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: Margo Price - Concert Pictures

Hotly touted Nashville-based Margo Price entertained the growing TURF Day 1 audience with her take on traditional country music. Overall, it was beautiful-sounding Nashville country with a stellar band.

Give her music a listen:

"Hurtin' (On The Bottle)"

"Since You Put Me Down"

Toronto Urban Roots Festival announces 2016 Club Bonus Series shows: Sheepdogs, The New Pornographers, Matt Mays, Okkervil River, Lee Harvey Osmond, Skinny Lister, Modern Space and more

I've said it before and I'll say it again, TURF is the festival that I've grown to look forward to above all others every summer. One of the big aspects that separates TURF from other festivals is the inclusion of the Club Bonus Series. It's a chance to catch many of the festival acts on club stages and catch longer performances from some of the best bands at the fest.

The TURF team has just announced this year's Club Bonus Series line-up. Tickets for the individual shows go on sale tomorrow (July 15) at noon or you can purchase a TURF Master Pass that will get you into everything - the festival and the club shows. Those tickets are available here.

This year's Club Bonus Series line-up includes:

Sheepdogs - Wednesday, September 14th @ Lee's Palace

Margo Price & John Moreland - Thursday, September 15th @ Lee's Palace

Dwayne Gretzky play The Tragically Hip (1 of 2 sets) - Friday, September 16th @ Lee's Palace

Okkervil River & Lee Harvey Osmond & The Deslondes - Saturday, September 17th @ Lee's Palace

The New Pornographers & Marlon Williams - Sunday September 18th @ Lee's Palace

Matt Mays & Modern Space - Thursday, September 15th @ The Horseshoe Tavern

The Felice Brothers & Julien Baker - Friday, September 16th @ The Horseshoe Tavern

The Mekons & Skinny Lister - Saturday, September 17th @ The Horseshoe Tavern

Corb Lund (2 sets) & Wild Child - Sunday September 18th @ The Horseshoe Tavern

In case you missed them, check out my posts on the first line-up announcement and the second line-up announcement. They then added Ween and one of my absolute favourite bands, The Hold Steady, to the main festival line-up.

Here is some music from some of the acts that I'm most looking forward to seeing at the TURF Club Bonus Series this year:

Sheepdogs

Okkervil River

Lee Harvey Osmond

The New Pornographers

Matt Mays

Modern Space

The Mekons

Skinny Lister. This band is incredible live. I caught their most recent show at The Horseshoe and it was amazing. Check out my pictures here.

Margo Price

John Moreland

The Felice Brothers

Julien Baker

TURF, Toronto Urban Roots Festival announces second round of acts in 2016 line-up: Jimmy Eat World, The New Pornographers, Whitehorse, The Sades, Lee Harvey Osmond, Modern Space and more

A few weeks back, TURF, The Toronto Urban Roots Festival announced the first batch of artists for the 2016 line-up including James Bay, Death Cab For Cutie, Barenaked Ladies, Dropkick Murphys, Explosions in the Sky, Lush, Okkervil River and Skinny Lister. Click here for my post on that announcement.

This morning, TURF announced the second round of artists for this year's festival including Jimmy Eat World, The New Pornographers, Whitehorse, Margo Price, Dwayne Gretzky (playing The Tragically Hip), The Sadies, Wild Child, The Deslondes, Simone Denny,  Lee Harvey Osmond, The Belle Game, Modern Space and Julia Jacklin. Click on the band name links above for my shots of the bands that I've photographed in the past.

Even more artist announcements are still to come, and pretty significant ones at that, based on the artist page on TURF's site. I've got some predictions, but I'm going to keep them quiet.

TURF is consistently my favourite festival of the season and this line-up looks to be fantastic. The festival takes place September 16-18 at Fort York Garrison Common in downtown Toronto. For ticket information click here.

Check out some music from these newly-announced TURF 2016 artists.

Jimmy Eat World

The New Pornographers

Whitehorse

Margo Price

The Sadies,

Wild Child

The Deslondes

Simone Denny

Lee Harvey Osmond

The Belle Game

Modern Space

Julia Jacklin