TURF 2016: Day 1: A compendium of posts - Concert pictures

All our pics from Day 1 of the TURF outdoor festival at Fort York Garrison Common are up!

Take a peek at the individual posts linked below for lots more pictures, thoughts on the performances and music from the artists:

James Bay

Drive-by Truckers

Limblifter

Matt Mays

Dropkick Murphys

Modern Baseball

Explosions in the Sky

Jake Bugg

Dwayne Gretzky

Skinny Lister

The Hives

John Moreland

Modern Space

Margo Price

Simone Denny

Photos by me and Roy Cohen.

TURF 2016: Fort York Day 1: Drive-By Truckers - Concert Pictures

Drive-by Truckers were the last band to play at the Rebellion stage at TURF on Friday night. The alt-country southern-rock survivors played into the night...

I captured these guys back at TURF 2014. Those photos are here.

These pics are by Roy Cohen.

"Zip City"

"What it Means"

"Women without Whiskey"

TURF, Toronto Urban Roots Festival announces 2016 line-up: James Bay, Death Cab for Cutie, Barenaked Ladies, Lush, Okkervil River, Skinny Lister and many more

TURF, The Toronto Urban Roots Festival, my official favourite festival of the season, has just announced the 2016 line-up, and it's good! Not to mention the 19 additional artists to be announced, this line-up is stacked with Canadian and International acts sure to please crowds, including a few return appearances from TURFs past.

The line-up includes James Bay, Death Cab for Cutie, Barenaked Ladies, Dropkick Murphys, Explosions in the Sky, Jake Bugg, Matthew Good, Lush, The Sheepdogs, The Hives, Lake Street Dive, Guided by Voices, Rheostatics, Matt Mays, Drive-By Truckers, The Felice Brothers, Okkervil River, The Mekons, Skinny Lister, and many, many more including 19 to-be-announced acts. Click on the linked artist names to see my previous concert photos of those acts.

Personally, I'm going to be looking forward to DCfC, Barenaked Ladies, Explosions in the Sky, Lush, Lake Street Dive, Matt Mays, Okkervil River and Skinny Lister. They all have fantastic songs and put on fantastic shows. I'm especially looking at you Lush, for some great nostalgia, and Skinny Lister for the high-energy dance party. And every year I end up discovering a ton of great new artists, which is probably my favourite things about this superbly curated fest.

TURF will once again be held at Fort York Garrison Common. It takes place from September 16-18 and features an additional stage - totalling four - this year. Passes go on sale tomorrow, Friday May, 27, at noon. More ticket info at TURF's official site, but you've missed the early bird pricing at this point. Grab yourself some tickets. This is always the highlight of the festival season for me and I'm sure this year will be no exception. I also can't wait to see what they do with the Club Bonus Series and after-festival club shows this year.

Take a listen to many of the artists on this awesome line-up:

James Bay

Death Cab for Cutie

Barenaked Ladies

Dropkick Murphys

Explosions in the Sky

Lush

The Sheepdogs

The Hives

Lake Street Dive

Matt Andersen and The Bona Fide

Guided by Voices

Rheostatics

Matt Mays

Drive-By Truckers

The Felice Brothers

Okkervil River

The Mekons

Marlon Williams

Julien Baker

John Moreland

Skinny Lister

Midnight Shine

TURF Day 2: Band 4: Drive-By Truckers

TURF 2014 Day 2 marked my first time seeing the legendary Drive-By Truckers live. They play good old Southern Rock with plenty of southern and plenty of rock and plenty of guitars - three, in fact. Their show was thoroughly entertaining. They sounded great and the audience soaked up the tunes as we all soaked up the sun.

I'm no expert on the music of Drive-By Truckers but their setlist was well paced, switching off lead vocal duties between Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley. The rest of the band kept it tight and the whole band brought the sound together.

They're also great storytellers, with Patterson Hood taking us through the story of his mom's courtship and wedding that accompanied "18 Wheels of Love". They also played a rousing cover of Warren Zevon's "Play It All Night Long".

Check out a selection of tunes from their set:

Opened with "Birthday Boy"

"The Righteous Path"

"Made Up English Oceans"

"Pauline Hawkins"

"Shit Shots Count"

Their cover of Warren Zevon's "Play It All Night Long"

And they closed the show with "Hell No I Ain't Happy", which would resonate in my head until The Violent Femmes filled my head with something completely different.