasing workout equipment, providing child ID kits to hand out in the community, and sponsoring the department’s youth academy. Justice said the organization is the bridge between police and community while helping to improve the health of the officers.

MacCoy says honoring Seaford native Trevor Young is the first of many days to honor past and present residents of Seaford. The next one will be a day to honor historian Jim Bowden on Friday, July 24, at 1 p.m. in Gateway Park.