Frank Turner's Lost Evenings VII at The Theatre at The Great Canadian Resort Casino - A Compendium of Posts - Concert Photos

I had just returned from a very, very special long weekend when I enthusiastically started editing and writing my photos and thoughts from this amazing festival weekend. Then I got sick, which put a stop to all that creativity and delayed these posts. Better late than never, am I right? 

I would call myself a Frank Turner fan. I love his music, I've been to a handful of shows, and I've covered them with photos and a few thoughts on my site here. 

When I requested to cover Frank Turner's Lost Evenings VII, I had no idea what a special event it was.

It was four days at Toronto's Great Canadian Casino Resort, with four headlining Frank Turner shows, each with it's own theme, opening acts and a second stage with its own lineup. There were panel discussions during the day on a variety of topics including a talk between Frank and Henry Rollins, an AMA with Frank, and sessions on the Canadian Music Scene, Women in Music and Media, the Economics of Being an Independent Artist, and How Lost Evenings Comes Together. They also had the Cowboy Chords open-mic stage and Needles Flickering pop-up tattoo event by the So Far So Good Tattoo Studio. And all this including fund raising opportunities for some very special charities and social services.

And then there was the whole mood and vibe of the event. Frank Turner fans are a dedicated bunch, and friendly, community-minded people with good hearts and open souls. It was uplifting to be in the company of this community for the weekend.

Links to my pics of each artist that I witnessed at the event are below. Hope you enjoy the pics and that they either bring back great memories of the event, or that they give you a feel for what it was like to witness these shows. As for me, I'm thinking very hard about heading to next year's Lost Evenings in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Night 1: September 19

Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls

Henry Rollins

Martha Wainwright

Chuck Coles

The Sleeping Souls

Delyn Grey

Night 2: September 20

Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls

NOBRO

Northcote

The Honest Heart Collective

The Wilderness

Redfox

Night 3: September 21

Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls

The Dirty Nil

The OBGMs

Thunder Queens

Guilhem

Night 4: September 22

Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls

Bedouin Soundclash

Murder by Death

The Shackletons

Hannah Rose Platt

Tom Jenkins

Thunder Queens at Lost Evenings VII - Concert Photos

Thunder Queens are from London Ontario and they make a great big glorious noise.

I caught Thunder Queens earlier this summer at Riverfest Elora and I was impressed with the sound they make. This set on the Nick Alexander Stage at Frank Turner's Lost Evenings VII in Toronto solidified that. They made quite a buzz with the crowd that witnessed their set, too.

Their cover of "Cannonball" by The Breeders was a cool addition to their set.

All of my Lost Evenings VII coverage is consolidated into one post that you can find here, containing links to my coverage of each artist I photographed at the festival.

Here's a Thunder Queens' tune:

"Roadtrip"

Riverfest Elora 2024: A compendium of posts - Concert Photos

It rained at Riverfest Elora 2024. I mean, it rained. I’ll be the first one to tell you that it always rains, at every music festival, and there’s usually some period of rain, rarely an early end to the night or a rejig of the schedule, but this time it rained all weekend long.

It was disappointing for everyone from the audience to the performers, the vendors, the crews, the volunteers, security, organizers, literally everyone, including us photographers. 

I was looking forward to taking in Fleet Foxes on the Saturday night. I imagined their lush and intricate, emotional and enormously beautiful music rolling across Bissel Park and I was imagining a warm clear Elora evening for an artist whose sound I imagined would be an absolutely perfect fit for the vibe of Riverfest amongst the best of all Riverfest performances. Sadly, it was not to be.

The rain started as soon as festival opening artist Nyssa took the main stage. It became the theme of the weekend. 

Although we were physically dampened, everyone made the best of it, embracing the rain until it became too much and the Saturday program had to be cut short. 

 

Click the links below to be taken to my photos of each performer I covered during this 2024 edition of Riverfest Elora.

Friday, August 16

The Violent Femmes

Bully

Treble Charger

Nix and Menno (of Hollerado)

Naduh

Nyssa

Thunder Queens

Saturday, August 17

The Creepshow

Population II

Chali 2na & Cut Chemist

I've been covering Riverfest for quite a while. Here are links to my coverage of previous years' festivities.

2016

2017

2018

2019

2022

2023

Riverfest Elora 2024: Thunder Queens on the Koop Tent Stage - Concert Photos

Thunder Queens are a power trio from London Ontario and they were the first act that I witnessed in the Koop Tent at this 2024 edition of Riverfest Elora.

They rocked hard, playing their tunes with passion for the growing crowd.

Check out their music below and visit this link to check out everything else I covered during this year's wet, wet Riverfest.

Here's Thunder Queens' tune "Fighter":