
















Leah Fay of July Talk crowd surfs Saturday night at the 2018 Area 506 Festival. The band wowed fans with their trademark sound and elaborate stage choreography, set to smash hits like Push+Pull, Guns+Ammunition, Summer Dress and Picturing Love. Justin Samanski-Langille/Telegraph-Journal

Ian Thornley of Big Wreck walks onto a darkened stage before the opening song Sunday night during the 2018 Area 506 Festival. The band played hits from their latest album, including Albatross, as well as classics such as The Oaf and Blown Wide Open. Justin Samanski-Langille/Telegraph-Journal

Luke Doucet of Whitehorse sings into a phone handset for a distorted sound Saturday night during the 2018 edition of Area 506 at Long Wharf. Husband-and-wife duo Doucet and Melissa McClelland performed Emerald Isle, Devil's Got a Gun and more during their hour-long set. Justin Samanski-Langille/Telegraph-Journal

Leah Fay of July Talk dances Saturday night at the 2018 Area 506 Festival. The band wowed fans with their trademark sound and elaborate stage choreography, set to smash hits like Push+Pull, Guns+Ammunition, Summer Dress and Picturing Love. Justin Samanski-Langille/Telegraph-Journal

Peter Dreimanis and Leah Fay of July Talk rock out Saturday night at the 2018 Area 506 Festival. The band wowed fans with their trademark sound and elaborate stage choreography, set to smash hits like Push+Pull, Guns+Ammunition, Summer Dress and Picturing Love. Justin Samanski-Langille/Telegraph-Journal

Fans take in Vancouver indie rock upstarts the Zolas at the Zaphod Beeblebrox nightclub in Ottawa. Justin Samanski-Langille/The Charlatan

Zolas frontman Zachary Gray takes the show into the crowd at the Zaphod Beeblebrox nightclub in Ottawa. Justin Samanski-Langille/The Charlatan

JUSTIN SAMANSKI-LANGILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Crowds take in the final show of this year's Interstellar Rodeo, Broken Social Scene, Sunday evening at The Forks. 170820 - Sunday, August 20, 2017.

JUSTIN SAMANSKI-LANGILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Crowds take in the final show of this year's Interstellar Rodeo, Broken Social Scene, Sunday evening at The Forks. 170820 - Sunday, August 20, 2017.

JUSTIN SAMANSKI-LANGILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Crowds take in the final show of this year's Interstellar Rodeo, Broken Social Scene, Sunday evening at The Forks. 170820 - Sunday, August 20, 2017.

JUSTIN SAMANSKI-LANGILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Aloe Blacc performs Sunday on the final day of this year's Interstellar Rodeo at The Forks. 170820 - Sunday, August 20, 2017.

JUSTIN SAMANSKI-LANGILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Dallas Green of City and Colour performs a stripped-down solo show for crowds Friday evening on the Main Stage at Folk Fest. 170707 - Friday, July 07, 2017.

JUSTIN SAMANSKI-LANGILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Crowds toss beach balls and take in the music Friday as the sun sets on the Main Stage at Folk Fest. 170707 - Friday, July 07, 2017.

JUSTIN SAMANSKI-LANGILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Ontario born artist and Folk Fest veteran Bruce Cockburn performs on the Main Stage at Folk Fest Friday evening. 170707 - Friday, July 07, 2017.

A technician re-strings a guitar before a performance Saturday at the 2018 Area 506 Festival. Justin Samanski-Langille/Telegraph-Journal

Max Kerman of Arkells urges the crowd to dance Sunday night at the 2018 Area 506 Festival. Arkells exploded onto the stage from their first song and engaged the audience by inviting a fan on stage to perform a song and even dragging a camera operator on stage to sing a chorus while Kerman filmed him. Justin Samanski-Langille/Telegraph-Journal