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 9: Hey Rosetta - Concert Pictures

St. John's Newfoundland indie pop band Hey Rosetta! play grand music with multiple layers of instrumentation, melody and emotion. I've been lucky enough to photograph them twice before, the first time at TURF 2014 and the second time when they opened for Stars at Danforth Music Hall in 2015.  Click those links for those photos.

This time they were on the main stage at Riverfest Elora. They had an enthusiastic audience gathered around to take in their show. A few fans lit sparklers to up the celebratory vibes. Hey Rosetta's set was solid with great tunes and inspired performances.

Give them a listen:

"Red Heart"

"Soft Offering (For The Oft Suffering)"

"Yer Spring"

"Carry Me Home"

Riverfest Elora Line-Up Announced: Chromeo, Walk off the Earth, The Sheepdogs, Hey Rosetta!, Wintersleep, Yukon Blonde, Dear Rouge, The Zolas, Dilly Dally, Bry Webb and more

Riverfest Elora has just announced their 2016 line-up. The festival takes place in scenic Elora, Ontario at Bissel Park on August 19, 20 and 21. The ticket pre-sale is on now.

The really solid line-up includes Chromeo, Walk Off the Earth, The Sheepdogs, Hey Rosetta!, Matthew Good, Wintersleep, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Yukon Blonde, Dear Rouge, 54-40 Unplugged, Kardinal Official, The Zolas, The Slackers, Radio Radio, Busty and the Bass, Reuben and the Dark, Dilly Dally, Bry Webb, Grand Analog, Young Rival, Jeremy Fisher, Fast Romantics, John River, The Wet Secrets, Whitney Rose, Ivory Hours, Good for Grapes, Bruce Peninsula, Stella Ella Ola, Sun K, DCF, Bossie, Highs, Raven Shields, Lee Watson, Let's Just Be Friends, Etiquette, Brandon Wolfe Scott, Rich Burnett, Alexandria Maillot, The Medicine Hat, Goodnight Sunrise, Tupper Ware Remix Party, D'Eve Archer, Madison Galloway, Lowlands, and Deboer and Joel.

Click through on the links to my concert pics of some of these artists.

And here are some of the acts that I'm looking forward to seeing.

Walk Off the Earth

The Sheepdogs

Hey Rosetta!

Wintersleep

Yukon Blonde

Dear Rouge

The Zolas

Dilly Dally

Bry Webb

Fast Romantics

Whitney Rose

Stella Ella Ola

And, of course, the new favourites that I'll discover.

Hey Rosetta! at The Danforth Music Hall

Hey Rosetta! have been opening for Stars on their current tour. They were in Toronto for a 3-day residency at The Danforth Music hall. I caught the show on Friday the 13th. They played a full hour set, so I'd say it's more of a "sharing the bill" situation than an "opening for" arrangement. Pretty cool for all the Hey Rosetta! fans and a great treat for those who are being introduced to this great band.

This marked my second time shooting they dynamic Newfoundland band, although this indoor show was a very different shooting experience from outdoors at TURF. They played a set that spanned their album releases and highlighted their most recent release, Second Sight.

Hey Rosetta! provide plenty of musical variety, building on they typical guitar, bass, drums, keys arrangements with French horn, violin, cello and more keys. This band overflows with musical talent but excels on making it listenable and fun.

Take a listen to some of the highlights from their setlist.

"Soft Offering (For The Oft Suffering)"

"Yer Spring"

"What Arrows"

"Welcome"

"Bandages"

"Kintsukuroi"

"Harriet"

"Red Heart"