Bluesfest: Blue Rodeo

As everyone knows, Blue Rodeo have become Bluesfest tradition. Although I know they've missed a year or two, it seems like they've always been on the bill. Perhaps that's why I never bothered to check them out for more than a song or two - they'll be here next year, right? Anyway, after a decade of avoiding them (even passing on some tickets to a show at Scotiabank Place I'd won in a raffle), I finally caught something close to a full set. Of course, several thousand did the same, so the few photos I took are from some distance away ...

Blue action!



I said they were far away, right?



On the other hand, the telephoto on my point-and-shoot is quite good for such a compact bit of gear.



More in the monitors, please!



And, er, that's it. No word of activity from the band as a whole of late, but no doubt they'll be out on the road again sooon ... might another Bluesfest appearance lurk in their future?!?

• Show reminder: The Sheepdogs and Monster Truck roll into Ritual for a predictably sold-out show. Things go bleep at Zaphod's as Encephalon brings the techno; Morgan Cameron Ross and Amanda Cottreau play the Elmdale Tavern. Social Butterfly flits into the Rainbow.