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: Simone Denny - Concert Pictures

Simone Denny was the first act to hit the TURF stage for the outdoor portion of this year's festival at Fort York Garrison Common. Toronto-based Denny is a veteran of the Canadian music scene and it was wonderful to catch her performing classic-sounding rhythm and blues with her beautiful voice and a tight band. I enjoyed her cover of ABC's "The Look of Love (Part One)".

Give her music a listen:

"Your Love Fades Away"

"The Look of Love"

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