Riverfest Elora 2017: A compendium of posts - Concert Pictures

We need the collective joy of music and music festivals more now than ever. In many ways, we live in the best time in human history. In other ways, the world's as messed up as it's ever been and some are even doubling-down on the crazy. Music brings me joy, it uplifts my soul and it fills me with hope and happiness. I try to capture the mood and fun of a show with my photography and bring it to you, patient readers and viewers of this site. Festivals are a great way to collect with like-minded humans, listen so some of our favourite music, eat some great food, enjoy some weather and discover some new favourite artists.

This post is a collection of links to all the posts from this year's Riverfest Elora. I hope you'll spend some time browsing through the posts, checking out the photos and listening to the music. I hope it'll bring you back to the festival, or make you wish you were there and hopefully it'll turn you on to some great new music.

Thanks goes to everyone involved in Riverfest Elora for the joy and happiness you bring each year. I'm already counting down to next year and can't wait to see what you put together in terms of another fantastic line-up and amazing vibes.

 Day 1

Monster Truck

Mother Mother

Little Scream

Samito

The Kramdens

Saya

Safe as Houses

Day 2

MGMT

K.Flay

The Darcys

DJ Jazzy Jeff and Skratch Bastid

Hollerado

Partner
Polaris Prize, The Band
Wax Mannequin

Helena Deland
The Dirty Nil
Shred Kelly

Saturdae Jonez
Odd Years
Tara Beier

Mike Evin

Day 3

Gogol Bordello

Sloan

USS Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker

Hannah Georgas

Pocket Dwellers
Jenn Grant

Austra

The Boo Radley Project

Neon Dreams

Lowlands

And if you're still in the mood after filtering through all of that, go back and check out all my pics from Riverfest Elora 2016 right here. Or just click on this link for everything Riverfest Elora in page after page of fun!

Riverfest Elora 2017: Hannah Georgas - Concert Pictures

Hannah Georgas plays beautiful electronic pop music. Her ethereal tunes always please my ear but somehow I'm always waiting for the beat to drop. I've seen her a couple of times this year, and her performance at Riverfest Elora was a joy to my ears.

Check out some of her music:

"Don't Go"

"Somebody"

"Thick Skin"

"Evelyn"

"Enemies"

Field Trip 2017: Day 2 - Concert Photos

Another Field Trip has come to an end and what an amazing festival it was. These are my photos from Day 2. Click here to check out my pics from Day 1.

Phoenix brought their perfectly crafted and studio-quality sound to the main stage to headline the festival. They mixed in some brand new tunes along with their classics.

Feist was my main attraction for Sunday. She and the band played lots of songs from her new album Pleasure. Besides the new tunes, highlights for me included a solo acoustic "Mushaboom", along with "How Come You Never Go There", "My Moon My Man", "Sealion", "I Feel It All and "1234".

Badbadnotgood do what they do better than anyone; bring jazz to an indie rock festival.

Thundercat brought us all on his bass-led jazz odyssey.

James Vincent McMorrow and his band played us his emotive and soulful tunes.

Timber Timbre don't want photos of them playing their dark adventurous songs.

Hannah Georgas performed beautiful tunes from a fan of the fest who was honoured to be on stage for this one.

LP is that artist that most people proclaimed as a huge star in the making that we shouldn't miss. Well, she and the band lived up to the hype did not disappoint. LP plays solid, well-crafted rock that allows her voice and message to take centre stage. She attracted a really big side stage crowd.

I don't even know what to call the music that the duo called Tennyson produces. It's got tons of 70s rock and yacht rock sonic touchpoints with some 80s and 90s fusion thrown in, but the jam-heavy grooves and overall vibe is truly original. I loved listening to this cool set as the sun shone and the puddles tried to dry up.

Tobi entertained with a set that varied from chill hip-hop vibes to full on dance jams.

Nefe and her band played roots/bluesey soulful rock tunes with good grooves and emotional ballads.

Jaunt got things started with mellow sounds with big choruses and guitars.

Phoenix:

Feist:

Badbadnotgood:

Thundercat:

James Vincent McMorrow:

Hannah Georgas:

LP:

Tennyson:

Tobi:

Nefe:

Jaunt:

From around the festival site: