Riverfest Elora 2016: A compendium of posts - Concert Pictures

This year marked my first time attending and covering Riverfest Elora. It was a fun, well organized and well curated festival that I'll certainly have in my calendar for next year. I recommend you do, too!

Check out some shots I took around the festival and click through to the individual posts on each artist that I caught at Riverfest.

Day 1

Walk Off The Earth

Dilly Dally

Bossie

Dear Rouge

Fast Romantics

Highs

The Wet Secrets

Day 2

Chromeo

Radio Radio

Jeremy Fisher

Matthew Good

The Slackers

John River

The Rural Alberta Advantage

Busty and The Bass

Lee Watson

Kardinal Offishall

Young Rival

Rich Burnett

The Zolas

Ivory Hours

Raven Shields

Whitney Rose

Stella Ella Ola

Alexandria Maillot

Day 3

The Sheepdogs

54*40 Unplugged

DCF

Hey Rosetta!

Yukon Blonde

The Medicine Hat

Wintersleep

Grand Analog

Reuben and The Dark

Bry Webb

Brandon Wolfe Scott

Good For Grapes

Riverfest Elora 2016: Day 3: Band 5: Grand Analog - Concert Pictures

Winnipeg's Grand Analog was a band that I'd been hearing good things about for a while. Their set on The Koop tent stage at Riverfest Elora was a must-see for me. I loved their jazzy, funky, groove-infested hip-hop music with catchy choruses. I obviously wasn't alone in my enjoyment as they got a great dance party going in the tent.

Give these guys some time with your ears and catch their live show. Watch out for their "Love is a Battlefield" video coming soon. Edit. The video for "Love Is A Battlefield", shot in Toronto's uncharacteristically empty Kensington Market has just come out. Take a look:

"Love Is A Battlefield"

"The Great Rhyme Dropper"

"Howl Like Wolves"

"Wild Animal Print"

"Heart The Lonely Hunter"

TURF announces Club Bonus Series: Fishbone, Cold Specks, Punch Brothers, Heartless Bastards, Elliott Brood and more at The Horseshoe

TURF announced its fantastic line-up a while back and has been adding more great acts to it. They've also announced a preview series of club shows (my pics of Northcote's fantastic show go up tomorrow).

Now they've announced the initial set of gigs for the Club Bonus Series that takes place after the main festival grounds at Fort York have gone to sleep. Straight from the TURF team, "The TURF Club Bonus Series, which runs September 16th – 23rd at the Horseshoe Tavern and Lee’s Palace, is a great opportunity to catch rising roots artists in a small club and see your favourite bands twice during the TURF weekend!" More show announcements coming July 14 and 22.

You can get in by buying a VIP Plus ticket for access to all TURF shows or individual tickets to the club shows. Individual Club Show tickets go on sale Thursday, July 9 at 10am.

The following shows are at The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern:

September 16 Cold Specks and Grand Analog
September 17 Fishbone, Sate and Les Hôtesses d'Hilaire
September 19 Elliott Brood, Ron Hawkins and Jim Bryson
September 20 Punch Brothers and Gabriel Kahane
September 21 Heartless Bastards and Kitty, Daisy & Lewis

Here are some tunes from these artists. I'm still reeling from the thought of seeing Fishbone at The Horseshoe.

Fishbone

Sate

Ron Hawkins

Heartless Bastards

Cold Specks

Jim Bryson

Punch Brothers

Gabriel Kahane

Les Hôtesses d'Hilaire

Kitty, Daisy & Lewis

Elliott Brood

Grand Analog